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In 2012 the City of Minneapolis will be updating its Climate Action Plan – a roadmap to help the City achieve its emissions reduction targets. Attendees will learn about the history and science of climate change in Minnesota, the health impacts of climate change, and the process Minneapolis will conduct to update the plan.

The Department of Transportation is updating their Multimodal Transportation Plan. The Plan will serve as a framework for the family of “modal” plans (freight, transit, rail, highway, bicycle, etc). An open house will be held from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. In SW MN, there will be one in Marshall February 15, 2012

Filmmaker Chris Paine takes his film crew behind the closed doors of Nissan, GM, and the Silicon Valley start-up Tesla Motors to chronicle the story of the global resurgence of electric cars. Without using a single drop of foreign oil, this new generation of car is America’s future: fast, furious, and cleaner than ever.

Moderator: David Gillette, Twin Cities Public Television
Panelists: Jukka Kukkonen, Plug In Connect, and others TBA

This is film is showing as part of the Community Cinema at the Library series.

In 2008, the citizens of Zurich approved a referendum that set the goal of reducing energy consumption by each person from the current 6,500 watts to 2,000 watts by 2150. Smarter Living: The 2,000-Watt Society illustrates the impact of this significant goal by presenting the diverse range of design solutions underway. This exhibition uses 18 examples to illustrate different approaches to sustainable architecture such as complex technical solutions and clever references to traditional construction methods, small buildings and very large projects, conversions and new city districts.

Each year the MREA Energy Fair transforms rural Central Wisconsin into the global hot spot for renewable energy education. The Energy Fair brings over 20,000 people from nearly every state in the U.S. and several countries around the world to learn, connect with others and ready them for action at home. The Energy Fair is the nation’s longest running energy education event of its kind.

The Energy Fair features:

The Living Green Expo seeks to turn values into actions to achieve the highest quality natural environment for Minnesotans.

Saturday, May 5th 9 a.m.–6 p.m.

Now in its 28th year, the FEW provides the global ethanol industry with cutting-edge content and unparalleled networking opportunities in a dynamic business-to-business environment. The FEW is the largest, longest running ethanol conference in the world—and the only event powered by Ethanol Producer Magazine.

The 2012 FEW program is segmented into four concurrent tracks:

Linking Citizens and Cities for Sustainable Communities

Day One: Business Roundtable and Local Government Sustainability Workshop

Day Two: Sustainable Communities Conference

Spread the Word About the 2012 MRES Solar Regatta! Know any teachers, students, charter school folks or home-schoolers interested in hands-on learning? Tell them about our Solar Boat Regatta, which helps students learn about solar electricity, boat design and construction, fluid dynamics, wiring and teamwork. It’s not too early to start planning for the 20th annual MRES Solar Regatta, which is slated for Saturday, May 19, at Lake Phalen in St. Paul.

Developing renewable energy resources in the United States also requires developing electricity transmission infrastructure. Across the country, renewable energy resources have been increasing rapidly in recent years, especially wind power. Each state and regional jurisdiction, however, has taken a different approach to connecting new wind turbines to the transmission grid and dispatching electricity from wind.