Great Lakes Now

Great Lakes Now Presents: Rockhounding with Chris Cooper feat. Yooperlite!
2024-05-23 19:00 - 20:00, 2024-05-20 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit)
Join Great Lakes Now Host Anna Sysling and Chris Cooper of Great Lakes Rocks & Minerals for a fun, educational and engaging live event all about rockhounding in the Great Lakes! This time, they’ll focus Yooperlite–what it is, why it’s special and how to find it!

Our featured guest for this event is Erik Rintamaki, who years ago, discovered a rock that glows under an ultraviolet light. Without knowing what it was or why the rocks glowed, he named them “Yooperlites.”

Great Lakes Now April Episode Premiere Party
2024-04-29 20:00 - 20:30 | Carmela
Join Great Lakes Now for an episode premiere party featuring a segment from the new April show and guests who will share even more insight and information about our featured story.
Featured guests include:–Tom Hollenhorst, Ecologist with the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development in the Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division–John Shepard, Filmmaker, A Sea Change for Superior; and Associate Professor and Director of Multimedia Development at Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education–Michael Miller, Swimmer and co-lead for the Lake Superior North Shore Relay Swimmers

‘Poisoned Ground’ and Environmental Policy
2024-04-17 19:00 - 20:00
Join Great Lakes Now for a PBS Virtual Town Hall featuring American Experience’s “Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal,” which tells the dramatic and inspiring story of ordinary women who fought against overwhelming odds for the health and safety of their families. In the late 1970s, residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, NY, discovered that their homes, schools, and playgrounds were built on top of a former chemical waste dump. Housewives activated to create a grassroots movement that galvanized the landmark Superfund Bill. Highlights for this virtual event include video clips from the film, a conversation with American Experience Executive Producer Cameo George, and a live panel discussion featuring experts on environmental issues and policy; clean up and remediation; and a look at the lasting impacts of the Love Canal environmental disaster.

U-M lecture features Interior Secretary Deb Haaland on climate crisis, environmental justice
2024-03-26 17:00 - 18:00 | 2021-08-August-Great-Lakes-Now-Special-ver-01-A-clean0015
