The Minnesota Environmental Initiative builds innovative partnerships to develop solutions to Minnesota’s environmental problems. They work with nonprofit, business and government partners to develop consensus on critical issues and move collectively toward action that has positive environmental impacts.

Minnesota Environmental Initiative
211 First Street North
Suite 250
Minneapolis MN 55401
Tel: 612-334-3388
klowery@mn-ei.org

Programs

In 2007, MEI launched its Land and Water Policy Integration Project, an effort that seeks policy changes that will encourage sustainable growth in the 11 county metropolitan area. Focus groups in five locations were attended by representatives of watershed boards and planning commissions, staff from cities, counties, and townships, and builders/developers.
In 2007, MEI continued its coordination of Project Green Fleet, a voluntary collaboration of businesses, nonprofits, state and federal agencies that retrofits diesel school buses to reduce their exhaust emissions. To date, Project Green Fleet has retrofitted more than 480 buses statewide – and some 3500 more are planned. These “cleaner” buses are already on the road in the Twin Cities, Duluth, Rochester, and Bemidji. Project Green Fleet has also started providing retrofits to Head Start and transit buses.