Articles tagged: Ecology Center
Irwin proposes bill that would allow residents to know when pesticides are being sprayed
Posted: Jun 14, 2013State Rep. Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, has introduced legislation that would allow residents to add their names to the state's pesticide notification registry. Read more »
Ann Arbor's Arbor Brewing Company owners join environmental groups to promote renewable energy ballot issue
Posted: Oct 01, 2012Representatives of environmental groups met in Ann Arbor Monday morning to endorse the statewide ballot issue to implement a 25 percent renewable energy standard by 2025 in Michigan. Read more »
Reinvented EcoRide returns to Ann Arbor Sunday after two-year absence
Posted: Jun 23, 2012After a two-year break, the EcoRide returns this Sunday to Ann Arbor. Read more »
Health warning: Study finds lead and chemicals in garden hose water
Posted: May 04, 2012Gardeners and sprinkler-lovers beware: A new study found dangerous levels of lead and other chemicals that had leached into water that had been sitting in new garden hoses for an extended period of time. Read more »
Performance Network's outstanding production should make you want to see 'Red'
Posted: Apr 28, 2012The always-challenging reconciliation of discipline and freedom is a running theme in John Logan’s Tony Award-winning play, “Red”which opened Friday at Performance Network—starting with the opening scene: a young assistant, reporting to work for his ... Read more »
Hands-on experience: EMU students design workspaces for new Ecology Center offices
Posted: Dec 27, 2011Students from a design class at Eastern Michigan University designed and built workspaces for the new offices of the Ecology Center, a 40-year-old nonprofit environmental research and advocacy organization. The Ecology Center recently moved into ... Read more »
Ann Arbor's Ecology Center wins $300,000 grant to improve kids' access to healthful food
Posted: Jul 16, 2011Ann Arbor’s Ecology Center has won a $300,000 grant to work with three Detroit health care providers to improve access to healthful food, especially for children, the nonprofit announced. The three-year W.K. Kellogg Foundation grant ... Read more »
with poll: Study says toxic chemicals banned from children's pajamas in 1970s still in baby products
Posted: May 20, 2011A suspected cancer-causing toxin banned from children's pajamas in the 1970s was found in one-third of 101 baby products -- including products bought in Ann Arbor -- that were recently tested for flame retardants, a new study says. Read more »
Ann Arbor Ecology Center moving to new home in downtown Ann Arbor
Posted: Apr 23, 2011The Ecology Center, a 40-year-old nonprofit environmental research and advocacy organization, is moving its headquarters to a new location in downtown Ann Arbor. The center will almost double its current office area when it moves into 5,000 square feet of renovated space on the third-floor of 339 E. Liberty St., known as the HandiCraft Building, in June. Read more »
Ecology Center turns 40, celebrates milestone with talk by environmental activist Van Jones
Posted: Nov 16, 2010With scientists making doomsday predictions about carbon emissions and global warming, and global warming doubters calling those predictions a myth, it’s enough to get an environmentalist down. But Mike Garfield, the director of the Ecology ... Read more »
With video: Ecology Center releases updated toxic toys database and mobile apps, calls for legislation
Posted: Dec 02, 2009The number of toys with lead in them has decreased markedly in the last year, but the number children's products on store shelves found with toxins in them is still high, the Ecology Center in ... Read more »
Top 9 toys found with high toxins by Ann Arbor's Ecology Center
Posted: Dec 02, 2009The Ann Arbor non-profit organization Ecology Center released its 3rd-annual Consumer Guide to Toxic Chemical Toys on Tuesday. The guide is made up of a database on www.HealthyStuff.org of children's products as well as apparel ... Read more »
Ann Arbor-based Ecology Center releases new toxic products database, calls for toxic chemical disclosure legislation
Posted: Sep 16, 2009From women’s handbags to pet toys, many of the everyday products that consumers use contain toxic chemicals like lead and arsenic, the Ann Arbor-based Ecology Center said in an announcement Wednesday. The environmental group released ... Read more »
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