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A Detroit-based startup is taking off and installing green energy systems across the globe. They are taking a unique approach using a network of expert "freelancers." More>>
A multi-million dollar project is about to get underway at Lake St. Clair Metropark in Macomb County to make it more eco-friendly. More>>
Some Wayne State University students are redesigning a Chevy Malibu. They are making the car more eco-friendly as part of an international competition. More>>
Riding a bike is a popular way to roll, but what if you don't have one? A group of University of Michigan students came up with the start-up A2B Bikeshare to solve that problem. More>>
They are the largest health insurer in Michigan and the largest employer in the City of Detroit. Blue Cross Blue Shield also has another distinction -- one of the biggest "green roofs" in the state. More>>
A group gathered along the Detroit River on a sunny Saturday to talk about rain barrels. The Detroit RiverFront Conservancy is hosted a rain barrel workshop with the Sierra Club in celebration of Spring and Earth Day. More>>
The Michigan Earth Day Fest is happening this weekend in downtown Rochester. It is one of the planet's largest Earth Day events with 150 exhibits. More>>
Shop, learn and celebrate at the Michigan Earth Day Festival from April 26 - 28. More>>
The city of Pontiac has two to brand new white pine trees. Residents planted one on N. Saginaw for Earth Day and to kick off community gardening season. More>>
For more than two dozen years, Sterling Heights has received the Tree City USA award from the National Arbor Foundation. The program recognizes communities with a commitment to forestry, caring for and maintaining trees. More>>
Thousands of honey bees are thriving on vacant lots in Detroit. They've been turned into sanctuaries to help bees, which are dying by the thousands. More>>
When's the last time you flipped through a phone book? They're big and clunky and they produce a lot of waste. More than a dozen Detroit schools are competing to see who can recycle the most phone books.
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When a group of Wayne State students realized how hard it is to find clean drinking water in parts of Honduras, they spent their spring break building a new water system there. More>>
The Greening of Detroit is kicked off its tree planting season Saturday with plans to put almost 2500 trees in the ground by mid-June. Volunteers included 200 team members from Quicken Loans. More>>
THAW and Consumers Energy are holding a contest for the best new business idea to encourage a reduction in energy use. More>>
A growing number of construction companies are implementing green practices. In Troy, one company used those practices to build a new headquarters. They are now up for an environmental award. More>>
A masterpiece comes in many forms. In this case, artwork by area students, with a green theme.
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The deadline for Better Buildings for Michigan program has been extended to March 31. It is your last chance to get a home energy audit for $100. More>>
The Blue Oval is getting greener. Ford Motor Company has an aggressive plan to keep tons of waste out of landfills. In fact, the Van Dyke Transmission Plant in Sterling Heights is already meeting some impressive goals. More>>
Meijer is now selling fresh, vine-ripened, Michigan-grown tomatoes year-round. The vegetables are grown in a state-of-the-art, hydroponic greenhouse in Coldwater. More>>
You may have heard of the U of M solar car, but the University of Michigan has another incredible car built by students. It's the super mileage car, and it lives up to its name.
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An Oakland University professor has turned his house into an energy experiment. He is using it to teach his students about alternative energy. More>>
Gardner-White Furniture is also in the business of protecting our planet. They have a recycling facility at their new warehouse in Auburn Hills that processes cardboard and Styrofoam.
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You can see them buzzing around the track on the lower level of Cobo at the Aisin Drive Green Experience and all over the auto show floor. Even luxury automakers like Mercedes are showing off electric vehicles. More>>
Fire trucks in the Wayne-Westland Fire Department rack up plenty of miles. They go on 14,000 emergency runs a year. Now the department has some of the greenest rigs around. More>>
If your Christmas lights have lost their luster, don't throw them away. Those strings of wire and tiny bulbs can be recycled, as well as various holiday leftovers such as cardboard and wine and champagne bottles. More>>
In school, students learn the three R's of education: Reading, writing, and arithmetic. But, what happens when environmental awareness enters the classroom? More>>
Arts and Scraps, a Detroit-based nonprofit, reuses 28 tons of recycled materials and visit 275,000 students a year opening their minds to creative possibilities. More>>
One high schooler is a "green leader" as he encourages you to stop letting your car idle, as the extra fumes send extra Carbon Dioxide into the atmosphere each year. More>>
You can use it to make French fries or run an engine. Some metro Detroit high school students are turning vegetable oil into bio fuel. Soon their fuel could help power a school bus in New Haven. More>>
Outdoor gardening season is over but at one local middle school, plants are thriving inside a special greenhouse. More>>
Residence halls at the University of Detroit Mercy are now a little green after a group of student athletes helped set up a campus recycling program. One student's persistence made it all happen. More>>
From industrial food containers transformed into homemade rain barrels to a SmartKlean ball that claims to wash your clothes without laundry detergent, you'll find a host of earth friendly products and ideas at Ferndale's Live Green Fair. More>>
October is the perfect time to get a home energy audit. An assessment typically costs $350, but now through the end of the year, Southeast Michigan residents can sign up to get it done for $100. More>>
Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital's new greenhouse will provide food for visitors and patients year round. It's expected to reduce the hospital's food cost by more than $20,000 a year. More>>
Rembrandt Dry Cleaners uses alternative, more earth friendly solvents instead of perchlorethylene, which has been linked to kidney and liver disease, cancer and environmental risks. More>>
You can feel the groove around Campus Martius and you can also see the green. For the fourth straight year, the DTE Energy Foundation is greening the Detroit Jazz Festival. More>>
A five acre forest at Hebrew Memorial Gardens in Roseville is now recognized by the Green Burial Council. There is room for a thousand green graves there and strict guidelines will be followed. More>>
Reclaim Detroit is helping to battle blight in an earth-friendly way. Rather than demolish homes, workers deconstruct them, salvaging thousands of dollars in materials that would otherwise go to a landfill. More>>
Before the annual Woodard Dream Cruise, there is the Ferndale Green Cruise. It's a celebration of human powered transportation. Saturday, hundreds of people will flock to Ferndale to burn calories instead of burning gas. More>>
A local microbrewery has gotten crafty when it comes to the environment. Their brewing process now includes solar power and other eco-friendly technology. More>>
DTE Energy is expanding an incentive program designed to help businesses pay for the cost of switching to more energy efficient T8 fluorescent lighting. More>>
It's been a hot summer. For those with air conditioning, the proof is in the electric bill. And for those without it, the proof is in those stifling sleepless nights. More>>
A local entrepreneur is recycling her career - designing earth-friendly t-shirts. The shirts are inspirational from the inside out.Julie Geisinger left her day job in public relations to start "Free to More>>
The Wyandotte Street Art Fair is underway. There is art, jewelry, music and, of course, food, but this year the fair is also helping you go green. More>>
Thousands of beachgoers, pool partiers and sun lovers are breaking out the grills, brews, lemonade and barbecue gear. There are some simple ways to keep it eco-friendly. More>>
You may have gone there to check out their hip and functional furniture, but there's something else cool about the IKEA store in Canton. It turns out there's a massive green project up on the roof. More>>
School is out for the summer and children are loving it. However, one local school is already thinking green for next year, and they've incorporated the environment into the lesson plan. More>>
Rain barrels are no longer just big buckets that catch water. Believe it or not the technology is improving. Find out why they are more user friendly these days and where you can get one at a great price. More>>
Have an old grill, siding or some other scrap metal just lying around? Advanced Recycling, a new business in Livonia, will pay you cash for that trash!
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From micro brew to moo, if some cows in Ortonville could talk, they would probably thank brew master Tim Selewski for keeping them well fed. More>>
Sparks fly inside an Ann Arbor studio every time John Walters goes to work. The artist and designer is one of the co-owners of METAL, a unique fabrication shop, art gallery and studio on Felch Street just off of Main. More>>
A group that studies the safety of consumer products says some garden hoses may not be safe. More>>
Adam Duke and Jacob Smith from Go Green Energy Consulting have the following tips and ideas for choosing smarter, sustainable energy-saving products for your home. More>>
Earth Day is just around the corner. FOX 2 is celebrating with the dedication of our own urban garden. More>>
The cost of gasoline has drivers feeling the pain at the pump nationwide. Bio-fuel could be the solution to weaning the U.S. off its dependency on foreign oil, but in recent years the high cost of feed stock has idled... More>>
Technology is changing rapidly. Chances are you have an old television, laptop or other electronics just lying around. Those items can all be recycled, and you can even get them picked up at your door if you live in certain... More>>
It works like a traditional cooler with ice to preserve food or drinks, but a fan is the key to this unique invention. The Cool Green Machine is a cooler that also cools the environment. It was invented by Virgil Heil of... More>>
General Motors plants a new tree at one of its facilities in Warren, but it's not what you think. The company has installed a high tech "solar tree." FOX 2's Robin Schwartz explains what it does. More>>
Southeastern Michigan will have one of the region's largest waste-to-energy projects when a Macomb County landfill adds a new methane-burning electric power plant in January. More>>
One of the newest pizza places in town is also a green place to eat, so the name Green Zone Pizza is a natural fit! It just opened it's doors in Grosse Pointe. In Monday's Fox eReport, Robin Schwartz introduced us to the... More>>
This time of year, you're probably not thinking about air conditioning, but an Ann Arbor company says winter is the perfect time to think about it. They're using the cold temperatures outside to make a giant block of ice... More>>
You see it all the time, giant trees being cut down in city parks or neighborhoods. So, what happens to some of that wood? A Brighton company called Urban Ashes is reclaiming this natural resource. More>>
Habitat for Humanity opens Restore on Mack Avenue to sell discount items in Detroit. More>>
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