
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…

Michigan's Famous and Historical Trees Sought as Part of National Effort
Church Beeches by Simonds
The Michigan Forest Association, in conjunction with the Michigan Forestry and Parks Association and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is searching for famous and historical trees in Michigan. …

Bill McKibben in Traverse City - September 7, 2008
courtesy Leelanau.com
The Michigan Land Use Institute hosts nationally known author Bill McKibben whose work includes The End of Nature and the new Deep Economy to explain how doing simple things like eating more local food, living in…

The rise of urban farms in Detroit
Currant harvest - get ready for jam!
photo courtesy Earthworks Urban Farm
Back in August, Detroit Make It Here - a site produced by Crain's Detroit Business that is targeted at young professionals - had an interesting article titled The…

Dig Michigan: Traverse City
Traverse City is the largest city in Northwest Lower Michigan, and the first 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…

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…

2008 Rothbury Ticket Giveaway from GM Next & Absolute Michigan
We had some great entries and it was tough to make our promised arbitrary decision. We'd really like to thank all of you who took the time to make your case and hope that we get many more chances to give you stuff. After a brief drum roll, here's…

2008 Michigan Energy Fair, June 27-29 in Manistee
Spinners 1 by n8xdThe 3rd annual Michigan Energy Fair will be held June 27-29, 2008 at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama. Billed as "one of the most comprehensive expositions of renewable energy generating equipment, home and business…

The Grand Rapids Water Festival - June 28, 2008
Here's a nice video from last year's Water Festival:
Dancing Water by curlyson
On Saturday June 28, 2008, the Grand Rapids Water Festival will be held at Riverside Park in Grand Rapids.
The daylong concert (11 AM - 10 PM) highlights…

Michigan Book Excerpt: Water and Michigan's Destiny
The above photo of reeds on Crooked Lake is one of many amazing pictures of Michigan's liquid treasures in the new book The Waters of Michigan by David Lubbers and Dave Dempsey (Michigan State University Press, 2008). The coffee-table book…

Sulfide Mining goes to the movies
For more on this issue visit Save the Wild UP and also check out Anatomy of a mine: Lansing hearings put U.P. wilderness on trial from the Lansing City Pulse:
The hearings hit hard rock Wednesday, April 30, when a white-haired man in…

Consider Planting Michigan Native Plants
Sharptail I believe by wxman1952
This year consider planting plants native to your area when landscaping or gardening. Native plants are defined as plants that existed in an area prior to European settlement. The use of native plants has…
