Recreation
Parks Canada and Windsor explore possible new national urban park
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Parks Canada and Windsor are exploring the possibilities of turning some of the city’s most ecologically sensitive areas into a new national urban park.
contamination
Detroit River cleanup brings new look to Motor City
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A $2.9 million cleanup of contaminated sediments along the Detroit River will help bring a new look to the Motor City and set the stage for the completion of the Riverwalk by linking two popular waterfront parks.
Detroit
Gloom, doom and ruin draw visitors to Detroit, study says
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People who take such guided tours “are primarily interested not in the city’s auto manufacturing heritage but in its crumbling factories,” according to University of Washington in Tacoma Professor Emma Jean Slager.
Detroit
Is Southeast Michigan the freshwater capital of the world?
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“The Heart of the Lakes” is a new book positioning Southeast Michigan, with its historic water connections and resurgent Detroit waterfront, as the premier freshwater destination.
Detroit
New book highlights Detroit’s overlooked streetcar history
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Southeast Michigan author Niel Lehto digs through old case files and newspapers to deliver a book detailing the rise and fall of Detroit’s streetcar industry and its impact on the city’s historical development.
Land
Authors “Canvas Detroit” for art’s impact on the urban environment
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In “Canvas Detroit,” Nichole Christian and Julie Pincus profile the Motor City’s brightest and most diverse of up and coming street artists. From murals on boulevards to grass sculptures, their work can actively improve the urban environment and shine a light on previously ignored and abandoned cityscapes. Detroit is a city that needs “problem solving,” Christian says, and art won’t solve it all. But the city is fostering a wickedly creative atmosphere that is ripe for revitalization. Christian recently explained to Great Lakes Echo the importance of street art and how it can revitalize a city.
Climate
Models help Detroit plan for climate change
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Determining the impacts of climate change is difficult.
There are hundreds of factors that determine how communities are influenced.
To understand the challenges associated with climate change, scientists use system dynamics models.
Water
Detroit’s water renaissance: A river with old enemies and new allies
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There is a plan to restore to better health Detroit’s Rouge River. It will take money and cooperation to get the job done. But some of that work is already underway.
Echo
Detroit’s water renaissance: A river in trouble
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Detroit’s Rouge River is one of the Great Lakes’ most polluted waterways. Generations of air and water pollution from heavy industry near the mouth of the river contaminated its sediments and made the fish unsafe to eat.
Echo
Tackling environmental issues crucial for Detroit’s success
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This summer a coalition of Detroit based organization released the Detroit Environmental Agenda. The two-year project addresses improving quality of life through improving the environment. Guy Williams, President of Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice joins Current State to discuss the report his organization helped compile. Tackling environmental issues crucial for Detroit’s success by Great Lakes Echo