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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.

Raffa’s colorful workwear is made for all bodies and gender identities
With their clothing line Raffa, Raffa Reuther is determined to make clothes that affirm many body types and all gender
Can’t tell the difference between Detroit’s new apartment buildings? Here’s why
Stock photo of common apartment building design. For the first time in a while, Detroit is seeing a lot of
Green Boots garden provides horticultural therapy for disabled veterans in Detroit
Travis Peters runs Green Boots, a garden that provides food, employment and therapeutic outdoor space for veterans in Detroit.
What will office design look like in post-pandemic Detroit?
Companies will have to design offices in Detroit and elsewhere to account for hybrid schedules and workers' fears while still
Reactivating Scout Hollow, Detroit’s only campground
For 19-year old Uriel Llanas, it was the starry night and clean air on a trip to Detroit's Scout Hollow
How the Detroit Mama Hub helps all types of mothers thrive, together
Back in 2017, Jalyn Spencer and Alex Fluegel co-founded the Detroit Mama Hub to offer mothers in the city an
How to volunteer in metro Detroit’s great outdoors this spring
As Earth Day, National Volunteer Week and Arbor Day all collide, here are more than 20 ways to volunteer outside
Storehouse of Hope wanted to create a new path for Detroit homeownership. What went wrong?
Detroit nonprofit Storehouse of Hope has a vision of a community land trust -- but is going broke while facing
Detroiter Antonio Rafael aims to get kids to see leaders of color in the outdoors
Antonio Rafael and the Detroit Leadership and Environmental Education Program are filling the nature gap specifically for BIPOC students.
8 day trips from Detroit for architecture fanatics
There are countless architecture highlights just a short drive from Detroit -- here’s everything you need to plan a day