Join the Will Steger Foundation and Linden Hills Power and Light for an evening discussion about climate change solutions from the local to global level.
Hear from Will Steger and how his effort to inspire people to engage in solutions has led to a vibrant, successful climate organization that is leading the transition to a low carbon economy through climate literacy, citizen engagement and international cooperation.
LHP&L will share actions that their neighborhood has taken in reducing the community's carbon footprint, plus share ideas for future projects.
Choose to support either or both organizations at this informal, house party style event.
The fourth person ever to reach both Poles, Will Steger is known by many titles—educator, activist, photographer, and explorer. This former explorer-in-residence for National Geographic is a pioneer in his field, with a series of firsts in polar exploration to his credit.
In 1986 he made the first confirmed unsupported journey to the North Pole, leading a team of eight people with 50 sled dogs. Two years later he guided the longest unsupported dogsled expedition in history, a 1,600-mile (2,575-kilometer) south-north traverse of Greenland. In 1995, he led a 1,200-mile (1,900-kilometer) expedition between Russia and Ellesmere Island, Canada, via dogsleds and canoe sleds with a team of five educators and scientists. This sweeping project earned Steger the prestigious National Geographic John Oliver La Gorce Medal, awarded only 19 times since the founding of National Geographic in 1888. Steger joins Roald Amundson, Amelia Earhart, Admiral Robert Peary, and Jacques-Yves Cousteau in this honor.
In 2004, Steger led a five-month journey through the Northwest Territories in Canada.
Having testified before the U.S. Congress on polar and environmental issues, Steger has become a recognized authority on polar environmental concerns.