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Round-Up: Zef's opens on Woodward, more Conner Creek Greenway under construction
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Greendome heads to Kickstarter to fund vision of off-grid geodesic greenhouse
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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John Hantz: The man has a plan, but does Detroit have a farming future?
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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Hanging in Midtown: Power of flowers goes vertical at Forest Arms rehab
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Green Space: The sustainability efforts of one loft building, the Grinnell
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
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City chickens: Marvin Shaouni goes off to the races in Detroit
Marvin Shaouni
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Deconstruction vs. demolition in Detroit to be discussed at Aug. 17 event
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
CNN covers GELT's work in Highland Park, HuffPo covers CNN
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Source: The Huffington Post
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Monday, August 9, 2010
Green Space: Vote (often) for Recycle Here! to benefit DPS environmental programs
Monday, August 9, 2010
MGM Grand and Greening of Detroit break ground on $1M urban ag site Downtown
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Green Space: DTE to install 200kW solar rooftop system on BCBS Downtown campus
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
7 Mile and Woodward area targeted for improvements
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Green Space: Student conservation efforts kick off on July 21
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Guardian UK parachutes in for another Detroit-is-decaying-but-hopeful piece
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Source: Guardian
The Villages CDC lands grant for bike lanes
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Conner Creek Greenway gains one more mile of bike lane
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
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There are lots of hopeful signs that Detroit is taking sustainability seriously, with bicycling, recycling, urban agriculture, green architecture and renewable energy each at the forefront of serious conversations about the city's future. A long time coming, but well worth the wait.
Across Our Network
Arc of Appalachia has acquired 14,000 acres to protect the region’s temperate forest biome forever
Source: Soapbox
Community Impact Day expands, mobilizes volunteers across Michigan
Source: The Lakeshore
How Fort Wayne food entrepreneur Johnny Perez built and scaled a restaurant empire
Source: Input Fort Wayne
Shared humanity that crosses language, religious and cultural barriers
Source: Second Wave Michigan