Energy
Recycle new light bulbs and avoid mercury risk
|
Compact fluorescent light bulbs use less energy.
They also contain mercury, and that has some doctors concerned about their ultimate disposal.
Echo
Finalists announced for $161 million in Great Lakes Restoration Initiative grants: Who are they?
|
More than 1,000 proposals requesting $946 million were trimmed to 270 finalists.
Echo
The Greening of Flint: The Kings of urban farming
|
On Wednesdays through July, Great Lakes Echo will run a video segment expected to become a building block of a finished documentary on the greening of Flint, Mich. You can help.
Echo
VIDEO: Michigan State University saves money with hybrid fleets
|
Transportation Services at Michigan State University is increasing its hybrid cars inventory.
The idea is to save gas and money.
Check out the short video
Echo
Greening of Flint: Youth Karate-Ka: Harvesting Earth Farm
|
Watch the latest installment of the Greening of Flint documentary under production and offer your ideas for shaping it.
This week: The Kings perceive karate and farming as self-defense.
Echo
Michigan oil, natural gas production plummets; alternatives on rise
|
Crude oil, once nearly 30 percent of energy produced in state, is now only 4 percent. Production dropped 85 percent between 1980 and 2007. Alternative energy production in Michigan is increasing, but lags other Great Lakes states.
Land
Demolition woes: Former psychiatric hospital raises environmental concerns
|
A psychiatric hospital that once stood on 414 acres in southeast Michigan and housed thousands of long-term patients is littered with “Do Not Trespass” signs. Can it be safely rehabilitated for another use?
Wildlife
Slimy fish complicates lake trout restoration in Great Lakes
|
Burbot, a native Great Lakes fish species, are slimy, big-mouthed bottom feeders. They’re also threatened in many parts of the world. They’ve recovered in the Great Lakes, but that could mean trouble for plans to restore lake trout.
Echo
VIDEO: Artists use trash to make recycled art
|
Lansing, Mich. recently hosted a recycled art exhibit and fashion show. Purses created from recycled plastic bags and can tabs, sculptures made from chip bags and fast food cups, and a motorcycle created from washing machine parts lined the lobby of city hall. Watch the video
Echo
Carp bomb gallery
|
We took some of the best reader contributions to our carp bomb feature and assembled them into their own gallery. And yes, we realize that this invasive species is a serious threat to the Great Lakes. We also think it’s OK to lighten up once and awhile. So enjoy.