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Volunteer and Paid Opportunities with SSMN
Work with us - make a difference! Volunteer Green Business/Student Liaison needed to work with students and their advisors at SAHS and...
Oct 11, 20212 min read


Volunteers/Board Members Honored at Dessert Picnic
Thank you to everyone who attended our August 26 Volunteer Appreciation Event! We are so grateful to have you in our community. This was...
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Businesses, Schools, Nonprofits:$50K Grants - Apply Before November 1
Washington County, Minn. has allocated funding to support area businesses, nonprofits, schools, and colleges to implement projects that...
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Rain Garden Update
The City built rain gardens a few years ago to protect our local water resources. Sustainable Stillwater MN members have adopted six...
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Stencilers Needed!
Our Natural Resources team lead Louise says the most pressing need right now is for citizens to help reduce pollution from storm drains....
Oct 11, 20211 min read


GreenStep Cities Team to Focus on Climate Action Plan for Stillwater
As SSMN looks at actions needed to get Stillwater from Level Two to a Level Three GreenStep City, we are turning to measures that have...
Oct 11, 20211 min read


First Bridge the Valley Bike Rally Was Phenomenal Success
Sustainable Stillwater MN and the Stillwater Sunrise Rotary collaborated for an exciting charity bicycle rally on August 15th....
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Bike Friendly Community Racks Up Another Victory
Another victory for Sustainable Stillwater MN’s Bicycle Friendly Community workgroup, which aims to encourage biking as a carbon-free...
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Leading Our Community
Sustainable Stillwater MN members have a goal of monitoring every City Council meeting in order to provide input to the city to make it...
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Stillwater's Green Business Directory Now Has 50+ Members!
A year ago, there were less than a dozen members in our new Greater Stillwater Area Green Business Directory at GreenStillwater.org. Now,...
Oct 11, 20211 min read


Silent Sports Magazine: Creating a Lively and Livable Community
The article mentions SSMN in Silent Sports Magazine by Mike Lyner View the full article here: Originally a Native village along the...
Oct 8, 20211 min read


Less leisure time a reason for dwindling bike use since the Covid lockdown highs of 2020
Article in The National News Read the full article here: https://www.thenationalnews.com/world/uk-news/2021/09/29/how-the-wheels-came-off...
Oct 8, 20211 min read


Lights Out Program
Save birds - Save energy - Save money This information is from https://mn.audubon.org/conservation/lights-out-program Our Lights Out...
Oct 8, 20211 min read


Attention Bicyclists! Feedback Wanted!
Sustainable Stillwater MN’s bicycle workgroup recently applied for Bicycle Friendly Community (BFC) status from the League of American...
Sep 22, 20211 min read


Bird City and the Bluebird Recovery Program coordination
SSMN's 2021 Bluebird Recovery Program was successful and we learned a lot. We hope to expand the project in 2022 if we succeed in...
Aug 26, 20211 min read


Leadership On Climate Needed Now
You probably heard about the bombshell report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN body that determines with...
Aug 19, 20212 min read


Bridge The Valley - Bike Rally - Volunteers Needed
Want to play a role in the success of the Bridge The Valley - Bike Rally on August 15th? Become a volunteer! The Stillwater Sunrise...
Aug 2, 20211 min read


Energy Assistance & Weatherization Programs in MN
The Energy Assistance Program (EAP) helps pay for home heating costs and furnace repairs for income-qualified households. EAP is...
Jul 30, 20211 min read


Remembering Matt
With great sadness, we announce the passing of Matt Dynan, a member of the board of directors of Sustainable Stillwater MN. Matt passed...
Jul 12, 20212 min read


Clean Cars a Go in Minnesota
An administrative law judge has given the go-ahead for Minnesota to join 14 other states and Washington DC in bringing more EVs to the...
Jul 11, 20211 min read
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