The Women’s Environmental Institute at Amador Hill, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is an environmental research, renewal and retreat center designed to create and share knowledge about environmental issues and policies relevant to women, children and identified communities especially affected by environmental injustices; to promote agricultural justice, organic and sustainable agriculture and ecological awareness; and to support activism that influences public policy and promotes social change.

Women's Environmental Institute
PO Box 128, 15715 River Road
North Branch, MN 55056
Phone: 651-583-0705
Fax: 651-583-0705
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Programs

WEI has six program centers dedicated:

• to create knowledge, scholarship and educational materials for individuals or groups working on environmental issues related to women, children, and disproportionately impacted communities

• to become an information hub that organizes current research and writing on environmental issues related to women, children, and identified communities

• to demonstrate leadership in civic involvement, global responsibility and stewardship around environmental issues at both the local and global level

• to provide both on-site and off-site educational outreach in seminars (and eventually distant learning courses) and experiential learning workshops on practical activities related to sustainable agriculture and environmental issues

• to develop strong affiliations with local environmental and ecologically-focused groups and secondary and post-secondary institutions to create collaborative programming and projects

• to create an institute that will provide a model for environmentally-friendly construction, land stewardship and conservation practices, renewable energy, resource development, and organic food production and processing.

WHAT WEI CREATES: A Center for Renewal, Thought, Action

A space for meetings and retreats and a renewal center for activists, educators, students, organizations, and citizens working on environmental issues that impact on women, children, and communities disproportionately affected by environmental injustice; training and workshops for social action change.

A progressive Rockin' Chair Think Tank to organize and analyze information on current environmental research; provide opportunities for creating research groups on community environmental initiatives and maintain policy development networks and organizations to foster social change and inclusive enviro/feminist political action

An Alternative Farm Campus to provide outreach and education on green living, sustainable development, renewable energy, organic food production and to develop environmental and eco-agricultural policies and resources. WEI is the Minnesota Regional Outreach Training Center for Growing Power (www.growingpower.org).

An Eco-Friendly Community Center to provide a learning space that will model practices of environmentally-friendly construction, land stewardship, environmental conservation, renewable resource development, and organic farming and gardening practices.

A peaceful Retreat and Conference Center for guests to rest up and do what they need to do to carry on.