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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.

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
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
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
Does Detroit have a progressive future?
What Wayne County Prosecutor challenger Victoria Burton-Harris' outcome in the August primary says about the future of progressive leadership for
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
A Detroit family adjusted to pandemic life. The approaching school year brought dread and stress rushing back
After adjusting to pandemic life, the Catos are now once again navigating dread and indecision about the best way to
What are the Detroit real estate and development issues that matter most to you?
Detour is planning to expand our coverage of Detroit real estate and development, and we need your help. Fill out
Nature cropping up in Midland lakes where dams failed
Nature is returning to craters left from lakes drained by two dams that failed in May during torrential rain in
Bridget Quinn joins Planet Detroit as an Artist in Residence
Bridget Quinn is an artist, activist, and experimental nature therapy guide who invites people to reconnect with nearby nature using
Introducing ‘Sidewalk Botany’ with the A.W.E. Society
Each week Planet Detroit’s new artist in Residence, Bridget Quinn, of the A.W.E. Society will highlight two new plants often