Abby Rose Weglarz ’08 will be the first to tell you that the fashion industry is the second most destructive industry in the world, next to big oil. Fashion designer Eileen Fisher has said the same over and again. She’ll also be the first to tell you that the industry…
…Chequamegon chapter leader, retired Bayfield attorney Bill Bussey, came to campus and spoke to the Northland College Environmental Council. Citizen Climate Lobby is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan, grassroots advocacy organization with hundreds of chapters around the world. “I was pretty hooked when Bill was talking about tackling climate change through…
…Goddard Space Flight Center is, after all, the largest congregation of land remote sensing scientists in the world. I am still at NASA working with the same folks that gave me the opportunity so long ago. With a graduate degree in geography and more focused experience in global forest cover…
…the inaugural presentation of the newly formed Marvin Pertzik World Water Day Lecture Series Wednesday, May 4 at Northland College. Marvin Pertzik, a St. Paul attorney, was key in assisting the Mary Livingston Griggs & Mary Griggs Burke Foundation in making a $10 million endowment to Northland College in 2015….
…President Michael Miller, who called it “a perfect fit” for the college’s mission to combine liberal arts disciplines and the study of the relevant environment and sustainable agri-business systems. “Hazelnuts are an important food crop in more than a dozen countries around the world,” said Miller. “We at Northland want…
From memories of lazy Sundays floating down the Wolf River in an inner tube to tales of toxic chemicals flowing freely into the Fox, the stories we tell about water in Wisconsin shape the ways we understand our most precious natural resource. Two beloved writers share the story of water…
…of making change in the world of sustainable plastics. Lisa Williamson, director of sponsored programs, underscored the significance of receiving such a prestigious grant. “The odds of obtaining an NSF award are about one in four, with greater challenges for newer investigators, new institutions, and first submissions.” Robertson has been…
…a year from Lake Superior to Asia. Though the proposal to fill an armada of supertankers with fresh water never came to pass, it shocked regional leaders who realized that arid, drought-ravaged nations and communities throughout the world might covet the Great Lakes as a potential solution to their water…
…could send a message to the world regarding big cats what would it be? A. Big cat populations have declined rapidly in just a few years and—unless there is an immediate intervention—they could be lost. In just two decades, lions have declined 45-90% in some parts of the African continent…
