Video: Healing roadways in the Great Lakes with green infrastructure
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Nina Ignaczak's Latest Articles
Powering the Mitten: How does electricity get to your smartphone?
You plug in your smartphone and voila -- it's charged up and ready to whisk you off to cyberspace. But how exactly do those electrons get into your phone? Read on to find out.
How ‘smart’ is Michigan’s electrical grid?
You may have a smart meter on your house, but what's so "smart" about it? We explore Michigan's foray into the "smart grid" and how it affects you.
Powering the Mitten: Report warns of looming electricity capacity shortfall
Michigan may be facing electric generation capacity shortfalls as soon as 2016, according to a new report. What does that mean for the state and how can it be avoided?
Powering the Mitten: Report warns of looming electricity capacity shortfall
Michigan may be facing electric generation capacity shortfalls as soon as 2016, according to a new report. What does that mean for the state and how can it be avoided?
Powering the Mitten: What’s next for our renewable energy future?
Michigan's Renewable Portfolio Standard sunsets in 2015, and legislators, utilities and advocates are getting ready to decide what's next for renewable energy in Michigan. Here's a look at some facts behind that debate.
Powering the Mitten: What mix of fuel will power Michigan’s future?
Electricity in Michigan comes mostly from coal and nuclear power, but that's set to change in the next decade. DTE Energy's Nick Khouri talks about how the utility is planning for the change.
Why Michigan is a leader in place-based education
Dr. Doris Terry Williams, executive director of the Rural School and Community Trust, discusses the need for place-based education in both rural and urban environments and how Michigan's Great Lakes Stewardship Initiative is leading the charge.
Place-based education motivates students by connecting learning to community
Michigan schools have an engagement crisis, but place-based education is one way of turning that around by making learning relevant to communities. Find out how the Groundswell hub in Grand Rapids is working to create an environment that makes Michigan students want to learn, live, and work for good in their communities for the long term.
Energy efficiency: It’s all about saving cash, cleaning up carbon, and creating local jobs
When it comes to energy, there is no cheaper source than the stuff we waste. Our "Powering the Mitten" series takes an in-depth look at how Michigan is faring on energy efficiency and where we might head in the future.
