SDI is excited to collaborate with CMN’s Department of Continuing Education to put on the first Farmers’ Market in Keshena. The first day of the market was August 15th and it will continue every Friday from 10am-5pm until October 17th in the Menominee Boxing Club parking lot. The Kehtekaewak market arose from an overwhelming desire within…
On September 12, 2014 freshmen from UW Madison along with their instructor Hedi Baxter Lauffer, graduate students Linda Orie, Amy Gauthier and Reynaldo Morales, and undergrad, Justin Gauthier visited the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), College of Menominee Nation (CMN) and the Menominee forest. The students are members of a newly developed First-Year Interest Group (FIG)…
There is a walking path that winds throughout the CMN Keshena campus, including about a half mile section that runs along the East side through a mixed northern hardwood forest, an old field forest succession, and a wetland edge. Dubbed the “Learning Path”, CMN faculty, students, and SDI staff have been working to develop the…
I woke up, groggy and in discomfort, slowly realizing where I was. I opened my eyes and saw two people wrapped up like burritos desperately trying to keep to their designated place within the tent. To my surprise, I was quite comfortable in terms of temperature. We, the unsuspecting Wisconsinites were sure the Colorado mountain…
This year the College of Menominee Nation (CMN) expanded campus activities through the practice of gardening. In spring, the Sustainable Development Institute, Department of Continuing Education, and the GB/Oneida campus all planted gardens. While each garden is different, they all answer the basic question, “Where does our food come from?” In addition, all of the…
A group of high school students, college interns, and Sustainable Development Institute staff traveled to Colorado to learn about water and fire issues, climate change’s impacts on the ecology of the region, and what sustainability means in different places as part of the USDA POSOH project. While camping out in the mountains for 5 days,…
On July 8 Ken La Tender and Brenda Miller (SDI summer student workers) attended an Intro to Sustainable Development class being taught by Chad Waukechon, to present an overview of a project they’ve been involved with this summer. The presentation focused on their work related to the installation of a one hectare training plot on…
This week, the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) staff and student interns experienced the natural phenomenon of bee swarming. “It was awesome watching nature in action”, Manih Boyd, student and Administrative Assistant stated after watching the bee swarm fly towards the wooded area behind the campus. Swarming occurs when a new bee colony if formed. The…
The USDA P.O.S.O.H. Project recently sponsored the Oskēh-Mamāceqtāwak Kēketōwak: Youth Speak Event Hosted by the College of Menominee Nation’s High School Sustainability Leadership Cohort (SLC)to showcase different opportunities for area youth and provide a platform for young people to have their voices heard. On Friday, Dec 6, 2013, about 100 people gathered to celebrate these…