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Sustainability
Environmental sustainability is a top priority for the City of Northfield. Climate Change Impacts was one of six priorities in our 2018-2020 Strategic Plan. As such, we adopted a Climate Action Plan on November 5, 2019. The plan and supporting documents are provided below.
The Climate Action Plan is focused around six topic areas: Energy, Food, Land Use, Materials & Waste, Transportation and Water. The plan itself has two main areas – mitigation and resiliency/adaptation.
To learn more about actions taking place and resources:
What is sustainability?
Sustainability is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. It considers a larger approach to decision-making by determining ahead of time how policies and actions affect people, the environment and our economy.
GreenStep Cities
In 2021, the City of Northfield achieved the Step 5 level of GreenStep Cities. Many of the items in the city’s Climate Action Plan will be tied to Green Step Cities efforts.
See Northfield’s GreenStep details
See Northfield's and other cities' progress using the GreenStep Cities Metrics
Volunteer
If you are interested in helping the city advance our Climate Action Plan considering serving on our Environmental Quality Commission.
Learn about the Environmental Quality Commission.
If you would like to volunteer in other ways please contact staff for current opportunities.
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Living as if climate change matters: building energy efficiency and electrification
The gravity of the climate emergency the world faces was highlighted by the latest report released by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report’s dire, consensus science-based predictions of extreme difficulty adapting to climate change Building energy efficiency and electrification... -
Living as if climate change matters
The Northfield City Council is to be commended for being one of 16 Minnesota cities to pass a resolution declaring a climate emergency last month. They join over 2,000 jurisdictions internationally to have done so since 2016. Climate change matters...
Podcast
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Sustainable Northfield
This podcast covers a variety of topics around sustainability and stories of the actions being taken in Northfield, Minnesota. Listen on your favorite podcast app.
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Sustainability video playlist
Watch sustainability videos
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Risi Karim
Assistant to the City AdministratorPhone: 507-645-3074