Blog Posts

Blog posts by FLOW team and guest writers

Why I Volunteer for FLOW

Hello Great Lakes lovers. My name is Justin Sterk and I have recently begun volunteering at FLOW, in downtown Traverse City, Michigan.  As a native of Traverse City, the Great Lakes hold special importance to me and my family, and it is a great thrill for me to be able to begin contributing to the… Read more »

Troubled Water Film Screening in Frankfort!

Troubled Water film screening Friday, July 19 at the Frankfort Garden Theater Tickets $5 Join For Love of Water, the Groundwork Center, and Oil & Water Don’t Mix at the Garden Theater in Frankfort for the highly anticipated Great Lakes adventure-conservation documentary Troubled Water on Friday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m. The film screening will… Read more »

Have a Plastic Free Picnic in Summer 2024

Great Lakes beaches and parks need your help this summer It might be more than the right thing to do for the environment. It might be the right thing to do for your health. Consider the number one pollutant that people leave on the shore – plastic. Some 86% of the litter collected for the… Read more »

Taking Out the Trash: A Look at Extended Producer Responsibility

by FLOW policy director Carolan Sonderegger, Giziibii Ogitcheda-ikwe’ Aaniin (Anishinaabemowin for: Hello everyone), eco-warriors, and recycling enthusiasts! Today, we’re diving into the wild world of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) – the unsung superhero of waste management and a powerful tool for environmental protection, including protecting our precious waters (niibii)! In simple terms, EPR is an… Read more »

An abridged and ongoing list: Things Enbridge Takes Credit For

Do you enjoy celebrating the holidays with your friends and family? How about checking items off your bucket list, or watching the Super Bowl? Are cookies, chips, and pizza some of your guilty pleasures? Believe it or not, you can thank your friendly neighborhood pipeline company for all of these things and more! (Unless your… Read more »

Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak: Exposing Enbridge’s Playbook on Line 5

To fully understand the fossil fuel industry’s playbook, let’s start with some basic definitions. You might call them the 3 Ds: Denial, Disinformation, and Doublespeak. Denial is the refusal to believe or accept something as the truth. Disinformation is false information that is intended to mislead, especially propaganda issued by a government organization to a… Read more »

New York City school group visits to learn about Great Lakes issues

During the week of April 15, a group of students from the Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School (LREI) in Greenwich Village, Manhattan visited Traverse City and spent time with FLOW executive director, Liz Kirkwood. The students were studying water pollution and plastics, and their research led them to travel to the… Read more »