UMD Sustainability Summit

April 21st, 2025

Think Global - Act Local

Welcome to the UMD Sustainability Summit

We invite you to join us as we come together to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild a more sustainable future in the Twin Ports. This year’s theme, “Think Global - Act Local”, reminds us that meaningful change is a community-driven effort, and we need you to be part of it.

This summit is an opportunity to learn, exchange ideas, and take real steps towards a more sustainable future. Whether you are here to gain new insights, share your work, or even just earn some extra credit, you’re a part of a growing movement, and we are happy to have you here.

The change starts now, and it starts with us.

Event Schedule

Student Group Presentations

Guest Speaker Panel

Drawing and Prizes

3:00pm-4:30pm

4:30pm-5:30pm

5:30pm-5:45pm

Guest Speakers & Panelists

I have a small insurance adjusting and investigation business I have been doing for 30 years, I got into organic sustainable farming with hemp in 2018, which taught me a lot.

Looking to enter the cannabis space at some point but sticking to sustainable practices rather than utilizing the resource intensive traditional commercial indoor cultivation methods most growers are embracing in Minnesota.

I love growing cannabis outdoors and
it thrives with flavonoids, and terpenes as no interior lighting system can replicate the light spectrum of the sun.

President of Superior Cannabis Company, Umpire, Appraiser, Consultant at Brinkman Claim Service

Jeff Brinkman

Owner of Duluth Gear Exchange and Zipper Repair Specialist

Nils Anderson

Director of Sustainability at University of Minnesota Duluth

Jonna Korpi

Captain Anthony has worked with The Salvation Army since Oct 2008. He has worked as a thrift store worker up to administrator at his current location.

Sustainability of the mission and the operations is paramount to him so that The Salvation Army can continue to help into the future.

Duluth’s Salvation Army Captain