Beyond Grass
By Julia Skaggs, Fund Development Intern, Pitzer College As many Michiganders know, you can find lawns just about everywhere in our communities. Unfortunately, the typical use of lawn grass doesn’t…
By Julia Skaggs, Fund Development Intern, Pitzer College As many Michiganders know, you can find lawns just about everywhere in our communities. Unfortunately, the typical use of lawn grass doesn’t…
By Emily Loder, WMEAC Policy Intern Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of harmful man-made chemicals that have been present in thousands of everyday products since the 1950’s. PFAS…
By Juan Pablo Angel Marcos, WMEAC Eco-Journalism & Blogging Intern Last month, it was announced that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) would continue to advance and support urban agriculture…
By Emily Loder, WMEAC Policy Intern and graduate student at Michigan State University “Coal-free by 2025.” This is the message that Michigan-based energy firm, Consumers Energy has been spouting after…
By Juan Pablo Angel Marcos, WMEAC Eco-Journalism & Blogging Intern As we enter a future of environmental uncertainty with climate and weather, urban spaces within our neighborhoods, cities, and parks…
By Juan Pablo Angel Marcos, WMEAC Eco-Journalism & Blogging Intern If you are curious about how you can help improve water quality within your community, implementing a rain barrel for…
By Anna Watson, WMEAC Water Fellow Everyone is moving to the city…or at least that is how it feels. Urbanization is increasing and the number of individuals coming to Grand…
By Juan Pablo Marcos, WMEAC Eco-Journalism and Blogging Intern Last Thursday, I woke up for work earlier than usual. I was up at 6:40 a.m. to get dressed, eat breakfast…
By Emily Loder, WMEAC Policy Intern and graduate student at Michigan State University What are PFAS? Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are often referred to as “forever chemicals” since…
Written By Hadley Haas, Policy Intern When I first heard about the work of the citizen group working in White River Township to get the former Dupont site cleaned up,…