Join us on April 22 for Navigating Upstream, a gathering and fundraiser focused on the future of Minnesota’s natural places. Your support helps power this work, bringing Minnesotans together, building community, and inspiring stewardship for Minnesota’s land, water, and air.
Join a special video Voices of Upstream for a conversation with Food Building founder Kieran Folliard about how this iconic Minnesotan cares for our natural places by keeping food local, nurturing producers and growers and celebrating the community building that happens over good food. From Kernza grains to Irish… Read More →
Do you love where you live? We are looking for individuals who have stories to tell about their natural Minnesota place, and how they care for it. Upstream Initiative announces an open call for the A Care for Place fellowship! This call will support a cohort of 10 Minnesotans with $1,200 project stipends to create and document… Read More →
In the Dakota language, “earth lodge” is maka tipi. But it’s also a verb meaning “they live.” Lisa Johnson Jim Rock’s great-great grandparents made the thousand-mile trek into exile from Minnesota to Saskatchewan on foot in the 1860s. His Dakota father, Tabdoka Sapa Itokab Nażiŋ Šni, was one of the last five first-language speakers of… Read More →
The health of our natural places has a big influence on the length and quality of our lives. As the largest consumer-governed, non-profit health care and financing organization in the nation, Upstream Partner HealthPartners is committed to doing its part to bring health and conservation together. The health care industry generates a considerable amount of… Read More →
Tom Glines remembers one of the first times he went on a turkey hunt. It was in the fields and woods near Lanesboro in southeastern Minnesota’s driftless region. It was a spring hunt, and the state was waking up from a long winter slumber. A lifelong hunter, Tom was comfortable in the still and quiet… Read More →
Debi Kohlhardt may not have been born in Minnesota, but this Jordan, MN mom loves where she lives. Debi, who went to college in Moorhead, MN and now teaches yoga through Community Education in Jordan, takes a daily walk around Mill Pond Lake–the crown jewel of Jordan’s park system. Debi walks rain or shine, in… Read More →
Connexus Energy is Minnesota’s largest member-owned energy cooperative, providing power to the more than 330,000 people that live and work in portions of Anoka, Ramsey, Hennepin, Sherburne, Mille Lacs, Washington, Isanti and Chisago counties. Connexus goes Upstream by providing members with programs to help members conserve energy, including peak time programs, energy efficiency rebates and… Read More →
When it comes to loving and caring for our natural places, habits learned early carry through life. That’s especially true for Sam Hesla, a 30 year old Wilderness Inquiry volunteer from Minneapolis. When Sam, born with Down syndrome, was six months old, he took his first camping trip with his parents. And when he turned… Read More →
Do you love where you live? Are you an artist, a maker, a creative, or a culture bearer with a story to tell about your place? Are you always trying to get people to move to your town? Upstream Initiative announces an open call for the A Care for Place campaign! Supported by Springboard for… Read More →
Compeer Financial, with a large Minnesota workforce, helps farmers, ranchers and growers with financial services and products across the midwest. They help farmers, large and small, achieve their goals through lending programs. They care for our places by helping farmers to make the transition to sustainable agriculture. Compeer works with traditional agriculture, but also serves… Read More →
Ecolab has been partnering with The Nature Conservancy and Great River Greening for many years. In 2013 they kicked off an annual, family friendly volunteer event planting trees and pollinator friendly species at various treasured locations around the Twin Cities area, including Victoria Park in St. Paul, Hidden Falls, a popular summer spot for families,… Read More →
