Echo
WhadayaKnow? Why is it important to buy local food?
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This week Echo reporters asked the public and an expert why it’s important to buy local food.
Echo
Photo Friday: I Love the Great Lakes
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You don’t have to be from a Great Lake state to appreciate the lakes’ many attributes. Whether you’re just visiting or a long-time local, their beauty is mesmerizing. A lot of us love them. How much? Sierra Club launched the “I love the Great Lakes” project two years ago to visually illustrate the love people share for the lakes.
Echo
Vote for best named Great Lakes brew
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We culled through your nominations for the best name of a beer brewed in the Great Lakes watershed and put some of them on this poll. Our selection is arbitrary and of course misses many beers and breweries that were not nominated. And yeah, we get it about those of you who disdain creative names as something that fails to impress true beer aficionados. But sheesh…lighten up. Our bias is toward names that are particularly relevant to the Great Lakes environment or places.
Echo
WhadayaKnow? What’s the difference between climate and weather?
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This week Echo reporters asked the public and an expert what the difference is between climate and weather.
Make your own guess before launching this brief video.
Water
More on Great Lakes beer: Which has the best name?
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Last week we asked you to nominate the best beer made from the waters of the Great Lakes watershed. And what a great job you did. The Echo staff is inspired to turn that list into a shopping list. One disappointment: The nominees didn’t reflect the binational nature of the watershed. They don’t make beer in Canada?
Echo
WhadayaKnow? What percent of the world’s water is drinkable?
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This week Echo reporters asked the public and an expert what percent of the world’s water is drinkable.
Make your own guess before you launch this brief video.
Echo
Video: Tackling environmental education creatively
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What’s the best way to deliver environmental education?
Try getting students out of the classroom.
Echo
What is the best beer brewed with Great Lakes water?
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Outside Magazine recently released a list of the top 10 canned beers of 2012. The magazine claims these as the best of 100 brands sampled. Apparently they were sampled at once and by very few judges. How else to explain the impaired judgment resulting in a selection containing only two beers brewed in Great Lakes states: Sly Fox Pikeland Pils from Pottstown, Pa., and Sixpoint Resin Ale in Brooklyn, N.Y.
And those two aren’t even in the Great Lakes watershed. Sorry Outside.
Echo
Another college bans bottled water sales
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Chicago’s Loyola University became the latest university in the region to ban campus bottled water sales, the Chicago Sun Times recently reported. The paper said that a student group notes: “We consider the sale of bottled water on campus in conflict with the Jesuit tradition and Loyola’s mission ‘to be in service of humanity through learning, justice and faith.”
Great Lakes Echo recently wrote how campus bottled water bans – and the establishment of water bottle filling stations – appear to be increasing regionally and nationally. At the same time, bottled water manufacturers are pushing back, noting that bans restrict the freedom to choose an alternative to less healthy drinks that continue to be sold on campuses.