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Kayaking love story: WI couple paddles around Lake Superior
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1 yr 3 mos ago
Ashland, Wisconsin residents Alissa Weitz, 26, and Brian Castillo, 23, will soon be completing their 1,300 mile journey around Lake Superior.
They are a couple in love with Lake Superior and each other - on a modern day lover's adventure. They arrived in Marquette over the weekend and spent Lake Superior Day on Sunday hiking with friends and swimming including jumping off the tall cliffs at the city’s “black rocks.” A big part of their quest is educating the public about the environmental value of Lake Superior. Averaging 25 miles a day - with their longest day over 40 miles. They encountered water temperatures as low as 38 degrees, fog outside of Marquette, rough waves outside of Houghton, Michigan that prevent them from rounding the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula - and instead cut through the Keweenaw Waterway. They left Ashland, Wisconsin on July 1 and hope to complete their two-month journey on or about the… |
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Lake Superior Odyssey: Young Wisconsin couple on 1,300 mile two-month adventure around biggest Great Lake
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1 yr 4 mos ago
(Marquette, Michigan) - It’s a 1,300 mile, two month odyssey - kayaking around the always beautiful and sometimes treacherous Lake Superior.
Alissa and Brian spent Lake Superior Day hiking with friends and swimming including jumping off the tall cliffs at the city's "black rocks." It's a real Marquette thing to do. |
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Circumnavigating Lake Superior: Wisconsin twenty-somethings on 1,300 mile two-month trek
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1 yr 4 mos ago
(Marquette, Michigan) – It's a 1,300 mile, two month odyssey - kayaking around the always beautiful and sometimes treacherous Lake Superior.
Ashland, Wisconsin residents Alissa Weitz and Brian Castillo are promoting the protection of Lake Superior - the world's largest freshwater lake. The twenty somethings departed Bayfield, Wisconsin on July 1, 2008 and hope to complete their journey by September. The kayaking duo left Marquette, Michigan on Tuesday afternoon, July 22, 2008 to continue their journey. They arrived in Marquette for Lake Superior Day 2008 - this year that was July 20 2008. Lake Superior Day is sponsored by the Lake Superior Bi-national Forum and is held annually on the third Sunday of July. Alissa and Brian spent Lake Superior Day hiking with friends and swimming including jumping off the tall cliffs at the city's "black rocks." A big part of their quest is educating the public about protecting Lake Superior and why the largest of… |
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Earth Healing: Kalamazoo June 21 pharmaceutical collection for SW Michigan is part of EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
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1 yr 6 mos ago
Free, special collection for old prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals for residents of southwest Michigan set for June 21, 2008 in Kalamazoo County
Residents of the Kalamazoo area and all of southwest Michigan can to their part to protect the Great Lakes during a free public pharmaceutical collection later this month.
The pharmaceutical collection is sponsored by Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that provided a grant for the project.
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Earth Healing: June 21 pharmaceutical collection for SW Michigan residents in Kalamazoo part of EPA Great Lakes Challenge
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1 yr 6 mos ago
Free, special collection for old prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals for residents of southwest Michigan set for June 21, 2008 in Kalamazoo County
Residents of the Kalamazoo area and all of southwest Michigan can to their part to protect the Great Lakes during a free public pharmaceutical collection later this month. Old and unwanted medicines and personal care products will be accepted on Saturday, June 21, from 9 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Loy Norrix High School, 606 E. Kilgore (off Lovers Lane) in Kalamazoo. The pharmaceutical collection is sponsored by Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that provided a grant for the project. The collection is connected to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge that involves over 100 projects in eight states across the Great Lakes Basin. Southwest Michigan residents can rid their home of unwanted prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceuticals plus personal care products. For example -… |
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E-waste, pharmaceutical collections vital to protecting Great Lakes, environment, Earth and your drinking water
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1 yr 6 mos ago
The EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge removed a huge amount of electronic waste and pharmaceuticals from eight states.
The goal of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was the collecting and recycling of one million pounds of electronics (e-Waste) plus the collection and proper disposal of one million pills. These goals were exceeded many times over. A few examples: --- In Milwaukee: 32 tons of electronic waste and 3.5 tons of pharmaceuticals were turned in. --- At the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin near Green Bay: Approx. 4 tons of e-waste was collected plus thousands of pounds of other trash cleaned from reservation Tribal members turned in ver 23 pounds of medicines including 100 bottles of pills, more than 25 computers and dozens of related components like hard drives, printers, keyboards and speakers; televisions, radios, DVD players, 12 cell phones and over 100 small batteries. --- In Traverse City: Over 28,750 pounds (over 12.5 tons) of… |
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Milwaukee residents show love for Lake Michigan by turning in 36 tons of electronics, pharmaceuticals during EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
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1 yr 6 mos ago
Milwaukee collects about 32 tons of electronics and 3.5 tons of pharmaceuticals in EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
(Milwaukee, Wisconsin) - Milwaukee area residents turned in nearly 36 tons of electronics and pharmaceuticals during the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge, organizers said. The challenge was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and involved over 100 projects in hundreds of cities across eight states that comprise the Great Lakes basin. More than 700 residents brought old and broken electronics (e-waste) weighing nearly 32 tons to the April 26 e-waste collection organized by the city of Milwaukee Department of Public Works (DPW) in a large parking lot south of the Italian Community Center near the Henry Maier Festival Park Summerfest Grounds. About 3.5 tons of unused pharmaceuticals were turned by 2,350 residents at numerous sites in four counties on April 19 during the third annual Medicine Collection Day organized by the… |
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Youth learn about sturgeon heritage from elders at Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & the Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
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1 yr 7 mos ago
(Keshena, Wisconsin) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
This is the second of several videos explaining the numerous MITW projects including teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture, cleaning up the reservation, and replacing gang symbols with Native American art. In part two, the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the sturgeon education classes. The tribe was creative as it added other facets to the challenge like teaching the children about their culture and the close relationship to the earth and its many lakes and streams. All classes at the tribal school taught the students about the sturgeon, that is a vital part of Menominee legend and heritage, said Joe Awanahopay, language arts instructor at the Menominee tribal school. Called the protectors of Menominee wild rice, the sturgeon… |
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College of Menominee Nation Great Lakes Recycling 101 & EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative
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1 yr 7 mos ago
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge
This is the first of several videos explaining the tribes numerous projects that included cleaning up the reservation replacing gang symbols with Native American art teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture In part one the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the many recycling projects of the College of Menominee nation --- (Keshena WI) - The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in Keshena is being praised for its massive cleanup projects during the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge - involving over 100 projects across eight states that comprise the Great Lakes basin Other tribal projects during the challenge included the clean up of two reservation communities by tribal school students The Menominee Teen Court Panel and many other volunteers All classes… |
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EPA Regional Administrator Mary A. Gade at Chicago Earth Day celebration: EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge & Great Lakes wonder
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1 yr 7 mos ago
At the Metcalfe Federal Building, the unwanted medicines collection continues under the supervision of two plainclothes Chicago police officers. (Photo courtesy EPA Flow of the River Blog) EPA Regional Administrator Mary A. Gade encourages public to participate in EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge; lauds the wonder of the Great Lakes and reminds audience how much progress has been made since Earth Day started nearly 40 years ago
Speaking during Earth Day 2008 ceremonies at Daley Plaza in Chicago on April 21, 2008 is Mary A. Gade, the EPA Region 5 Administrator and the Great Lakes National Program Manager. The Regional Administrator reports directly to the EPA Administrator in Washington, D.C. (Photo courtesy EPA Flow of the River Blog) (Chicago, Illinois) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Mary… |
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