Minnesota

First Japan, Now Australia! Taking On PFAS Across The Globe.

January 27, 2025 | By Avonna Starck

Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to meet with Cate Faehrmann, a Member of Parliament from New South Wales, Australia. Cate traveled all the way from her sunny home on the other side of the world to our chilly corner of the globe to connect with legislators, agencies, and advocates about PFAS. She was seeking to understand how Minnesota is addressing the PFAS crisis through regulatory action so that she might take some of her lessons learned back to her home country.

Still from film of Amara Strande, caption: "Despite her illness, she testified to the State Legislature"

Water is Treasure – and so is our global community

January 21, 2025 | By Avonna Starck

A documentary film crew from Japan visited our community to screen their made-for-television film, Water is Treasure – Fighting PFAS Contamination! Fight for Life. The film chronicles how mothers in Japan are leading efforts to raise awareness about PFAS contamination in their drinking water, which they attribute to U.S. military bases and the use of PFAS-based firefighting foam, and weaves in stories from the United States.

Documentary Screening: Water is Treasure – Fighting PFAS Contamination! Fight for Life.

January 13, 2025 | White Bear Lake, MN

Join Clean Water Action for an exclusive FREE showing of a special TV program created by a Japanese director. Water is Treasure – Fighting PFAS Contamination! Fight for Life explores the health injustices in Japan related to PFAS and the role the US military and US Department of Defense played in the contamination as well as stories from America itself.

ater is Treasure – Fighting PFAS Contamination! Fight for Life.

Brunch for Better in Minnesota

October 6, 2024 | Minneapolis, MN

Brunch for Better! Join us IN PERSON at the beautiful Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant on Sunday, October 6th for Clean Water Action’s 2024 Minnesota Celebration.

A Summer Summary: My Minnesota Clean Water Internship

August 14, 2023 | By Alex Perez

After interning at Clean Water Action, I have been able to learn so much and improve my understanding of how our organization works and fits in as a larger piece of the nonprofit world. By educating yourself about the surrounding community, inspiring care in not only you but those around you, can go the distance to make sure we are able to elevate everyone.

Alex Perez and Chloe Kintop pose with informational flyers about ReThink Disposable

How To Be A Spokesperson: Speaking on Sustainability

July 20, 2023 | By Alex Perez

Effective communication is an essential part to advancing our mission of protecting the precious resource of water for future generations. Those skills are on display in Minnesota reaching out to restaurants about switching to reusable foodware with our ReThink Disposable program!