We are proud to announce that the first formal U.S. Early Adopter Training is coming to the Twin Ports!

This project will include teams from local businesses and institutions who commit to intensive training in support of planning and implementing sustainable practices.

The fifteen trained Early Adopter organizations will show the community by example that it is possible and economically advantageous to increase sustainability using The Natural Step framework.

The Natural Step is a scientific, systematic framework for sustainability being used successfully by communities around the globe. The Duluth City Council and the Douglas County Board of Supervisors have already adopted resolutions.

The Four Sustainability Principles of The Natural Step:

Reduce dependence upon fossil fuels, scarce metals and minerals.

Reduce dependence on chemicals and synthetic substances that can accumulate in nature.

Reduce dependence on activities that harm life-sustaining ecosystems.

Meet present and future human needs fairly and efficiently.

To find out more about the Early Adopter Project, click here to view our brochure.

For a downloadable application form, click here.

If you have further questions on the project, click here to send us an email.

Thanks for support from A.H. Zeppa Family Foundation and the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation's Fund for the Environment and Wildey H. Mitchell Family Fund .