Progress takes time
For over 30 years, we have brought business, nonprofit, government, and community partners together on environmental challenges. Lasting progress requires us to show up, year after year, and your support helps us continue.
Chatfield community comes together to create two new public mosaics celebrating clean water
Community-created artwork intended to inspire discussions about protecting drinking water will be publicly unveiled at free events on Oct. 26 and Nov. 7
A resilience playbook takes shape in Payne-Phalen
A $115,000 award to Saint Paul's Payne-Phalen neighborhood will support the development of a resilience playbook to address the health risks associated with high pollution in the area. The playbook may include interventions such as cleaner-air community spaces, filtration and cooling upgrades at lifeline assets, and dust-control vegetation on vacant lots.
In remembrance of David Thornton and his legacy of clean air
David Thornton's legacy lives on in clean air work across Minnesota and will be remembered by Environmental Initiative and all those he inspired. Read reflections from executive director Mike Harley and senior partnership director Bill Droessler and join us for his celebration of life on Sept. 24.
Artist-in-residence mosaic unveiling – Source Water Protection Collaborative
You're invited to Chatfield Center for the Arts! Source Water Protection Collaborative artist-in-residence, Mary Beth Magyar, M.Ed., is hosting the second of two events unveiling her community engagement project. Read More
- Time:
- 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CT
- Location:
- In-Person
- Cost:
- Free
End-of-year celebration
Join us at Urban Forage Winery and Cider House in Minneapolis to hear from our partners at Environmental Initiative and look ahead to 2027. Read More
- Time:
- 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm CT
- Location:
- In-Person
Artist-in-residence featured on local news
ABC 6 News recently covered the Source Water Protection Collaborative’s artist-in-residence project in Chatfield, Minnesota. Led by Rochester artist Mary Beth Magyar, M.Ed., hundreds of community members learned about their drinking water while making clay tiles that now form two public mosaics.
Leave a legacy that bridges divides
If you support building trust across perspectives, breaking down silos, and forging collective solutions for people and the planet, help sustain Environmental Initiative’s work by making a planned gift to our Bridgebuilders Circle. We can work with you on a range of giving options like stock donations, retirement plan designations, or including us in your will.