Meijer is First Retailer to Unveil Beach and Water Cleaning Drones in the Great Lakes in Partnership with the Council of the Great Lakes Region

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 29TH, 2022 Effort launches retailer’s participation in the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Program GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Aug. 29, 2022 – Midwest retailer Meijer is launching its participation in the Great Lakes Plastic Cleanup Program with the use of two innovative technologies – the BeBot and Pixie Drone – to clean up Midwestern beaches and […]
A Look at the Climate Tech Landscape

As the world sets out to decarbonize, it must do so with ambitious scale and speed. The urgency to avoid climate disaster is unquestionable, and the race to reach carbon neutrality, a necessary step to limit global warming to below 1.5 degrees Celsius, is reliant on climate tech solutions providing a pathway. Climate technologies and […]
Binational Great Lakes Higher Education Consortium Launched

Universities of Toronto and Illinois System to Serve as Co-Founders and Co-Chairs For Immediate Release October 29, 2020 TORONTO, Ontario and CHICAGO, Illinois – Today, the Council of the Great Lakes Region (CGLR), the University of Toronto, and the University of Illinois System signed a Memorandum of Understanding officially creating and launching the binational Great […]