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Conf to Highlight The Power of Story

…and the conservation of ideas and imagination.” Northland College, as a liberal arts institution focused on sustainability and the environment, is ideally positioned to hold this conference, Russell said. Northland is also home to the annual Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Awards (SONWA). The 2015 children’s and young adult literature award…

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Sit Simply, Get a New Perspective

Mentoring Urban Youth for Conservation Leadership

Evan Coulson, Bro professor of sustainable regional development, tells a story worth remembering. He was managing the rock climbing and rappelling site at Bob’s Rock in the Chequamegon-Nicolet Forest this past summer for a group of Chicago teens. This outing was part of a collaboration between the Sigurd Olson Environmental…

Northland College alumnus Tiffany Kirsten stands with fellow activists along the border of Texas and Mexico

Careers in Social Justice, Conservation, and Public Service

SOEI Interns

…Area, Gabriela Boscio Santos ’09, is the climate and sustainability expert with a keen interest in social and environmental justice, racial and gender equality, resilience, sustainable food systems, and urban agriculture. Tiffany Kersten ’10, pictured above, first became hooked on birds at age twelve, after witnessing a flock of thousands…

Straw bans? Composting buckets?

Wisconsin Campuses Adopt Dramatic 'Green' Changes

…local food pantry. The liberal arts school with about 580 students is staking its future on environmental science. Northland in 1971 became one of the first colleges in the nation to offer an environmental studies degree. And its board of trustees just made sustainability its niche mission to attract more…

Robin Wall Kimmerer at commencement

“We can’t just change light bulbs, we have to change hearts”

…said. “We can’t just change light bulbs, we have to change hearts. We have to change the story. “Together we can tip the balance, our acts have more meaning today than at any time in history. We need leaders, we need dreamers, we need gardeners and scientists and artists, as…

From Treaty Rights to Oyster Flights

…the importance and profitability of sustainable practices in seafood production. “In some way I came to Northland because of seafood—making sure that treaty rights were upheld and that people could fish. Twenty-five years later I am still working to keep people fishing,” Smith said. Smith believes the story behind how…

Q & A With Robin Wall Kimmerer

…as I can. I also incorporate story and first-hand experience into my classes, which takes learning from “information” to real understanding and building of relationships among people and the “more-than-human beings” with whom we share the Earth. Stephanie: If you could give young Native people a piece of advice in…

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About Northland

Northland College is a private liberal arts college with a progressive focus on the environment and sustainability….