2016 G-WOW “Hear the Water Speak” Institute
July 18-21, 2016
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center-Ashland, WI
 Build climate change literacy and teaching
competency that integrates culture with science….
with a focus on Nibi (water).
 Investigate how climate impacts the Lake Superior
Ojibwe and your community’s culture and economy.
 Learn how to use place-based observation and climate
science to create climate and aquatic based service
learning projects for the classroom or community.
Where: Based at the Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center, Ashland, WI, surrounding communities &
tribal lands.
Who: Classroom teachers, community youth educators & leaders.
What: Climate change professional development training including field investigations on the
Bad River-Kakagon Sloughs, Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, Bad River Watershed. Expert
training from climate, natural resource and Ojibwe traditional ecological knowledge specialists. Tools
and resources to develop climate service learning projects for the classroom or community.
Cost: FREE! Enrollment limited to 30 participants. Applications due June 10th. Stipends available.
Questions? For information and application materials:
http://fyi.uwex.edu/nglvc/ click on “2016 G-WOW “Hear the Water” Institute”
Contact Cat Techtmann, UW-Extension, 715.561.2695
catherine.techtmann@ces.uwex.edu