Planet Detroit

Hog Island and Detroit’s ‘park question’: A brief history of Belle Isle

In 1870, Detroit had a problem. The City Council had the desire and funds to build a leisure park in…

4 years ago

This week in Sidewalk Botany:

One was used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. The other is fun to step on.

4 years ago

This week in Sidewalk Botany:

A common allergen and a 'noxious weed' -- both native plants that offer food for wildlife!

4 years ago

How has flooding impacted Belle Isle’s ‘imperiled’ Wet-Mesic Flatwoods forest?

Drone photographs show masses of dead canopy trees on Belle Isle, especially where Lake Okonoka has inundated the island’s Wet-Mesic…

4 years ago

How Southwest Detroit’s 48217 zip code became known as the ‘most polluted’ in Michigan

Detroit's 48217 zip code is known as the "most polluted" in Michigan -- here's how it got that moniker, and…

4 years ago

Life in the cracks:

The A.W.E. Society and Planet Detroit’s Detroiters Do Science Project are pleased to announce an open call for photos, artwork,…

4 years ago

This week in Sidewalk Botany:

Sidewalk Botany is a weekly series of explorations of our photosynthesizing neighbors written by Planet Detroit’s Artist-in-Residence, Bridget Quinn of…

4 years ago

A peek inside ‘Yeah, What Lester Said’ environmental art exhibit

This weekend is the last opportunity to check out Yeah, What Lester Said , a free, online exhibition this summer…

4 years ago

OPINION: Southwest Detroit and Downriver should form an environmental justice coalition

Air pollution respects no boundaries and impacts those who live adjacent to or downwind of the emitting sources. Since the…

4 years ago

Metro Detroit’s environmental organizations are largely white. Some are working to change that.

People of color have intimate relationships with the natural world, and environmental injustice disproportionately harms them. So why are environmental…

4 years ago