
Winds of Change?
One thing I can tell you is you
got to be free by sgs_1019
A new report titled Michigan's Offshore Wind Potential from the Land Policy Institute at Michigan State University says that Michigan has the potential to become a big player in…

Sponsor Callout: Corporate Leadership and Sustainability Summit (CLASS)
The first annual Corporate Leadership and Sustainability Summit (CLASS) will be held October 23rd and 24th, 2008 at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City.
The summit is sponsored by The Utopia Foundation, the Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce…

Get your Green(s) at the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference
SEEDS director Sarna Salzman talks about the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference which takes place October 17-19th, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan @ Northwestern Michigan College (click through to view in high quality). The music is "Greens" by…

Riding the Green Wave in Michigan
ReEvolving to Green by mdprovost
It seems as if there's a wave building, one that could help to float Michigan out of our long economic doldrums. All across the state, businesses that leverage wind, sun and alternative energy are starting…

Creative Cities Summit 2.0 in Detroit
.cadillac buildings-detroit. by tEdGuY49 ®
Note: they have a special "no frills" registration for $100 - amazing deal!
Detroit will host the Creative Cities Summit 2.0 (CCS2) on October 12-15, 2008 at the Renaissance Center. CCS2 is…

Michigan's Small Business Advocate ... and cider
cider by yodraws
Crain's Detroit has a neat "Small Talk" series of videos. One of these is a Q&A with Michigan's Small Business Advocate, Chris Holman. His job is to connect small businesses with services and programs. I had no idea there…

GM2K: Production Chevy Volt revealed
In Chevy Volt, Live & Unplugged, Jalopnik reports on yesterday's unveiling of the Chevy Volt:
The finale of GM's centennial celebration today was the official reveal of the production 2011 Chevrolet Volt, the first official plug-in hybrid…

The Week for September 15-21, 2008
Rain or Shine (since 1922) by paulh192
Welcome to a special Monday evening edition of The Week on Absolute Michigan.
While the stock market falls, folks on Mackinac Island are getting ready for the Festival of the Falling Leaves Moon (Sep…

Back to School: Free college with The Kalamazoo Promise
The Promise Starts Here by Ed Roth
Quite simply, The Kalamazoo Promise is a scholarship offered to every Kalamazoo Public School student. Depending on the time in the district and income level of the family, students may earn up to 100% tuition…

Back to School in September
"Old Main," Wayne State University--Detroit MI
by pinehurst19475
Michigan has nearly one hundred universities, colleges and other institutes dedicated to higher education. So many, in fact that we pushed our Google Map to the limit. To see…

Dig Michigan: Flint and the Tri-cities of Bay City, Saginaw & Midland
Flint/Tri-Cities is the third of Michigan's regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas away and…

We Are All Downstream
Together. by Rick Spillers
Eric Hansen is the author of "Hiking Michigan's Upper Peninsula" and "Hiking Wisconsin". In this morning's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining that…
