The sustainable art of Blight Hernandez: ‘No waste’  

The sustainable art of Blight Hernandez: ‘No waste’  
Great Lakes Echo

By Maya Moore 

Blight Hernandez is a master of turning everyday trash into something of value. A Southwest Detroit native, Hernandez has called himself an artist since he was 6. Now a full-time working artist for five years, his sustainable business is called Be The Light. It’s born out of intention and focused on higher consciousness, keeping things out of the landfill, and making things that people love, Hernandez said.

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UWGB receives grant to study microplastic impact on Great Lakes life

UWGB receives grant to study microplastic impact on Great Lakes life
Great Lakes Commission
A $330,000 grant has been bestowed upon the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in order to study the impact of microplastics on aquatic life in Lake Michigan. A team will collect […]
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How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?

How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?
Great Lakes Commission
Visitors sometimes leave stuff behind at Great Lakes beaches. One of the most common pieces of plastic trash found are cigarette butts. Read the full story by Michigan Public Radio.
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How many cigarette butts are littering your local beach?

Interlochen Public Radio
Cigarette butts are one of the most common kind of plastic pollution found on Great Lakes beaches.
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Crumbling U.P. dam reveals potential risks of private hydroelectric ownership

Interlochen Public Radio
A crumbling, century-old dam in AuTrain Township could threaten local businesses and public safety, with some worried about a dam failure or its possible removal. What does that mean for dams elsewhere in the state.
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Volunteers search a Torch Lake tributary for E. coli, and find it

Interlochen Public Radio
But Michigan's lack of statewide septic regulations makes dealing with it a little more complicated. Efforts in Lansing to establish a septic code have fallen short, but there are bills currently in legislative committees that would deal with the issue. The state currently relies on county and local governments to create and enforce their own regulations.
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Youth club learns about native pollinators in Blair’s Grove

Youth club learns about native pollinators in Blair’s Grove
The Lucknow Sentinel
The For Our Youth (FOY) club had a special July meeting this summer. We were warmly welcomed to the beautiful native gardens at the home of Christine and Jim Roberts in Blair’s Grove. FOY doesn’t usually meet in July, due to the heat and vacation schedules, but we couldn’t resist Christine’s generous invitation to host […]
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In Peshawbestown, the Grand Traverse Band puts fish waste to use

Interlochen Public Radio
he Grand Traverse Band is turning the waste into a compost and fertilizer, cutting down on landfill waste and helping with food sovereignty efforts.
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Teaching kids to fish along the Au Sable, in search of a better path

Interlochen Public Radio
A conservation group continues a decade-long program to clean the river — while also teaching troubled kids to value the pristine waters.
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Shorelines cleaned up by youth volunteers

Shorelines cleaned up by youth volunteers
Great Lakes Commission
ine volunteer Coastal Conservation Youth Corps spent time identifying and removing invasive plants and removing plastic waste and tires along the Lake Huron shoreline in Goderich, Ontario. Read the full […]
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My Little Slime

Interlochen Public Radio
What would happen if our devices were alive? Would it change the way we treat them? One researcher in Chicago wanted to find out. So she made a smartwatch that has to be fed and watered to work.
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Essays by Karen Anderson: Diamonds in the Alley

Interlochen Public Radio
One morning last summer, I walked out to the alley behind my house and noticed several diamonds lying in the dirt.
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