…1954, he received his first Guggenheim Fellowship—to photograph what remained of the architecture of Louis Sullivan. This allowed him to live and work in Chicago, where he wrote The Idea of Louis Sullivan. Next in 1957 came his book, The Face of Minnesota, a pictorial representation of Minnesota’s one hundred…
The Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation convened a Water Summit on Oct. 1, 2016 dedicated to “The Future of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.” Experts from New York to Minnesota gathered on Madeline Island in Lake Superior to examine past successes and challenges of GLRI, and to have…
…all beings are part of creation,” Yates said. Scott Wold ’09 earned a Juris Doctor in environmental law from Vermont Law School and is the director of planning and environmental services in Redwood Falls, Minnesota As the climate program manager for the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing in the Greater Boston…
Sigurd Olson (1899-1982) was acknowledged during his lifetime as a leader of the American environmental movement, an emblematic figure for a generation of activists. As a writer, teacher, and activist who was a harbinger of the raising of America’s ecological consciousness, Olson’s history, writings, and This content was curated by…
…American way?” they might ask. • They would certainly cheer Minnesotan’s approval of the Legacy Amendment and how these financial resources have inspired citizens and agencies to work together to protect and restore critical natural resources such as rehabilitating the Minnesota side of the St. Louis River estuary.They wouldn’t understand…
…Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. “At the end when almost everyone had cleared out, one of the Arctic wolves walked right up to the glass and laid down,” she said. “I knew in that moment that I wanted to work with wolves.” A 2018 graduate of Northland College, O’Gara was hired in…
…the country taking bold steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at their institutions,” said Northland College Regional Sustainability Coordinator Nathan Engstrom. Northland College expects to have the energy study completed by fall. “The Geneva Climate Change Convention is a recognition that the world must transform itself in dramatic ways to…
PETER ANNIN, Journal Sentinel In 1998, an Ontario consulting firm known as the Nova Group announced a controversial plan to ship 158 million gallons of azure Lake Superior water to Asia. The idea: create a global market for pristine Great Lakes water. To regional governors and premiers — who had…
…important water is becoming on a regional, national and international level,” says Annin, who is also the co-director of the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation at Northland College. The contest seeks short stories that are solutions-oriented and, while fictional, are also scientifically plausible. Stories should take place in…
