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Planet Detroit

Planet Detroit helps you get smarter about the environment in Detroit and Michigan. Planet Detroit’s stories and weekly newsletter focus on explanatory, solutions-based and investigative reporting, and a deep commitment to community engagement around local environmental issues. Planet Detroit’s mission is to raise awareness about Metro Detroit’s environmental and public health issues, hold powerful entities accountable and help our audience connect with their local environment and take action to protect the health of their communities.

Free outdoor yoga and other summer classes in Detroit
Stay fit while still soaking up every second of Detroit summer, with free outdoor yoga classes every day of the
A guide to buying neighborhood vacant lots in Detroit
How to buy a vacant lot from the Detroit Land Bank, what to do with it and what to know
Is the pandemic over for Michigan? An infectious disease expert weighs in
While the state is lifting restrictions and making progress on vaccination rates, areas like Detroit are still at risk.
A tale of two census tracts in Detroit and the suburbs
Why do people live longer in West Bloomfield than on Detroit’s east side?
Black fathers make my motherhood a joy
Before becoming a mother, I only thought about the big difference a good father would make in my potential child’s
Black Bottom Garden Center, a garden supply co-op, takes root in the North End
Black Bottom Garden Center, a co-op founded and led by six Black women in Detroit’s North End, sells plants they
Notorious for exploitation, land contracts are getting a second look in Detroit
Housing advocates are giving a second look to land contracts for low-income buyers in Detroit, despite their predatory history.
‘Not just an inconvenience’: Study shows flooding is a public health crisis in Detroit
Flooding in and around Detroit is more than an inconvenience -- research shows that it has lasting public health ramifications.
Detour Detroit takes home four SPJ Detroit ‘Excellence in Journalism’ awards
Detour Detroit took home the first-place award for engaging election coverage from the Society of Professional Journalists' Detroit chapter.
Al Poe, aka ‘Detroit Pig Out,’ tried 250 different local restaurants last year (yes, in a pandemic)
Food influencer Al Poe, who goes by "Detroit Pig Out," dines out more than 200 times a year only at