Car Free Mackinac Island
Do you know a place where driving your car on the road is illegal? Well now you can say you do because nestled in between Michigan’s peninsulas is a small…
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The Disappearing Package Project
A box of soap that dissolves in the shower? A pod of detergent you can toss in the washing machine? While big brand names are trying to make their product packaging…
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Wind Power: The Real Offshore Solution
Photo Credit: Some rights reserved by Bruce Stokes via Flickr. Each year our country’s energy demands increase and while we continue to rely on dirty fossil fuels, which perpetuates the dirty practice of offshore drilling, just…
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Transit
Tracking Footprints A footprint is more than an impression on a yielding surface. It’s a record of pressure, direction, and identity. Just as different animals have different tracks, so people…
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The Costa Concordia Tragedy and Environmental Dangers
The Costa Concordia is a ticking time bomb. The ship lying on its side, vulnerable to harsh waters and the elements, could potentially leak dangerous oil into the ocean at…
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Tracking Footprints
A footprint is more than an impression on a yielding surface. It’s a record of pressure, direction, and identity. Just as different animals have different tracks, so people from all…
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Desertification in Africa
Desertification – the spreading of conditions akin to desert-like climates in arid or semi-arid areas, due to loss of agriculturally productive soils, overgrazing, or climate change. Over the summer I had…
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Ways to Reuse Old Shoes
Has your old rubber slippers seen better days? Is that pair of sneakers due for retirement? We all have outstanding footwear that have served our feet and carried our body…
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Vertical Farming as Local, Urban Food Network
Planning for the future in which the environment and efficiency are just as, if not more important, than cost requires a different mode of thinking. We have to look at…
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The Tragedy of Environmental Refugees
In 1940, 2.5 million people left the Great Plains to migrate to adjacent areas and neighboring states. Severe drought and dust storms drove farmers and their families to leave their…
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