‘Environment’ Archives
New Pollinator Plantings Beautify Neighborhood and Decrease Erosion on Abbott Northwestern Hospital Campus
Photos taken by the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) A wildlife-friendly landscaping plan is part of Allina Health’s multi-year infrastructure project at Abbott Northwestern Hospital that benefits the environment and pollinators By DAVID JOOS Allina Health is showing its commitment to sustainability in its multi-year infrastructure project on the Abbott Northwestern Hospital campus in the Midtown Phillips Neighborhood of Minneapolis. As part of the project, Allina Health is transforming the campus with a new Surgical and Critical Care Pavilion and a new Transportation Hub. With the help of a Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) Action Grant of $50,000, Allina Health planted native, pollinator-friendly plantings in May 2022 along the Transportation Hub’s 5,000-square-foot slope near the Midtown Greenway. The new pollinator habitat includes carefully selected plants based on their bloom time and ability to grow well and prevent [...]
Women’s Environmental Institute Again Offers Its Classes FREE to The Phillips Community!
WEI foraging class prepared findings to eat WEI’s Pickle canning class at Little Earth with instructor Diane / Provided by the Women’s Environmental Institute By the Women’s Environmental Institute Live, work, play, or pray in Minneapolis Phillips Neighborhood? Interested in organic farming, aquaponics, beer making? Foraging for food? These classes and more, are available from Women's Environmental Institute (WEI) to folks in the Phillips Neighborhood completely FREE of charge. 1. Visit w-e-i.org to see all classes. 2. Click on “2022 Upcoming Classes,” which appears over the changing images. 3. Make a note of classes you would like to take and meeting dates 4. Click GREEN “Jobs Openings, Scholarships and Applications” label at the top of the page. 5. Click on the link, “Registration for Residents of Phillips Neighborhood”. 6. Fill in the application on this page using your note of classes you want to take. 7. [...]
Last Call to Apply for 2022 Edible Boulevards!
By MICHELLE SHAW Do you live in Cedar Riverside, Ventura Village, Midtown Phillips, Phillips West or East Phillips? If so, you are a resident of the Southside Green Zone and you’re eligible to apply for participation in the Minneapolis Edible Boulevards initiative. We have funding to go towards teaching people how to transform the space between the sidewalk and curb into an edible boulevard, as well as for soil testing, seeds, organic soil, and compost. An application is posted on our Minneapolis Edible Boulevards Facebook page, which we invite you to join. If you live in another neighborhood and want to participate, contact your neighborhood association to let them know you’d like them to partner with us. If you’re willing and able to volunteer in any way, we would greatly appreciate your help. Possibilities include co-administering our Facebook page, pick-up and delivery of compost and organic soil to garden build sites, help with gardening, photographing garden [...]
