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Art

Paintings, books, music, plays and other arts are effective ways of communicating environmental issues.

Art

Fate of the Earth conference now accepting art submissions

By Kate Habrel | February 20, 2018

For the first time, this annual symposium is accepting artwork to be shown at the event.

Art

Video game pipeline attack generates Great Lakes controversy

By Kate Habrel | February 14, 2018

Thunderbird Strike, a video game with an environmental message, has come under fire from petroleum advocates.

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Is Thunderbird Strike a fun learning tool or an ecoterrorist’s version of Angry Birds?

By Kate Habrel | February 14, 2018

Do the negative claims leveled at the video game Thunderbird Strike hold up? Or does its environmental message hold weight?

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“Alexis Rockman: The Great Lakes Cycle” debuts in Grand Rapids

By admin | January 31, 2018

The major exhibition explores the past, present and future of the Great Lakes and is on view at the Grand Rapids Art Museum through Apr. 29.

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Woods, whiskey, women and widow-makers caught in lumberjack songs

By Eric Freedman | January 4, 2018

New edition of 1926 book throws light on lumberjack life, loves and losses collected by an English professor while mostly hiking from Charlevoix, Michigan, to North Dakota.

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Satellite reveals van Gogh got it right

By David Poulson | December 8, 2017

Did Mother Nature look over van Gogh’s shoulder for this one? Or is it the other way around?

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New book shows off Michigan’s best waterfalls

By Kate Habrel | November 30, 2017

“Waterfalls” and “Michigan” aren’t usually paired. Photographer Phil Stagg hopes to change that with his latest book.

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Book gives voice to Driftless Area artists

By Kate Habrel | November 14, 2017

A recent book puts together writings and pictures from the Driftless Area, a unique Midwestern region.

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Poet explores environment through language of dementia

By Kate Habrel | October 30, 2017

Janet Kauffman explores her experiences in water conservation and with her father’s dementia in a recent poetry collection.

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Cycling professor makes the Great Lakes his classroom

By Jaqueline Kelly | October 17, 2017

New book looks at a professor’s journey around the Great Lakes on bike.

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Environmental news of the Great Lakes region from the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University.

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