Stay indoors." It's simple advice, unless smoke can make its way inside your home. As wildfire smoke from Canada continues to affect communities across Michigan, a new SEAS commentary from Jo Walker, communications specialist for the Detroit Sustainability Clinic, explores the hidden connection between climate change, aging housing and environmental justice.
SEAS Professor of Practice Mike Shriberg and a team of graduate students completed an analysis of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative to determine useful lessons learned for other conservation projects.
SEAS experts are available to comment on the causes and consequences of this year’s devastating wildfires: more than 800 active wildfires in Canada, over 100 more in the U.S. and more than 1,000 wildfires this year in Europe.
We shouldn't need a crisis to remind us to keep our next meal closer to home—and we shouldn't have to wait for the next one to build the systems that make that possible, affordable and accessible for all families, writes PitE faculy member Amanda Maria Edmonds.
As superintendent of Indiana Dunes National Park, Jason Taylor leads an “exceptional team” that is responsible for everything that happens within the park’s boundaries, from ecological stewardship and restoration to visitor engagement and experience. The park sits within three hours of about 30 million people, so in addition to stewarding the fifth most biodiverse national park, Taylor works every day to help make it “the people’s park.”