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Water School Resources for Leaders to Learn

It may be the end of the school year for the kids, but school is in session for leaders in the Great Lakes Region.  Water School, that is, and specifically the Michigan State University Extension Water School.  The Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation and Michigan Sea Grant hosted a Water School Twitter […]

May 13: Our Electric Future–Renewables & Storage in the
Great Lakes Region

On May 13, the Council of the Great Lakes Region co-hosted a virtual event focusing on the huge opportunity for renewable energy and storage in the Great Lakes Region. As the world’s transportation, energy and infrastructure systems all embark on a massive electric transformation, the binational Great Lakes region can become the world’s clean energy […]

Green Stormwater Infrastructure: A Natural Response to Climate Risk
CGLR Mar 17 Event Summary

Green Stormwater Infrastructure: A Natural Response to Climate Risk Across the Great Lakes Region–March 17, 2021 event hosted by the Council of the Great Lake Region The combination of antiquated approaches to real estate development, loss of forest cover, outdated hydrologic conveyance systems, and increasingly extreme changes in weather patterns in the region, have led […]

CGLR Hosts Annual
General Meeting
March 3, 2021

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MEMBERS Council of the Great Lakes Region (the “Corporation”) held their Annual Meeting of the Members via teleconference on March 3, 2021 for the following purposes: To receive the financial statements and Annual Report of the Corporation for the financial year: April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020 To appoint […]

Valuing Nature & Ecosystem Services: Lessons Learned from Dow & The Nature Conservancy

What is the value of nature?  Nature provides services that enable our very lives, but these services have rarely been valued in terms that allow us to include that value in key decisions—especially when it comes to business.  Without visibility, they are often traded away inappropriately.  Sustainable development requires that we be able to describe […]

Shifting to a Circular Economy: Lessons from Great Lakes Leaders O-I Glass & Clarios

For more information on the commitment to the circular economy in the Great Lakes, see our Circular Great Lakes Initiative. For the latest in responsible batteries and EVs, see ‘Electrifying Mobility in the Great Lakes Region.’ The Circular Economy is getting a lot of attention these days, but it’s nothing new to Clarios, the world’s […]

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Charitable contributions to the CGLR Foundation in the US and the CGLR Canada Foundation are crucial for helping us integrate environmental considerations into our regional public policy decisions, business strategies, and investment choices.

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Supporting CGLR and joining our programs and outreach efforts will help bring sector leaders and stakeholders together to grow the region’s US-Canada economic partnership, transition to a sustainable future, and strengthen our competitiveness in today’s fast pace global marketplace.