For the Pioneer Press By Mark Peterson, executive director of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute One hundred years ago this month, President Woodrow Wilson signed an act that created the National Park Service — 44 years after Yellowstone, the world’s first national park, was established. Today the agency has responsibilities…
…Writing in the aftermath of the Great Depression and the Second World War, Sigurd F. Olson also testified persuasively to the value of wild nature. In The Singing Wilderness, he describes how a childhood experience “in a wild and lovely place” allowed him to enter “into a life of indescribable…
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) awarded Northland College senior Andy Kasun first place and senior Marisa Ulman honorable mention in the undergraduate category at the Spring 2018 Virtual Poster Showcase. The event featured sixty-seven presenters from countries around the world showcasing their research and contributions to the fields of earth…
…and Canada use their waters. The eight Great Lakes states — Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — and the provinces of Ontario and Quebec collectively form a $4.7 trillion economy, the fourth-largest in the world. It’s no wonder that people across North America and around…
…I didn’t think too much about wine country. Once I moved to Iowa for my PhD, and then to Northland College to teach, I became more conscious of how California had long constructed itself as the fruit and breadbasket of the United States and the world. Q. In what way?…
…college student with a lot of motivation to make a difference in the world, starting right here in Northland College’s ravine,” Johnson said. Koski distributed a survey to students asking them if they would support a project like his in the ravine. Students were asked if they felt as though…
A love for learning and Lake Superior is what lured graduating senior Megan McPeak to Northland College—and may someday bring her back. “I knew this was my time to be here—in my favorite place in the world—and to really focus on learning,” McPeak explained. Focused indeed. She double-majored in math…
…and create powerful learning opportunities for all involved. These programs are designed to bring family members of diverse ages together to share in adventure and support each other through meaningful experiences deeply steeped in the natural world. Trent Stamp, writing in Forbes Magazine, suggested that intergenerational programs are not just…
…I couldn’t hear any cars or people, and I saw the northern lights. You can’t have an experience like that anywhere else in the world, and the natural environment here continues to be a highlight every day. When the Board of Trustees almost unanimously voted to divest from fossil fuels,…
