Minneapolis
Climate Week
Climate change can be overwhelming, but action is the antidote for anxiety. Let's surface, celebrate, and accelerate real, local progress towards a decarbonized, regenerative, equitable future.
Minneapolis Climate Week is five days of events across the Twin Cities. No convention hall, no application process, no pledges, no flown-in keynote. Hosted by those doing the work, because the work matters.
Free to attend. Free to host. Built by those who show up.
- 30+events
- 5days
- 20+host and partner organizations
In breweries, offices, coffeeshops, a cinema, a studio, and a frozen lake.
Minneapolis Climate Week 2026 featured events by
- Art Shanty Projects
- Boring House
- City of Saint Paul
- Climate TRACE
- Enterprise Energy
- Fresh Energy
- Gifting Grove
- GreenPortfolio
- Grid Catalyst
- Land Conservation Natural Burial
- The Loppet Foundation
- Minneapolis Climate Action
- MN350
- MnSEIA
- Plug and Play
- Project Drawdown
- Renewable Energy Partners
- The Great Northern
- University of Minnesota
- Venn Foundation
- WattTime
- Women's Environmental Network
- WRISE Twin Cities
Not a conference. A week.
Minneapolis Climate Week is a distributed, community-organized week of climate connection and celebration across the metro. Practical climate work, open to everyone, hosted by the people already doing it.
There is no central application, no gatekeepers. The week is decentralized by design. Think there should be an event? Make it happen.
Twin Cities Climate Collaborative supports the calendar and coordination, but doesn't run events — each one belongs to the organization or person hosting it.
Not a conference. A set of conditions.
More visibility. More participation. More collisions. More possibilities.
See an ecosystem
Minnesota is already a hub for climate action, with work happening in neighborhoods, companies, utilities, farms, nonprofits, public agencies, and more. A climate week can surface the often invisible work and put it in context, with helpful connections often following.
If you want in, you're in
This is community-built by design. Don't wait to be invited or look for where to apply. The week is shaped by those who show up. If there is something worth sharing, asking, showing, or working through, there is room for it. And if you are thinking about it, chances are good others are too.
Winter, on purpose
February makes the week specific to Minnesota. Climate work is a lived experience, and progress has to happen under real conditions, not ideal ones.
Room for complexity
There is no single climate problem, and no single climate answer; climate work involves trade-offs, uncertainty, and disagreement. A useful week makes space for the tensions, and candid conversations about what's hard, what's working, and where and how perspectives differ.
What we're aiming for
Optimistic goals for Minneapolis Climate Week 2027, based on the growth of climate weeks in comparable cities.
- 50+Host organizations
- 75+Events
- 2,000+Attendees
Six ways to connect
How will you join in celebration of the future we're building together?
Host an event
The main way in. A workshop, a tour, a panel, a potluck, a repair clinic, a walk on a frozen lake. It's free to list and you keep full control of your own event. We handle the calendar and the promotion.
Submit an event →Offer a venue
Space is the thing we need most. A taproom, a community room, a church basement, a library meeting room, a gallery, an office after hours. If you've got a room and some chairs, you can make an event possible for someone who otherwise couldn't.
Tell us about it →Volunteer
A few hours, or the whole week. Check people in, run a room, take photos, help with the newsletter — or be the person who notices whoever came alone. No climate expertise required.
Sign up →Sponsor or give
From $10 to founding partner. Cash, coffee, a venue for a day, or professional services. It stays free to attend and free to host because people here pay for it.
Support the week →Offer to speak or participate
Tell us what you'd talk about, or where you'd pitch in. We're actively looking outside the usual list — faith communities, unions, libraries, neighborhood associations, immigrant-led organizations, trade groups, farmers, artists.
Get in touch →Just keep me posted
No commitment at all. Get the newsletter: event announcements, a countdown as February gets close, and a daily guide during the week.
Sustainable travel, discounted hotels
Coming from out of town? With the help of our partner TripZero and the Minneapolis hotel community, we've secured discounted hotel rates for attendees. When you book through this program, TripZero offsets the carbon footprint of your travel — at no cost to you.
Asked and answered
Is this a conference?
No. There is no main convention hall or central agenda or mobile app. It's a distributed week of events hosted all over the metro by the people already doing the work — in breweries, coffeeshops, community centers, church basements, and out on the ice.
Is there an application to get involved?
There is no application. That's deliberate. If you want to host, volunteer, offer a venue, or speak — pick a way in above and do it. And if you are thinking there should be a certain kind of event, chances are someone else is too.
Do I need to be invited to host an event?
Consider this the ask: you're invited. Host something.
Does it cost anything?
It's free to post events on the main calendar. Individual event organizers may decide to use tickets or donations to cover costs, but those decisions are up to individual events.
Who's in charge?
The same people who are in charge of the climate - all of us! But seriously, The Twin Cities Climate Collaborative coordinates the calendar and the newsletter. Nobody runs your event though except you — hosts keep full control of their own events.
Can I host an event about [insert here]?
Absolutely. The point is to make room for useful climate work in a lot of forms. Host a session where people actually apply for utility rebates. Organize a trash pickup. Convene a candid conversation about local energy policy or lobbying strategy. Bring together senior corporate sustainability leaders to compare notes on what is working and what is not. It does not have to look like a panel, and it does not have to be for a general audience. It can be practical, technical, social, strategic, hands-on, or highly specific. If there is a group of people who would benefit from being in the room together, that is probably enough of a reason to host something.
Why February? In Minneapolis?
On purpose. Winter is real. This work is real. And this work has to be able to happen under real conditions, without waiting for ideal conditions. And if Minneapolis is not cold in February, we should definitely be talking about the climate!
Where do events happen?
Anywhere hosts make them happen. Could be a room with some chairs, a brewery, out on a trail, your local public library, a frozen lake. If you have a venue to offer, get in touch.
How do I stay in the loop?
Join the newsletter — event announcements, a countdown as February gets close, and a daily guide during the week.
Still have a question?
Email hello@mplsclimateweek.org. We're volunteers, so give us a couple of days.