Every mentor or educator has a subject. Leah Kirchhoff's happens to be the Great Lakes. In a region where harsh winters feel straight out of a film and Lake Superior can swallow a ship whole, Kirchhoff...

When you see a construction site while driving down the road do you ever think to yourself, “What if I got to decide what goes there?” This is the exact conversation that took place at the Design Jam...

NMU's student sustainability group EcoReps hosted a number of events to celebrate Green Friday on Nov. 15. In the foyer of Jamrich Hall, students were greeted with an array of eco-friendly opportunities...

This week marks the 10th Annual Anderton's Earth Week. Many environmentally friendly activities are to be hosted around campus offering education about ways to live sustainably. One of these events will...

Many connections can be made between ourselves and the environment, and some argue that it's important to keep those connections held strong. In a peaceful setting, sustainability Professor Angela Miller-Porter...

The Sustainability Hub for Innovation & Environment (SHINE) is hosting a movie night and clothing swap on April 4 at 5 p.m. The group will be showing the movie, "Why Plastics?" by Patagonia, and students...

With a handful of clean single-use plastics, NMU students have the opportunity to learn a new way to protect the environment. On Thursday, March 21 at 5 p.m., they can meet in Jamrich 1311 to learn how...

It can be easy to get caught up in wasteful habits, especially at stressful times during the year. Thursday, Feb. 22 EcoReps will be hosting a Sustainable Living Workshop at 5 p.m. in Jamrich 1311. Students...

At the December Board of Trustees Meeting, the board voted 7-0 to pass a revised NMU Investment Policy. The policy calls for 100% divestment from fossil fuels by 2028, 50% of which by 2025, and an investment...

With the amount of (blissful) washed-up Northern alumni rebranding a previously fashionably conservative town in the U.P., there comes some aesthetic territory to be conquered by the current and following...

Jessica Thompson has been appointed as the Assistant Vice President of Sustainability at Northern, becoming the first person to fill this new position, created to further advance Northern’s university-wide...

Working to better the environment and get students involved, Northern Michigan University’s SHINE program was developed. SHINE is the Sustainability Hub for Innovation & Environment, and its mission...