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The Great Michigan Fire of 1871

October 8, 2008 – 9:30 am

"A sky of flame, of smoke a heavenful, the earth a mass of burning coals, the mighty trees, all works of man between and living things trembling as a child before a demon in the gale. To those who have seen, the picture needs no painting."
-a history of Sanilac County
The Chicago Fire of 1871 gets [...]

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Get your Green(s) at the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference

September 27, 2008 – 1:34 pm

SEEDS director Sarna Salzman talks about the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference which takes place October 17-19th, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan @ Northwestern Michigan College (click through to view in high quality). The music is "Greens" by Seth Bernard & May Erlewine from the very tasty disc Something Fresh. Hear more at earthworkmusic.com.

Sarna mentions the [...]

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Riding the Green Wave in Michigan

September 25, 2008 – 8:28 am

ReEvolving to Green by mdprovost
It seems as if there's a wave building, one that could help to float Michigan out of our long economic doldrums. All across the state, businesses that leverage wind, sun and alternative energy are starting or expanding. Adding to the momentum is a recently approved Renewable Energy Package that raises rates [...]

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Park(ing) Day webcasting from Grand Rapids

September 18, 2008 – 10:00 am

Tomorrow (Friday, September 19) is National Park-ing Day. In this video about Parking Day in Grand Rapids, Andy Dragt says he'll be broadcasting live via internet (Twitter/andydragt.com)/Rapid Growth) tomorrow.

A Trap is Set by Rudy Malmquist
From RGTV: Park(ing) Day on Rapid Growth:
Leaders of the Green Grand Rapids initiative are spearheading West Michigan’s first celebration of National [...]

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Dig Michigan: Traverse City

August 7, 2008 – 11:32 am

Traverse City is the largest city in Northwest Lower Michigan, and the first of Michigan's regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas away, so if you have [...]

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We Are All Downstream

July 27, 2008 – 8:21 am

Together. by Rick Spillers
Eric Hansen is the author of "Hiking Michigan’s Upper Peninsula" and "Hiking Wisconsin". In this morning's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he has an editorial titled Headwaters are no place for toxic new mining that begins:
Take a moment to think about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the nearby patches of Wisconsin, Lake Superior and Lake [...]

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Detroit's UFO Factory via Model D

July 9, 2008 – 8:21 am

Untitled by jenny murray
I hope that readers of Absolute Michigan regularly tune into Model D and its other regional publications Metromode (SE Michigan), Rapid Growth (Grand Rapids), Capital Gains (Lansing) and the latest Concentrate (Ann Arbor). They're really excellent publications that are chronicling the rebirth and re-invention of Michigan in a way that few other [...]

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The Week for June 30 - July 6, 2008

June 30, 2008 – 7:30 am

A Colorful Display by SNWEB.ORG Photography
June 2008 will be remembered as one of the worst in terms of weather for many a year, so there probably won't be too many who are sad to see July roll into town!
The highlight of the week is of course the 4th of July and a great resource for [...]

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Detroit Windsor International Film Festival - June 26-29, 2008

June 17, 2008 – 11:12 am

6 by Dane Van
From June 26th to the 29th, 2008, the inaugural Detroit Windsor International Film Festival takes place all around Detroit and Windsor. Screenings and events will be held at the Scarab Club, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Detroit Public Library and the campuses of Wayne State University, the College for Creative [...]

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Travel Local: Michigan State Parks Map

June 11, 2008 – 9:01 am

One of the recent additions to our Absolute Michigan Map are all of Michigan's State Parks (97 or so). They can be found by looking for the little pine tree (which is the same symbol used to identify them on road signs!).
The photo is morning mist by tobibritsch, who says that this was taken at [...]

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