Plus: An Ohio State University team aims to build the world’s fastest electric car.

Plus: The University of Wisconsin receives $10 million for a program to help the dairy industry reduce its climate impact.

Plus: In what the franchise owner calls an “experiment,” a Cleveland-area McDonald’s is equipped with a wide range of energy-saving technology, including a 341-panel solar array and a geothermal heating and cooling system.

On May 10, stop by Sparrow Cafe for a one-hour meeting with Joel Cannon, CEO of tenKsolar, to talk about solar manufacturing in Minnesota.

On May 4, stop by Anodyne Coffee for a one-hour meeting with Fresh Energy’s J. Drake Hamilton to talk about the road to a clean energy future.

On May 3, stop by Sparrow Cafe for a one-hour meeting with Dustin Dennison, owner of Applied Energy Innovations, to talk about clean energy jobs.

On May 14 in Duluth, join J. Drake Hamilton, polar explorer Will Steger, and others for a public discussion about the cost of burning coal—to our climate, natural resources, and health—and the opportunity of clean energy in Minnesota.

Show your support for increased funding for transit and bicycling, pedestrian, and accessibility improvements at the Minnesota State Capitol on May 15!

John Kes, who has served on Fresh Energy’s board of directors for eight years, has been selected as a 2013 Board Star by MAP for Nonprofits and will join MAP’s Board Star Hall of Fame, which spotlights exemplary governance in the Twin Cities nonprofit sector.

On May 21, Fresh Energy’s J. Drake Hamilton will speak in Brooklyn Park on climate change and the enormous benefits of clean renewable energy in Minnesota.