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Our Toxic Stuff at Eastern Michigan University
May 23rd 2012, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Please join us for Our Toxic Stuff! This is a free, fun workshop that will offer great tips on how to protect your family from toxic chemicals in everyday products. We'll have our XRF device with...
Ecology Center Annual Meeting
May 24th 2012, 7:00pm
This year, our meeting will feature a presentation on the effort under way to require the state to adopt a renewable energy standard of 25 percent by 2025. We'll hear from leaders of that campaign...
Our Toxic Stuff: Join us at Little Sprout Children's Boutique in Kalamazoo!
Jun 3rd 2012, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Please join us for Our Toxic Stuff! This is a free, fun workshop that will offer great tips on how to protect your family from toxic chemicals in everyday products. We'll have our XRF device with...

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News & Updates

Help us win $5,000 to invest in education and awareness about LEED renovation projects!

Through Project Help, Bank of Ann Arbor will award grants totaling $25,000 to fund much-needed local improvement projects: Up to five $1,000 grants; up to two $5,000 grants; and one $10,000 grant.

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Study finds lead, cadmium, BPA and phthalates in gardening products

High amounts of lead, phthalates and the toxic chemical BPA were all found in the water of a new hose after sitting outside in the sun for just a few days, according to researchers at the based Ecology Center, who just completed a large study of toxic chemicals in gardening products.

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Details of Dow gift to U-Michigan made public

Environmental groups are urging the University of Michigan to set clear parameters for a Dow Chemical employee to be embedded at the university's Graham Sustainability Center, an arrangement that was described in a gift agreement released in response to a

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The Return of EcoRide! June 24 tour will feature stops at 'green' sites around the community

EcoRide, one of the earliest events organized by the Ecology Center after its founding in 1971 and one of the first bicycling events in our region, is returning this year after a two-year break.
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Ballot initiative to give boost to renewable energy

Michigan could have the chance this fall to create thousands of new jobs and improve public health across the state by adopting a constitutional amendment to increase the amount of renewable energy generated in the state.

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