Lead by Design The ‘ol saying, set a good example. Don’t just buy them reusable bags – make sure you remember yours when you two go shopping together. Most people want to do what looks both fun and right. If you aren’t doing, they’re not going to either. Knowing is Half the Battle Educate yourself [...]
Can insects cause global climate change? That’s what one researcher from Wayne State University is trying to find out. It makes sense when you think about it. Are the insects out there burning fossil fuels? No. What scientists are trying to understand is the intricate connection between large scale insect outbreaks and global climate change. [...]
SledBrite snowmobile cleaners recently met up with members of the SnomadS Snofari Club at the Novi Snow Show in southeast Michigan. We donated a Starter Kit of snowmobile cleaners for their biggest fundraiser of the year, a raffle and auction Saturday November 8th in Keego Harbor. We like the various causes they support and are [...]
Do you know what the Recreational Trails Program (RTP) is? It is a small component of the transportation bill that is up for reauthorization in 2009. Why is it important? RTP funds projects and programs that support motorized and non-motorized trails all over the country. From trail building and restoration projects to education programs such [...]
Michigan is a Midwestern state named after Lake Michigan whose name is a French adaptation of the Ojibwa Indian term mishigami, meaning large lake. Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world. Michigan is ranked third for the number of registered recreation boats, behind California and Florida. Michigan has 11,037 inland lakes. A person [...]
Maybe many people don’t know about the small and seemingly harmless striped shells that that begin appearing at the bottom of their lakes and streams. Boaters and water enthusiasts in the Great Lakes, and unfortunately the inland lakes of the states surrounding the Great Lakes, know these small, but ever multiplying shells all too well. [...]
I recently watched CRUDE IMPACT, a documentary (currently available onDemand on the Sundance channel) which explores the interconnection between the human race’s thirst for consumption and the discovery and use of oil. It exposes our deep-rooted dependency on the availability of fossil fuel energy and examines the dire implications of the pending threat of global [...]