When it rains, it shines
by Amelia Ackley and Maggie Mianecke WMEAC’s Rainy Day Contest aims to improve stormwater quality, reduce flooding, and increase water conservation in four Grand Rapids neighborhoods. WMEAC is working in…
Youth Show Up Strong at Rise Up + Drawdown Conference
Written By Andrew Blok In a ballroom full of state and local officials, world renowned environmental leaders and Michigan residents committed to ending and undoing the harm of carbon emissions,…
A Cloud of Unknowing: Madison Square and the Nature of Environmental Justice
By Dan Christmann Problems in the Neighborhood On the morning of Friday May 20th, 2016, residents of Grand Rapids’ Madison Square woke to a cavalcade of government vehicles and yellow…
Biodigestion and the Greening of West Michigan
By Dan Christmann Building a Better Bowels “I call this a big stomach. Ok?” Charles Schroeder tells me frankly, leaning back in one of the tall chairs that surround the…
WMEAC Summer Camps: Science, Community, and Meatloaf
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.…
Preventing Food Waste in Grocery Stores
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…
WMEAC and Brewery Vivant Collaborate on Bourbon Rain Barrel Workshop
By Dan Christmann It makes sense that WMEAC would hold rain barrel workshops. Water quality is of huge importance to us, and rain barrels are one way to protect the…
Changes in WMEAC’s Education Program
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…
A Look at the Grassroots Movement Against the Grand River Dredging
Written by: Madalyn Buursma Local historian Jeff Seaver has enjoyed spending time canoeing and exploring the Grand River. Part of his research has been in to the history of the…
Study finds value in Michigan’s coastal dunes
Written by: Madalyn Buursma Lauded in Pure Michigan Ads, voted the most beautiful place in America, and attracting tourists from around the country, the ever changing landscape of our…
