NOTE: We'll have details on the 2008 Michigan Energy Fair here next year! You should also check out this report on the 2007 Michigan Energy Fair (with video) from the Michigan Land Use Institute.
The annual Michigan Energy Fair will be held June 22-24, 2007 at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama. Billed as "one of [...]
By cody
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Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry interviews Thomas Anderson, vice-president and the senior director of Automation Alley about how the Southeast Michigan based organization is working to help businesses in the City of Detroit and Genesee, Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland, St. Clair, Washtenaw and Wayne counties meet a changing business environment. In a manner common to Jack's [...]
By farlane
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Been a while since I got the old 5 out of the bag.
Great Lakes Blogger Dave Dempsey gets a stand-up double with this stunning satellite view of the Great Lakes, of which NASA says:
At the very top of the image is a round white patch - this is Lake Nipigon, which is still frozen over. [...]
By farlane
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The High by DA2Brian
From the Silver Lining Department: GROW Detroit called out this Detroit Free Press article (Michigan does good job of preparing kids for college, survey finds) saying that Michigan was cited as one of the three states (along with Kentucky and Indiana) most closely aligning state curriculum with college expectations (view Michigan's [...]
by sparky05
part of a set of GRAM photos
The New York Times had an excellent article (From Michigan, a Clean-Running Museum) on the new Grand Rapids Art Museum. When Peter Wege pledged $20 million to relocate the GRAM, he required that the new building be "green." The museum is slated to open in October and [...]
Quixote by Lantern Waste Studios
Right now, only 3% of Michigan's electricity comes from renewable resources. Michigan Public Service Commission Chairman J. Peter Lark says that raising the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) is a good first move:
"A required RPS is a win-win proposition. It will encourage the creation of in-state jobs, reduce pollution and dependence on [...]
U-M North Campus Computer Science
Building by meanmustard1982
Phil Power writes that he recently had dinner with a group of bright, enthusiastic young people, all about to graduate from college and excited about their future ... and all planning to leave Michigan. He suggests that finding, attracting, nurturing and retaining talent is the single most important thing [...]
howling jed, my 'baby' by oldbrushes
The AP article Auto industry leaders discuss climate change with Congress reports that the leaders of General Motors, Ford, Toyota, Chrysler and the United Auto Workers union appeared yesterday before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee seeking means of dealing with carbor emissions. The thrust of their testimony was an [...]
GVSU Cook-DeVos Center for
Health Sciences by docksidepress
The Great Lakes IT Reports says that the Van Andel Institute and Spectrum Health in Grand Rapids have formed a new joint venture, the Center for Molecular Medicine. The Center will offer molecular technologies for investigation of complex diseases like cancer, heart disease, mental illness and other conditions at [...]
A-way back when, I would start every morning by scouring the internet for 5 things (more or less) that I thought folks who live in and/or love Michigan needed to know to post on Absolute Michigan. I am postive this will not be an every day thing, but I miss doing it so here goes...
On [...]
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