Morris MN: A Climate Smart Municipality

City Climate Corner

Morris is a small community in conservative western Minnesota that is doing groundbreaking sustainability work. Inspired by students at the University of MN Morris and a partnership with Saerbeck Germany as part of a unique "Climate Smart Municipalities" program, local leaders have come up with "The Morris Model" that guides the community's efforts. We interview former City Manager Blaine Hill and Univ. of MN - Morris Vice Chancellor Bryan Hermann to learn how the Morris Model started and about ongoing solar, wind, biogas, battery storage, composting, and EV infrastructure programs.

Resources

• The Morris Model
• Sustainability at University of Minnesota Morris
• Saerbeck Germany City Climate Corner episode
• Climate Smart Municipalities program at the University of MN's Institute on the Environment
• Flow Battery proposal mentioned in episode
• Volts podcast episode where Larry is interviewed about MN's new climate smart transportation law (mentioned in intro)