DEQ announces plan to reduce phosphorus to Lake Erie
The DEQ recently announced Michigan’s draft plan to reduce phosphorus inputs to Lake Erie by 40 percent.More
The DEQ recently announced Michigan’s draft plan to reduce phosphorus inputs to Lake Erie by 40 percent.More
Investment in the Grand Strategy is essential to both the short and long term health of the Grand River and its surrounding communities in West Michigan. Granting funds to the Strategy would ensure a strengthened and resilient West Michigan, fully capable of handling disaster prevention and relief, expansion of green infrastructure and services, increased quality of living, and attraction of new residents and private investment. As a whole, the Grand Strategy promises to promote growth and prosperity for the region’s future generations.More
A sold out crowd of sustainable businesses and individuals attended the Second Annual Triple Bottom Line Bash hosted by West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum at New Vintage Place in Grand Rapids last Thursday evening.More
The Novi-Detroit Career Expo is coming to the Metro Detroit/Oakland County area on November 20, but now is the time for potential applicants to register. More
The DEQ today announced a Feb. 15, 2016 kickoff for a new team challenge to develop innovative strategies to increase the state’s residential recycling rate.
The challenge, called Recycle by Design, is one of the key initiatives of Gov. Rick Snyder’s plan to double residential recycling in Michigan.More
Join Automation Alley, Michigan’s largest technology business association, and two HR law experts for a discussion on hiring hot topics, Dec. 8, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Automation Alley Headquarters in Troy.More
West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum will present a luncheon on social responsibility in the supply chain and other topics for its November membership meeting at Grand Rapids Public Museum on Monday, November 16 from 12 to 2 pm.More
Join the Detroit Historical Society’s Black Historic Sites Committee on Veteran’s Day as members honor the group’s founder, Ernest C. Browne, Jr. with a wreath laying ceremony at his grave site at 11:30 a.m. in Elmwood Ceremony. Afterward, attendees are invited to join the committee at the Detroit Historical Museum for a reception.More
Annual GLREA Membership Meeting will be held on Dec. 5, 12:00-5:00 at Pietro’s in Grand Rapids. The annual meeting includes lunch, updates on GLREA activities and state legislation, annual awards, and election of new board members. The keynote speaker will be John DeAngelis, Leader in Global Sustainability Initiatives at Steelcase. Register at www.glrea.org. There will be a silent auction. If you have any items to donate, please contact Mary McGraw at cbsmary@gmail.com.
The October 3 Solar Home Tour was held in 7 communities this year and reached 122 persons interested in solar energy and energy efficiency. In addition, media coverage allowed us to reach a much larger audience.
Candidates seeking state licensure in the construction trades will soon find it much easier through a partnership of the Bureau of Construction Codes (BCC) and PSI Services, LLC, (PSI) effective November 1. PSI will begin administering testing for candidates in the electrical field immediately with testing for additional trades soon to follow. There will be no change in applicant cost to take exams.More