Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup (GLPC) Shares New Data and Insights for Plastic Free July
Groundbreaking initiative provides update on data collection and community impact in the fight to clean up the waterways of the Great Lakes region. TORONTO – July 16, 2024 – An initiative that brings together partners from across North America to take action on the plastics pollution problem in the Great Lakes has released its most […]
2024 Great Lakes Sustainable Growth Forum Event Recap
The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) hosted its annual Great Lakes Sustainable Growth Forum, formerly the Great Lakes Economic Forum, from June 25-27th in Toronto! The forum’s name change reflects CGLR’s new strategic direction and focus on solving for sustainability and creating the first sustainable region in the world. This year, a partnership […]
Joint Statement from the Council of the Great Lakes Region and the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Cities Initiative
CGLR and the GLSL Cities Initiative Unite for Regional Economic Transformation The Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative’s (GLSLCI) Mayors’ Commission on Economic Transformation are pleased to announce a partnership to guide the economic transformation of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence region over the […]
Meijer Expands Great Lakes Stewardship Commitment with Donation to the Council of the Great Lakes Region Foundation
Donation will help improve water and wildlife quality in river corridors throughout Wisconsin. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., April 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Midwest retailer Meijer is continuing its commitment to Great Lakes stewardship with a $250,000 donation to the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) Foundation to launch a set of innovative litter capture and clean-up technologies – the BeBot and […]
Founding Corporate Partners of CGLR’s Great Lakes Water Innovation and Stewardship Exchange Announced
Initiative will advance business sustainability and accelerate corporate water stewardship in the US-Canada Great Lakes region. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 28, 2024 In recognition of World Water Day 2024, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR) network is excited to announce the founding corporate partners of the Great Lakes Water Innovation and Stewardship Exchange, […]
Putting Our Higher Education Institutions at the Center of the Great Lakes Region’s Economic Success and Sustainability
Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium Releases First Strategic Plan The Great Lakes Region is shared by the United States and Canada and comprises eight states, from New York to Minnesota, as well as two provinces, Ontario and Québec. Before these lands were settled however, for millennia this region of North America, or Turtle Island, has […]
New Dairy Concept: A More Sustainable Future for American Dairy
This article was originally published on the Healing Our Waters – Great Lakes Coalition’s website and is republished here with permission. Credit: New Dairy Concept/Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship An integral part of the New Dairy Concept is a method of raising livestock called regenerative managed grazing, in which cows graze on grassy pastures in rotating paddocks […]
Will Politics Stand in the Way of Continued Project Funding for Great Lakes Restoration?
Last time, we explained why the timing is ideal right now for Great Lakes restoration work. We also reviewed the steps involved with applying for Great Lakes restoration funding. This time, we turn our attention to what could be in store for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. Specifically, will politics make it harder for you […]
Great Lakes Restoration Funding: Know and Share Your Goals to Get Results
In Part 2 of this series, we looked at when Great Lakes restoration funding began to get serious. This started in 2009 when President Barack Obama proposed, and a bipartisan Congress funded, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI). Now let’s discuss how to access the funding now available through the GLRI. The time has never […]
How Toxic Hotspots Were Identified, Money Arrived, and a Network Was Born
In my first post about Great Lakes Restoration, I shared a brief history about the first moves by the U.S. and Canada to commit to saving the Great Lakes ecosystem. That history concluded with the important recognition of an ecosystem approach to Great Lakes management but that federal funding didn’t keep pace with federal restoration […]