Community Program

Our community program serves community schools, environmental and community organizations, and individuals through education, practical environmental project participation, and provision of learning and meeting facilities.

K-12 Community Schools
Our K-12 Environmental Education Program at Great Lakes provides education for 5,000 school children who gain environmental knowledge in a curriculum of field studies that builds year-by-year through the grades. Teaching units are designed to many of the State of Michigan's science objectives. This program also serves as a laboratory school to prepare college interns to teach in the field.

We also have an Environmental Education Program at Heber Au Sable Institute.

Lecture Series, Short Courses & Restoration
Community lecture series, short-courses in environmental studies and practical restoration ecology, and community participation in environmental restoration projects are provided by the Institute at Great Lakes and Pacific Rim.