Carl Sack ’06 has always loved maps. As a teenager, he got into orienteering, which uses detailed topographic maps, and he was hooked for life. “I loved picturing the landscapes they showed to find the fastest way across wild country.” At Northland College, Sack would stare for hours at DeLorme…
Sigurd Olson (1899-1982) was acknowledged during his lifetime as a leader of the American environmental movement, an emblematic figure for a generation of activists. As a writer, teacher, and activist who was a harbinger of the raising of America’s ecological consciousness, Olson’s history, writings, and This content was curated by…
PETER ANNIN, Journal Sentinel In 1998, an Ontario consulting firm known as the Nova Group announced a controversial plan to ship 158 million gallons of azure Lake Superior water to Asia. The idea: create a global market for pristine Great Lakes water. To regional governors and premiers — who had…
…important water is becoming on a regional, national and international level,” says Annin, who is also the co-director of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College. The contest seeks short stories that are solutions-oriented and, while fictional, are also scientifically plausible. Stories should take place in…
…student-athlete at the College, Gilligan is part of a small, vibrant community that has shown strong support for athletics as the programs continue to grow and find success on and off the field of play. Gilligan has participated and contributed to a women’s golf team that showed dramatic improvement at…
…the basic commands (gee=right; haw=left; on by=keep going straight), then clipped into cross-country skis for the first time ever and hooked herself to a dog, called skijoring. “That is a ‘can do’ attitude,” Gorman said. Over the next four months, Gretchen learned general dog care, equipment, grooming, and eventually she…
…of the location as it develops its focus on place-based learning. First, in 2010, developing one of the first sustainable community development undergraduate programs in the country then, in 2015, creating the Center for Rural Communities with a polling laboratory to provide science and guidance to rural cities, agencies, and…
