Lafayette Park Earth Week 2019
Photo Gallery
April 22 — 26, 2019
Celebrating our history and our neighbors and promoting environmental stewardship
The state of Minnesota celebrated Earth Week in Lafayette Park April 22 to 26 with a variety of activities for employees, contractors, neighbors and friends. Activities ranged from a collection of old cellphones and electronic detritus to guided history tours of Lafayette Park and Swede Hollow.
Lafayette Park Earth Week 2019 Committee: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (Lead), Department of Human Services, Board of Water and Soil Resources, Union Gospel Mission, Honsa-Binder Printing, Colliers, Taher and MNIT.
Earth Week 2019 News Conference
04/22/2019
— Human Services Commissioner Tony Lourey, left, Natural Resources Commissioner Sarah Strommen, center, join Governor Tim Walz kick off Earth Week at a news conference Monday, April 22, at the DNR building in St. Paul. Governor Walz paid tribute to longtime DNR Conservation Officer Eugene Wynn, who died Friday, April 19, after responding to a call near Cross Lake.
Human Services Commissioner Tony Lourey, left, Natural Resources Commissioner Sarah Strommen, center, join Governor Tim Walz
MPCA Commissioner and Governor
04/22/2019
— MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop, left, and Governor Tim Walz enjoy the rainy weather at the 30th Annual Lafayette Park Cleanup as they picked up trash in an area outside the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in St. Paul on Monday, April 22.
MPCA Commissioner Laura Bishop and Governor Tim Walz
News Conference Commissioners and Governor Kickoff
04/22/2019
— State agency commissioners join Governor Tim Walz in kicking off Earth Week Monday, April 22, at a news conference at the Department of Natural Resources building in St. Paul. From left: Janet Johnson, Board of Mediation Services; Alice Roberts-Davis, Administration; Tony Lourey, Human Services; Sarah Strommen, Natural Resources; Governor Walz; Margaret Anderson Kelleher, Transportation; Laura Bishop, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
State agency commissioners join Governor Tim Walz in kicking off Earth Week Monday, April 22, at a news conference
Picking Up Trash Lafayette Park
04/22/2019
— Governor Tim Walz, left foreground, is joined by DHS Commissioner Tony Lourey, right foreground, and other state agency commissioners and state employees picking up trash in an area outside the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in St. Paul on Monday, April 22, as part of the 30th Annual Lafayette Park Cleanup.
Governor Tim Walz, left foreground, is joined by DHS Commissioner Tony Lourey picking up trash
Press Conference Natural Resources Stewardship
04/22/2019
— Governor Tim Walz, right, is joined by Human Services Commissioner Tony Lourey and Natural Resources Commissioner Sarah Strommen Monday, April 22, at a news conference at the at the Department of Natural Resources building in St. Paul. Governor Walz underscored the importance of stewardship of natural resources and expressed gratitude to the commissioners of the Lafayette Park agencies for their leadership.
Tony Lourey, Sarah Strommen and Governor Walz
Earth Week Fix-It Clinic
04/23/2019
— Tim Sorensen, a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency employee, fixes a cell phone as part of a Fix-It Clinic and lunch held at the Union Gospel Mission in St. Paul Tuesday, April 23.
Tim Sorensen, a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency employee
Secure Shredding Event
04/23/2019
— Department of Natural Resources employee Jeanne Daniels drops off some paper to be shredded at the Secure Shredding Event, held in the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ parking lot Tuesday, April 23.
Jeanne Daniels, Department of Natural Resources
Fix-It Clinic Sewing
04/23/2019
— Cathy Latham, a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency employee, participated in the Lafayette Park Earth Week Fix-It Clinic as a member of Mobile Menders, a nonprofit that makes stops at sites where people need the assistance of a seamstress. The Fix-It Clinic was held Tuesday, April 23, at the Union Gospel Mission in St. Paul.
Cathy Latham, a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency employee
Energy and Electric Vehicle Showcase
04/24/2019
— Anne Hunt, director of the Office of Enterprise Sustainability within the Minnesota Department of Administration, checks out an electric vehicle in the state fleet on display Wednesday, April 24, at the Energy and Electric Vehicle Showcase at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in St. Paul. The event was held as part of Lafayette Park’s Earth Week.
Anne Hunt, director of the Office of Enterprise Sustainability within the Minnesota Department of Administration
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Treasures Table
04/25/2019
— Juliana Gyasi, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, checks out the Treasures Table Tuesday, April 23, in the basement of the MPCA in St. Paul. The table held “treasures” donated by state employees as part of Earth Week. Donate unneeded household items and take what you want, need or can use through April 25.
Juliana Gyasi, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Lafayette Park History Tour - Greg Brick
04/26/2019
— Greg Brick, center, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources hydrologist and author of “Minnesota Caves: History and Lore” and “Subterranean Twin Cities,” speaks to state employees Friday, April 26, as part of the Lafayette Park History Tour from the parking lot of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in St. Paul. The tour, part of Earth Week, provided state employees the opportunity to learn more about Lafayette Park’s history, geology and hydrogeology.
Greg Brick, center, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources hydrologist
Lafayette Park History Tour - Paul Nordell
04/26/2019
— Retired Minnesota Department of Natural Resources employee Paul Nordell, center in hat, shows state employees on the Lafayette Park History Tour, Friday, April 26, a unique tree located in the parking lot between the DNR and the Minnesota Department of Human Services’ 444 Lafayette buildings. The tour, part of Earth Week, provided state employees the opportunity to learn more about Lafayette Park’s history, geology and hydrogeology.
Retired Minnesota Department of Natural Resources employee Paul Nordell
