Traverse City Launches Innovative Energy Efficiency Program: TC Saves offers homeowners discounts on improvements to save energy and money. Read the press release here.
The motto of the nationwide Food Corps program is Teaching Kids, Building Gardens, Connecting Farm and School with a focus on limited-resource communities. Through the C.S. Mott Group for Sustainable Food Systems at Michigan State University (which oversees 3 additional Michigan sites) the Michigan Land Use Institute is the official service site for Kirsten Gerbatsch (SEEDS employee) and Daniel Marbury. MLUI is partnering with SEEDS, Michigan State University Extension, and the Institute for Sustainable Living, Art, & Natural Design to bring this program to northwest Michigan. Read Kirsten's blog!