A weekend conference focusing on climate change solutions and citizenship empowerment with emphasis on youth, agriculture, faith, business, and government. Big ideas, new conversations, great food, fun, music, & good news!

Join students from Carleton, Macalester, and St. Olaf will come together to talk about issues surrounding food systems reform, with break out sessions on key topics like food access, food waste, food privilege, and campus farms/gardens. Regi Haslett-Marroquin of the Main Street Project will be the keynote speaker. The event is followed by a dinner with local farmers.

Ed Buchwald is the Carleton College Emeritus McBride Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies, Geology

Volunteer in the Arboretum! Work events occur on the third Saturday of every month, and commonly include activities such as tree planting and pulling invasive shrubs. Specific project will be determined in advance of the event.

Arb Volunteer Activities:

Volunteers provide assistance to the Arboretum in many ways. Some volunteers participate in scheduled work days, working with a group to complete projects such as invasive species control, trail maintenance, collecting seed or planting trees or shrubs. These events are generally hosted on the third Saturday of each month. Other volunteers select independent projects and may conduct a bird or plant inventory, monitor a rare species, or lead field trips. If you would like to offer your time or expertise, please contact Arboretum Director Nancy Braker or attend one of our group events. We send out announcements and reminders of our activities, so please let us know if you would like to be on our email distribution list.

Help collect seeds for prairie and forest restorations and learn how to identify a few wildflowers at the same time! The seeds we collect will be planted this fall in areas of the Arboretum that are being restored.

Meet at the Arboretum Office, 710 Three Oaks Drive. This is a family-friendly activity. We suggest wearing a hat, closed toe shoes and socks, and long pants. A long-sleeved shirt may be welcome bug protection!

See the campus map if you need more information on our location. PLEASE NOTE that with the Hwy 19 road construction you need to approach our office from the east if you are driving. If you are walking or biking you can reach us by coming through the Carleton campus.

Arb Volunteer Activities:

Volunteers provide assistance to the Arboretum in many ways. Some volunteers participate in scheduled work days, working with a group to complete projects such as invasive species control, trail maintenance, collecting seed or planting trees or shrubs. These events are generally hosted on the third Saturday of each month. Other volunteers select independent projects and may conduct a bird or plant inventory, monitor a rare species, or lead field trips. If you would like to offer your time or expertise, please contact Arboretum Director Nancy Braker or attend one of our group events. We send out announcements and reminders of our activities, so please let us know if you would like to be on our email distribution list.

TigerLion Arts presents NATURE, the mythic telling of Emerson and Thoreau’s mutual love affair with the natural world. Grounded in the story of their friendship, this virtuosic production offers a perspective on their lives that is strikingly relevant, richly complex, and yet utterly simple. Nature is performed outdoors as a “walking play.” A professional ensemble of actors takes the audience on a journey through the natural environment as scenes unfold around them. Bagpipes, ancient flutes, drums and rich choral arrangements are intricately woven into the experience.

TigerLion Arts presents NATURE, the mythic telling of Emerson and Thoreau’s mutual love affair with the natural world. Grounded in the story of their friendship, this virtuosic production offers a perspective on their lives that is strikingly relevant, richly complex, and yet utterly simple. Nature is performed outdoors as a “walking play.” A professional ensemble of actors takes the audience on a journey through the natural environment as scenes unfold around them. Bagpipes, ancient flutes, drums and rich choral arrangements are intricately woven into the experience.

TigerLion Arts presents NATURE, the mythic telling of Emerson and Thoreau’s mutual love affair with the natural world. Grounded in the story of their friendship, this virtuosic production offers a perspective on their lives that is strikingly relevant, richly complex, and yet utterly simple. Nature is performed outdoors as a “walking play.” A professional ensemble of actors takes the audience on a journey through the natural environment as scenes unfold around them. Bagpipes, ancient flutes, drums and rich choral arrangements are intricately woven into the experience.

The Latin American Studies Program at St. Olaf College will host a talk by Nancy Hughes, the founder of StoveTeam International.

StoveTeam helps entrepreneurs establish factories in Latin America. These self-sustaining businesses produce safe, affordable, fuel-efficient cookstoves to replace dangerous open cooking fires.

StoveTeam’s model has been awarded the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Partnership for Clean Indoor Air Award for Developing Local Markets.

The Northfield CROP (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) Walk is the largest walk in the state and the only community-wide event/effort in Northfield to eradicate hunger and poverty, provide disaster relief, and resettle the growing number of refugees worldwide.

Please join us on Sunday, October 4th, 2 p.m. as we leave from All Saints Episcopal Church, 419 Washington St. and walk through Northfield, ending at Bridge Square.

Seventy-five percent of monies raised will go to support projects around the world sponsored by Church World Service (CWS); the other twenty-five percent will go to the Northfield Community Action Center.

You can make a financial contribution by picking up a pledge envelope at your church, going on the web: crophungerwalk.org/northfieldmn, or mailing a check payable to “CWS/CROP” to Betty Chapman, Community Resource Bank, 1605 Heritage Drive, Northfield, MN, 55057.

Almost all Northfield churches, both Carleton and St. Olaf students, and about two dozen local businesses are participating.

Thank you for becoming a part of this unique community-wide event in Northfield to help those in need throughout the world.