Explore Project Survival – Up All Night with a Sick Environment

The Origins of Project Survival, the Event, and its Legacy

Four students walk along the shore of Lake Michigan carrying testing instruments.

Origins

The beginnings of Northwestern Students for a Better Environment and a national movement.

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Four audience members of different ages watch the stage. One man holds up a microphone.

The Teach-Out

The events of January 23, 1970, through dawn on January 24.

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Six NSBE members stand smiling, wearing buttons and holding a flyer from the teach-out.

Legacy

The aftermath of the teach-out and future adaptations.

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Sources

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