…in Washington DC this summer, and again at the Guiding for Tomorrow (G-WOW) training, Fisher and Janssen developed and hosted Northland College’s first-ever student-initiated climate change conference October 15-16 at Forest Lodge in Cable, Wisconsin. The conference, “Changing Climate, Changing Culture,” encouraged students to look at climate change through both…
…region’s geologic past and climate future, I will be aware that this community is taking notice and moving forward with initiatives to address climate change. There is much to be proud of, yet much work to be done. I urge you to support existing efforts to promote sustainability and push…
…Jan. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. This event, cosponsored by the Chequamegon Chapter of Citizens’ Climate Lobby, is free and open to the public. “I am confident that we are finally grappling with the challenge of climate change in a serious way, especially…
…these interactions drive climate. You will learn about the physical causes of climate change and its consequences; the composition of the atmosphere and its inputs from oceanic, biological, and geological sources; how past climates help us predict future climate changes; the political and economic impacts of climate change locally, nationally,…
…lesson number one? “Change goes beyond hashtags, parades, marches, and dedicated months,” she said. “In no way are those efforts to be downgraded, but they should be acknowledged as short-term and used as outlets to encourage more long-term participation.” Citizen’s Climate Lobby Goes to Washington DC Junior EmmaMarie Hammond said…
…the other co-authors of the plan and associated groups to educate, engage, and bring awareness to the ways in which Vermonters need to step forward on climate initiatives. She volunteers for The Climate Reality Project, whose chairman is former Vice President Al Gore, the Climate Reality Leadership Program, of…
…coordinating youth organizers for service projects, building skills like English for speakers of other languages, and training people to become effective organizers within their community. They talk to residents about energy efficiency and storm preparation—think basements. “But, the most powerful climate work we do is community-wide planning,” Boscio Santos…
…Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute. This is the second in a series of SOEI-sponsored climate change lecture series. “Chequamegon Bay is arguably one of the most vulnerable places in the country to climate change impacts,” said Randy Lehr, Bro Professor of Sustainable Regional Development. “It also happens to be one of…
…campus collaborates in citizen science efforts for severe weather training, weather observation, and National Weather Service’s Weather-Ready Nation program. Offering Climate Change Studies While Northland College incorporates climate change inquiry into its courses, it has also developed a climate change studies minor to help students become informed citizens with an…
Why shouldn’t a girl have a pair of sneakers? That’s the question Dr. Patricia E. Ortman ’71, a Washington DC-based retired women’s studies professor and artist, pondered in 2006 before she founded the Girls Gotta Run Foundation, the only nonprofit organization in Ethiopia using the national sport of running as…
