For Businesses
Businesses, institutions, churches and medical facilities all play a role in protecting our local waterways. Check out these housekeeping tips for ways to reduce your contribution to stormwater pollution. You can also contact the GLRC to partner in educating your staff and customers on pollution prevention.
LOCAL EVENTS
Check here for information on local paddling events, river clean-ups, green infrastructure, pollution prevention/recycling, educational seminars, and more!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter Hands-On Milk Jug Seed Stratification Workshop
January 19, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Haslett Community Church, 1427 Haslett Rd, Haslett, MI 48840
Learn an easy way to grow native plants for your home garden. Abby Deneau, ecological restoration enthusiast, will demonstrate a method to overcome winter dormancy in native seeds. In this hands-on workshop, you will create, and take home, your own gallon jug of winter sown native wildflower seeds. Leave the jug outside and the seeds will sprout in the spring! All of the supplies are provided. Donations are welcome, but not required. If you can bring your own empty milk jug, that would be helpful.
Green Meridian Kickoff at the Indoor Farmers Market
February 15, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Meridian Mall J.C.Penney wing, 1982 W Grand River Ave, Okemos, MI 48864
Join Meridian Township's Green Team at the Farmers Market to learn more about local conservation while discovering more about recycling efforts and the Circular Economy Project.
Native Planting & Sustainability Efforts in our Local Communities
February 19, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
Michigan Nature Association 2310 Science Pkwy #100, Okemos
Representatives from Haslett Community Church and All Saints Episcopal Church in East Lansing will each share how they helped lead native plant installations for their community. The presenters will share how they approached building support for their projects, budgeting, selecting and purchasing plants, removal of invasive plants, and breaking ground. This event is free and open to the public.
Red Cedar River Cleanup “A Clean River Runs Through It.”
March 23, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Delta Sigma Phi Fraterntiy, 1218 E. Grand River Ave., East Lansing
Michigan Waterways Stewards hosts a Red Cedar River Cleanup with Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. All supplies will be provided, join cleanup partners Sigma Chi Fraternitys, Michigan State Rotaract Club, and Okemos High School Earth Club for a rewarding and fun-filled event!
MSU Science Festival STEAM Expo Zone
April 5-6, 2025, 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
STEM Teaching and Learning Facility, MSU, 642 Red Cedar Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824
Join GLRC at the 2025 MSU Science Festival, a free annual celebration of science, fueled by some of the basic elements essential to scientific inquiry: curiosity, wonder, and discovery. With events for the whole family to enjoy, the MSU Science Festival explores topics ranging from the ordinary to the extraordinary. At the GLRC booth, participants will pick a duck from the duck pond to see how lucky it is. Visitors will discover how common surface water pollutants affect us and our aquatic wildlife and how to be a part of the pollution solution!
Lansing Rivers and River Trail Cleanup
June 7, 2025, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Potter Park Zoo, 1301 S Pennsylvania Ave, Lansing, MI 48912
Michigan Waterways Stewards celebrates the 5th annual Lansing Rivers and River Trail Cleanup. The day will include stewardship activities in the morning, then after there will be hospitality, recreation, entertainment, environmental education exhibitors, and FREE admission to Potter Park Zoo for all volunteers.