Detroit: ‘A Recovering Community Without Walls’
It’s plain to see that Detroiters everywhere are coming to the conclusion that their beloved city was once great and will continue to be great with a little help and cooperation.More
It’s plain to see that Detroiters everywhere are coming to the conclusion that their beloved city was once great and will continue to be great with a little help and cooperation.More
Metro Detroit is proving to be a great place for people, businesses and even local governments to find ways of going green. Ferndale is one of many cities surrounding Detroit that is continually showing its green colors.More
As part of the National Lead Poisoning Prevention week (NLPPW), Wayne State University and the Detroit Department of Health and Wellness Promotion will be offering free lead testing to children age 6 and under at: St. Andrew and Benedict Catholic Church, 2430 South Beatrice, Detroit, MI 48217, Wednesday, October 27, 2010, between 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm.More
Most people bristle with fear when they hear the word ‘audit’. Trust me. This is about to change. You may feel better calling this an energy ‘assessment’, but whatever you call this, it is essentially a method to quantify the amount and kinds of energy you use and then analyze your home to find ways where you can save. An energy audit takes the guess work out of the equation. It gives you a plan of action and can answer questions like why some rooms are colder.More
Each new season brings new opportunities to live green. This fall, you can make the effort be environmentally conscious just as you were last season, but in new ways. Below are some helpful hints to get you started on being green this autumn.
Schedule your fall cleanup
“When taking care of your lawn during any season, being mindful of the potential harm you could cause with certain lawn care products (such as pesticides that contain harmful chemicals) is important. Consider hiring a green lawn care company, that does not use such products to take care of any seasonal care, including removing leaves and winterizing beds and shrubs this fall.”More
If you can green your home, your business, your family, your eating habits and even your pets, why not green one of the most important days of your life?
Last August, the Leslie Science and Nature Center in Ann Arbor hosted a green wedding ceremony, and one of our Green Grassroots Blog readers recently wrote us to tell us about it. More
Last week in the Green Grassroots Blog, we featured a story about how to green your shopping trips. This week, I want to take that one step further and suggest one great place to shop green.
Green Fundraiser Store.com (GFS) is a unique online shopping experience. While some online stores may be “green” simply because they are on the internet rather than in-house, not all online stores sell products that are necessarily environmentally friendly. However, GFS does.More
While it is important for all people to be aware of their surrounding environment, it is particularly important for the food industry. The Emory in Ferndale has proven to be well aware of this, and has shown many of its green colors by the way its owners and employees conduct business.
The Emory, which was named after a hard-working farmer from the Toledo area, has a number of environmental initiatives and practices that make it a one-of-a-kind place to dine. For example, the hardwood behind the bar was harvested from felled trees from the owner’s family farm in 1986, and much of that same hardwood has been used in the benches, chairs and window wills within the restaurant. More
When Bob Mattler of Bloomfield Hills launched his real estate business, he wanted to create a company that would help property developers, real estate owners, property managers, building tenants and others involved in real estate understand the fundamental changes happening in the industry.More