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Wilderness First Responder Re-Certification, Posted: 3/14/08
Flock to Manitowish Waters, Posted: 2/29/08 Wilderness First Responder Course- Spring Break, 2008, Posted: 2/8/08 Winter Workshop at Treehaven, Posted: 12/12/07
National
Environmental Education Week, 2007, Posted:
11/7/07 Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places, Scheduled: November 6th at 6:00 pm
New Life for the Cable Natural History Museum: Cable, Wisconsin,
Posted: 10/1/07 Cindy Dillenschneider: In-Print, Posted: 9/6/07 2007 Enviropreneur Camp, Application Deadline: 3/26/07 Volunteer for the Ashland County 4-H Mid-Winter Getaway, Posted: 1/26/07 Ranger Programs in Denali National Park, Posted 1/19/07 New Course this Winter, Posted 12/7/06 Attention: Outdoor Education, Adventure Education Majors-Leadership Log
Current Announcements:
Wilderness First Responder Re-Certification
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Wilderness Medical Associates
Contact Jessica for information: 715-682-1823
Northland Village: Winter Semester Sustainability Workshops
I encourage anyone who is involved in any activity, indoors or out, to re-examine the effects of your pursuit in regards to the environmental impact that activity has. Example, I am more into canoeing and backpacking than, say, rock climbing or bronco riding, so the workshops I am offering deal with backpacking issues. I would love to see folks who are into those things look at the sustainability of the activity and make it better. You can find the outline our class came up with here http://www.ncstaff.net/oed/AsSustainableAsPossiblePage.htm, it should give you some ideas into what I mean. If there is a workshop you want to run, lets say if you are a slack-liner and you found that you can use a springy birch sapling instead of forty yards of petroleum based nylon, then let me know and we can make it work: food for thought.
Adios, Paul
Northland Village Sustainability Workshops
Replace some of your modern outdoor gear with environmentally responsible, sustainable alternatives.
All workshops will be held in the Outdoor Recreation Resource Center, mead 136, from 4pm -6ish on Wednesday nights. These are open to anyone interested and the sign up will be in the Outdoor Pursuits office. Contact Paul at sveump01@northland.edu
4th Annual Birding Festival May 16 and 17 at the North Lakeland Discovery Center North Lakeland Discovery Center http://www.discoverycenter.net/
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Wilderness Medical Associates
HOW TO HANDLE BACKCOUNTRY EMERGENCIES
Northland College will be sponsoring its sixth Wilderness First Responder (WFR) course during the 2008 spring break. The course is taught by professional instructors from Wilderness Medical Associates, leaders in the field of wilderness medical training. This course may be substituted for OED 240 (Wilderness Emergency Care). The WFR certificate may be transferred in at a later date for four credits. (Inquire at Registrar’s office for more details on transfer credits.)
This course is highly recommended and often required for many outdoor professionals and recreationalists. For more specific information about course content, please go to www.wildmed.com.
When: April 19-26, 2008 (there will be one day off in the middle of this time period) Cost: $540 There will be a required deposit of $250, due February 15, 2008 Limit: 35 students. There are only a few spots left, so please deposit as soon as possible!
For more information or to enroll, contact Jessica Fairbanks – jfairbanks@northland.edu
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Flier
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to View the Registration Form
Wisconsin Association for Environmental Education: http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/waee/ On behalf of WAEE, I would appreciate your assistance distributing information about the upcoming WAEE Winter Workshop being held January 25-27, 2008 at the beautiful UWSP Treehaven Field Station near Tomahawk, WI. I have attached a flyer describing this year's theme, Living with the Land, as well as a registration form.
Please forward this information to your contacts and students
that might be interested in a fun-filled weekend of
collaboration and camaraderie with fellow environmental
educators. Because the Winter Workshop has a more interactive
and skills-based atmosphere than the fall conference many
participants view it as a mini-vacation that truly rejuvenates
you.
Consider calling your friends and making a weekend of it.
Encourage your students to take advantage of a great opportunity
to meet their cohorts and make some valuable connections. Any
assistance you can offer is appreciated!
Thanks, and hope to see you at Winter Workshop,
Jeremy
Jeremy Higgins
National Coordinator, UWSP National
Wildlife Refuge Project
University of Wisconsin - Stevens
Point
College of Natural Resources
Stevens Point, WI 54481
715-346-4179
http://www.aee.org/horizons/Practitioners_Corner.htm
"This edition of Practitioner's
Corner includes an article excerpted from "Integrating Persons
With Impairments and Disabilities Into Standard Outdoor Adventure
Education Programs," an article that originally appeared
in Volume 30, Issue 1, of the Journal of Experiential
Education. Thank you to the author for making the time to create
a practitioner-focused piece out of her original contribution to the
JEE."
National Environmental Education Week, 2007
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Register
FAQ
http://www.eeweek.org/success/index.htm
National Environmental Education Foundation (Sponsor)
International Day of Climate Action
Saturday December 8, 2007 is the International Day of Climate Action. Join millions of people worldwide who will be demanding our world leaders to take urgent and significant action on this most pressing issue of our times.
For more information on Canadian as well as rallies in 69 other countries, go to:
Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places
Presentation Description: Dudley Edmondson author of “Black & Brown Faces in America’s Wild Places” will be presenting November 6th at 6:00 pm in the SOEI Sentry room. He will share his first experiences with nature and how his love affair with nature caused him to give up everything in his home town to pursue a career as a professional Nature photographer. Following his personal story, he will explain why he chose to write the book and what he believes to be behind the reasons African Americans rarely venture out of urban spaces into wild places. The audience will experience some of the images and sounds bites recorded of just a few of the individuals in the book with the hope that their thoughts will leave a lasting impression on audiences and may hold the seeds of change. Come experience an evening of stunning images, personal stories, music, and food for thought about the impact of culture, tradition, and history on our engagement with wild places.
Dudley’s book in the Northland Library. Follow this link to view Dudley's short biography
New Life for the Cable Natural History Museum: Cable, Wisconsin
The 40th. Annual New York State Outdoor Education Association Conference
The 2007, New York
State Outdoor Education Association Conference will take place,
November 1st-4th, 2007 at
the
Cindy Dillenschneider: In-Print Cindy continues to ride the momentum of her recent, year-long sabbatical, during which she developed several adaptive appliances, but, most notably, a paddle designed for one-armed use: http://www.ncstaff.net/oed/CanoePaddleForOneArmUsePage.htm.
This work led to a TV news spot, several patents pending, interest among potential manufacturers of the paddle, and, most recently, the following pair of published articles. Dillenschneider, C. A., (2007). Integrating Persons With Impairments and Disabilities Into Standard Outdoor Adventure Education Programs, Journal of Experiential Education, 30(1), 70--83. Dillenschneider, C. A., (2007). No Longer Up a Creek Without a Paddle, Canoe News, 40(2)
The application deadline is a week away
(March 26) for the 2007 Enviropreneur
Camp, hosted by the Property and Environment Research
Center in Bozeman, Montana.
• Learning how markets work to improve the environment, • Discovering ways to make your environmental enemies become your environmental friends, • Refining your communication skills, and • Creating win-win situations for the environment.
Up to 17 fellows will be selected to
participate and each
will receive a $3,000 stipend
in addition to room and board for the duration of the Camp. A
uniquely tailored schedule of lectures, field trips, and networking
with environmental economists, researchers, and other
conservationists should provide invaluable professional and personal
growth. -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<@))))><
Volunteer for the Ashland County 4-H Mid-Winter Getaway Here is the information on the Ashland County 4-H Mid-Winter Getaway. If you know of anyone who might be interested in helping out please send them my way. I am specifically looking for leaders for snowshoeing, skiing, winter skills and tracking. We put on two sections of each activity. They run about 70 mins long and have about 10 kids per group.
Volunteers are needed to help run the Mid-Winter Getaway, which will be held at Northland College from 9 to noon on Saturday, March 3rd, 2007.
Anyone interested in helping run this
program should contact (Northland graduate) Sarah Yoshikane (either
by phone: 682-2874 or
This is a highly successful one day program for children in grades 1 through 8, and people are needed to help with the various workshops. A partial list of the workshops we hope to offer include kayaking, skiing, snowshoeing, wilderness skills, tracking and tracks, as well as several craft opportunities such as painting bandannas, making stone mosaic picture frames, and rose windows. If you are skilled in any of these areas and want to help please Sarah right away so she can set up a successful day. If you do wish to participate, be ready to arrive at 8:30 am for set up and with every one working together we should be done with the clean up and out by 1 pm.
Ms. Sarah Yoshikane
"There is no such thing as a weird human being. It's just that some people require more understanding than others." -Tom Robbins
The Career Fair is coming up in 6 days
CAREER FAIR Kendrigan Gym Thursday, February 1 10am – 3pm
Northland O.E. Students: Get ready for the 2007, Student Outdoor Educator's Conference Northern Michigan University is proud to be the 2007 Student Outdoor Educator's Conference sponsor. We, of the Steering Committee, are trying distribute the conference information electronically. We have attached, in Word format, the Student Outdoor Educator's Conference Registration and Conference Packet. Print as many copies as you need. This packet is also available on-line at www.nmu.edu/hper. Scroll down the H.P.E.R. web site page to the Student Organization section and click on the link labeled Student Outdoor Educators Conference (register here).
General Information: The Conference is scheduled April 6 – 8; early-bird registration is due by February 9 ($40); standard registration is due March 16 ($50); Presenter Registration and submission is due by March 2 ($40) After March 16 and at the door ($55). Payments should be made to Student Outdoor Educator's Conference; no credit cards please.
If you would like a hard copy of the Conference Information, simply request one by sending your request to the sender of this email.
Further information will be sent to you upon your registration. Presenters will be notified within two weeks after March 2 as to whether or not they have been selected to present.
We look forward to hosting the Conference. Please don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions.
Student Outdoor Educator's Conference Steering Committee Members
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Inclusion in Outdoor Education 1-4 credits Time: TBA based on student schedules
This class will teach the processes of problem identification and problem solving for real world applications. Students will work individually and in interdisciplinary groups to identify and provide solutions to enhance inclusion in Outdoor Education. Completed projects are intended to advance the profession of outdoor education through development of new curriculum or equipment. The class will visit designers of adapted equipment, inclusion specialists, and experts of disability or diversity issues within the region to assist understanding opportunities, challenges, and the state of the art in inclusion and adapted equipment. Students will be encouraged to apply prior learning from supporting fields such as music, art, history, natural history, cultural diversity, disability awareness, and adventure education.
Attention: Outdoor Education, Adventure Education Majors-The Leadership Log is On-Line
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