UPDATE: Please confirm with host organizations about the status of listed events. Many in-person events have been cancelled, or there may be virtual options for some events.
See our Upcoming Events page, or check our community calendar below for upcoming green community events in Minnesota, or submit your own event!
The week's events
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- Litter Be Gone Cleanups
Litter Be Gone Cleanups Litter Be Gone Cleanups
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October 3, 2019 – October 12, 2019Volunteer with family and friends to pick up litter in your neighborhood during Litter Be Gone, an annual community-wide cleanup event, October 3-12, 2019. Minneapolis residents, community groups, and businesses will be picking up litter on their neighborhood streets and sidewalks before it becomes covered by leaves and snow. Participants will receive a free drink coupon from local sponsoring businesses.
Groups can sign up at www.LitterBeGone.org/teams and receive free cleanup supplies.
Individual volunteers may join a neighborhood event or pick up litter on their own. A map of events can be found at www.LitterBeGone.org/map.
Show your neighborhood pride! Share your results online to help reach our community-wide cleanup goal.
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- Litter Be Gone Cleanups
Litter Be Gone Cleanups Litter Be Gone Cleanups
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October 3, 2019 – October 12, 2019Volunteer with family and friends to pick up litter in your neighborhood during Litter Be Gone, an annual community-wide cleanup event, October 3-12, 2019. Minneapolis residents, community groups, and businesses will be picking up litter on their neighborhood streets and sidewalks before it becomes covered by leaves and snow. Participants will receive a free drink coupon from local sponsoring businesses.
Groups can sign up at www.LitterBeGone.org/teams and receive free cleanup supplies.
Individual volunteers may join a neighborhood event or pick up litter on their own. A map of events can be found at www.LitterBeGone.org/map.
Show your neighborhood pride! Share your results online to help reach our community-wide cleanup goal.
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- Litter Be Gone Cleanups, Planting at Lilydale Bluffs, National Solar Tour
Litter Be Gone Cleanups Litter Be Gone Cleanups
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October 3, 2019 – October 12, 2019Volunteer with family and friends to pick up litter in your neighborhood during Litter Be Gone, an annual community-wide cleanup event, October 3-12, 2019. Minneapolis residents, community groups, and businesses will be picking up litter on their neighborhood streets and sidewalks before it becomes covered by leaves and snow. Participants will receive a free drink coupon from local sponsoring businesses.
Groups can sign up at www.LitterBeGone.org/teams and receive free cleanup supplies.
Individual volunteers may join a neighborhood event or pick up litter on their own. A map of events can be found at www.LitterBeGone.org/map.
Show your neighborhood pride! Share your results online to help reach our community-wide cleanup goal.
Planting at Lilydale Bluffs Planting at Lilydale Bluffs
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October 5, 2019PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: https://www.greatrivergreening.org/events/lilydale-planting/
This 100-person volunteer event is sponsored by our generous partner, the Saint Paul Area Association of REALTORS® Charitable Foundation. Volunteers will plant native seeds and plugs along a two-acre swath of land at Lilydale Bluffs in St. Paul. Significant erosion in the area has led to degrading bluffs and poor water quality in the nearby Mississippi River. The native plants will encourage habitat recovery and stabilize the bluff soils, a critical piece to improving the bluffs.
If you’d like to register as a group (Scout Troop, employees of a company, school group, gardening clubs, etc), please contact Genna at volunteer@greatrivergreening.org.
Partners and Funders: Saint Paul Area Association of REALTORS® Foundation, the Outdoor Heritage Fund & the City of Saint Paul.
Open to all ages (Family Friendly), children under 12 must be supervised
Difficulty level of restoration task: Moderate to Difficult (Depends on work unit)
Terrain: Hilly
Hike to Site: Moderate, paved and unpaved trails
We supply: Tools and equipment (gloves, shovels, safety glasses, etc.), drinking water, and all training
This event will occur rain or shine
Light breakfast, snacks, and lunch provided.National Solar Tour National Solar Tour
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October 5, 2019The National Solar Tour is the largest grassroots renewable energy event in the nation.
On October 5 & 6, 2019 and the surrounding weekends, hundreds of people who have gone solar across the nation will open their homes and businesses to engage their communities around the power of solar energy.
