Alliance for Sustainability

We are committed to co-creating a world of sustainability, health, equity and kindness. However, we are all experiencing a growing number of challenges on a personal level, as well as daunting threats on national and global ones.

In the face of this, we're inspired to work even harder and more collaboratively to be a force for change. The great news is there are positive, impactful sustainability solutions. We want to implement them and show it is possible to live our values while having a healthy, thriving life.

But to do that we need help. We hope you’ll make a generous donation, which will be matched up to $1,000 by donors who want to scale our impact. And you can rest assured knowing we've earned a GuideStar Gold Seal of Transparency.

Your support will continue and expand our four programs - Akepa Youth & School, Policy, Business & Organization, and Outreach & Communications for Impact. Each is poised to have significant breakthroughs this year with your backing.

Our Campaign for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness (S.H.E. Kindness)

In response to the ongoing, horrific murders of George Floyd and other people of color, the climate crisis and the anti-democracy movement, the Alliance re-evaluated our work in 2020. We developed our innovative Campaign for Sustainability, Health, Equity and Kindness (S.H.E. Kindness). Its purpose is to bring about fundamental systems change through personal and organizational transformation, as well as impactful public policies. We developed four programs building upon our past work: 

1. Akepa Youth & School Program - This innovative, scalable and cost-effective youth leadership development, education, action and creativity program seeks to inform, inspire and engage diverse middle and high school students in Minnesota and nationwide, half of whom are in under-served communities. It empowers students to overcome hopelessness and eco-anxiety by taking action through a positive Akepa presentation, eBook, website, S.H.E. Kindness Creativity Prize, Students for Sustainability and Sustainability Teams.

2. Business & Organization Program - We’re sharing a powerful masterclass, training and consulting services, while working to develop and implement a sustainability vision, assessment and action plan. We're also engaging employees in taking action at work, home and within their community, as well as encouraging their participation in volunteer programs, mentorships and service learning.

3. Policy Program - We are collaborating with key state and national partners to support, pass and implement impactful public policies. We participate in state and national advocacy days and promote bi-weekly Take Actions on a wide variety of policy issues.

4. Outreach & Communications for Impact - We speak and table at the MN State Fair and provide inspiring, informative in-person and virtual presentations to conferences, congregations, service clubs and other groups. Our Transformative Sustainability e-newsletter and Substack feature in-depth articles, important Take Actions, News to Know, Art/Music of the Month and timely humor. Our social media posts on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn share our take on vital current issues.

A Partnership that Will Change the World

The Alliance has been working with New Dawn Universal Power to develop a world-changing multi-rotor wind turbine providing 24/7 baseload electrical power at the lowest cost of any energy system while avoiding a range of environmental challenges, such as bird and bat kills. It can be utilized in low wind classes where conventional turbines can’t operate. It can also produce green hydrogen for sustainable aviation fuels, fuel cell technology and fertilizer. Our partnership will provide significant long-term funding for the Alliance. 

Your support will help bring this into reality.

Four Decades of Making a Difference

Over four decades we’ve proven that together we can make a huge difference. We developed one of the first widely-used definitions of sustainability, passed tough organic standards, banned hazardous pesticides, protected groundwater, got corporations to sign the CERES Principles for Corporate and Environmental Responsibility and persuaded 178 countries to adopt sustainable agriculture as a goal.

We are now prepared to further transform the world with your support. Please join us in helping to create a world that works for everyone, fulfills our fundamental needs and realizes our greatest dreams of sustainability.