Solutions
Detroit group reduces waste and improves education by merging art and science
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The organization teaches kids at its brick and mortar building or travels to communities with a bus filled with recycled materials.
Echo
Turning a chronicle of the Fox River clean-up into a story
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Paper Valley started as a simple exercise in chronicling the past, but turned into something more.
Echo
New book connects the environment with a love of dogs
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They’re drawn to it because of some personal connection to whether it be the neighborhood they grew up in, the forest they’ve walked in, the lakes [where] they’ve smoked salmon. So it’s a natural thing to tie environmental matters to personal experiences.
Art
Northern Ontario art form pays homage to Native roots
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Heavily symbolic, Woodland art uses the vibrancy of primary colors to convey the ideology behind Ojibwe culture in the forms of animals, plants, people and even the land.
Art
Author of newly published “Light Through the Trees,” captures 20 years’ worth of photos from Morton Arboretum
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This year, Morton Arboretum 25 miles west of Chicago, is celebrating 100 years – and photographer Peter Vagt has over 20 years’ worth of photos to show for it.
Echo
Children’s book features furry and feathered friendship on the Great Lakes
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A dog and a raven fostered a friendship that spanned eight years, and a children’s book just came out that details the improbable friendship.
Art
Grand Valley student chalks up a research success
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A Grand Valley State University student is sharing their research through artwork, which is a growing trend among the scientific community.
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Minnow researcher uses You Tube, children’s literature to connect people with at-risk species
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A University of Windsor doctoral student studying conservation has a knack for science communication – and is using it to bring attention and support to at-risk species.
Art
Protecting your place: one man’s tribute to Northern Michigan
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Humans, like all other animals, have an innate desire to find the right spot, an ideal place. Tim Mulherin, the author of Sand, Stars, Wind & Water found his sense of place in Northwest Lower Michigan during his first visit to the area 35 years ago.
Art
Spooky lakes and beach trash: How a Wisconsin teacher and artist gained 1.3 million TikTok followers
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Geo Rutherford is a self-described Great Lakes enthusiast that built a large following—the same number that the Washington Post has—by making educational TikTok videos about the Great Lakes and other lakes around the world.