Written by: Nathan Murphy, Environment Michigan Energy efficiency and reducing energy waste are important steps in reducing our greenhouse gas emissions and getting to 100% renewable energy. As they…
COVID-19 has now killed more than 100,000 in the US, and 25% of those deaths are Black Americans, due in part to racism, social inequity, and environmental injustices that have…
Banner Photo by Jesse Bowser on Unsplash By Gregory Manni “Roads are slickest in the first fifteen minutes.” The sheen on the surface of the road is a murky, pastel…
by Andrew Blok The past year was a year of the youth environmental activist. Greta Thunberg and the climate strikes were the obvious examples, but young people nearer to…
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By Dan Christmann “No, that’s cottonwood, not cotton candy," Emma, one of WMEAC’s education interns, says leaning over a student checking his tree identification worksheet against an answer key.…
By Dan Christmann “You gonna throw that all away?” A bystander asks as I exit the back entrance of the store with a cart full of rotten produce. I shrug…
Written by Madalyn Buursma Education is one of the most important aspects of everything we do here at WMEAC, and we’ve got a lot of exciting things coming up in…
Written By: Madalyn Buursma We stuck out like a sore thumb against the grandeur of the Amway Grand Hotel; in our steel toed boots, our big work coats, tool bags…
Written by Madalyn Buursma It takes a lot to prepare for a ten day backpacking trip through the deserts of New Mexico. “It’s nothing that I’ve really ever done before,”…
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