Events of Interest
2024 Clean Yer Creek
Registration is open for the 16th Annual Clean Yer Creek event!
With five creeks needing volunteers, we need more people than ever. Together, we’ll comb these creeks for abandon trash, illegal dumping, and debris. Volunteers who register by early-April will receive an event t-shirt. All volunteers will be rewarded with a post-clean up party at Bent Paddle Brewing where we will enjoy a complimentary beer and refreshment.
Please join us for this fun spring day outside as we work together to improve our local Duluth watersheds. #cleanyercreek
Registration Required!
Clean Yer Creek Meet Up Locations:
Keene Creek: Loll Designs - 5912 Waseca Street, Duluth MN, 55807
Merritt Creek: Wild State Cider - 2515 West Superior Street , Duluth, MN 55806
Miller Creek: Bent Paddle Brewing - 1832 W Michigan St, Duluth, MN 55806
Chester Creek : Chester Bowl Improvement Club - 1801 E Skyline Pkwy, Duluth, MN 55812
Amity Creek: Lake Superior Brewing - 5324 E Superior St, Duluth, MN 55804
Schedule of Events:
9:30 -10:00 AM: Registration at Yer Creek - t-shirt pick up, coffee & snacks, announcements
10:00 AM -1:00 PM: Creek Clean Ups
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: After party at Bent Paddle Brewing - a complementary beer and refreshment.
This event is rain or shine. Please dress appropriately and wear rain gear and rain boots if necessary. We will have some plastic gloves, but if you have your own gloves or waders, please bring them. Additionally, to help us reduce waste from the event, please also bring your own water bottle. We recommend children volunteering to be aged 10 or over as we will be working on uneven terrain and in some cases steep declines and rushing water.
** Inclement weather makeup date will be Sunday, May 5, 2024 **
2024 Lakewalk Clean-up
Friends of the Lakewalk is seeking volunteers to help clean-up Duluth’s Lakewalk
When: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Registration starts at 12:45 p.m.
Where to meet: Meet at the Lester Park Picnic Pavilion adjacent to Lester River Road and East Superior Street. Location and Parking map details are here.
Who: This clean-up is held in partnership with members of Friends of the Lakewalk, staff from University of Minnesota Duluth Enrollment Management, Duluth Parks & Recreation staff, and volunteers from the public.
How to participate:
Show up: Grabbers, gloves, and trash bags will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. This is a rain or shine event! Please dress appropriately and wear rain gear and rain boots if necessary.
Clean: We will clean-up the Lakewalk sections from Kitchi Gammi (Brighton Beach) Park to 47th Ave East, as well as the Lakewalk connection into Lester Park - Park. Most people choose to clean for about an hour, but you are welcome to end early or stay longer. You will be assigned a small area to clean. Once you're ready for a break, you'll return your trash and materials to the starting point.
Share Your Impact: Post pictures online of how many bags you clean up on Facebook or Instagram with #keepduluthclean.
Questions? If you have questions, please email us at Fotlduluth@gmail.com.
Learn more about: Friends of the Lakewalk at: www.friendsofthelakewalk.org/.
Trail Cleanup with the Duluth Foot Trails Alliance (DuFTA)
Join the Duluth Foot Trails Alliance (DuFTA) this month to explore some of our local foot trails while making the area a bit cleaner!
When: Wednesday, April 24th, 6:00 - 7:30 pm
Where: Magney Snively Trail parking area on W. Skyline Parkway (location on google maps)
How to participate: Please RSVP here so we can contact you in case weather causes a change in plans.
What to bring: We'll have trash bags, disposable gloves, a few trash pickers, and hand sanitizer available, but please bring your own work gloves if you want them. A water bottle and boots would also be helpful. We'll meet unless we have severe weather that day, so please dress to be comfortable.
More details: This cleanup event will target the Magney Snively parking lot and some of the trails in that area depending on trail conditions. Participants will be able to choose how far they walk. Pace will be relaxed and all ages are welcome. We will ask that all volunteers complete a volunteer waiver form before the event. Please join us to get to know the excellent trails in this area of the city while helping to make them more pleasant for everyone!
2024 Lincoln Park Earth Day Clean-Up
Eco3 Earth Week Lincoln Park Spring Cleanup
Help build a cleaner and healthier community by volunteering to do some spring cleaning! Join with others and come together to clean up litter in the Lincoln Park neighborhood.
When: Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 9 a.m. - noon
Where:
For groups of 10 or fewer, Ursa Minor Brewing at 2415 W. Superior Street.
For groups of 11 or more, Clyde Iron Works at 2920 W. Michigan Street.
How to participate:
Register: Each person planning to attend must register individually, unless in a group of 11 or more. Choose a "ticket" on the next page based on when you'd like to start cleaning.
Show up: Grabbers, gloves, and trash bags will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Dress for the weather - unless there's a blizzard, we'll be cleaning!
Clean: Most people choose to clean for about an hour, but you are welcome to end early or stay longer. You will be assigned a small area to clean. Once you're ready for a break, you'll return your trash and materials to the starting point.
Show off: Take pictures of your amazing work, share your impact on social media, and be sure to tag @Ecolibrium3, @ourlincolnpark, #Eco3EarthWeek, and #craftingsomethinggreat!
Important Note: We will follow the CDC guidance for St. Louis County. In order to protect those who are immunocompromised, we ask volunteers to not attend if they suspect they may have or been exposed to COVID-19, and to respect those who choose to wear a mask.
Bent Paddle Round Up Event
Join Keep Duluth Clean at Bent Paddle’s Taproom (1832 West Michigan Street) for our Round Up Event! We’ll be tabling there from 4-7pm. We’ll also be giving away KDC trucker hats to the first 20 people who take the 2024 Spring Clean-Up Pledge at the event!
Can’t make it on Friday, March 22? From March 16 to March 31, you can support KDC while enjoying a pint of your favorite Bent Paddle brew. Just round up at the bar when you purchase your drink!
KDC Annual Spring Cleanup 2022
Keep Duluth Clean invites everyone in the city, to join us outside your home or wherever you happen to be on Saturday, April 30th for our Keep Duluth Clean Annual Spring Cleanup.
Imagine if everyone in the city stepped outside on the same day, with a shared goal to take care of our shared streets and public spaces. We can already see it. A community of people, with shopping bags or buckets and gloves, ready to keep Duluth clean from litter!
Where
In front of your house, in the alleyway behind your house, in the nearby park … wherever you are!
How to participate
Sign up to participate HERE.
Grab a five-gallon bucket or old grocery bag to reuse (or another bag available to you).
Put on your gloves or grab your litter grabber.
Pick up whatever litter you see for at least 30 minutes
Get picky! Look for little pieces of plastic and cigarette butts.
Wave to your neighbors!
Take pictures of your amazing work and share them on Facebook or Instagram with #keepduluthclean
Dispose of the collected waste in your personal trash containers.
Wash your hands!
Share Your Impact
Post pictures online of how many bags you clean up on Facebook or Instagram with #keepduluthclean.
Be entered for local Duluth prizes by submitting a Keep Duluth Clean Litter Report by 4 pm.
Join the Keep Duluth Clean movement by visiting www.keepduluthclean.org.
Have Questions?
Visit our Frequently Asked Questions here.
KDC Annual Fall Cleanup
Keep Duluth Clean invites everyone in the city, to join us outside your home or wherever you happen to be on Saturday, September 25th for our Keep Duluth Clean Annual Fall Cleanup.
Imagine if everyone in the city stepped outside on the same day, with a shared goal to take care of our shared streets and public spaces. We can already see it. A community of people, with shopping bags or buckets and gloves, ready to keep Duluth clean from litter!
Where
In front of your house, in the alleyway behind your house, the nearby park … wherever you are!
How to participate
Sign up to participate HERE.
Grab a five-gallon bucket or old grocery bag to reuse (or another bag available to you).
Put on your gloves or grab your litter grabber.
Pick up whatever litter you see for at least 30 minutes
Get picky! Look for little pieces of plastic and cigarette butts.
Wave to your neighbors!
Take pictures of your amazing work.
Dispose of the collected waste in your personal trash containers.
Wash your hands!
Share your impact by tagging @KeepDuluthClean and #KeepDuluthClean online.
Share Your Impact
Post pictures online of how many bags you clean up and tag @KeepDuluthClean + #KeepDuluthClean.
Be entered for prizes and join the Keep Duluth Clean movement by visiting www.keepduluthclean.org to sign-up! Let us know if you’d like to be kept up-to-date on all Keep Duluth Clean opportunities!
Share your impact and report your volunteer hours through the Keep Duluth Clean Litter Report.
27th Annual Harvest Festival - Volunteer Waste Sorters Needed!
Keep Duluth Clean is excited to be a part of the 27th Annual Harvest Festival, hosted by the Lake Superior Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association (SFA). It will be located at Duluth’s beautiful Bayfront Park, on Saturday, September 11th! It is a FREE, family-oriented event featuring local food, live music, handmade crafts, educational demonstrations, a renewable energy fair, and more!
The Harvest Festival boasts zero waste over the last 27 years in operation. From vendors using all compostable paper products to recycling all other items used at the event by vendors and guests!
You, KDC, and other volunteers will be assisting the SFA staff as Waste Stream Sorters by sorting trash from the day’s events to ensure the end goal of zero waste!
We Need Your Help!
30 Volunteer Waste Stream Sorters
2 Hours Minimum (3 time slots/10 individuals in each time slot: 10 - 12 pm; 12 pm - 2 pm; 2 - 4 pm)
Be a part of the solution as a Waste Stream Sorter! RSVP here today!
To learn more about the Sustainable Farming Association and the 27th Annual Harvest Festival visit their website at https://www.sfa-mn.org/harvest-festival/
KDC Pop Up Event: Huskies Baseball Game
Join us for a KDC pop-up event to learn how you can help to keep Duluth clean. We will have cleanup kits to give away while supplies last and some great information on our future cleanups!
Wade Stadium in West Duluth from 5pm to 9pm
KDC Pop Up Event: The Lakewalk
Join us for a KDC pop-up event to learn how you can help to keep Duluth clean. We will have cleanup kits to give away while supplies last and some great information on our future cleanups!
Canal Park at the Lakewalk Park at Endion Station from 4pm - 7pm
Plog, Plalk, Plike
What: Plogging is a mash-up of jogging and the Swedish term “plocka upp,” which means "pick up." The idea boils down to picking up litter while you jog. Other variations include “plalking” —walking while picking up litter—and “pliking” (biking and litter cleanup).
When: Week of May 17th-24th
Where: All over Duluth!
How: Pick your favorite place to bike, walk, jog, skateboard, rollerblade, or run and pick up litter along the way! Folks can submit litter reports to win a $75 Zeitgeist gift card
Who: Anyone in the Duluth area is eligible to participate, regardless if their body allows them to roll or stroll
More Information:
Giveaway a $75 gift card & a few smaller items if we have good participation-- 6 'swag bags' from the DTA, with a tote bag, frisbee & drink kozy.
Volunteers will find their own way to dispose of litter, likely at their park/trail or on their own
Ownership of walking and picking up trash, it can be a routine :)
Contact at Zeitgeist: Stevie americorps@zeitgeistarts.com
13th Annual Clean Yer Creek Clean-Up
After missing last year due to the Pandemic, we are excited to get back out there. This year we'll be gathering as much trash as we can from Keene and Chester creeks. Tree planting will hopefully take place at a later date this year. While we can't gather afterwards to celebrate our work, each volunteer will receive a drink token to Bent Paddle Tap Room to enjoy on their own time. We hope you can join us for this fun day outside as we work together to improve our local watersheds.
Please share this event with co-workers, friends, and family!
RSVP via Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1058940617927326
Register via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/clean-yer-creek-2021-tickets-150111815481
Eco3 Lincoln Park Spring Cleanup
Where: Meet up location near the new Duluth Children's Museum building at 2515 W. Superior Street.
How to participate:
Register: Individuals and groups welcome! (Youth under 18 must be accompanied by an adult).
Show up: Grabbers, gloves, and trash bags will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. Dress for the weather - unless there's a blizzard, we'll be cleaning!
Show off: Take pictures of your amazing work, share your impact on social media, and be sure to tag @Ecolibrium3 and #Eco3EarthWeek!
Important Note: COVID-safe protocols will be enforced. Please wear your mask over your mouth and nose when checking in and main a 6' distance from people not in your household when in line, while gathering litter, and when visiting our fine Lincoln Park establishments.
Register at: https://ecolibrium3.salsalabs.org/lnpkspringcleanup/index.html
Spring Cleanup
Keep Duluth Clean invites everyone in the city, as you are safely able to do so, to join us outside your home or wherever you are on Saturday, April 10 for our Spring Keep Duluth Cleanup.
Imagine if everyone in the city stepped outside on the same day, with a shared goal to take care of our shared streets and public spaces. We can already see it. A community of people, with shopping bags or buckets and gloves, ready to keep Duluth clean from litter!
When
Saturday, April 10, 2021
Where
In front of your house, in the alleyway behind your house, the nearby park … wherever you are!
How to participate
Sign up to participate HERE.
Grab a five-gallon bucket or old grocery bag to reuse (or another bag available to you).
Put on your gloves or grab your litter grabber.
Pick up whatever litter you see for at least 30 minutes
Get picky! Look for little pieces of plastic and cigarette butts.
Wave to your neighbors!
Take pictures of your amazing work.
Dispose of the collected waste in your personal trash containers.
Wash your hands!
Share your impact by tagging @KeepDuluthClean and #KeepDuluthClean online.
Staying Safe
In addition to wearing gloves and practicing social distancing, all participants are asked to follow these safety guidelines during their clean-up efforts:
When on or near a roadway, whenever possible face the on-coming traffic. Do not cross in front of traffic. Stay alert.
Avoid movements that will distract passing drivers or other volunteers.
Do not wear headsets which could prevent you from hearing others or distracting you from other hazards.
Look all around you! Most trash gets blown around and ends up in rock and crevices or under trees and shrubs.
Do not attempt to retrieve items that may risk injury.
Don’t over exert yourself.
Do not empty liquid out of closed bottles. Throw away bottles with liquid inside.
If you find hypodermic needles, please bring a plastic bottle to the needle, then place it in the bottle and seal. Keep this separate from your trash. If you need us to pick up a needle or if you are not comfortable picking up hypodermic needles, please call the Needle Hotline at 218-730-4001.
Don’t pick up any of the following items. You can report items and location in the Keep Duluth Clean Litter Report.
Medical waste
Hazardous wastes including motor oil, gasoline, batteries
Chemical containers or plastic bottles that smell or appear to contain noxious materials
Dead animals
Sharp items (broken glass may be swept up with a broom/pan or picked up with a litter grabber)
Unusual, unidentifiable items
Appliances, televisions, furniture, or other large items that cannot be bagged
Share Your Impact
Post pictures online of how many bags you clean up and tag @KeepDuluthClean + #KeepDuluthClean.
Be entered for prizes and join the Keep Duluth Clean movement by visiting www.keepduluthclean.org to sign-up! Let us know if you’d like to be kept up-to-date on all Keep Duluth Clean opportunities!
Share your impact and report your volunteer hours through the Keep Duluth Clean Litter Report.
Join Us to Keep Duluth Clean
To host your own event please contact keepduluthclean@gmail.com