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Eight elementary, middle and high school teachers from across the Upper Peninsula and throughout Michigan–including one from Puerto Rico–are taking part in a 5-day teacher institute this week on designing a sustainable future.
The program is being held at Michigan Tech and is funded with a grant from Michigan Tech Sustainable Futures Institute, and coordinated by the Michigan Tech Center for Science & Environmental Outreach at the Great Lakes Research Center.
Topics range from building design, energy sources, transportation, vehicle design, food systems, product lifecycle and forest biomaterials.
Presenters include Michigan Tech faculty, community experts and educators.
Teachers participate in many hands-on activities and take field trips to the Keweenaw research center, Low impact development lab, tour sustainable buildings, examine renewable energy systems including solar, wind and low-head Hydro, and a community-supported agriculture farm near Greenland.
