WMEAC—Going Green Award Winner
WMEAC is one of this year’s Corp! Magazine Going Green Award winners.
WMEAC News
WMEAC’s Executive Director Featured in “Forty Under Forty”
WMEAC’s Rachel Hood is showcased in Grand Rapids Business Journal’s “Forty Under Forty” publication.
Joan Wolfe Honored by Michigan Women’s Historical Center
Joan Wolfe, pictured above at WMEAC’s 40th anniversary celebration, is featured at the Michigan Women’s Historical Center & Hall of Fame in Lansing.
“Joan Luedders Wolfe brought environmental concerns to the forefront in Michigan long before interest in these matters swept the country. The result is legislative, administrative, and legal history. From the early 1960s, Wolfe educated and worked in revolutionary ways. In the mid 1960s, she chaired what was considered to be “the first great environmental teach-in.” In 1968, she founded the West Michigan Environmental Action Council.”
WMEAC’s 2008 Annual Report
WMEAC’s 2008 annual report is now available. Please click here to download in PDF format.
Community-Based Stormwater Plan for Grand Rapids
You are needed! Help create our Community-Based Stormwater Plan.
The City of Grand Rapids and West Michigan Environmental Action Council are gathering community members to help with this effort, and we need you.
Why should you care about stormwater?
Stormwater is rain that did not soak into the ground or get taken up by plants as nature intended. When stormwater runs through our communities, it becomes dirty and polluted. It washes animal waste, garbage, fertilizers, chemicals, gas and oil from cars into our storm sewers. This pollution then flows into our streams, rivers and lakes.
What can you do about stormwater?
You and everyone in our community can help solve our stormwater problems. Practical solutions to capture stormwater onsite are available. WMEAC and the City of Grand Rapids need your help to plan and get the word out about stormwater solutions that homeowners, businesses, schools, and faith communities can use. We can solve this problem together!
Why do we need a community-based plan?
We need your help to find creative and affordable solutions for stormwater problems. We should value rain as a resource. Rainwater can be captured at homes and businesses in order to:
• Reduce the expense of our storm sewer operations. • Save money on water and landscaping. • Protect our public waters—clean water for our green city!
We Need Community Leaders… We Need YOU! Get Involved!
Contact WMEAC at 616-451-3051 x 33
rsvp@wmeac.org
Want to know more or help spread the word? Download flyer by clicking here!
Read “A Shared Journey” by Frank Ruswick
WMEAC members and friends came together on May 15, 2008 to celebrate our successes of 2007. Frank Ruswick, Senior Policy Advisor for the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, delivered an inspiring presentation. We would like to share it with you.
WMEAC Elects 2008-2009 Board of Directors
WMEAC elected new members to its board of directors. Learn more about them in the attached press release.
2007 Annual Report
WMEAC’s annual report is now available for download. Find out what your membership and contributions made possible. Click here to read the 2007 annual report.
WMEAC will serve as fiduciary for EPA CARE grant
US EPA & US CDC award two grants to the Greater Grand Rapids Children’s Environmental Health Initiative
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Did You Know?
One ton of carbon dioxide that is released in the air can be prevented by replacing every 75 watt light bulbs with energy efficient bulbs.
