WHAT WE DO
We focus on climate change solutions because a stable climate is essential for securing life’s most basic necessities—food and water.
OUR APPROACH
We foster cultural change by connecting crowds with solutions, building community, and spreading joy.
THE GOOD NEWS
The good news about climate change is that we have the solutions and know what needs to be done. In short, we need to stop burning fossil fuels. There’s no need to overcomplicate it.
THE QUESTION IS…
Can humanity set aside its differences to work together?
BE A LEADER!
Join us by reimagining a world where today’s children have the same chance to grow old as past generations have taken for granted.
OUR PROGRAMS
Green Light Puppets
Stories shape society. We playfully educate kids and their caregivers emphasizing the importance of “green light” actions that promote personal and planetary health. Children leave with access to our show scripts so they can continue telling the stories—and hopefully create stories of their own.
FuN Community EventS
From sleigh rides to sailing, our family-friendly intergenerational activities bring diverse people together to have fun and connect people to climate solutions. Besides the events being fun for all ages, FUN also stands for “Future Unfolds Now.” Language interpreters, ride assistance, and specialized equipment are provided upon request to ensure community access.
Clean Economy Educators
Underutilized substitute days will be transformed into valuable in-school “field trips” with this program. Substitute teachers with high-quality, engaging lessons will educate high school students about pressing environmental issues and solutions and connect them to meaningful career opportunities in the growing clean economy.
Global cooling productions
We are partnering with Global Cooling Productions to create epic stories and conversations that unite people around the world through shared values. Both organizations believe the environmental movement’s greatest need is an environmentally savvy and empowered mainstream culture to save ourselves and our planet from the ecological tipping points we are currently facing.
The future hasn't happened. The time to create the future we want is now.
Climate change is already destabilizing our world. In Minnesota, we are seeing extreme heat, heavy downpours, and flooding that affect infrastructure, health, agriculture, forestry, transportation, air and water quality, and more. We are all in the greatest race against climate-warming emissions whether or not we signed up to be.
But the worst effects of climate change can still be avoided. We All Need Food and Water acknowledges that we are in the greatest race of all time AND that doing anything but running our fastest is chickening out! Now is the time to go the extra mile and give it our all, not sink into despair and apathy tuning out the climate crisis believing we’re doomed and it’s too late.
One story and event at a time, our programs are reshaping unhelpful, paralyzing narratives into solution-based stories and adventures rooted in equity and kindness.
“History has shown that when approximately 3.5 percent of the population participates in nonviolent protest, success becomes inevitable. No nonviolent protest has ever failed to achieve its aims once it reached that threshold of participation. In the UK, this would be 2.3 million people. In the United States, 11 million.”
– Christiana Figueres
DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE
We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, EIN 83-3114852
DON’T LIKE CREDIT CARDS ONLINE? WE GET IT.
We’re not crazy about the fees, either.
That’s why we still happily accept old-school checks. Checks can be made payable and mailed to:
We All Need Food and Water (WANFAW), 5901 Birchwood Street, Shoreview, MN 55126
