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Feature Story
April showers bring rain barrels to catch them in Battle Creek
Jane Parikh
Thursday, March 14, 2024
Feature Story
KCAD’s Gayle DeBruyn on the intersection of design and sustainability
Shandra Martinez
Monday, January 29, 2024
Longform
Kalamazoo youth climate action group calls attention to endangered snowpeople
Theresa Coty O'Neil
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Longform
Battle Creek Transit looks for bus drivers so brakes can be released on service cuts
Jane Parikh
Thursday, January 11, 2024
In The News
Care about the climate? Meet Kalamazoo County's new Climate Sustainability Coordinator
Sam Kapp
Thursday, December 7, 2023
Feature Story
FireKeepers thinking seven generations ahead in major renewable energy move
Jane Parikh
Thursday, October 26, 2023
Feature Story
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Mike Wenninger
Thursday, October 12, 2023
Feature Story
Trail Tales: Protecting Kalamazoo's Asylum Lake, an urban oasis
Sam Kapp
Thursday, October 5, 2023
In The News
Blueprint for solutions-oriented climate stories inspired by NYC media conference
Jane Parikh
Thursday, September 28, 2023
Longform
Voices of Youth: Kalamazoo students wage Climate Strike to demand end of fossil fuel use
Mark Wedel
Thursday, September 21, 2023
Feature Story
Kalamazoo's Hope for Creation: Interfaith climate action grown from grassroots
Casey Grooten
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Longform
Kalamazoo Lyceum on Nature: Act locally, think globally
Mark Wedel
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Longform
Voices of Youth: Fast fashion's environmental impacts inspired teen's 'Packing Dress'
Kayanna Smith
Thursday, May 18, 2023
Feature Story
Battle Creek’s Litter Ladies and Lads make a difference one piece of trash at a time
Jane Parikh
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Feature Story
Trail Tales: Kalamazoo's Lillian Anderson Arboretum flourishes beneath Magnificent Pines
Sam Kapp
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Longform
Voices of Youth: Why teens should care about climate change, and what's being done locally
Conner McBride
Thursday, December 22, 2022
Feature Story
Solar farming: A new kind of farm is being built on 1,000 acres in Marshall Township
Jane Simons
Thursday, December 15, 2022
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Voices of Youth: Questioning the need for the grassy front yard
Andre Bastian Ibarguengoitia
Thursday, December 8, 2022
Longform
For everyday riders using bikes for short trips in Kalamazoo changes at the street level are welcome
Mark Wedel
Thursday, December 1, 2022
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Heritage Community of Kalamazoo opens a new independent living community for older adults
Al Jones
Thursday, November 17, 2022
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