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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.

When an out-of-state owner nearly closed this Detroit coffee shop, neighbors united to save it
Dexter Grinds owner Pastor Clete Bontrager wants the coffee house to be a community hub -- and a catalyst to
How Joshua Edmonds plans to ‘Connect 313’ and get almost all Detroiters online
One in four Detroit households don't have any internet access. In just five years, the city’s new digital inclusion director
7 Detroit Changemakers You Can’t Miss at the 2019 Net Impact Global Conference
#ad from our content partner, the Net Impact Conference The largest global convening of young social impact leaders is coming
More than 80 things to do around Detroit to have a spooky and delightful October
From spooky science to autumnal craft fairs and beer fests, here are all the Detroit events you shouldn't miss this
The Self Care Project will give Detroit activists $25,000 to take care of themselves
Kerry Ann Rockquemore started the Self Care Project to give out $500 each to 50 “activists, organizers and change makers”
Detroiters demand more equity — and answers — from Michigan’s budding cannabis industry
By Jess Jackson, Detour Emerging Voices Fellow As Michigan prepares for the emerging recreational cannabis industry and attempts to level
Should downtown Detroit ban more surface parking lots?
A group of Detroiters is calling for the city to temporarily ban more commercial surface parking lots downtown, arguing that
Why climate activists and U-M administrators clashed over plans for carbon neutrality
After U-M President Mark Schlissel announced a new planning committee to develop a plan for carbon neutrality on February 4,
RollerCade, a black-owned skating rink in Detroit, has survived for generations with ‘neighborhood-first mindset’
To neighbors and Detroiters in the know, RollerCade isn’t just a great place to skate. It’s a legendary community hub.
Need to do home repair on the cheap? At this new Detroit library, you can borrow tools
The E. Warren Tool Library opened on Detroit's east side in July 2019, letting residents borrow tools and supplies to