Solutions
More cemeteries offering green burials, recreational space
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Most cemeteries are looking to provide green burial as an option, whether it’s immediately today or as part of their master plan.
Solutions
More transit agencies add door-to-door services and ‘mobility wallets’
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People are happy to pay for such services, even if the cost is higher than a regular bus ride.
Solutions
Potential hydrogen source could power trucks while reducing greenhouse gases
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It’s better suited than batteries to power large vehicles that need to travel long distances like semi-trucks, because hydrogen refuels much faster than batteries recharge.
Solutions
Native plant projects help pollinators across state
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Funding these projects through grants is important because it increases native plant presence, which helps pollinators thrive.
Solutions
Artificial reefs bring wild lake trout to Lake Huron
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The constructed reefs are likely to be adequate for fish to breed and reproduce indefinitely.
Recreation
Michigan’s Magnet Man attracts river trash
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The heaviest thing that he has found is a full-sized safe in the Rouge River in Delray, Michigan, taking seven people with magnets and hooks to pull it out.
Solutions
Social media for anglers produces climate change data for researchers
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Fishbrain is an app that allows users to post photos of their catches and log the species and size of the fish they caught, the gear they used and the location, date and time of the catch.
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.
Solutions
Electric boats expected to make a splash in Michigan this year
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Given improvements in electric motors, boats can handle larger lakes, but the trend has other benefits as well.
Energy
MiWaterNet monitors quality of northern Michigan streams
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This network provides valuable, real time data on a stream’s water quality, level and temperature.