Please consider joining us as we work together to create a sustainable future for the Iron Range and all of northeastern Minnesota.    Download a copy of our sponsorship packet here.     2012 Sponsor Packet – Earth Fest & Green Inventors Contest (12-2-11)

Iron Range Earth Fest is a one day celebration of local traditions and practical resources for sustainable living.  Over 2,500 people have attended Iron Range Earth Fest in the last three years, and were inspired to work towards making their own homes, businesses, organizations and communities more sustainable.

The success of Earth Fest has fostered a grassroots sustainability movement on the Iron Range, which in just three short years has fostered a number of incredibly successful projects, including:

• Formation of the Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability (IRPS) -  a 501c3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to stimulating conversation and action for a sustainable future on the Iron Range of northeastern Minnesota.
• Earth Fest Green Inventors Contest – an opportunity for local youth and adults to show off their creativity and imagination to create an invention designed to solve a sustainability problem.
• Everyday Guide to Sustainable Living – an annual publication exploring the balance between the three elements of sustainability – community, economy and environment.  Featuring resource lists, stories of people who “walk the talk”, and sponsorship advertising opportunities.
• The Local Foods Project – bringing awareness to local sustainable food production.
• Congregations Caring for the Earth – an ecumenical, interfaith group of congregations working together to highlight the connection between our faith and our relationship with the earth.
• A new group has just starting their work to use recreation as a conduit to connect people to the land.

Please consider supporting the work of IRPS -  check out the sponsorship opportunities here or contact Ardy at 218-749-4331  2012 Sponsor Packet – Earth Fest & Green Inventors Contest