Follow the links below to find out about current activities in HECUA’s Mississippi River Project:
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A mini-grant program supporting
(see archived 2001 call
for proposals) faculty and nonprofit
staff to build collaborations for public
scholarship and outreach and to develop
curricula and action-research projects on
social and environmental sustainability
in the Upper Mississippi. See
examples of funded projects.
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Results of our September
2001 workshop and February
2002 workshop professional development
field seminar.
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A resource matrix of faculty, nonprofit staff and other key resource people in the growing network of partners working to strengthen collaboration between the academy and community in addressing sustainability in the Upper Mississippi.
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For an update on planning
for the environmental internship program,
or to express interest in getting involved,
please contact Sara Carpenter, HECUA’s
program assistant for new programs, at [email protected],
telephone: 651-287-3303.
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The Twin Cities has one of the most active networks of citizens’ organizations in the country working on a wide range of environmental issues. Minnesota’s environmental policies are among the most progressive in the nation. At the same time, significant challenges remain, such as how to manage infrastructure for a booming economy and growing metropolitan area, how rural communities can maintain viable livelihoods, and how to avert environmental decline in the Mississippi River and Great Lakes ecosystems. The many examples of public-private-community partnership to address such challenges – and the energized public debate over alternative courses of action – makes the region prime ground for learning about the contemporary politics of environmental change.
Supported by a grant from the McKnight Foundation, HECUA launched a year-long planning process in May 2001 to strengthen the constituency for river basin protection and equitable development in the Upper Mississippi River Basin. This is the first focus of activity for HECUA’s domestic work in the area of urban environment and sustainability. Recognizing the wide range of organizations working on related goals, HECUA defines its niche by building on the strength and proven record at fostering innovative collaboration between the academy and the community.
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