Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
- Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute
The Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute is the outreach arm of Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. On August 27 1971, a little over a year after the celebration of the first Earth Day, Northland College hosted its first environmental conference. Among those invited to address the two-day conference were Senator Gaylord Nelson and Sigurd Olson. The conference became "the instrument of origin of the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute," as Robert Matteson, the founder of the Institute, wrote. With energy to move in a new and exciting direction, and guided by the philosophies of Sigurd Olson, the Institute opened its doors in spring of 1972, embarking on more than 30 years of serving Northland College and the Lake Superior region.
The Institute, in the spirit of Sigurd Olson, empowers citizens to be good stewards of the environment by facilitating solutions to environmental problems in the North Country through education, research, and citizen involvement.
External links
* [http://www.northland.edu/soei Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute]
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