The SKRC was established in 2008, by Barbara Hardy and Rick Loduha, as a community service funded and supported by Finlandia University.

The role of the SKRC is to connect individuals, groups, organizations, businesses, institutions, and governing agencies with regionally appropriate resources and solutions for creating sustainable communities in the Keweenaw Peninsula.

The SKRC fosters these connections through the following services:

Resource Center
The SKRC provides the general public access to tools and resources for sustainable community development in the form of digital media (i.e. video, audio, weblinks, electronic documents) and printed media (i.e. books, magazines, printed publications, materials samples).

Keweenaw Green Directory
The SKRC hosts and administers the online Keweenaw Green Directory, a database of locally available green products and services.

Keweenaw Green Map
The SKRC is the leader of the Keweenaw Green Map® project, an international movement that promotes inclusive participation in sustainable community development using mapmaking as a medium.

Keweenaw Green Spotlight
The SKRC increases community awareness of local sustainable projects and programs, and encourages sharing solutions, by exhibiting current projects at the Jutila Center in Hancock and on the SKRC website.

Community Design Liaison
The SKRC promotes sustainable, regional, economic development by connecting local designers, manufacturers, retailers, and consumers in an effort to meet the needs of our community with the resources and skills we have available within our region.

SKRC in the News:
Putting the Co-op on the Map--The Keweenaw Green Map Charts a Sustainable Future, Circumspice, pages 8-9, Winter 2009

Great News from the SKRC, Finlandia University News, page 5, October 2, 2009

Loduha and Hardy Awarded Heart and Hands Recognition, The Bridge, page 10, Summer/Fall 2009

Green Honor, Daily Mining Gazette, July 20, 2009

A Sustainable Keweenaw, The Bridge, page 10, Winter 2008

Co-op Gift Boxes: One box you won't find at the big-box store, Circumspice, page 1, Fall 2008

SKRC a place for ideas, Daily Mining Gazette, June 3, 2008