Have you ever driven a tree-lined street, where the leaves and branches come together over the road, creating a tunnel of color in the fall and a canopy of green in the summer? This idyllic scenery is known as an urban tree canopy; it’s composed of layers of tree branches, leaves and stems that provide
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Decked out in waders with a mission of finding macroinvertebrates and minnows in the Clinton River, FCA Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) Lead Dave Jump gets knee deep with Bowers Academy high school students to create the next generation of “stream leaders.” “We have a responsibility to the environment and to protect Mother Earth, ”
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These hotels have no complaints about bugs – in fact, they can’t get enough. To celebrate Earth Day this year, we hosted the Wildlife Habitat Council (WHC) and about 20 students from two Michigan high schools to build “bug hotels.” The hotels – crafted from pine cones, tree bark, bamboo canes and paper tubes –
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When rival automakers come together it’s usually to brag about their latest engineering accomplishment or to re-imagine the future of mobility, but sometimes they garden. Yes, garden. As part of the Suppliers Partnership for the Environment quarterly meeting, environmental reps from Daimler, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Toyota and various auto suppliers got their hands dirty
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