Written By: Dylan Tarr 10 years ago, Grand Rapids had a pretty dismal stormwater system. It was falling apart and the City was only performing corrective maintenance on the most decrepit sections, keeping the system in a state of disrepaired limbo. Fast forward to 2018, and the system is […]
Written by: Mara Spears, Recycling and Environmental Education Intern Every two weeks the recycling trucks rumble through Grand Rapids, stopping at every residence that has a blue bin with a yellow lid set out front. A mechanical arm dumps the bin’s contents into the truck bed with a resounding […]
Written by: Beau Brockett Jr. This summer was the season of water quality awareness. PFAS particles were found in high numbers in Parchment, Michigan. Flint, Michigan, residents are still wary of their water over four years after lead entered their water stream. Nationally, an online call to end […]
Written By: Dylan Tarr We throw out everything. It’s practically part of the human genome. Clothes, phones, couches, no matter the item, if it can be thrown away, it will surely reach the landfill. And it’s even worse when we get together and party. With ArtPrize comes a wave […]
Written by: Dylan Tarr Last Saturday volunteers helped clean up our waterways during the annual Mayors’ Grand River Cleanup. A day of environmental action might leave some of us wondering what we can do year round to promote a cleaner and healthier watershed. The answer lies in an often […]
Written by: Beau Brockett Jr. Eight candidates for the Michigan legislature outlined their solutions to environmental problems to a packed conference room at June 28’s Kent County Candidate Forum on the Environment. Clean water and environmental justice became the two top talking points. The event was organized by WMEAC, Citizens […]
Written By: Beau Brockett Jr. Two lagoons and the Muskegon River that separates them make up the three bodies of water in Muskegon’s Veteran’s Memorial Park. The flooded sidewalks along each side of the southern lagoon almost make a fourth and fifth. Piles of dirt crowd the parking lots. American […]
Written By: Beau Brockett Jr. On a typical day, Ken Freestone works to save people money and protect the environment. Freestone is the City of Holland’s Residential Energy Advisor. He helps Holland homeowners make retrofits to their homes that maximize energy efficiency, from sealing air leaks to replacing windows […]
Written by: Beau Brockett Jr. A while back, I came across a massive sale at HelloFresh, one of America’s prominent meal kit companies. I could get fresh ingredients for two, two-serving recipes shipped right to my doorstep for $10. A two-fold opportunity emerged. First, being alone for the week, I […]
Written by: Joshua Vissers Abby, Sable, and Kenna are breaking ground in a new area for working canines: human sewage detection. The company they, and the humans that train them, work for is the first of its kind in the world. Environmental Canine Services (ECS) has branches in Maine, California, […]
