Creating a U.S. Great Lakes Waterfront Trail
The Eastern Seaboard has the East Coast Greenway and the Appalachian Trail. The Western Seaboard has the Pacific Crest Trail. […]
US shipbuilding needs rescuing: U-M programs offer a life preserver
As the White House looks to shore up U.S. shipbuilding, the University of Michigan is leading efforts to train the
What people should learn from rivers
There is an adage among journalists, known as Betteridge’s law, which holds that “Any headline which ends in a question mark
Adams Administration Breaks Ground on New York Harbor School Expansion on Governors Island
The planned expansion of Harbor School will prepare young New Yorkers for good-paying green jobs in the city’s “Harbor of
$1.28 Million Committed to Launch the Great Lakes Local News Initiative
Wallace House Center for Journalists at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce an innovation-driven $1.28 million gift from
DNR Summer Youth Program opens up new worlds
Under a powder-blue sky dotted with cotton-like clouds, the four wader-clad students walked near the lake’s edge, slowly gliding their
Can Detroit students see themselves in their course work? District wants them to weigh in
In August, students in the state’s biggest school district will form a group to weigh in on the district’s social
Bronx program teaches students how to build and sail boats
“Rocking the Boat” is an organization in the Bronx that teaches high school kids how to build and sail wooden
Iconic Clearwater nonprofit faces financial ‘disaster’ that could pull it under
Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, started by Pete Seeger in the 1960s, is fighting to keep its emblematic ship and education
Place-based education event connects Wind River youth to land, elders, and community
On a bright Wednesday morning, forty or so sleepy-eyed high school students from Wyoming Indian High School sit at folding
Creating a green oasis in southwest Detroit
Southwest Detroit has long been known for its heavy industry. In recent years, the Boynton and Oakwood Heights neighborhoods have
Learning the Ropes
U-M undergraduate Meghan Wysocki describes her summer internship experience with Inland Seas and the school ship learning station she developed
Installations by Theaster Gates and James Little reinvigorate riverfront park in Memphis
The public space on the banks of the Mississippi, which honors a Black skiff boat operator who saved 32 people
The Statue Wars Turn to Cyberspace
The Kinfolk Foundation tests the rollout of its new, more diverse city “monuments”—which are only viewable digitally, like a game
ArcPrep: Detroit high school students survey the expansiveness of architecture
DETROIT—Joshua Powell, a recent University of Michigan dual master’s graduate in architecture and urban planning who took part in the
New guiding principles urgently needed for Great Lakes stewardship, U-M researchers say
The tools and policies that worked to significantly reduce threats to the Great Lakes over the past century are ill-equipped
Let Them Swim
The mesmerizing scene along the banks of Munich’s lime-green Isar River on a recent summer afternoon made me, an out-of-towner,
The Climate Crisis Gives Sailing Ships a Second Wind
Cargo vessels are some of the dirtiest vehicles in existence. Can a centuries-old technology help to clean them up?
Michigan maritime: Ports set to grow economy throughout the state
A new law that gives the state’s 32 ports tools to expand and grow the maritime economy started out as
New Tall Ship Will Be Coming to Grand Traverse Bay to Sail the Great Lakes
There will be a new tall ship sailing the Great Lakes this year, and it will soon be heading to
A New Age of Sail
“A New Age of Sail: The History and Future of Sail Freight on the Hudson River” examines the long history
Detroit’s Path to Inclusive Recovery
Working toward a fairer future requires untangling legacies of displacement, segregation, and inequity in Detroit. Eight Mile Road marks the
New York City’s Public School on an Island
A maritime high school draws students from every borough and every background. The school’s career-themed curriculum is as novel as
Flow Tales
Flow Tales are untold stories of water, rivers, seas, lakes, located in an era of disturbed flows around the globe.
Remaking the River that Made L.A.
FEBRUARY 1938 WAS a wet month in Los Angeles. The ground, where it hadn’t been paved over, was saturated, which
‘We are outsiders’: the female boatbuilders of Instagram
Belinda Joslin has owned, raced, maintained and repaired boats all her life. So when she was looking for work after
How Detroit’s Black-led organizations are cultivating access to nature as acts of liberation
Detroiter Ian Solomon began building a deep relationship with the outdoors while attending college in Arizona for broadcast journalism. He’d
Schools of the future: How U-M is disrupting—and transforming—the educational landscape
The University of Michigan School of Education (SOE) celebrated its centennial in 2021, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. This inauspicious
Critical race theory flap makes teachers tiptoe on slavery, racism topics
Two years ago, a northern Michigan teacher assigned readings on anti-racism to her students. This fall, the books will sit
Ahoy! Maritime employers recruit at Detroit job fair
Detroit — Johnny McMath, 28, has worked in a variety of labor and hospitality positions for the past decade. Now he’s
How a Canadian coffee roaster is replacing container ships with sailboats to decarbonize its supply chain — and cutting costs in the process
The idea of sustainable transportation likely conjures images of futuristic technologies and electric cars, as well as scientific advances that
Starting Out as a Tall Ship Sailor
U-M English Major Katie Moore is working as a Communications Intern this summer with Tall Ships America through a partnership
‘It’s a little bit of utopia’: the dream of replacing container ships with sailing boats
Global trade depends almost entirely on huge, dirty, dangerous container ships. Now a team of French shipbuilders is bringing back
Project to develop humanities curriculum around Mississippi River receives $1.49 million grant from Mellon Foundation
The Mississippi River is at once a symbol of American might, an object of blight, and a constant, flowing reminder
At this school, students get out of the classroom and onto the water
There are more than 1,800 public schools in New York City. But just one of them is located in the middle
Great Lakes beauty, Flint Water Crisis shown in University of Michigan art exhibit
Watershed has two meanings — a region of land that drains to a particular body of water and a crucial
Calumet Heritage Partnership: Enriching lives through heritage
The Calumet Heritage Partnership is a diverse bi-state partnership of environmental organizations, historical societies, arts organizations, libraries, educational institutions, government
At the Edge of the City, There’s Life
Water is an all too precious element in this world, where its true worth is vastly devalued. Thankfully there are
A Lake in Florida Suing to Protect Itself
Lake Mary Jane, in central Florida, could be harmed by development. A first-of-its-kind lawsuit asks whether nature should have legal
UMMA Announces Partnership with Monument Lab
The University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) announced a partnership today with renowned nonprofit public art and history studio
