Can Detroit become a food-sovereign city?
Undeniably, Detroit's local food movement has exploded. But can it one day feed the entire city?
Nina Ignaczak's Latest Articles
Video: Healing roadways in the Great Lakes with green infrastructure
See how green infrastructure can greatly reduce the negative effects of our roadways on the Great Lakes.
Michigan’s big wins and losses in the fight against invasive species
A Q&A with Lisa Brush of The Stewardship Network, a group that has revolutionized how Michigan's land managers strategize and collaborate to keep natural areas healthy, functional, and free from invasive species.
Regionalism in metro Detroit 1850-2015: An abbreviated timeline
A brief overview of the deep-seated challenges to true regionalism in metro Detroit.
In last decade, metro Detroit communities take big steps to address regional problems
Metro Detroit's communities have begun to realize the importance of thinking and acting regionally. Can they build on the momentum of the last decade when it comes issues like equity, transit, and the environment?
Healing fractured water: How Michigan’s roadways impact our waterways
In the Great Lakes, we drive to get where we are going. And with tens of thousands of lane-miles of roadway across the basin, in both urban areas and rural areas, the impact of all of that hard surface on our waterways adds up.
Life on the Border: Blurring the lines that separate Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park
Race and class collide along the stark border separating Detroit and Grosse Pointe Park. Can these two communities come together as neighbors?
Examining the borders that define metro Detroit
As the city of Detroit recovers from bankruptcy, county power dynamics shift, and regional issues like water, sewer, transit, education and energy come to the fore, the borders that circumscribe metropolitan Detroit will impact an array of important issues affecting us all.
Changing lives from the very start: Report identifies best measures to help at-risk kids
More than half of Michigan's kids from birth to age 3 are at risk of showing up to kindergarten unprepared to learn. A new report outlines measures with the most evidence of success and highest return on investment to help them.
Healing fractured water: Great Lakes cities look to reintegrate the urban water cycle
Urban Great Lakes water systems are disconnected from the natural environment, but cities are looking to reintegrate them using green infrastructure and integrated management approaches.
