Photo above: Tina Frankenberger As part of our ongoing series of equity interviews, today we hear from Tina Frankenberger, of the Grand Traverse Bay Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. She shares thoughts about Manoomin, the wild rice that is so important to...
SCIENTISTS' FRESH REPORTS SHOW WE NEED URGENT CO2 REDUCTIONS TO AVOID WORST IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING. THE U.S. LED THE WORLD WITH CO2 INCREASES LAST YEAR, ACCOUNTING FOR A THIRD OF GLOBAL INCREASE IN 2025. On September 14, we received deeply discouraging news:...
Above photo by Matt Palmer In mid-July, Michiganders and millions of other Americans grappled with suffocating wildfire smoke, again, for the third year in a row. Our summers in northern Michigan are so short and so precious; losing days to smoke leaves people feeling...
As the world plunges ever deeper into the realm of technology, the power of up-close, human-focused storytelling can become a powerful way to show the impact of government policy. To make that point, three national-leading food policy organizations—Wallace Center,...
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...