Green Up Top
By: Kelli B Kavanaugh,
6/4/2009
It's the urban trend all the kids are talking about! Green roofs are taking root in cities across America, reducing pollution and creating energy efficiency.
Metromode looks at how Metro Detroit can emulate the success of the Ford Rouge Plant and move up from the back of the pack. (
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METROMODE RADIO: Michigan's Power Grid's Command Central
By: Chris McCarus,
5/21/2009
In February, Governor Granholm formed a wind advisory panel. It's a diverse group from industry, government and academia. The group will tell the Governor that Michigan's power plants are old. They need replacing. But not with coal. Instead go out on the Great Lakes and look for wind.
Michigan Now's Chris McCarus talks with one of the panel members. (
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Light From Above: Divinity Meets Sustainability
By: Daniel Johnson,
2/5/2009
Father Charles of St. Elizabeth's in Wyandotte is on a mission.... er... another mission: To not only lower his own carbon footprint, but that of his church and congregation's. It's part of his belief that we are all stewards of God's green Earth.
Metromode says "Amen." (
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SE Michigan Wind Power
By: Kelli B. Kavanaugh,
4/17/2008
"The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind..." Kelli B. Kavanaugh takes an in-depth look at how Michigan can leverage its engineering and manufacturing assets to become a world leader in wind power technology. (
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Local Alternative Energy Initiatives
By: Jon Zemke,
3/20/2008
Some SE Michigan communities are determined to drop their rustbelt in favor of something a bit more au natural. But it's not trendiness that inspires cities like Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor and Wyandotte to implement the holy trinity of sustainability --wind, solar, conservation-- but rather the greenbacks they'll save by doing so. (
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