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Posted inEvents and Special Broadcasts, Forever Chemicals Featured, News, Video

The Forever Chemicals: MLive Reporters and Great Lakes Now engage Sustainable Brands 2019 audience

by Sandra Svoboda June 12, 2019November 9, 2025

After a documentary screening at the Sustainable Brands 2019 conference in Detroit, Great Lakes Now hosted an audience discussion with the MLive Media Group reporters who have been leading the coverage of the PFAS issue in Michigan.

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Advocacy, Drinking Water, Equity and Environmental Justice, News, Policy, Politics, Protect, Water Quality, Water Withdrawals, Who We Are and What We Do

Sustainable Brands Day 4: It ended with a dance performance

by Natasha Blakely June 10, 2019

On the final day of the Sustainable Brands 2019 conference, discussions on policy, water challenges and advocacy continued.

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and Fracking, Equity and Environmental Justice, Industry, News, Politics, Protect, Science, Technology & Research, Who We Are and What We Do

Sustainable Brands Day 3: Changing behaviors, Forever Chemicals and renewable energy

by Natasha Blakely June 6, 2019

On day three of the Sustainable Brands conference, Great Lakes Now screened its PFAS documentary before an audience Q&A.

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Enbridge Line 5 and Other Pipelines, Equity and Environmental Justice, Events and Special Broadcasts, Industry, News, Policy, Politics, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Sustainable Brands Day 2: Great Lakes Now takes a look at the plastic problem

by Natasha Blakely June 5, 2019

Collaboration and engagement were pinpointed as key to tackling the issue of plastic waste on the second day of Sustainable Brands in Detroit.

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, News, Who We Are and What We Do

Sustainable Brands Day 1: Great Lakes Now looks at water crises and plastic pollution

by Natasha Blakely June 3, 2019

Concerns about plastic pollution and what companies can do to help remedy the issue were on the minds of many speakers and attendees at Sustainable Brands.

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Sustainable Brands Detroit 2017 – Live

Posted inEvents and Special Broadcasts, News

Flying the Sustainable Skies and Quiet, Clean Cars

by Mary Ellen Geist May 24, 2017November 10, 2025

Day Two of SB2017 in Detroit If this Sustainable Brands conference is any indication, the transportation industry is transforming to meet the needs not only of a more environmentally conscious […]

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Drinking Water, Forever Chemicals Featured, Latest News, Michigan, News, PFAS, Region, Water Quality, Who We Are and What We Do

Emmy Winner: “The Forever Chemicals” takes documentary prize

by Sandra Svoboda June 22, 2020November 9, 2025

The Great Lakes Now film about PFAS contamination’s impact on Michigan communities wins a top broadcast honor.

Posted inAbout Great Lakes Now, Lake Erie, Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Latest News, News, Politics, Protect, Recreation and Tourism, Region, Who We Are and What We Do

Great Lakes Now: Our 2019 look back and our 2020 look ahead

by Sandra Svoboda January 3, 2020November 9, 2025

The Great Lakes Now team produced dozens of news stories, nine monthly shows, one documentary and countless moments of impact. We’ll do even more in the next year, again, with your help.

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