Clean Water and Sanitation
MPR News: Morris is a small Minnesota town with big climate goals
Morris is a small town in western Minnesota with big clean energy goals.
University of Minnesota launches environmental justice center to help underserved communities
The University of Minnesota is home to a new federal office intended to get as much climate investment into environmental justice communities as possible.
UN Sustainable Development Goals: Scenarios for Global Learning
This 30-minute webinar is designed to help you integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals into your courses. Integrating the goals can help your students build awareness of global issues and learn about concrete steps they could take to address them on both global and local levels.
Star Tribune: Minnesota to spend $240 million to remove lead pipes across the state
Minnesota will spend $240 million over the next decade to identify, remove and replace more than 100,000 lead service lines across the state, the largest single investment ever made to try to eradicate the toxin from the state's drinking water supply.
Minnesota companies debut new foods, whiskey made with Kernza® perennial grain
Whiskey, cereal, pasta, crackers and other goods made with Kernza® perennial grain are increasingly on the market in Minnesota. Tattersall Distilling in Minneapolis recently debuted its Kernza Perennial Grain Whiskey, made with 100% Kernza perennial grain.
UMN develops prototype SDG data hub featuring local data
The University of Minnesota continues to make significant progress in developing an SDG Data Hub that counties can use to track and accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Triple threat environmental project
UMD students Emma Johnson and Sidney Mattson are working with the Office of Sustainability to remove the invasive buckthorn on campus, they're making room for a rain garden and pollinator park.
Hartley Park inspires curiosity for water management research
When Madison Olbertz was searching for graduate programs, she wanted to study in a community where she could envision herself living after graduation, a place with unique wilderness character.
U of M Sustainable Development Goals Initiative Announce 2022 SDG Research Grant Awards
GPS Alliance is pleased to announce the award, as part of its systemwide initiative focused on the SDGs, of approximately $160,000 to eight research projects that align with the UNs’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the U’s strategic priorities and needs identified by communities.
UMN Morris Sustainability Forum 2022 - Raises Up Indigenous Voices and Promotes SDGs
On December 2, 2022 the Morris Campus Student Association hosted a Sustainability Forum to celebrate the diversity of sustainability activity happening across campus and the community of Morris.