…me into a geographer, which is an important part of being a cartographer. You can’t make good maps unless you know something about space, place, and the natural world.” Sack recently defended his PhD dissertation in geography and works as the GIS faculty and program coordinator at Fond du Lac…
Helen Pent Jenkins ’08, associate director of philanthropy at The Nature Conservancy, is responsible for raising major gifts for conservation projects around the world. Helen currently lives in Missoula, Montana. Travis Moore `11 talked to her about her time at Northland, how she is still being a change agent after…
…Chequamegon Bay and how it relates to the nation and to the world. “Chequamegon Bay is much more complicated than we originally thought but also much more interesting.” Chequamegon Bay is also one of the most susceptible places in the world for climate change, Lehr said. Annin, who is the…
…many, but I do recall that the strong sense of curiosity about the botanical world came from family canoe trips where we would just drift through boggy rivers and wetlands, without any goal except for looking at things. I learned that curiosity could be a pursuit. And the plants there…
…also talked about some of the issues we have in our world regarding the earth and the point we are at with our environment. “We have the technological solutions, we have the science, we have everything we need to change the world except the political will to do it,” she…
Some of these articles were published in 1951 in North Country Magazine. Sigurd also wrote a couple of hundred short sketches for newspapers; he wrote a few between 1937 and 1939, but most were from 1940 to 1943, and were syndicated to a number of newspapers, mostly in the Midwest….
…dreamt of traveling the world and helping save the planet.” Jessica began turning the dream into reality with internships with the Round River Conservation Studies Namibia program and The Field Museum in Chicago. “My time in Africa was the most emotionally, physically, and educationally challenging time in my life and…
…needed, simple and clear system of nomenclature for identifying and classifying living things that revolutionized science worldwide. This book illustrates beautifully how our direct experience with the natural world and our interconnectedness with plants and animals are not only delightful pastimes but can also literally be the roots of our…
…recognizing and encouraging contemporary writers who seek to carry on his tradition of nature writing. “The College announces the winners near Earth Day each year to highlight the best environmental and nature writing at a time when people are reflecting and thinking about their place in the natural world,” said…
…this experience. It might make people see the world a different way so they might take care of the world better.” And another wrote: “It’s changed me by teaching me to go outside. There’s the Bear Trail right by my house that I want to hike on now.” “This is…
