This opinion piece first published in I have always believed our earliest experiences shape the people we become. As a child growing up in Michigan, most of my family was spread across the country from Chicago to Florida to California. Every few years we would board a...
Photo above by Andreas Gucklhorn. Groundwork's Rural Clean Energy Specialist, Nicholas Jansen, invited Mary Reilly, a leading renewable energy siting researcher, based at Michigan State University, to share thoughts on how Michigan's Public Act 233 is reshaping the...
Late last Friday, huge news broke on Line 5. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in favor of Tribes and environmental advocates to send the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) permit back to the drawing board. In a landmark 6-1 decision, the court reaffirmed the...
Summer sunshine is here and Groundwork Center is teaming up again with the Traverse Area District Library to bring three FREE hands-on solar workshops to kids this August. These free sessions are designed for K-Middle students and provide a mix of art, science,...
We bid adieux to our summer interns, who brought such fine energy, ideas, and spirit to their work and to our organization. We wish them the best as they continue on with their studies and building better worlds wherever they go. NICOLE GIANG "I can trace most of my...
As part of our ongoing Equity Series, today, as Disa we hear from from Nicole O'Brien who speaks from the perspective of someone who lives with cerebral palsy.—J.S. Nicole O'Brien: I am proud of being an American, particularly when you speak of the...