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Hennepin County Plastic Free Challenge

Our actions help create a plastic-free world Join us in reducing plastic consumption, especially single-use plastics, in ways that fit best in your lifestyle and are most impactful to reducing your footprint. Join Hennepin County's Plastic Free Challenge, February 1-28. Join the Fulton Team here - or create your own team! More about the Plastic-Free Challenge: Although plastic is a versatile material with many uses, it is also concerning because it presents health risks, contributes to litter and pollution, and is challenging to dispose of. Some of the most common and problematic plastic items we deal with every day come in the form of packaging and single-use plastics. Since these items are used for a short period of time and then discarded, they contribute significantly to the increasing amount of plastic waste. Be part of the solution by joining the Plastic-Free Challenge. Together, our actions can help protect water, address climate change, improve our health, and create a plastic-free world.

Help shape trash and recycling policy in the Twin Cities metro

Brooklyn Park Library

Did you know the Twin Cities metro is bulging with trash? The seven-county metro generated 3.3 million tons of waste in 2021. This number is expected to grow 19% by 2042. In 2021, the metro’s recycling rate dropped to 45%, a 4% reduction from the previous year, and far short of the state’s goal of achieving a 75% recycling rate by 2030. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is inviting residents of Hennepin County to provide their input on our 70 recommendations for reducing waste across the Twin Cities. Join us on Wednesday, August 2, 2023, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Brooklyn Park Library to learn about our draft Metro Solid Waste Policy Plan, ask questions, and share your feedback with our experts. For more information contact Kevin Gaffney at kevin.gaffney@state.mn.us or 612-414-6139.

Canning 101

Pershing Recreation Center, 3523 W 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA 2701 W 48th St, United States

Learn how to safely preserve food through canning! This introductory course is taught by a Hennepin County Master Gardener. Even better - each participant gets one jar of strawberry jam. Cost $10/person. Register with activity umber 3205 at www.minneapolisparks.org/register  

Electrify Everything: Fighting Climate Change & Protecting Your Health at Home

Pershing Recreation Center, 3523 W 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA 2701 W 48th St, United States

Location: Pershing Recreation Center (3523 W. 48th St.) AND at online, email info@FultonNeighborhood.org for link   We will hear from experts on the benefits of electrifying your home for things such as cooking, home heating and cooling and water heating; how you can access recently passed federal and local incentives to make your transition cheaper; and hear from individuals who have made the switch. Panelists: -Moderator-Blaine Miller-McFeeley, Senior Legislative Representative with Earthjustice and Fulton Neighborhood Association Board Member -Evan Mulholland, Director, Healthy Communities Program at Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy -Jessica Tritsch, Building electrification policy expert

Earth Day Clean Up

Pershing Recreation Center, 3523 W 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA 2701 W 48th St, United States

Annual Pershing Park clean up for Earth Day! Stop by the park anytime from 9:30-12:00 and help clean up the park. Afterwards, grab some snacks and check out the activities and environmental groups tabling.

Environmental Justice Bus Tour

Join your southwest Minneapolis neighbors on a tour of North Minneapolis with community leaders and hear about the issues around some of the most persistent environmental health problems in low-income and communities of color in the state. Each of the sponsoring neighborhood associations has a limited number of seats on the bus for residents of their neighborhood. This is an opportunity for neighbors across southwest Minneapolis to learn together and have important conversations about this critical issue in our city. Tour participants will meet the bus at 10 AM on Saturday, September 28th in the Armatage Park Recreation Center parking lot (2500 W. 57th St.) (not the school parking lot) and return by 1 PM. A snack will be provided. Please bring a water bottle. Bus tour tickets are $25  and all ticket sales go directly to support Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ). Your ticket payment can be made below or write a check made out to the Fulton Neighborhood Association and send it to 3523 W 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410. Please email info@fultonneighborhood.org  with questions. Purchase your Environmental Justice Bus Tour Ticket $25.00 USD Name and Neighborhood Email