The Environmental Initiative Awards honor innovative
projects that have achieved extraordinary environmental
outcomes by harnessing the power of partnership.
MEI believes that partnership is an effective way to
find solutions to Minnesota's environmental problems.
Many of Minnesota’s most innovative environmental
projects have succeeded through collaboration, often
involving partners from business, nonprofit, and government
sectors. MEI established the Environmental Initiative
Awards in 1994 to honor these projects and their many
partners, to inspire other organizations to create similar
successful projects, and to encourage innovative collaborative
approaches to environmental problem solving.
Awards are given in five categories that are described
here. Finalists
will be announced in late March, and the award winners
will be announced at the Environmental Initiative Awards
dinner on May 15, 2008.