Category Archives: Environment & Environmental Organizations

Northern Lights likely over the next few days!

August 4, 2011 – 8:47 am

Here’s a very popular post from yesterday’s Michigan in Pictures! The photo was taken by Shawn Malone of Lake Superior Photo at Little Presque Isle. While this is a little technical, it basically says “We might well see some northern lights in the next few days!” Be sure to follow Lake Superior Photo on Facebook [...]

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Hoxeyville Music Festival ~ August 19-21

August 3, 2011 – 2:28 pm

Held the weekend of August 19th through the 21st, the Hoxeyville Music Festival boasts 2 stages of national touring artists like Umphrey’s McGee, Mickey Hart Band, Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk, Greensky Bluegrass, Great American Taxi, Ekoostik hookah, The Itals and many more. This summer Absolute Michigan interviewed Ragbirds front woman Erin Zindel about Electric Forest. She [...]

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Waterfront Wine Festival in Harbor Springs ~ June 25, 2011

June 15, 2011 – 1:45 pm

The 6th annual Waterfront Wine Festival takes place on Saturday, June 25 from 4-7 PM in downtown Harbor Springs. It’s an evening of wine, food, and live local music that benefits Scenic Michigan and the Harbor Springs Area Chamber of Commerce. You can enjoy wines from around the world and also from Michigan wineries including [...]

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Water and Michigan’s Future

June 6, 2011 – 9:19 am

Golden Sunset on Lake Superior by unifiedphoto The Detroit Free Press has launched a summer-long feature on the Great Lakes, water and Michigan. It starts with an interesting read by John Gallagher entitled Water shaped Michigan’s past: Now it’s a key to state’s future that looks at the economic impact of the lakes and their potential [...]

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Urban Birding: Touring the Rouge River

May 31, 2011 – 8:55 am

Although most folks think of birding as something done “out in nature,” Bootstrap Analysis – a great site for information about Michigan birds & birding – has an interesting feature about the Rouge River in Detroit. She begins: The Rouge River is an urban river, and its urban character is nowhere better reflected than in its last [...]

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Tree cities bloom in Michigan

May 18, 2011 – 11:07 am

Great Lakes Echo is a project of the Knight Center for Environmental Journalism at Michigan State University. The site uses Creative Commons reporting to to help the news community cover the environment of the Great Lakes watershed. Absolute Michigan supports the mission of Great Lakes Echo and regularly features articles they produce. by Sara Qamar [...]

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Michigan gets a Dark Sky Park

May 9, 2011 – 9:13 am

The International Dark-Sky Association will announce today that the Emmet County’s Headlands has been awarded the prestigious International Dark Sky Park designation. The Freep reports that the 600-acre park just west of Mackinaw City is only the sixth International Dark Sky Park in the nation, which means that with minimal light pollution, it offers an [...]

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Saving the Great Lakes Forever conference this weekend!

April 28, 2011 – 11:22 am

People from around the entire Great Lake Basin will be gathering for the 2011 Conference “Saving the Great Lakes Forever” which kicks off on Friday, May 6, at 6:50 p.m. at the historic State Theater in downtown Traverse City. Sequence 7408-09 by StacyN – MichiganMoments Hosted by the Flow for Water Coalition, the Great Lakes [...]

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April Michigan Event Calendar

April 4, 2011 – 9:10 am

Pretty Setting – Cranbrook by MikeRyu Spring has sprung! That means it’s time to get out and enjoy the many things to do in and around Michigan during the month of April. Did we get them all? Not likely!! Add ones we missed (with links) in the comments! Click on in and see what’s going [...]

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Michigan Radio finds out What’s Working in Michigan

March 29, 2011 – 10:13 am

Vineyard by ramjetgr Michigan Radio Morning Edition host Christina Shockley is asking those in the know What’s Working in Michigan? There’s no better time to take a look at things that are already happening to improve our state’s economy and our lives. Here’s a snapshot of a few of the voices: Linda Jones, the Executive [...]

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