Fracking
Downtown bars work toward sustainability with zero waste initiative
by (Yeldellc)
Submitted 03-24-2015 under INNOVATION-SPOTLIGHT
“We rely on our environment to supply and support every single thing we do. Without a healthy environment, everything suffers,” says Autumn Sands, sustainability coordinator of BarFly Ventures and recent recipient of the Woman of Hope...
WMEAC Film Series draws concern over hydraulic fracturing in West Michigan
by (jwiegand08)
Submitted 01-24-2014 under NEWS
Members from throughout the West Michigan community gathered at the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art (UICA) for the West Michigan Environmental Action Council's (WMEAC) 2013-2014 film series on Tuesday, January...
WMEAC to show"Gasland II" at UICA
by (jwiegand08)
Submitted 01-17-2014 under NEWS
The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts will host the second film of the West Michigan Environmental Action Council (WMEAC)’s 2013-2014 film series from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, January 21. This month’s film is Gasland II, the...
The End of Country, Dispatches from the Frack Zone
by (mlesert)
Submitted 06-13-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
My interview with Seamus McGraw begins with a question he poses: What do you know about fracking? I tell him. First, they drill vertically to a target layer. I name a few of the deep shale layers being fracked in Michigan – the Utica-...
West MI Fractivist: Jeff Smith and the 'People's EPA' indict the oil & gas industry
by (TSzakal)
Submitted 05-10-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
With a welcoming smile and laid back attitude it’s difficult to imagine that a few short months ago Jeff Smith, founder of Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID), was in jail for occupying the downtown office of Wolverine Oil...
West MI Fractivist Nicole Berens-Capizzi puts compassion and action up against injustices
by (msimonson)
Submitted 05-10-2013 under OPINION
Try to imagine living your life without cash. The work you put forth helping other people is paid for in goods or services you need. If you have an extra microwave oven and need a blender, you simply swap items with a member of your community, and...
West MI Fractivist Sarah Barker sings for a silent spring
by (A.Stadler)
Submitted 05-10-2013 under OPINION
No frogs, no birds left to sing No mold to break down and lay down the foundation for everything Progress has silenced forever, the joyful trickle and splash of spring ...
West MI Fractivist Steve Losher: "We've got every right to be here!"
by (noellouise)
Submitted 05-10-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
The past year was an exciting one for Steve Losher, president of Michigan Land Air Water Defense (MLAWD), and he has no plans of slowing down in 2013. Carpenter by trade, Losher is finally putting his “25 years of pent up environmental angst...
Fracking comes to West Michigan
by (mlesert)
Submitted 05-10-2013 under LOCAL LIFE
Perhaps you’ve seen them: billboards that aim to educate the public about horizontal hydraulic fracturing or fracking, a relatively new process of oil and gas extraction from deep shale layers. These frack facts, 49 numbered “fracts...
Catalyst Radio: MI Land Air Water Defense fighing fracking, holding fundraiser concert Women For Water at Wealthy Theatre Saturday
by (Catalyst Radio)
Submitted 11-02-2012 under NEWS
Don't have time to listen now? Download the mp3 and listen at your leisure. INTERVIEW In this episode of Catalyst Radio we hear about a new Michigan nonprofit called Michigan Land Air Water Defense. The organization has mounted an effort...