MidMEAC volunteers Logan and Holly show how to build a bee house. Most native bees nest underground or in narrow tunnels.
A Letter From MidMichigan Environmental Action Council download pdf The Lansing community is having an important conversation about energy. What will usage be in the next five-ten-20 years? What role can energy waste reduction have in shaping our needs? Why not just go 100% renewable, already? That last question is […]
Energy in MidMichigan
MidMichigan Environmental Action Council and the Sierra Club are partnering on a grant-funded project to create new pollinator habitat. We will also engage residents in discussions about pollinator-safe chemical use and plant choices. Let us know if you want to be involved!
MidMEAC and Sierra Club Team Up on Pollinator Habitat Protection
MidMEAC Vice President David Christian trains and leads stream monitoring volunteers.
Stream Monitoring – Fall 2017
MidMEAC is proud to partner with the Ingham County Drain Commissioner on the Montgomery Drain retrofit. The Council will focus on community outreach and education related to flood prevention and clean water. Click for video preview of the project.
Preview the Montgomery Drain
MidMEAC’s Dave Dempsey Distinguished Service Award was bestowed on long-time environmental activist Anne Woiwode. Ms. Woiwode has devoted nearly four decades of her personal and professional life to environmental advocacy and preservation. Among her accomplishments, Anne helped lead a ten-year battle to protect 90,000 acres of old growth forest, lakes […]
MidMEAC Honors Sierra Club’s Anne Woiwode
Michigan’s 11,000 inland lakes are incredibly diverse and vary in depth, productivity, thermal stratification, oxygen, alkalinity, shoreline armoring, docks, woody habitat, housing density and other characteristics. MDNR has developed an online interactive map to help those interested in learning more about lake habitats. Find it here.
MDNR Inland Lake Habitat Map
Friday, November 4th at 12:00 pm. Join us in MEC’s Conference Room at 602 W. Ionia St, Lansing, MI 48933. Featured Speaker: Marie Donigan, former State Representative. highway-constructionDonigan served three terms in the Michigan House of Representatives where she focused on the development of good transportation policy. She formed and […]
Land Use Lecture Nov 4: Marie Donigan Talks Transportation
Mid-MEAC is partnering with MSU, Meridian Township, local businesses and neighbors to create a low-maintenance rain garden in the roundabout at the intersection of Burcham and Park Lake Road. The voice of one person catalyzed this project and momentum is growing. Join us in supporting this water quality protection project. […]
Volunteer: Hidden River Rain Garden
Don’t miss the next Land Use Lunch on Friday, May 6, 2016, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Our speaker will be Ingham County Drain Commissioner Patrick E. Lindemann. We will hear about the plan to create a miraculous water-cleaning park and building complex on and near the Montgomery Drain, […]
Land Use Lunch May 6
Valerie Marvin, president of the Historical Society of Greater Lansing, will speak on the history of the Capitol, and its gardens. She will also talk about the different locations of the Capitol over the years. This land use lunch is a result of recommendations by several regulars, who have heard […]
April Land Use Lunch: Capitol Grounds
At this Friday’s Land Use, Dr. Walter Pett, of MSU Extension, will give an overview of a honey bee colony and talk about some of the issues currently worrying beekeepers. Dr Pett has is an assistant professor of entomology and the Apiculture and Pollination expert at MSU Extension. Land Use lunches,sponsored and organized by MidMEAC, are held […]
Land Use Lunch Feb 5th – Honey Bees!
Theresa Lark has been named Executive Director of the Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council (Mid-MEAC). Ms. Lark brings more than 25 years of experience in managing organizational development, executive development and strategic communications for nonprofit and other organizations. “We are excited to have Theresa taking the reins at Mid-MEAC,” said board […]