The Living Landscapes Project was developed by Salish Kootenai College and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes with funding from a NASA Earth Systems, Technology and Energy Education for MUREP-Minority University Research and Education Project (ESTEEM) award to Salish Kootenai College (SKC) in Pablo, Montana. A number of tribal cultural advisors were actively engaged in throughout the development of the project to oversee the integration of traditional knowledge (native science) and current climate science research. NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) in Pasadena, California, was also a partner.

This place and culture-based project includes a ten-episode video series that follows two students as they learn from tribal biologists, land managers, elders and cultural leaders about how the changing climate is affecting their community; two college-level climate science courses — an introductory course and a more advanced course specifically centered on remote sensing; a high school learning unit; a companion social networking site; and a compilation of climate science resources and tools. The courses and the learning unit provide relevant place and culture-based climate science educational resources to engage students and inspire them to consider careers in climate science and other STEM disciplines.