environment
Women's Symposium to tackle gender roles, environmental issues
by (Yeldellc)
Submitted 02-03-2015 under NEWS
The 4th annual Women and the Environment Symposium presented by the West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC) will be tackling problems like environmental justice and gender issues, and aims to leave participants with...
Catalyst Radio: WMEAC working for environmental justice through IDEAL initiative
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 11-26-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this episode of Catalyst Radio we learn about some of the new efforts by West Michigan Environmental Action Council, including IDEAL which is an...
Green Fire: Film and discussion about land ethics and conservation
by (keri.amlotte)
Submitted 10-08-2014 under
Blandford Nature Center, Friends of Grand Rapids Parks, Land Conservancy of West Michigan, Michigan Conservation Districts, and West Michigan Environmental Action Council will be hosting a showing of the film “Green Fire, Aldo Leopold and a...
GRPS Partners with WMEAC for Teach for the Watershed Program
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 09-29-2014 under NONPROFITS
In an initiative to expand environmental education, Grand Rapids Public Schools and the West Michigan Environmental Action Council are collaborating to integrate the Teach for the Watershed program into the GRPS curriculum. The program, which is...
What is a Clean Air Action Day?
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 07-22-2014 under NONPROFITS
The Rapid’s fixed route buses are free on Clean Air Action Days, so when the West Michigan Clean Air Coalition (WMCAC) declared July 20th and 21st Clean Air Action Days, many bus riders celebrated the news. However, Clean Air Action Days are...
Story Matters: Grand Rapids community leaders remember Peter Wege
by (grcmc)
Submitted 07-10-2014 under NONPROFITS
As our community says goodbye this week to Peter M. Wege, much loved philanthropist in our community with passions for education, the environment, and much more, we dedicated a special edition of Story Matters as a tribute to his life. We asked a...
Peter Wege - The Loss of an Environmental Hero
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 07-08-2014 under NONPROFITS
This morning, we were saddened to learn the passing of one of West Michigan’s most forward thinking and generous people, Peter Wege. Peter Wege founded the Wege Foundation in the 1967, which is among the nation's most dedicated and...
Build a greener city: how investing in The Rapidian invests in your community
by (The Rapidian)
Submitted 04-14-2014 under NONPROFITS
This video tells the story of how we build a greener city and build community thanks to investments in The Rapidian. In this video, Rapidian reporter Mariah Kennedy inspires volunteer Kyle Liechty to help plant trees with Friends of Grand Rapids...
Catalyst Radio: Izaak Walton League's Winterfest teaches love of outdoors Sat., Jan. 25
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 01-20-2014 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW The nearly century-old nonprofit conservation group Izaak Walton League is the focus of this episode of Catalyst Radio. Georgia Donovan from the League...
Learn to use the gift of empathic listening.
by (DominicanCenter...)
Submitted 01-15-2014 under NONPROFITS
Dominican Center at Marywood is offering two new classes this month that have just been added to our online registration at: www.dominicancenter.com/open-programs. Read about them below and see if they sound like something you'd like to...