environmentalism
Catalyst Radio: Conserving the Great Lakes
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 04-15-2016 under LOCAL LIFE
Host Jessica Young talks to Stephanie Mabie, executive director and founder of the Kent County Water Conservation, about Line 5 -- a 63-year-old oil pipeline that runs through the Great Lakes -- and the film screening of Great Lakes, Bad Lines at...
Plaster Creek restoration project planned for Dutton Shadyside Park in 2016
by (Calvin College)
Submitted 01-19-2016 under PLACE-MATTERS
"We came to Michigan when I was 10 years old, and a little way from my home was Plaster Creek…That stream was my playground during the next six or eight years…my companions [and I knew] the individuality of a great many trees; we...
WMEAC Film Series to play "Trashed" at Celebration North
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 12-04-2013 under NONPROFITS
WMEAC kicks off its annual Film Series tonight, December 4, with a screening of Trashed. The award-winning documentary stars Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons, who takes viewers to remote and often beautiful locations...
Moral Ground 2010: Resisting the Dominant Culture
by (trevorlawson)
Submitted 10-25-2010 under LOCAL LIFE
"Progressive environmentalists are often opposed to resistance or have trouble accepting it. They think it can’t work. But how can you say that the movement for women’s suffrage and civil rights movements weren’t successful?”~ Max Lockwood,...