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    June 9th Andrea Strom and Steve Piragis

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    This month we will meet on June 9th at 4pm at the Ely Community Center to hear Andrea Strom from Ely’s Brainstorm Bakery on Sheridan St. thinking about sustainability for her business, and Steve Piragis on his long experience with solar power in Ely.

    Here is some background from Andrea and Brian https://brainstormbakery.com/pages/about-crapola […]

    May 12th 4pm Keith Steva on electronics waste “Reclaiming Critical Metals”

    May 2026

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    This month we will meet on May 12th at 4pm at the Ely Community Center to hear Keith Steva talk about his plans to process electronic waste here in Northern Minnesota. This project will turn e-waste into valuable materials, reduce our need for newly mined materials, and create jobs! His […]

    April 14th 4pm Local Businesses Using Solar

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    Our next meeting will be Tuesday April 14th at 4pm at the Ely Senior Center. As usual it will be in person and by zoom.

    Our topic develops the theme we started in January “What can we do locally to mitigate climate problems?”. We are now giving the spotlight to local businesses who […]

    Feb 10th 2026 4pm “What Can I Do about Climate Change”

     

    The Ely Climate group welcomes you to discuss “What Can I Do about Climate Change” at 4pm on Feb 10th at the Ely Community Center. This meeting is in person and by zoom. Look for the zoom link at https://elyminnesota.com/elyclimate/ Come to share what you think works, what you are doing, and what ideas […]

    Nov 11th 2025 Jeff Hanson, “Green Steel with Clean Water”

    Next Tuesday Nov 11th the Ely Climate Group will meet at 4pm in in the renovated Community Center (formerly the Senior Center). We will be in the smaller room on the left as you enter. This month we welcome our old friend Jeff Hanson from Babbitt. Jeff is the founder of Clearwater Biologic LLC and […]

    Oct 7th 2025 Ely is GreenStep Level 3

    On Tuesday Oct 7th the Ely Climate Group and the Ely Green Team will join with Tuesday Group at noon at the Grand Ely Lodge to hear Kristin Mroz and Erica Bjelland from Minnesota’s GreenStep Cities program and Nik Allen from CERTs (Clean Energy Resource Teams) talking about ELY’s membership in the GreeenStep program. Their […]

    Sept 16 2025 Treasure from Trash

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    The next meeting of the Ely Climate Group will be on Tuesday September 16th at 4pm at the HUB. The Ely Area Community Hub is at 760 Miners Drive. Please note this is a new venue for us!

    Our topic this month is our trash, meaning the solid waste that we discard. […]

    June 9th 2025 4pm Senior Center “Emergency Preparedness”

    Ely Area Emergency Preparedness Meeting June 9th 2025

    Hi Folks,

    The next meeting of the Ely Climate Group will be on Monday June 9th at 4pm at the Ely Senior Center. This month we are all thinking about wildfire and smoky air. We have assembled an impressive list of local speakers to tell […]