Environment Committee
The Environment Committee encourages and supports all residents who want to organize environmental actions and initiatives. Everyone is welcome including youth, renters, businesses, people who work or school in Seward, diverse communities and the elders of our community.
What we work on together
We meet monthly and organize special activities; people participate at varying levels. Our focus tends to be local, exploring ways to reduce our waste and carbon footprint, improving habitat for pollinators, and protecting our air and water.
Zero Waste
Hosting events and programming to educate and encourage neighborhood participation in Zero Waste practices.
Transportation
Engaging conversation with neighbors about car emissions to promote more eco-friendly roadways and transportation in Minneapolis.
Home Energy
Collaborating with home owners and renters to provide resources for reducing their carbon footprint at home.
Join us
Can you, by yourself, do much to protect the environment? We need major changes at the level of government policy and officials, and changes in corporate profit incentives. We in Seward have a long history of community engagement, enjoying and working with our neighbors.
Join us for a Meeting
The Environment Committee meets on the 4th Thursday of the month at Matthews Park Center at 6:30 pm. In November, the group meets on the 3rd Thursday due to Thanksgiving. No meeting in December. All are welcome!
View Agendas & Meeting Minutes
Click this link to view what’s on the agenda for our upcoming meeting, and read the minutes from our previous meetings.
Committee Charter
Learn about how we operate by reading our committee charter.
Read our blog
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Help reduce plastic use and pollution
The Case for Removing I-94
Your yard — a supportive ecosystem?
Energy Assistance Program
What happens after a polluting business gets closed?
Racist Impacts of Highways, Past and Present
See our work in action
Throughout the year we host a variety of events to bring community together over out shared interest of protecting the environment. To add or remove images, please contact terry@sng.org.
Find more ways to get involved.
More Committees
Community Engagement Committee
Members collaborate to develop programs and events that build an inclusive, equitable, and engaged Seward neighborhood.
History Committee
The mission of the History Committee is to collect, research, and interpret stories and historical events related to the Seward Neighborhood and to share them with the public for purpose of education.
Community Development Committee
Ensures that Seward’s built environment—commercial, industrial, housing, parks, roads, bikeways, pedestrian environment, utilities—is safe, improving, serves all residents, owners and workers, is well-maintained and environmentally sustainable.
Check out Seward's upcoming activities
National Night Out
Healthy Seward: Summer Health Talk
Healthy Seward: Summer Health Talk