Clean Energy Resource Teams

Location:
Floodwood, MN

Bio Baler Demonstrations will be ongoing from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Experts will be available to discuss topics on energy, wildlife habitat, and cost sharing programs.

The BioBaler is one of the first owned in Minnesota and is available through Stempower Resources.

Twin Cities Sustainable Communities Conference, March 12 & 13 2010
Linking Citizens and Cities for Sustainable Communities

Central Lutheran Church
333 12th Street South
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Careers in Renewable Energy
Saturday, March 13, 2010

Location
Century College
3300 Century Avenue N., White Bear Lake, MN 55110

Learn about career opportunities in the field of renewable energy!

Twin Cities Sustainable Communities Conference, March 12 & 13 2010
Linking Citizens and Cities for Sustainable Communities

Central Lutheran Church
333 12th Street South
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Part of a 2-day conference (March 12 & 13, 2010)

Location
Minnesota Deer Hunters Association
Grand Rapids, MN

The BioBaler is a new tool for enhancing and restoring early succession habitats for wildlife in Minnesota. The goal of the demonstration is to show landowners, loggers, natural resource managers, energy biomass producers, and interested others the potential for this machine to harvest biomass, a sustainable energy source, and enhance and restore habitats.

Location:
Ridgewater College
Willmar Campus
2101 15th Avenue NW
Willmar, MN 56201

Discover how the LEED system works in commercial and residential construction, and how it has been implemented in the LEED Demonstration Home now under construction in Willmar.

(Also offered March 5th.)

March 15th is the last day to register for early birth rates for the
Greening the Heartland 2010 conference, May 19th-21st.

For more information, visit: http://www.greeningtheheartland.org/

Location
1301 2nd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Location:
Town and Country Leisure Center
Mapleton, MN

R9 Renewable Energy Task Force will be hosting a Community Wind Forum in Mapleton on Monday, March 15th from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Town and Country Leisure Center in Mapleton.

Location
Verizon Wireless Center
Mankato, MN

NOTE: This is a technical training designed to help contractors, builders and trades people, and may not be of interest to administrators and city officials.

Greater Minnesota Housing Fund is pleased to offer a training on single family green housing rehab. Minnesota Green Communities, an initiative of Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, the Family Housing Fund, and Enterprise, has commissioned the creation of a model set of single family housing rehabilitation specifications designed to meet the national Green Communities criteria and customized for Minnesota’s climate and housing stock. These model specs will be particularly helpful for developers, builders, and contractors working on rehabilitation through the statewide NSP foreclosure recovery programs.

Location:
Morris, MN

Sponsored by the Stevens County Board of Commissioners, Stevens FORWARD! is an effort to create a brighter future for all residents of the county community: Alberta, Chokio, Donnelly, Hancock, and Morris.