Strategic GoalThe Will Steger Foundation's Emerging Leaders Program aims to educate, empower, and engage a new generation of climate leadership on a local, regional, national, and international scale.
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YEA! MN and MPIRG Team Up
Written by Abby Fenton, Youth Programs DirectorJoin YEA! MN and MPIRG as we team up for a youth lobby day at the MN State Capitol in support of solar energy and the Recycling Refund Act. Click here for info and registrationWritten on Friday, 27 January 2012 12:24 Read 926 times Read more... -
A Regional Coalition Rises out of the Heartland
Written by Abby Fenton, Youth Programs DirectorEmerging from a several years of strategic conversation, cross-state collaboration, and the intense growth of the youth climate movement here in the Midwest, a fledgling coalition is rising. Following in the spirit of regional coalitions launched in the Southeast (Southern Energy Network) and Northwest (Cascade Climate Network), the Midwest Youth…Written on Friday, 20 January 2012 16:32 Read 972 times Read more...
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Ohio Youth Ramp Up Fracking Resistance
Written by Abby Fenton, Youth Programs DirectorAs many student organizations wind down for winter break, student organizers in Ohio continue to ramp things up. Check out these blogs and media hits from the OH Student Environmental Coalition who has launched a well-coordinated, sustained and aggressive campaign on the fracking industry across the state.Written on Monday, 19 December 2011 11:38 Read 1863 times Read more...
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What Happened?
Written by John HowardAs of 10:45pm on Saturday Dec. 10, 2011, the only big decision of the COP process was a recommendation by a working group that the next Kyoto commitment would be 8 years. They also suggested that the commitment would allow for a range of 20-40% reductions from 1990 levels by…Written on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:36 Read 1866 times Read more... -
COP: The Final Countdown
Written by John HowardFriday, December 9th: COP Exhaustion The conference was supposed to end on Friday, theoretically with an evening plenary session that began at 8 pm. However, the meeting only ran an hour, with little to no concrete accomplishments or timeframe for wrapping up the COP. So the COP continues on Saturday,…Written on Tuesday, 13 December 2011 17:20 Read 1658 times Read more...
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