By Sarah Gibes and Oliver Shampine As young citizens of the Grand Haven community, we believe the proposed electrical energy complex on Harbor Island will force our community to step…
Written by: Sarah Gibes Ever wondered how much energy you use when you attend hour-long Zoom meetings or binge-watch Netflix? A new study, published in December by a team…
Written by Sarah Gibes; Photo courtesy Tamara Horne (Tamara Horne, left; Lori Heinz Coleman, right) When the White Lake Area Climate Action Council (WLACAC) first met, they connected through their…
Written by Sarah Gibes; Photo Credit Carlos Calderon Tanya Cabala, WMEAC’s Lakeshore Outreach Organizer, started to notice how much waste she produced when she had her first child. “I was…
When the Michigan legislature passed the Michigan Environmental Protection Act in 1970, Joan Wolfe was enormously thankful. “I had a nervous breakdown,” Wolfe told the Greater Grand Rapids Oral History…
Written by Skyla Jewell-Hammie We are in an incredibly fragile time in our country. This past Wednesday, extreme political groups stormed the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Their outrage comes…
Written By: Skyla Jewell-Hammie At the beginning of October, Grand Rapids’ John Ball Zoo was awarded the West Michigan Sustainable Business of the Year by the West Michigan Sustainable Business…
Written by Skyla Jewell-Hammie This time, four years ago, the majority of voters made their way to the polls and voted in-person. Masks, disinfectant sprays, gloves, and staying six feet away…
WMEAC Board President Lin Bardwell and Mariano Avila, a producer at WGVU Public Media, had been working on a project together for months, a documentary that was a social-cultural look…
By Hope O'Dell and Gregory Manni For some background to this article, and a look at healthcare disparity and environmental injustice in Michigan, read Part 2. Sergio Cira-Reyes was frustrated.…
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