Past Forum Events
These events occurred between 2007-Present
March Networking Event
Networking in the Environmental Field
Networking: Pure, Simple & Unique!
Co-hosted by the Center for Global Environmental Education at Hamline University!
This event is sponsored by:
- Center for Energy and the Environment (an FWEF annual sponsor)
- Historical Information Gatherers, Inc.
- Aveda Corporation
- EnPro Assessment Corp
- Capitol Region Watershed District
- Asset Recovery Corporation
- Braun Intertec
- Qwest Communications
- Pace Analytical Services, Inc.
- General Mills
- Would your organization like to sponsor this event? Contact Suzanne D'Souza at 612-741-1365.
Location: Hamline University - Sorin A & B (Sorin Dining Hall)
Cost: $12 for students and members, $18 for non-members
- Join us to learn about environmental jobs in a variety of sectors of business, learn about their positions (day to day activities, their background, what knowledge is needed to perform their daily work), meet people at these organizations and see how various positions are related to the environment.
- Need help with your resumes or how to network or just need ideas? Board members will be at the ready to help you.
- Come and talk to people who have found jobs in the environmental field and see how we did it! In fact, some of us actually found jobs by networking at the FWEF events!
Light dinner/appetizers will be served. $18.00
January Event: Sustainability & Business
Registration is still open! Register through 3pm TODAY for tomorrow's event!
- Tim Smith, U of M, Institute on the Environment
- Sue Bast, City of Burnsville
- Todd Wilkening, Ridgeview Medical Center
- John Dwyer, Shelter Architecture
- 5:30 pm: Registration open, dinner available
- 6:00 pm-6:45 pm: Panelists remarks
- 6:45 pm-7:00 pm: Q & A $18.00
November event: Political Panel
$18.00
Autumn Networking Event
There's limited room for this event! Register soon to participate in this one-of-a-kind networking opportunity!
Location: Wellstone Center, Anna Heilmaier Meeting room, #212
179 Robie St E, St Paul, MN 55107
Cost: $10 for students, $12 for members, $18 for non-members.
Join us for an evening of conversation and networking around the theme of mentorship. How can individuals working in the environmental field support each other? This question is of particular importance given the current economic downturn; the work we do is as important as ever, yet there seem to be fewer clear career opportunities. We can all benefit from hearing the experiences of others: their successes, their biggest obstacles, and what they have learned along the way. We can inspire others with our own stories. No matter what level of experience or career success we've reached, we can all be mentors.
A light dinner consisting of vegetarian appetizers and finger foods will be served. Coffee and water will also be available. $18.00
July Outdoor Event Fossil Hunting-fun for the whole family!
July Outdoor Event: Hunt for Fossils in St. Paul
Location: 950 Lilydale Road, St Paul, MN 55118
- Latitude: 44°55'29.79"N
- Longitude: 93° 6'38.06"W
Join FWEF at Lilydale Regional Park to hunt for fossils. About 450 millions years ago, much of Minnesota was under 100-150 feet of water. Come see fossilized remains of this ancient ocean. The "brickyards" is one of the best places to look for these fossils in the Twin Cities. Learn about the geological and cultural history of this unique area of St. Paul. For more information, visit the City of St Paul's website. We recommend attendees bringing camp chairs while eating.
We will meet in the parking lot for registration and to enjoy a local/organic "bag" supper from Trotter's Cafe.
$18.00
May Event: Integrated Pest Management for Home Garden Practices
Register TODAY!! Registration closes midnight TUESDAY night!! You still have time to register!
Explore Integrated Pest Management (IPM) and how you can apply it to your home gardening practices. IPM trainer Kevin Cavanaugh will lead a hands-on tour of St. Paul resident Debbie Meister’s yard. Meister participated in a IPM workshop, had on-site assistance and journaled about her IPM practices during the 2008 growing season. Her yard became a case study for the MN Department of Agriculture and University of MN Extension.
IPM is a balanced approach to pest management, which incorporates the many aspects of plant health care protection in ways that mitigate harmful environmental impacts and protect human health. IPM works on a continuum with level 1 using few if any preventive practices to level 4 being high or biointensive IPM, which relies primarily on preventive practices that limit pest pressure, diversify and build populations of beneficial organism. Pesticides are used only as a last resort and broad-spectrum products are avoided at all times.
Learn about opportunities to help gardeners who have acres of plants, or a 3'x 8' urban balcony garden, or anything in between! Stay after the tour for networking around a backyard fire, weather permitting-bring your own beverage for the bonfire festivities.
A local/organic meal will be provided! $18.00
Special April Event: Speed Networking!
The Forum of Women in the Environmental Field is pleased to announce a special April Event: Speed Networking!
The Minnesota Association of for Women Geoscientists and the Forum of Women in the Environmental Field are co-organizing a FREE speed networking event. Meet and greet a number of great people in TWO different environmental organizations! FREE local/organic appetizers from Common Roots Cafe.
This event is generously sponsored by the following organizations. Check them out!
- Historical Information Gatherers, Inc
- Aerotek
- Kraemer Materials and Mining
- Barr Engineering
- National Center of Earth-Surface Dynamics
- Association for Women Geoscientists, Minnesota Chapter
This list will be updated as more companies/organizations/individuals sponsor the event. Thank you to all of our sponsors!
Cost of attending event: FREE! Even though there is no cost for this event, registration is still required. Register today! $0.00
January Event: Organic/Local Institutional Foods
REGISTRATION CLOSES AT 5PM MONDAY, JANUARY 26th!
January Event: Organic/Local Institutional Foods
Location: REI, 750 W. American Blvd, Bloomington, MN 55420
You're not alone in wanting to have local and organic foods at conferences, institutions, and large cafeterias. But finding ample, reliable sources of ingredients and reducing waste can be a challenge. Learn about how companies are making mass-produced food healthier as well as composting, all while meeting the demands of serving large numbers of clients, on a strict budget, while trying to reduce their carbon footprint. The challenges continue but efforts by individuals and groups are pushing the boundaries of how we think about mass-produced food.
A local/organic lunch will be provided by Mississippi Market!
$18.00November Event: Electronic Recycling Tour
Location: Asset Recovery Corporation, 2299 Territorial Road, St. Paul, MN
Ever wondered what could happen to your computer when you bring it to a recycling company? Concerned that electronic waste gets shipped overseas? Learn all about this electronic recycling company with a discussion and tour around the Asset Recovery facility. With the number of electronic devices being created each year, this part of the waste stream is growing. Data needs to be destroyed and the hardware in which this information is held needs to be properly managed so it does not enter the environment. A lunch will be provided by a local business using local foods.
Schedule:
11:30 am registration/networking/lunch
12:00 pm elections for Forum board members and facility tour
$18.00
September Career Panel Event
Location: Macalester College, Kagin Commons Ballroom
Address: 1600 Grand Avenue, St. Paul, MN
$18.00