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WMEAC Presents Grand Rapids Climate Resiliency Report Findings
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 12-03-2013 under NONPROFITS
Today, the West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC) presented the Grand Rapids Climate Resiliency Report which outlines the current condition of Grand Rapids climate resiliency and offers recommendations as to how the City of Grand Rapids...
WMEAC film series to present Trashed at Celebration Cinema
by (erictank)
Submitted 11-26-2013 under NEWS
On Wednesday, December 4 at 6:30 p.m. Celebration Cinema will show Trashed, a film by Jermey Irons. The movie is presented by the West Michigan Environmental Action Council and sponsored by Clothing Matters. The event is open to the public with a...
Grand Rapids environmental advocates join fellow lobbyists against Kellogg's Corporation
by (jwiegand08)
Submitted 11-22-2013 under NEWS
As overcast skies darkened the Festival Market Square in Battle Creek, Grand Rapids environmental advocacy groups and community members joined over 80 others from across Michigan to rally at the Kellogg’s Corporate Headquarters. The...
Joan Wolfe: The Legacy of WMEAC's Founder
by (WMEAC)
Submitted 11-06-2013 under NONPROFITS
Anyone who has visited the page for WMEAC’s Annual Meeting (and if you haven’t, you should) has seen a woman in a black-and-white picture as part of the event’s flier. The picture is of Joan Wolfe, who founded WMEAC back in 1968 on...
Mayor encourages participation in upcoming river cleanup
by (Onawa Gardiner)
Submitted 09-05-2012 under NEWS
Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell is gearing up for the annual Mayors’ Grand River Clean Up, slated for 9 a.m. on Sat., Sept. 15 at Sixth Street Park in Grand Rapids. There, volunteers will meet up, then head to locations...
A Watershed Moment: Stopping stormwater runoff
by (Scott Kaplan)
Submitted 07-25-2012 under NEWS
Pop quiz: What’s the leading source of pollution in West Michigan? If you said stormwater runoff, you're right. Stormwater runoff is the leading source of water pollution in West Michigan and in the Great Lakes Watershed in general. ...
WMEAC's "You Are Here" campaign kicks off
by (Scott Kaplan)
Submitted 06-27-2012 under NEWS
On Tuesday, a "who’s who" of local environmentalists, politicians, and community members attended the public launch of West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC)’s You Are Here Campaign, held at The Rapid Operations...
A Watershed Moment: National sustainable business conference comes to Grand Rapids
by (Scott Kaplan)
Submitted 05-16-2012 under NEWS
BALLE (Business Alliance for Local Living Economies) is a national organization that brings together locally-owned, independent businesses across the country interested in impacting their communities through socially-responsible business...
A Watershed Moment: High hopes for 2012 Grand River GreenUp
by (Karie Schulenburg)
Submitted 04-16-2012 under NEWS
Grand Rapids-based West Michigan Environmental Action Council and the Grand Haven Jaycees will host the 2nd Annual Grand River GreenUp this Saturday, April 21 at Riverside Park in Robinson Township from 9 a.m. to noon. Last year...
A Watershed Moment: Grand Rapids, a leader in sustainability
by (Karie Schulenburg)
Submitted 04-05-2012 under NEWS
In this installment of "A Watershed Moment", the Director of Energy and Sustainability for the city of Grand Rapids talks about the 2010 Grand Rapids Sustainability Plan. According to Haris Alibasic, the plan makes Grand Rapids...