…Engle for Silver People: Voices from the Panama Canal (young adult) and children’s author Phyllis Root for Plant a Pocket of Prairie for books worthy of honorary mention. Mark Peterson, executive director at the Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute that oversees the awards, hopes the SONWA serves as an…
The Northland College Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute will host its second annual Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference November 9-10. The Children’s and Young Adult Literature Conference is a symposium for educators, including public librarians, teachers, child care providers, parents, and college students enrolled in fields related to education. Held…
…13 Identity, Place, and Belonging in Sami and Anishinaabe Cultures 6-7 p.m. Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute March 14 Panel Discussion: Multigenerational and Historic Trauma 6-8 p.m. Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute March 15 Craftwork Day 6-8 p.m. Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute March 16 The Creator’s Game: The Evolution of the Game…
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute Looks to the Future By Alan Brew, Executive Director of the SOEI Over the past year, in anticipation of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute’s fiftieth anniversary in 2022, the staff of the Institute have reflected on its history and deliberated about its future. We have…
…against President Nixon in the Republican presidential primary. 7. Earth Day is credited with making the 1970s the “Environmental Decade” by establishing the bulk of today’s environmental regulations through the passage of 28 pieces of legislation, including the Endangered Species Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Toxic Substances Control…
…Cable, Miller explained. Miller said Northland College is an ideal match for a center devoted to freshwater issues for its location, size and mission. “We’ve devoted ourselves to an environmental education for the last forty years.” Miller introduced the Center’s co-directors: Professor of Environmental Science and Management Randy Lehr and…
…range of different scientific disciplines that are working on water,” Lehr explained. Weir’s experiences paid off, landing his dream job as an environmental scientist with RMB Environmental Laboratories in Minnesota immediately after graduation in 2014. “My responsibilities now include performing and overseeing the analysis of a handful of water quality…
…social, and economic. They are not part of the Northland College Student Association and different than the Environmental Council. The Environmental Council works on bigger issues and pursues ways Northland College can better engage in sustainability, they say. An independent foursome, they are focused on individual actions, small life changes,…
Matthew Toavs ’98 has played many roles at Whole Foods Market since he got his first position in 2001 as a bulk buyer for the Lake Calhoun store in Minneapolis. At Northland College, he studied outdoor education-natural history with minors in earth science and environmental education and worked for two…
