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Earth Day 2024 is right around the corner, and this year’s theme is “Planet vs. Plastics.” Advocates are calling for a global reduction of 60% in plastics manufacturing to protect the environment and human health. The Ann Arbor-based Ecology Center has been advocating for the introduction and passage of five bills in Michigan that will add teeth to plastic regulation in several important areas. Ecology Center director Mike Garfield joined WEMU's David Fair to discuss our future with plastics.
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Ann Arbor residents kick off a four-day Earth Day celebration today. As WEMU’s Taylor Pinson reports, the four-day event will take place at the former downtown Library Lot.
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Now that spring has sprung, there is temptation and desire to get out and begin yard work and gardening. Many experts prefer you wait to better protect bees and other pollinators. On "Issues of the Environment," Ann Arbor councilwoman Erica Briggs joined WEMU's David Fair to discuss the city’s "No Mow May" resolution and its desired impacts and outcomes.
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Ann Arbor's annual Earth Day Festival will take place on April 28th at the Leslie Science and Nature Center. 89.1 WEMU's Jorge Avellan tells what what…
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Earth Day will be observed on Sunday, April 22, and there's an annual festival taking place in Ann Arbor.The Ann Arbor Earth Day Festival is put together…
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This Saturday, April 22nd is officially "Earth Day." But the Ann Arbor Earth Day Festival is taking place on Sunday, April 23rd at the Leslie Science and…
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The annual Ann Arbor Earth Day Festival takes place Sunday, April 17th from noon until 4:00pmI spoke with MacKenzie Maxwell from the Leslie Science and…
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Earth Day is officially April 22nd, but there's a big local celebration taking place this coming weekend. Ann Arbor's Earth Day Festival is taking place…