Climate Kalamazoo: Grief, reconstructed
There is a way forward for those experiencing climate grief. Because prolonged deep grief over the earth's depredations is not sustainable.
Donna McClurkan's Latest Articles
Climate Kalamazoo: ‘What can I do about climate change? I’m just a kid.’
Young people are mobilizing to demand action be taken on the climate crisis. In Kalamazoo, 4th and 5th graders at El Sol Elementary have formed a club and have set to work. And teens working with Kalamazoo Public Library have crafted a 30-day action plan. They're just getting started.
Winging it: Of butterflies, beer (mostly butterflies), and travels with the Butterfly Lady
Monarchs are on the minds of those who care about growing plants. Here is what some local folks are doing about the butterfly's decline.
Of Kale and Capital: How greens grow year round
The air is cold and the snow is deep, but inside the hoop houses at Green Garden Community Farm the greens are growing. Donna McClurkan talks to Trent and Ruthie Thompson about their year round operation and the slow money that made it possible.
Harnessing the Future
When it comes to farming sometimes old is new again. At least it is for Gina Wertz. She tells Donna McClurkan about her reasons for learning one of the oldest ways for tilling the earth.
Kalamazoo Farmers Market: ‘A Masterpiece in the Making’
This year for the first time the People's Food Co-op will manage Kalamazoo Farmers Market on Bank Street. Market Manager Chris Broadbent talks with Donna McClurkan about what's ahead for the market formerly run by the City of Kalamazoo that is known to be the place to be on a Saturday morning to meet friends and find a fresh bunch of radishes.
Farmers age, demand for local food up: Do we have a problem?
Why wait for a crisis in getting food to those who need it if something to avert that outcome can be done? A group of citizens recently traveled to the Michigan Good Food Summit in Michigan's capital to learn about what's ahead. Donna McClurkan was among them and has this report.
