2025 Climate Solutions Series Action Guide
Let’s work together to protect the future of our winters
Minnesota winters are changing. Every year we bring together leading voices to address climate change and environmental concerns as part of The Great Northern’s Climate Solutions Series. Through action-based conversations and workshops, we come together as a community to discuss what climate change means for us in Minnesota and the Midwest.
The 2025 Climate Solutions Series Action Guide keeps these conversations going while providing clear, relevant actions to take on each topic.
In addition to specific action steps, this guide includes audio and/or video recordings of each session, as well as further resources on each topic.
Session Recordings + Resources
Britt Wray and Leah Thomas in conversation
Emerging Climate Careers
Equitable Decarbonization of Buildings in the Midwest
Growing Connections: Building Food Hubs to Support Farmers and Feed Communities
Live Podcast: Vibe Check
Mending Workshop: Stitching Together Community and Climate Action
Our Winter Weather Future: Understanding, Preparing For, and Navigating Winter In the Midst of Climate Change
Planetary Health
Reclaiming Manoomin / Psin: State-Level Efforts to Establish Legal Rights for Wild Rice
Role of Sci-Fi + Imagination in Climate Solutions
Unraveling Textile Waste: Hidden Costs and Solutions
Check out the Climate Solutions Series reading list
Special thanks to our community partner Magers & Quinn for helping us curate this years Climate Solutions Series reading list.
The list includes authors featured at the 2025 Climate Solutions Series as well as additional books for further reading.
Support The Great Northern: Help us keep The Climate Solutions Series accessible to all with a donation
If you’d like to support The Great Northern and our work to bring together leading voices to address climate change and environmental concerns, you can make a donation. Our recommended donation of $25 supports The Great Northern in keeping most of our programming free and accessible for our community.
The Great Northern Climate Solutions Series is funded in part by McKnight Foundation.
The McKnight Foundation, a Minnesota-based family foundation, advances a more just, creative, and abundant future where people and planet thrive. Established in 1953, the McKnight Foundation is deeply committed to advancing climate solutions in the Midwest; building an equitable and inclusive Minnesota; and supporting the arts and culture in Minnesota, neuroscience, and global food systems.
