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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Ask Planet Detroit: Why is there so much trash in Detroit’s parks (and what can we do about it?)

Why are our parks so trashed with garbage all the time? Is there anything that can turn this around and…

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OPINION: Why public water shutoffs are a crisis multiplier for coronavirus

by Nadia Gaber, PhD “Wash your hands.”  If we’ve heard one thing consistently since the start of the novel coronavirus…

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Power outages in Highland Park and Detroit add to heatwave’s misery

Following the storms on July 8, Highland Park resident Michelle Jones had to leave her house on account of an…

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