Sustainability

Herald-Palladium: Lighting with methane

A Lansing-based company wants to tap into methane gas at the Orchard Hill Sanitary Landfill in Watervliet Township to produce enough electricity to power 1,100 homes, initially. The Herald-Palladium reports […]

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Kalamazoo Foods Market keeps it fresh through the winter

During the summer months local food fans get used to fresh produce. At the Kalamazoo Foods Market the opportunity to find local produce extends for months to come. Zinta Aistars talks to co-owner Damon Geary about the community that comes with creating such a place to shop.

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Whether you call it a hackerspace or a makerspace it's a space that fosters creativity. A new group has formed to turn a warehouse in the Edison Neighborhood into a place to learn new skills and teach those you know to others.

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