We are the Northland Collaborative for Envirionment, Community and Justice.
Our purpose is to ensure that the spirit of Northland College lives on in a way that is an asset to our community and our region.
Ensuring the spirit of Northland lives on.
The Spirit of Northland
The Northland Spirit promotes exploration of the fundamental interconnections between nature, place, and people. The Northland Spirit empowers the broader community to act with integrity and courage to create a more sustainable and just future by addressing complex environmental and social challenges, which requires inclusion of diverse perspectives, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration.
Our values guide decisions about goals and strategies. We evaluate emerging options for the extent that they support our values. We value:
- Radical Interdependence: We prioritize reciprocal relationships between students, neighbors, sovereign Anishinaabe Nations, and all the beings of the watershed.
- Place-Based Wonder: We believe that deep academic inquiry, when rooted in the specific histories of this land, creates transformative experiences fed by joy.
- Regenerative Agency: We move from consumer to contributor, fostering the practical skills and humility needed to build just futures.
- Regional Resilience & Courage: We act with integrity to maintain a human-scaled, non-hierarchical community that is responsive and accountable to our regional needs.