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Celebrate Groundwork’s 30th birthday with a spin through our highlight reel!

Celebrate Groundwork’s 30th birthday with a spin through our highlight reel!

Apr 28, 2025 | Clean Energy, Food & Farming, News, Transportation & Community Design

Groundwork—originally christened Michigan Land Use Institute—turned 30 on Earth Day 2025, and we’re happy to be celebrating the day with you. To pay tribute to the big three-oh, we put together a list of 30 highlights from Groundwork’s years on the planet (not easy...

End of the Line: Great Lakes over Big Oil

End of the Line: Great Lakes over Big Oil

Apr 17, 2025 | Clean Energy, Line 5 Activism, Rural Clean Energy

Please join Groundwork and our statewide coalition partners for an in-person and live-streamed event on June 4th, 2025. Together, we’ll hear from key experts—like international tunnel expert Brian O’Mara—about the latest on Line 5, plus learn ways you can take action...

Forum: Clean energy, effective recycling can align with economic growth

Forum: Clean energy, effective recycling can align with economic growth

Apr 9, 2025 | 100% Communities, Clean Energy

When the Gaylord solar farm was first proposed, it sparked intense debate. Residents expressed concerns about its impact on soil health, hunting, viewsheds, and property values. Many worries were based on misconceptions rather than facts. One common misconception was...

Federal funding freezes threaten state’s fight against climate change

Federal funding freezes threaten state’s fight against climate change

Apr 8, 2025 | Access MI Solar, Clean Energy

This op-ed first published in Most people who live in Northern Michigan do so because of our love of place. I’m sure we all picture specific places in our minds when we hear Tim Allen’s voice as he highlights the beauty of Pure Michigan — I always think about kayaking...

If you care about true energy independence, solar is the way forward

If you care about true energy independence, solar is the way forward

Apr 8, 2025 | Clean Energy, Rural Clean Energy, Solar on Schools

This op-ed first published in Independence and freedom are bedrock principles of the United States. But for too long, we’ve relied on fossil fuels like oil, gas, and coal under the belief that they provide the independence we, as Americans, value. However, we’ve...

Remembering our courageous and loving colleague Holly T. Bird

Remembering our courageous and loving colleague Holly T. Bird

Apr 5, 2025 | Clean Energy, Equity

We at Groundwork are heartbroken to share that our dear colleague, Holly T. Bird, has walked on. In the Anishinaabe way, when someone begins their journey to the spirit world, -ba is added to their name as a way to honor that passage. From this point forward, she will...

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