Tag: Indiana
After 10 million pieces of beach trash, Chicago advocates push for sustainable packaging | Great Lakes Now
Plastic is the dominant source of beach trash in the Great Lakes region.
That’s the finding by the Chicago-based non-profit Alliance for the Great Lakes in a recently released report that analyzed beach litter picked up by its volunteers over the past 20 years.
“Twenty years of data collected by volunteers shows that 86% of the trash was either fully or partially made from plastic,” the Alliance said in a press release.
Two-Spirit Powwow in Owen Sound this weekend
The fourth annual Manidoo Gamiing Nagweyaab Jiintamok, or Georgian Bay Two Sprit Powwow, is happening this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the M’Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre. The powwow’s grand entry is set for noon. It’s one of Ontario’s only Two-Spirit powwows — powwows which commemorate Indigenous queerness across Turtle Island. Organizers say […]
Palisades nuclear relaunch gets more subsidies in Michigan — and more backlash | Great Lakes Now
By Kelly House, Bridge Michigan
The Great Lakes News Collaborative includes Bridge Michigan; Circle of Blue; Great Lakes Now at Detroit Public Television; Michigan Public, Michigan’s NPR News Leader; and The Narwhal who work together to bring audiences news and information about the impact of climate change, pollution, and aging infrastructure on the Great Lakes and drinking water.
25 years after a major toxic lead cleanup, westside neighbors still don’t feel safe | Great Lakes Now
By Enrique Saenz, Mirror Indy
Mirror Indy is a part of Free Press Indiana, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to ensuring all Hoosiers have access to the news and information they need.
The first thing Patti Daviau sees when she opens the front door of her home on South Harris Avenue every morning is a thick bunch of weeds reaching through a 500-foot stretch of chain link fence across the street.
Americans love nature but don’t feel empowered to protect it, new research shows | Great Lakes Now
By Jessica Eise, Indiana University
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Climate change has been in the news for more than 40 years. It’s typically covered as a scientific or political issue. However, social scientists like me have found that feelings and values are what drive people toward broad, collective change – not charts, graphs or images.