LIVING SUSTAINABLY: Six things to know about the coziest garden in Holland By Savannah Weaver, Community Garden Director Hollanders know that Windmill Island Gardens is home to extensive spring tulip displays and America’s only working antique Dutch windmill. However, fewer may be aware that since 2016, we’ve been putting our own unique spin on the community garden – a …
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LIVING SUSTAINABLY: Five Good Reasons to Borrow a Home Energy Monitoring Kit By Ashley Kimble, Holland Board of Public Works Do you know how much the electricity is costing you for that second refrigerator in the basement that you use once a year for the Thanksgiving turkey? Or the hidden cost of the incandescent lightbulb you can’t seem to part with just because it …
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LIVING SUSTAINABLY: Earth Hour-Little Things CAN Change the World By Carolyn Ulstad, Holland Sustainability Committee When I first heard about Earth Hour happening in cities like Paris, Singapore, Dubai and New York, I couldn’t help but start dreaming up what it could be like to bring it here to Holland. For some background, Earth Hour started in 2007 …
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LIVING SUSTAINABLY: Finding Sustainability in an Iceland Eco-village By Alex Webb, Hope College student During the fall semester of 2016, I traveled to Iceland through a study abroad program that revolved teaching “Sustainability Through Community,” a concept I was not aware of before this three-month excursion. This idea was one in which I found the most practical …
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Living Sustainably: 10 Ways to Live a More Nature-Rich Life By Jane Naber and Hamilton STREAM school students Being nature rich is more than going green; it’s about going outside regularly and finding value in doing any activity in nature. It means letting a connection to nature enrich you, your family, and your community. …
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LIVING SUSTAINABLY: How Are We Creating a Sustainable Community? By Brett Little and Michelle Gibbs Great things are happening in Holland, and we want you to join in! Many people are working hard to help Holland become a vibrant, world-class community, but for that to happen, it takes all of us working together and addressing all …
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LIVING SUSTAINABLY Pop Quiz: Do You Know Your Home Place? By Steve Bouma-Prediger How well do you know your place – your geophysical place, your neighborhood, your home? If we don’t know our home place well, then we won’t know how to responsibly care for it. Or, lacking the love born of knowledge, we might not …
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LIVING SUSTAINABLY: Know your Landscape for Environmental Engagement By Ken Freestone, GreenMichigan.org Did you know that there are more than 33 different environmental projects currently underway in the greater West Michigan region? And did you know there are more than 65 groups working on solid waste, green infrastructure, water, energy, dunes/land, food waste, environmental economics and more? Just …
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LIVING SUSTAINABLY: Working on Lake Mac’s Reputation By Dan Callam, Macatawa Greenway Manager Just how healthy – or unhealthy – is Lake Macatawa? Does it deserve its murky reputation? Grand Valley State University’s Annis Water Resources Institute has produced its annual monitoring dashboard for Lake Macatawa. The report summarizes sampling on Lake Macatawa during 2016. The …
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LIVING SUSTAINABLY: We Can See More Stars in Holland By Paul Lilly and Michelle Gibbs Living Sustainably Committee “Twinkle, twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are, up above the world so high, like a diamond in the sky….” Our fascination with the night sky starts at a young age, and many of us …
