…her fieldwork in the Mamirauá Sustainable Development Reserve in Amazonas, Brazil, a place touted as a model of participatory conservation where the local inhabitants co-managed the natural resources. She later took a position as a researcher at the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research, integrating gender into agricultural research projects…
…to scientific and artistic curiosity,” Lafrancois said. Gently awakening young minds is a core part of the program. “When a kid or adult has a life changing moment in nature, they develop a bond and a desire to protect that place and other places like it. Stewardship and environmentalism begin…
Karlyn Holman ‘62 opened Karlyn’s Gallery in 1968 in Washburn as a place for potters to hone their trade and sell their wares. In the early days, she taught part-time at Northland College, raised three children, mentored budding potters, and worked at her paintings and business. Fifty years later she’s…
…a project taking some of the work that has been done on vineyard water efficiency in California and modifying it for grape growers in British Columbia. Buckles: And Northland College? Schreiber-Stainthorp: Northland was the best place I could have gone to college. The skills and experience I gained there helped…
…is an awesome metaphor for helping you transition to a new place. The OO experience will help introduce you to Northland College, our northland region, and your new community of peers, professors, and other Northlanders. 2. Student leaders are the best Our OO leaders are dedicated and passionate people who…
…recycled recycling center. Their excitement is contagious as they place one bottle after another and their soda wall advances toward the sky. There are three identical centers like this one being constructed throughout the forested, ridgeline community. If you look closer you’d see two “gringos,” two Americans, in the mix….
