…surrounding the bay.” Fitz will focus on geological cycles and the different perspectives of time necessary to understanding what is happening on Earth today regarding climate change. “I will also talk about how we know that the changes are being caused by humans burning fossil fuels,” Fitz said. “I think…
Almost two-thirds—63.3 percent—of Ashland and Bayfield county residents said they are opposed to the proposed Badgerwood LLC Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) in Bayfield County, according to the Northland College Public Opinion Poll released today. The Northland College Center for Rural Communities (CRC) conducted telephone interviews with a random sample…
…of biodiversity due to clearcutting resulted in the conditions we see today. As a visiting professor, Baylor has an outsider’s view into historical strategies for management and stewardship, coalescing them into a physical experience for the viewer. His use of graphic imagery to create an interface of artistic and historic…
…Great Lakes mayors appealed the decision. For a time, it appeared the mayors and governors would awkwardly square off in court, but eventually they settled. Today, the compact faces a new test from Foxconn Technology Group, a massive Taiwanese electronics firm that plans to build a $10 billion liquid crystal…
The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute announced today that it has hired wolf biologist Adrian Wydeven to head its Timber Wolf Alliance program. “When it comes to understanding wolves, there is no one better qualified than Adrian,” said Mark Peterson, SOEI executive director. Wydeven retired from the Department of…
BY ERIC WOLFF, Politico Morning Energy WAUKESHA’S GREAT LAKES EFFECT: The Great Lakes Compact, a bipartisan, collaborative agreement that largely blocks diversions of Great Lakes water, will be tested today when eight states gather to decide if Waukesha, Wisc. can start pumping from Lake Michigan. As Pro’s Annie Snider reports,…
…the deep history behind ceremonial dancing at powwows as well as issues affecting Indigenous communities today. Head female dancer Carolyn Gougé will lead a Pink Shawl Dance, a special dance aimed at honoring and healing those affected by cancer in all its forms, including victims, patients, survivors, family and friends….
…adopted a bold new mission and made history in 1974 as the first college in the country to fully integrate an environmental focus with its liberal arts curriculum. Today, Northland College is a powerful and intimate learning community of about three hundred students from across the United States and beyond….
…movement in today’s society is still occurring,” Hattie says. “Music is one of the most efficient channels to change.” Hattie’s interest in biology, motivated her to apply for a 2015 summer internship at the Borner Farm Project, an urban organic farm in Prescott, Wisconsin, committed to season-extension and permaculture principles,…
