Muskegon Save Our Shoreline

GREAT ENVIRONMENTAL SITES FOR KIDS



Amazon Interactive


Animals of the Rainforest


Audubon Online – National Audubon Society


Children of the Earth United

Earth Rangers


EPA Environmental Explorers Club

EPA Global Warming Kids Site


Friends of Frogs

Garbage


Global Response Yea Kids

Global Habitat Project

Kids Do Ecology

Leonardo DiCaprio: Eco- Site


National Wildlife Federation Kid’s Zone


National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Kids Pages

Oceans Alive!

Nine Planets

Savage Earth Online

Sea Turtles and Their Habitats

Sierra Student Coalition


Teens for Planet Earth


U.S. EPA Student Center

Water Science Picture Gallery


Wildlife Conservation Society


Wild Ones Student Pages

Dear Clean Water Action Member,

We invite you to join us for the first showing in Grand Rapids of the
award-winning documentary:


REQUIEM FOR A STREAM

Tuesday, March 21 at 7:00 pm
Wealthy Theatre, 1130 Wealthy SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506
Cost: $7 for general public

The Federal Environmental Protection Agency drops the ball. The
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality is running out of money and manpower.
Corporations with deep pockets use financial strength to speed
deregulation and weaken laws that protect human health and the
environment. Despite these odds, citizens are fighting to save what is
sacred.

On the grassroots level, people and organizations are fighting to
protect our Great Lakes and other precious water resources. They
continue to win and evoke positive change.

Filmmaker David J. Ruck explores the challenges faced by these
ordinary individuals who work to accomplish extraordinary things in a
society that nurtures the concepts of disposability and instant gratification.

Local groups highlighted include:
* Clean Water Action
* Muskegon Save Our Shoreline
* The Grand Valley Annis Institute's past and current work
measuring the levels of life in the highly contaminated White Lake,
providing evidence that grassroots efforts can make a difference.
White Lake is coming back.!
Discussion with David Ruck follows the film. 2006, 54 minutes

Questions or directions contact Kym Spring,
grandrapids@cleanwater.org or (616)
742-4084.

Program Description
www.northland.edu/pathfinders
Application deadline: May 1, 2006 (brochure attached)

Be one of the selected high school students who
will live and learn on Lake Superior, the world's
largest freshwater lake! Learn more about your
personal leadership style using low and high
ropes courses and climbing walls that offer safe,
but challenging activities to build your skills.
Get immersed in the Lake Superior environment.
Explore its estuaries. Kayak to its sea caves.
Investigate Lake Superior's critical issues based
on a sustainability model that balances social,
environmental, and economic perspectives. Gain
insight into Lake's cultural significance and the
Anishinabe or Chippewa Tribe's reliance on it as
you interact with Tribal elders and educators. Let
us guide you in developing the knowledge to take
action on environmental issues that concern you.

Students will lodge at Northland College's
Environmental Living and Learning Center
dormitory, located in Ashland, Wisconsin,
which recently became the second city in the
nation to adopt a resolution to become an Eco-
Municipality. Some nights will be spent camping
on secluded beaches along the lake! Northland
College's Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
and University of Wisconsin-Extension educators,
faculty, and field counselors, will facilitate your
experiences in small groups together with guest
speakers, and area natural resource professionals.

To apply, a student must:
. Complete the application
(preferably using the on-line form found at
www.northland.edu/pathfi nders)
. Provide at least one letter of recommendation
from a teacher, counselor or other appropriate
adult.
. Be a motivated individual dedicated to making
a difference in their community
. Have interest in learning about the
environmental issues impacting Lake Superior.
. Be a freshman, sophomore, junior or senior in
high school as of fall 2006.

Summer 2006 Dates

Session I: July 9th - 15th

Session II: July 23rd - 29th

Session III: July 30th - August 5th

Application deadline: May 1, 2006.

Cost: $250/student or $195 on partial scholarship
Full Scholarships also available. Please go to our website
for more information on fi nancial aid. Includes Room,
board, and instruction for six days. Participants must
provide their own transportation to and from Ashland,
Wisconsin.

Deadline: All applications and letters of reference
are due May 1, 2006.

Refer a Student: Do you know a youth that would be
interested in this program? You can go to our website
and fi ll out a referral and we'll send them information on
Pathfi nders!

For more information contact:

Elizabeth Post, Lake Superior Pathfinders Program Director
Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
Northland College, 1411 Ellis Avenue, Ashland, WI 54806
(715) 682-1482 email: pathfinders@northland.edu
www.northland.edu/pathfinders

Sponsored by the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, UW Extension and
Northland College.