Monthly Archive: September 2016

Sep 30

My Story: A Call to Action

Written by: Gregory Gauthier, TCU Climate Change VISTA Volunteer Education is the foundation that is embedded throughout our lives and embracing it leads to unknown possibilities. This is a very important concept and we often forget that we are learning continuously each day, by educating ourselves and others, allowing us to grow as human beings …

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Sep 30

Menominee River Water Walk

  Written by: Dolly Potts, POSOH Sustainability Planner Intern The thunder beings woke me the morning of the water walk. I met with my mentor and an SLC student at SDI to begin our journey to the mouth of the Menominee River in Marinette, Wisconsin. We headed north watching the lightning ahead of us rolling out …

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Sep 30

CMN to Install Energy Updates

Written by: Rebecca Edler, Sustainability Coordinator Biomass, the oldest source of renewable energy, will soon be used to heat the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) facility at the College of Menominee Nation. A furnace fired by wood pellets will replace the current heating unit fueled by propane, a nonrenewable fossil fuel that takes millions of years …

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Sep 30

Student Perspective on “Global Indigeneity and Sustainability” Seminar Series

Written by: Dolly Potts, POSOH Sustainability Planner Intern I have attended the first four sessions of the seminar series. The speakers as well as the information shared were very interesting. The topics are of interest to me because they contain up-to-date information. Learned professionals in their respective fields give the presentations each week. All of …

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Sep 02

Community Climate Change Discussion-Sept. 6, 2016

Share your opinions on how climate change is currently, and will affect this area in the near future. Help CMN SDI find adaptation strategies that are vital to the health and survival of Menominee plants, fish and wildlife and people.

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