Another first: IAGLR comes to Detroit’s Cobo Center May 15-19 “Detroit is in the center of everything.” President of the International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) Tomas Hook tells […]
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Clean water key to Gary, Indiana’s health and economic future
What’s it like to be mayor of a post-industrial era city like Detroit or Flint trying to comeback from the depths of decades of disinvestment? How does water fit into […]
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Canada’s Maude Barlow: Great Lakes region needs a “new water ethic.”
Maude Barlow speaks with conviction when it comes to protecting the Great Lakes region’s water. “We need a new water ethic that puts water protection and water justice at the […]
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A River Runs Through It
Grand Rapids, Michigan Restoration Project Bringing in Results An investment of 35 million dollars to improve the Grand River is already returning a profit of 15 to 19 million dollars […]
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Water/ Rage
River Rally 2017 Several speakers at River Rally 2017 in Grand Rapids did not mince words about environmental injustice involving drinking water, and about the lack of diversity among environmental […]
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Grand Rapids once turned its back on the river. But no more.
River Rally comes to Michigan for the first time That’s what Grand Rapids Mayor Rosalynn Bliss said as she spoke at the opening reception for River Rally 2017. She said […]
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Saving Place, Saving Grace “Ecology meets theology”
Saving Place, Saving Grace is the story of a Trappist monastery’s struggle for reformation of their home by embracing an intense sustainability initiative. Witness the monks’ land stewardship, contemplative prayer, […]
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The Month of May is “Conferencepalooza” for The Great Lakes
Is Detroit becoming a hub for conferences involving the environment and the Great Lakes? If the month of May is an example, the answer would have to be yes. At […]
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Chicago water summit to focus on people, not “technocratic solutions”
When Dr. Rachel Havrelock planned this year’s Chicago water summit – Untrouble the Waters – she wanted more than a slightly different version of a typical Great Lakes conference. […]
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High Water Levels along Lake Ontario causing flooding
By Veronica Volk from Great Lakes Today Jim Peer shows me his attached garage. It’s almost a hundred feet from the shoreline, but right now, it’s covered in water. “Since […]
