George Gray is Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. According to whitehouse.gov: Before being appointed as Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Research and Development), Dr. Gray served as...
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George Gray is Assistant Administrator for Research and Development. According to whitehouse.gov: Before being appointed as Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Research and Development), Dr. Gray served as Executive Director of the Center for Risk Analysis and a faculty member at the Harvard University School of Public Health. He previously served as an Instructor in Risk Analysis for the University's Department of Health Policy and Management. Earlier in his career, Dr. Gray was a Research Associate at the Center for Risk Analysis. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan. He later received his master's degree and his PhD from the University of Rochester.
(Marquette, Michigan) - The impact of numerous environmental projects created by the northern Michigan Earth Keepers over the past few years is measured in the hundreds of tons as over 15,000 residents have turned in hazardous waste, teens are restoring wild rice beds, businesses and homes are reducing power consumption and thousands of dollars used to protect Lake Superior
The non-profit Michigan Earth Keeper Initiative, its nine faith communities, an Upper Peninsula American Indian... Read Full Story
Students convert Lutheran Campus Ministry lawn into eco-friendly Native Plants Garden Rainstorm ends for Blessing of the Garden ceremony (Marquette, Michigan) - A “Blessing of the Garden” ceremony was held recently at Lothlorien - the Northern Michigan University Lutheran Campus Ministry house near Lake Superior. Performing the ceremony was Rev. Jon Magnuson, director of Lutheran Campus Ministry (LCM) at Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette, MI; and Rev. Tesshin Paul Lehmberg... Read Full Story
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(Marquette, Michigan) - A student environment group from Northern Michigan University honored “Make A Difference Day” by picking up hundreds of pounds of litter and garbage at a favorite youth party spot around the Upper Dead River Falls in Marquette, Michigan. The rubbish collected by the Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper (NMU EK) Student Team on Saturday (October 24, 2009... Read Full Story
(Marquette, Michigan) – A student environment group from Northern Michigan University honored Make A Difference Day by picking up hundreds of pounds of litter and garbage at a favorite youth party spot around the Upper Dead River Falls in Marquette, Michigan. The rubbish collected by the Northern Michigan University EarthKeeper (NMU EK) Student Team on Saturday (October 24, 2009) included rusty box springs, a smashed vehicle windshield and a plethora of beer bottles and cans. Some of the... Read Full Story
Northern Michigan University President to meet with students who have collected nearly 900 signatures to save an environment research project from being uprooted to build dorms Students will explain effort to save the Native Plants Project at Lake Superior environment conference (Marquette, Michigan) - Students have collected nearly 900 signatures on petitions they will present to the Northern Michigan University president during a meeting Thursday in hopes of saving an environment research... Read Full Story
12th annual UP Indian Education Conference “Engaging American Indian Youth in the Classroom and Beyond”
Monday, February 18, 2008
Northern Michigan University
University Center
Marquette, Michigan
(Information on the following conference was sent to the Turtle Island Project by April E. Lindala, Director of the Center for Native American Studies at Northern Michigan University):
It is not too late to register for the 12th annual U.P. Indian Education Conference at Northern... Read Full Story
Northern Michigan Residents Turn In Tens of Thousands of Pharmaceuticals Weighing Over One Ton On Earth Day Narcotics Have Estimated Street Value of $500,000 in Michigan Earth Day 2007 Clean Sweep Protecting Drinking Water: Third Annual Earth Keeper Clean Sweep Targeted All Medicines Earth Day: 2007 Pharmaceutical Clean Sweep (Marquette, Michigan) - Northern Michigan residents honored Earth Day by turning in tens of thousands of pills plus narcotics with an estimated street value of half a... Read Full Story
Click To Play The 2007 Pharmaceutical Clean Sweep is now history and is - in fact - historic. Over one ton of drugs was collected in only three hours - plus an estimated $500,000 in narcotics was turned in at 19 sites across northern Michigan. This is the first in a series of reports on the third annual Earth Keeper Clean Sweep by volunteer media advisor Greg Peterson. Part one takes an overall look at the collection - future stories will include further comments and more details on sponsors... Read Full Story
Photo by Tom Buchkoe Protecting Lake Superior: Thousands of Northern Michigan Residents Expected to Turn Over Old and Unwanted Pharmaceuticals Third Annual Earth Keeper Clean Sweep Targets All Medicines on Earth Day: 2007 Pharmaceutical Clean Sweep (Marquette, Michigan) - In an ongoing effort to protect our drinking water and the national jewel Lake Superior, thousands of northern Michigan residents are expected to turn in old and unwanted pharmaceuticals on Earth Day 2007 as a volunteer... Read Full Story
Click on link below this photo to watch video story on Earth Keeper TV Click To Play Photo Caption: Marquette County Sheriff’s Department Captain David Lemire (right) watches as Marquette pharmacist Kent Jenema (left) shows antique medications to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official John Perrecone (middle) at the St. Peter Catholic Cathedral collection site in Marquette, MI during the successful 2007 Pharmaceutical Clean Sweep on Earth Day across northern Michigan, the third annual... Read Full Story
