Green Movement Resources

Earth day is comin' round the corner. How will you celebrate?

Obviously every day is Earth day and there are cool events always happening in honor of Mother Earth. Here are some good resources if you live in Minnesota and want to become more involved in the sustainability movement.

1) The Alliance for Sustainability is putting on their Sustainable Communities event April 8-9. I went last year and am planning to attend this year. Really cool event to network with other people who have similar interests and learn about ways you can act and participate in local, green movements in your neighborhood.

For more information and to register visit their website.

2) The Sustainability Film Series II is taking place right now. It began late February and goes through May. To check out the list of films that have played and that will be showing check out this website.

3) The Do It Green! Minnesota calendar is a great resource to check out sustainable happenings/workshops year round! Check it out!

4) May 7-8, 2011: The Living Green expo takes place at the State fairgrounds. I went last year and it was a fine introduction to green ideas, but was more for the homeowner who wanted to do green home improvements. This year there is an art exhibit and green wedding piece to the expo that I think will add some flare, so I may have to check it out again.

5) Transition towns. I recently had the opportunity to learn about the Transition towns movement. This organization has chapters all over the place. People come together to work on helping their communities transition to towns that no longer rely on oil for survival. Both St. Paul and Minneapolis have a chapter that meets weekly. To find out if your area has a group, check out their website.

There are obviously more events happening that I did not list and if you have one that you know about that I missed please feel free to comment and share!

If you are not a Minnesota resident, look up events happening in your area. I think you will be surprised to see there are many cool happenings going on in your area. I guarantee it. If not, make your town cooler by setting something up!