Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light

Reparations Learning Lab February 2026
2026-02-25 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago) | Zoom
Join us for our 2026 Reparations Learning Lab series! Learning Labs are one hour sessions where we learn, reflect, workshop real life questions, and commit towards action. You are welcome to attend regularly or to simply come when and as you are able.
More details to come on the topic of this session.
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MNIPL Winter Book Club: About Power
2026-03-05 18:30 - 19:45 | Zoom
This winter, MNIPL is launching a Winter Book Club to read inspiring works speaking to this moment in our collective climate crisis. If you’ve been wondering how to access hope for your continued work on climate action, these books are for you! Please join us!
Every month January – March, we’ll read a recent book to learn about innovative approaches to addressing climate change and to discuss how these ideas could work in our local context.
A primary reason we have accelerating Climate Chaos and profound societal inequity is that society delivers electric utility services upside down and backwards. On the demand-side, electric utilities are healthier financially when they emit more pollution, and conservation reduces their earnings. On the supply side, big, very expensive power lines are being built to accommodate renewable energy development.
While acknowledging a host of existential threats, About Power by George Crocker makes the case that society’s major problems can be reduced, if not solved, with proper management of energy resources.
In this session, we will explore the ideas regarding how to of “end-use” analysis to estimate our energy needs (to put it another way, how much power would we need if we were using energy efficient things in our life).
We will discuss pages 113 – 184, including Crocker’s recommendations for moving forward.

Write On Radio (KFAI) discussion with George Crocker (50 minutes)

Purchase from Bookshop.org or your favorite book purveyor.
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Data Center Moratorium Now: Earth Day of Action at the Capitol
2026-04-22 13:30 - 15:00 | Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Saint Paul, MN, 55155
Concerned Minnesotans are opposing hyperscale data center projects in local towns, cities, and counties across the state.

With more than 20 active hyperscale data center proposals in Minnesota, the “Data Center Bill” passed in the 2025 special session falls short of creating a comprehensive regulatory framework to adequately address the impact of these projects.

The 2026 legislative session ends May 17th, and we need lawmakers to act NOW on behalf of the people, NOT the Big Tech billionaires behind these projects.

Join Rise & Repair on the afternoon of Earth Day (April 22nd, 2026) for a Community Hearing on Hyperscale Data Centers in the rotunda featuring testimony from impacted constituents, concerned residents & policy experts asking lawmakers for immediate action on data centers before session concludes.

To Our Lawmakers: Listen, Learn & Legislate – We need a Data Center Moratorium NOW!

OUTLINE OF THE DAY
10-11am: Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness Earth Day Rally12-1pm: Lunch & Gathering on the South Steps / Promenade1:30-3pm: Data Center Public Hearing in the Rotunda
Convened by the Rise & Repair Alliance, this community organizing effort has been put forward by Stop the Hermantown Data Center, Coalition for Responsible Data Center Development, Stop the Pine Island Data Center, CURE, Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy MNIPL, MUKWA, Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness, Third Act! MN, Vote Solar, Clean Water Action and more.

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Reparations Learning Lab April 2026
2026-04-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Zoom
Today, the trauma and destruction of the Doctrine of Discovery surrounds us. We’ve felt it in Operation Metro Surge. We heard it in the Legislature’s opposition to protection for wild rice. And it is the heart of Representative Stauber’s effort to mine the Boundary Waters.
In this learning lab, Jim Bear Jacobs and Jessica Intermill will continue our exploration of the role of the Doctrine of Discovery in our lives today.
We’ll move away from lecture-style learning toward deep conversation, and we’ll answer your questions about how the Doctrine shows up in today’s world and intersects with reparatory work.
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Become a Solar Ambassador Training - In Person
2026-05-05 14:00 - 15:00 | MNIPL Office, 4407 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, 55406
Despite federal action last year to end them, there is still time for organizations and small businesses to access federal incentives to go solar – we recently learned that these incentives have been extended into 2026.
We need your help to recruit groups who are interested in solar options at zero to little money down.
In this training, you’ll leave with:

An understanding of the programs available and how MNIPL can be a resource
Tools for for identifying promising organizations
A guide for talking about the opportunity with frequently asked questions
A network of support and advice from experts who have worked with dozens of organizations

One more thing: If you become a solar ambassador and help us connect with an organization who signs a contract to go solar, you will get $500 for you or for a mutual aid fund of your choosing!
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Interested in attending on Zoom instead: Check out our Zoom option on Wednesday, May 6 at 7 pm here!

Become a Solar Ambassador Training - Virtual
2026-05-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom
Despite federal action last year to end them, there is still time for organizations and small businesses to access federal incentives to go solar – we recently learned that these incentives have been extended into 2026.
We need your help to recruit groups who are interested in solar options at zero to little money down.
In this training, you’ll leave with:

An understanding of the programs available and how MNIPL can be a resource
Tools for for identifying promising organizations
A guide for talking about the opportunity with frequently asked questions
A network of support and advice from experts who have worked with dozens of organizations

One more thing: If you become a solar ambassador and help us connect with an organization who signs a contract to go solar, you will get $500 for you or for a mutual aid fund of your choosing!
CLICK HERE TO RSVP!
Interested in attending our in-person training on May 4 instead? Click here!

Global Transition, Local Action: Lessons from Santa Marta & What Minnesotans Can Do
2026-05-07 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
The Conference on the Transition Away from Fossil Fuels is the first of its kind global gathering of nations, organizations, and citizens to develop a roadmap to end dependence on fossil fuels, create community-owned renewable energy systems, and advance international cooperation towards a just transition to renewables.
Join us for a conversation with MNIPL’s Analyah Schlaeger dos Santos and USCAN’s Shontaé Cannon-Buckley, who both attended the Conference and played leadership roles in coordinating North American nonprofits, civil service organizations, and citizens.
They’ll share their takeaways from the conference, and we’ll engage in a conversation about how Minnesotans take action in the global transition away from fossil fuels. Expect both learning and an invitation into further action to support this global work.
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Eco Fair on Summit
2026-05-16 12:00 - 15:00 | House of Hope Presbyterian, 797 Summit Ave, St Paul, 55105, United States
The biggest Minnesota Ecofair outside the State Fair’s Eco-experience, this event pulls together more than 75 environmental organizations, electric vehicle owners, sustainable products vendors, and bicycle enthusiasts to support better choices for the planet. Check out a wide variety of electric vehicles and talk to their owners with all your questions, plus take a test drive with one of several dealers. Find out about electric lawn equipment including mowing robots; learn about electric bike models; and discover who is solving water pollution in our state. Kids will enjoy the electric fire truck and flock of baby goats on site (natural weed suppression!).
Hosted by six MNIPL congregations in the Summit Ave neighborhood, this EcoFair has something for everyone, including a team of sustainable food trucks and live music. Come enjoy a Saturday afternoon learning your next step for caring for the earth.
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Youth N' Power: Youth Lunch with Our State Legislators
2026-05-28 12:00 - 14:00 | Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Saint Paul, MN, 55155
Join Youth N’ Power Network for a lunch with state legislators!
This is an opportunity for young people to share with state legislators the issues most important to them and to urge the to take action. Lunch will be provided – and you’ll have the opportunity to tour the Capitol!
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This work is part of the Youth Environmental Activists program that MNIPL took on after the closure of Climate Generation. We are currently hoping to raise $5000 to cover the unexpected costs for keeping this program going. Please consider making a donation here.
