Exclusive book preview, co-presented with Milkweed Editions.

Ahead of the world premiere co-presented by the Walker this May, join Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s Nate Bachhuber and composer William Brittelle in an exploration and meditation on the creation of the Meta Simulacrum, Vol 1.

Nature is the ultimate carbon capture technology—we cannot solve the global climate crisis without it. Join this session to learn about the remarkable power of natural climate solutions: conservation, restoration and land management actions that can increase carbon storage in Minnesota and around the world.

What would climate justice look like, how do we get there, and who gets to decide? One answer is that it looks like, depends on, and must include all of us. In this panel, a mix of national and local activists and organizers will share their variations on that theme, through stories of “We the People” climate action centering Indigenous, conservative, racial-justice, and civic-political philosophies and approaches.

Autonomous vehicles are coming over the next ten years and will require different kinds of streets and infrastructure than we have now, with positive environmental and social impacts. The Minnesota Design Center at the University of Minnesota, supported by a National Science Foundation grant, has been exploring what our future streets may look like. Tom Fisher, Joseph Hang and Java Nyamjav share their work in a highly visual presentation.

A drive-in viewing of Le Goût d’un Pays (The Essence of a Country) followed by a Q&A with the director and a cast member of the film. Presented by Alliance Française MSP, in partnership with Arts Midwest, MSP Film Society, Québec Government Office in Chicago and The Great Northern.

This panel will explore trends and innovations in energy technology that are driving change in how we power the economy, including distributed solar power, electrification of transportation and hydrogen production at existing nuclear facilities.

Food and agriculture are major contributors to climate change, but the ways we grow and eat food have the potential to be vital solutions as well. During this session, we will do a deep dive into what the science tells us and how you can help.

MSP Film and The Great Northern present a special conversation around the documentary First Daughter and the Black Snake with Keri Pickett (filmmaker) and Winona LaDuke (economist and Executive Director of Honor the Earth), moderated by MSP Film Society's Craig Rice.

Peabody Award-winning broadcaster, New York Times bestselling author, and National Humanities Medalist Krista Tippett interviews poet, teacher, birder and conservationist J. Drew Lanham, author of The Home Place—Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature (Milkweed Editions) for a special episode in partnership with The Great Northern.

Join local sauna experts for a virtual live tour of the hottest backyard saunas in North America—and beyond. Presented by Stokeyard Outfitters in partnership with the Great Northern.

"The most influential Marine Biologist of our time" (Outside) and “prolific storyteller” (Vogue) Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson (co-creator of the podcast How to Save a Planet) kicks off The Great Northern’s climate solutions series with a conversation on climate science, policy and justice with Minnesota Public Radio’s Dan Kraker. Copresented with Westminster Town Hall Forum.