Water Fest receives WIN Grant

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Citizens for Alternatives to Chemical Contamination is pleased to announce that the Chippewa River Water Festival will be be receiving an “Action Grant” from the Watershed Initiative Network.

 

The grant will support the Chippewa River Water Festival’s mission of creating a family friendly and fun opportunity to learn about water and water conservation. The CRWF will take place on Sunday, July 9th, at Island Park in Mt. Pleasant, MI. More information about the event can be found at https://www.facebook.com/ChippewaRiverWaterFest/.

 

The Watershed Initiative Network (WIN) is a volunteer organization that focuses on opportunities to better link the economic, social, and environmental wellbeing of Saginaw Bay communities in order to sustain and improve the region’s quality of life.

 

Twelve area foundations and corporations work together as a Network to support WIN projects.  This Funders Network includes:  Bay Area Community Foundation, Consumers Energy Foundation, Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation, Midland Area Community Foundation, Rollin M. Gerstacker Foundation, Saginaw Community Foundation, The Dow Chemical Company Foundation, The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation, The S.C. Johnson Fund, the Cook Family Foundation,the Charles Steward Mott Foundation, and the Saginaw Bay Foundation.  More information about WIN is available on its website at www.saginawbaywin.org.

 

Line 5 Advisory Board Meeting June 12th Petoskey

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Bring your attitude and show up to SHUT DOWN LINE 5!

Petoskey Middle School
801 Northmen Dr, Petoskey, MI 49770
9am Monday June 12th

If you want to use official channels to make a 3-minute statement you will be required to complete a Public Appearance Card before the public comment portion of the meeting. Cards will be available at the meeting.

  • 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM – Public Comment Period
  • 12:00 – 1:00 PM – Lunch Break
  • 1:00 – 3:30 PM – Meeting Business

Line 5 advisory board meeting 3/13 – Wear blue!

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Line 5. We all know the 63 year old oil pipeline that runs beneath the Straits of Mackinaw. (Well, most of us. More and more each day.)

We all know how this line is operated by Enbridge, the same company that let nearly one million gallons of oil spill into the Kalamazoo River. We all want Line 5 shut down. This is the summer we turn up the heat; beginning March 13th at noon.

Show up and demand or support a decision for the immediate shut down of line 5! The rally will begin at noon, the meeting begins at 1:30.

WEAR BLUE!!! – Wear blue clothing in support of a healthy Great Lakes Basin!

The meeting will be held at 7109 West Saginaw Highway Lansing, Mi in the Lake Michigan Room. 

Previous agendas and meeting minutes can be found here

A facebook event has been created by Fen Valley Earth First!, and can be found here

Oil And Water Don’t Mix have also put out a public call-out

Want to speak during the meeting? Email simonsh@michigan.gov to register for the public comment session. Check out FLOW‘s new fact sheet for some ideas. Even if you can’t or don’t want to speak during the meeting, showing up and holding a sign outside will help, and let’s pack the meeting hall with people dressed in blue as a show of solidarity for clean water!

Thanks to models from the Graham Sustainability Institute at University of Michigan, we know what a Line 5 spill would look like. Devastating. Watch below: