Echo
Wood products from urban sources a growing trend
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Getting lumber from urban sources is a growing alternative in Michigan and nationwide.
Echo
Commentary: Nature and fashion
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Finding out what fabric something is made of, the process behind it and everything in between only made me love fashion more.
Echo
Commentary: The best ways to enjoy trails
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I love red maple and bright yellow ginkgo leaves. I pick them up and stick them to the walls of my bedroom.
Adaptive Reuse
Cities of tomorrow are surprisingly old
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A new report by RentCafe documents the nationwide trend. So-called adaptive reuse apartments are more popular than new apartment developments from 2020-2021, the study says.
Commentary
Commentary: A Missouri girl’s take on Michigan summers
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Summer days were always longer in Michigan than in Missouri.
Energy
Study details impact of COVID-19 pandemic on energy bills
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Utilities and government agencies are cooperating in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana and other Great Lakes states to ease the burden and risks of energy uncertainty for low-income households.
Featured in Category
Lake Erie algae in 2022 worse than predicted; it plateaued rather than peaked
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Into October, there were higher air temperatures in the entire northwest region than ever before.
Commentary
Commentary: The Great Lakes live in my soul
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Minnesota is the land of 10,000 lakes, but I couldn’t have felt farther from the Great ones.
Commentary
Commentary: Fireflies for the win
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Sitting outside as the campfire crackles on a breezy summer night in the backyard while the sun finally starts to set. Seeing fireflies start to take their place among the trees.
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Volunteers find high road salt levels in Michigan waterways
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Measurements from a 2021 study show that Lake Michigan’s salt content has risen up to fifteen times its natural level since the 1800s, but the effects of these high levels are only now being understood.