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When it rains, it shines

  • Post author:Joshua Leffingwell
  • Post published:November 4, 2019
  • Post category:News Update/Newsletter/Watershed/WMEAC/WMEAC News
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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…

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Youth Show Up Strong at Rise Up + Drawdown Conference

  • Post author:Andrew Blok
  • Post published:October 18, 2019
  • Post category:Call to Action/Events/WMEAC
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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,…

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A Cloud of Unknowing: Madison Square and the Nature of Environmental Justice

  • Post author:Dan.W.Christmann
  • Post published:October 1, 2019
  • Post category:WMEAC
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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…

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Biodigestion and the Greening of West Michigan

  • Post author:Dan.W.Christmann
  • Post published:August 8, 2019
  • Post category:WMEAC
  • Post comments:2 Comments

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…

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WMEAC Summer Camps: Science, Community, and Meatloaf

  • Post author:Dan.W.Christmann
  • Post published:August 1, 2019
  • Post category:Education/Events/Watershed/Watershed Education/WMEAC
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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.…

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Preventing Food Waste in Grocery Stores

  • Post author:Dan.W.Christmann
  • Post published:July 26, 2019
  • Post category:Education/Recycling/WMEAC
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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…

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WMEAC and Brewery Vivant Collaborate on Bourbon Rain Barrel Workshop

  • Post author:Dan.W.Christmann
  • Post published:July 11, 2019
  • Post category:About/Events/News Update/WMEAC
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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…

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Changes in WMEAC’s Education Program

  • Post author:bryannatlee
  • Post published:June 17, 2019
  • Post category:About/Education/WMEAC/WMEAC News
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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…

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A Look at the Grassroots Movement Against the Grand River Dredging

  • Post author:Ericka Popovich
  • Post published:May 30, 2019
  • Post category:A Watershed Moment/Get Involved/Watershed/WMEAC
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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…

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Study finds value in Michigan’s coastal dunes

  • Post author:Madalyn Buursma
  • Post published:May 15, 2019
  • Post category:Dunes/WMEAC
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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…

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