Search Results

Searched for: function
Northland College teaching students talk with Washburn fifth graders

Environmental Education

The field and practice of environmental education refers to both formal and non-formal efforts to teach about how natural environments function, how human behaviors shape and influence those natural functions, and how we can change our behaviors in order to sustain a healthy environment for the future of all living…

Disappearing Earth

Caring for the Climate, a Teach-in Organized by Students for Students

April 6, 2023, 7:00 pm8:30 pm

Join fellow Northland students at a student-organized-and-led function about climate change! The teach-in will feature presentations from your fellow peers and professors on campus, as well as discussions that will include some general information and an outlook on current climate change impacts. There will also be an opportunity to learn…

Northland College alum Abby Rose and her sister Yana Dee at Yana Dee Ethical Apparel

Thread of Hope

Making Fashion Ecological, Sustainable, and Just

…her sister, Yana Dee. “It’s been a huge shift for me to think about how fashion is function and that fashion needs to change,” said Weglarz, who majored in environmental studies and community organizing. “Not just the materials that are used but how we shop. Closets are too full because…

Northland College student in class

Humanity and Nature Studies

This major mixes the liberal arts with the environmental crunchiness that so many students want. With humanity and nature studies, you can craft your major from a menu of courses—from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to create a major that matches your interests. Your studies combine the cultural…