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May 2012 Ecolink
Cyclists all over the region have been pumping tires, lubricating chains, testing brakes and signing up teams for this year's EcoRide, scheduled for June 24. EcoRide has been a regional tradition for decades, one of the first events organized by the Ecology Center after its founding in 1971 and one of the first large bicycle tours in our region.This year's tour is returning to some historic roots...
Representatives of more than 40 leading national and global companies convened in Ann Arbor earlier this month to discuss how they can do more to reduce chemical hazards in their products and production processes..
The meeting in Ann Arbor was the seventh annual Innovators Roundtable of the Green Chemistry and Commerce Council (GC3), an organization of more than 70 companies that helps support...
A group of Michigan moms pushing strollers joined hundreds of other concerned citizens to deliver more than 125,000 petition signatures demanding action on toxic chemicals in Washington last week.
The National Stroller Brigade followed 30 events across the country in support of the Safe Chemicals Act, a bill introduced by Sen. Frank Lautenberg to overhaul the Toxic Substances Control...
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 a study released May 3 by HealthyStuff.org, a project of the Ecology Center.
“Even if you are an organic gardener, doing everything you can to avoid pesticides and fertilizers, you still may be introducing hazardous substances...
In some states around the country, legislators have responded to the declining revenues from gas taxes by calling for a special tax on electric vehicles, an approach that the Ecology Center’s Charles Griffith describes as “shortsighted.”
This extra tax is supposed to make up for the "free ride" electric vehicles get because they don't contribute to the highway maintenance funds generated by the...
Mission Zero Fest, described
as “part sustainability symposium, part environmental exhibition, part
green home tour, and part neighborhood block party” will offer tours of
ultra-green homes, workshops with sustainability experts, delicious food and
great music in Ann Arbor Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10.
The event is focused on
grassroots solutions to a complex global problem—climate change—which...
Want to eat seasonal? Go with scapes!
That’s the advice from Diana Dyer, a registered dietitian, long-time organic gardener
and new organic farmer, and mentor to Hillary Bisnett, director of the Ecology
Center’s Healthy Food in Health Care Program.
“From co-presenting at the Michigan Dietetic Educators of Practitioners Conference last
fall to speaking at the Local Food Summit in March, Diana has...