Environmental Educational Series
By Sarah Barney, eco-journalist intern and student at Denison University Teach for the Watershed (T4W) is a place-based education program that was founded by the WMEAC education department in 2015.…
By Sarah Barney, eco-journalist intern and student at Denison University Teach for the Watershed (T4W) is a place-based education program that was founded by the WMEAC education department in 2015.…
By Sarah Barney, eco-journalist intern and student and Denison University In May of this year, Jayme McLellan completed her graduate thesis called “We Are in This Together: Museums, Climate Justice…
By Sarah Barney, eco-journalist intern and student at Denison University In October of 2020, a teacher, Bill Godin, at Meadow Brooks Elementary School reached out to Thea Van Goor with…
By Emily Bourgeois, student at Michigan State University Joost van‘t Erve is a toxicologist at the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) who has been a frequent guest…
By, Sarah Barney, eco-journalist at WMEAC and senior at Denison University In today’s world, it’s easy to focus on the negative effects of climate change, to see all the long…
Written by: Sarah Barney, WMEAC eco-journalist intern, senior at Denison University The Grand River Expedition is a two-week long paddling experience that celebrates the Grand River, occurring every ten…
By: Sarah Barney Photos for this piece were submitted by Elaine Sterrett Isely from WMEAC, Rick Treur from Representative Meijer's office, and Raul Alverez from WellDesign Studio West Michigan’s…
By Sarah Gibes; Andrea Newell Contributed Research When Sandy Wynn-Stelt first heard about contamination from Wolverine Worldwide in northern Kent County, she realized that the health of her family…
Written by Sarah Gibes Are you looking for ways to bring you and your family outside, as well as to get involved in the local community? Then WMEAC has exactly…
Written by Sarah Gibes Structural social inequality continues to impede West Michigan’s environmental health and wellness. In order to create truly functional communities, it’s important for the environmental movement to…