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Art

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

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ArtPrize bowls, Elaine Harlow

Artists raise awareness about abandoned farms and child hunger

By Cheyna Roth | October 13, 2015

The Food Fix podcasters visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk to people who are taking a more artistic route to feed the world.

Recreation
Back-country camping, Moheb Soliman

Minnesota-based artist travels around the Great Lakes in four months

By WKAR Current State | October 12, 2015

Current State talks with a Minnesota-based poet artist who traveled along all the Great Lakes shorelines this summer for his project H.O.M.E.S.

Root of our Legacy by Autumn Bildson
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ArtPrize: From solar sound to four-season photography

By Amelia Havanec | October 9, 2015

Recently Echo visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan to talk with artists who’ve put an environmental spin on their work.

Recreation
Emeka Ikebude at ArtPrize

The Food Fix: ArtPrize artist creates piece on water scarcity

By David Poulson | October 8, 2015

The Food Fix podcasters visited ArtPrize in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, to talk to people who are taking a more artistic route to feed the world.

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Land

Seeking balance? Ask a plant

By Kevin Duffy | September 10, 2015

Mary Siisip Geniusz revives native Anishinaabe-Ojibwe plant knowledge with cultural and culinary anecdotes in her new book.

Land

A Driftless paddle across natural history and restoration

By Eric Freedman | September 3, 2015

Canoeist’s trip through the Driftless Area of Minnesota and Wisconsin reveals ecological damage and repair among forested hills, bedrock outcrops, bluffs of caves, sinkholes, springs and disappearing streams of effigy mounds.

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Land

Michigan’s ‘Pine King’

By Kevin Duffy | August 26, 2015

Author Mike Nagel chronicles the business and philanthropic acumen of Michigan’s ‘Pine King’ in his new book.

Water
Middle Bass Island, OH

Photo Friday: First entry in U.S. Canadian border challenge

By Kevin Duffy | June 26, 2015

A submission for the Great Lakes border challenge captures a colorful island vista along the Ohio-Ontario border.

Recreation

Birch bark canoe artists keep Native American tradition afloat

By Holly Drankhan | June 25, 2015

Native Americans have worked to return what was once merely a souvenir shop item to a craft that is a symbol of individual and community pride,

International Bridge
Land

Great Lakes border challenge

By Kevin Duffy | June 19, 2015

Provide an image illustrating the US/Canada border relationship and we’ll run it in an Echo post.

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Catch of the Day

  • Michigan Press Association honors Echo reporters

    Ten Great Lakes Echo reporters recently scored honors in the 2023 Michigan Press Association’s College Better Newspaper Contest.  “Our bench is deep, but it has to be to cover the world’s most important beat,” said Echo Editor David Poulson

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Commentary

  • GUEST COMMENTARY: Speak up to stop the spotted lanternfly and other invaders

    By David Strayer If you’ve driven Michigan’s highways lately, you’ve probably seen the billboards: a big picture of a lanternfly, with the message, “See it. Squish it. Report it.” This is good advice, as far as it goes, but it should go further. The spotted lanternfly is a serious pest that is poised to cause […]

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Podcasts

  • Four electric buses will hit University of Michigan’s campus next summer

    Power is supplied to the electric motor very quickly which gives the electric bus high performance and rapid acceleration.

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Climate Stories

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How changing climate is impacting Michigan’s fall colors
How changing climate is impacting Michigan’s fall colors
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COVID-19

  • Communities welcome return of winter festivals

    By Sammy Schuck Most people may know that festivals attract people to Michigan communities. What most may not know is that festivals and events in the state are an annual $1 billion industry, according to Michigan Festivals and Events Association CEO Mike Szukhent. According to Szukhent, the lack of winter festivals last year “hit hard.” […]

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