SDI would like to announce that we will be hosting a third Shifting Seasons Summit. The Shifting Seasons Summit is an event that is meant to bring awareness to environmental issues with a particular interest put on indigenous communities. This event will be hosted digitally on Pathable from Monday, April 19th to Wednesday, April 21st.…
SDI is excited to announce that the College of Menominee Nation’s Earth Day event is going to be a digital event this year. This event will directly follow the third Shifting Seasons Summit on April 22nd, 2021 from 10:00AM-2:00PM. We will have a lot of amazing speakers at the event, including Indigenous Environmental Activist Winona…
Dates have been announced for the third Shifting Seasons Summit, with COVID-19 dates planned for March 2021. The third Shifting Seasons Summit will include climate adaptation training sessions tailored to the needs and capabilities of tribes, but will focus on the development of in-depth case studies based on existing tribal adaptation work in the Northeast…
In honor of Earth Day, SDI hosted this live Zoom panel discussion intended to engage the Menominee community and the community at large in the conversation around what renewable energy means for Indian Country. This video for this panel is available on our Youtube page. Click on the flyer below to watch the panel.
This week, the interns reconvene after their weekend adventures and finish their last week at Penn State. They meet with some familiar faces, some new faces, and also make a breakthrough on the app. (This episode happened the week of July 21st-27th).
In this month’s episode, Adam takes us through the process of applying the final fertilizer treatments to the Bear Island Flint Corn. Click on the photo below to see this month’s video.
2018-2019 SDI Americorps Vista Julia Wiebe (aka Captain Compost) takes us through the composting program here at College of Menominee Nation and answers some of our composting questions. Click the photo below to watch the video (Youtube). Video: Jasmine Neosh Music: “Sunny” by bensound (CC)
In this video, Adam gives us an update on the progress of the corn and gives us an overall idea of what you’d have to do to maintain a research garden.
by Marissa Vele On August 1st the Sustainability Leadership Cohort (SLC) got to show off all of their hard work from this summer at a community STEM Family Night. The event was well attended from the community. Guests were introduced to the SLC program and were fed delicious food before they had the opportunity to…
This week, the ViFF interns try to remember their first week at Penn State. They can’t tell what day they happened to meet up with Amy and Casey, if they went to the Dreamery, or where Jacob took them on their tour of the campus. Watch this week’s It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia inspired vlog…