2020-21 ISEA Cafe Archive
Because the format for our 2020-21 ISEA Cafes was virtual, we can share them beyond the actual events. Please enjoy the recordings below in our 2020-21 ISEA Cafe Archive. Over...
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Sustainability Comes in Many Rs
We are, hopefully, all familiar with the 3 R’s: reduce, reuse, recycle. In the past two blog posts we have discussed them at length. This classic alliteration serves as a...
Making a Case for Using Less
By Rachel Ratliff In our last blog, we discussed how to reuse plastics to lessen our reliance on the recycling process; in this blog, we’ll be making a case for...
Recycling is Not Enough
By Rachel Ratliff As a society, we are not oblivious to the consequences of our consumerist culture. At this point, if someone has not seen a photo of a deceased...
Microbead-Free Waters Act
By Rachel Ratliff In 2015, the United States Congress passed H.R. 1321, also known as the “Microbead-Free Waters Act.” This regulation outlines a process for phasing out the production and...
Adapting to Invasives: How the Great Lakes are adjusting to Dreissenid mussels
By Rachel Ratliff & Mariah Cox It has been 30 some odd years since the Dreissenid cousins made their homes in our lovely Great Lakes. Maybe you’ve heard of them,...
Leaving a Lasting Impact
By Mariah Cox | Summer 2019 Communication Intern Mariah Cox, ISEA’s summer Marketing and Communications Intern, sailed aboard Schoolship programs this Spring to gather stories from teachers. She shares the...
Crayfish trends revealed
Inland Seas reveals crayfish trends in Grand Traverse Bay at the 9th Annual Freshwater Summit. The 9th Annual Freshwater Summit took place at the NMC Hagerty Center in Traverse City...
ISEA Café: Benthos
Benthos: the living things on and in the sediment at the bottom of the lake, river or stream. When the Inland Seas staff and instructors gathered in March to catch...
ISEA Café: Microplastics
When the Inland Seas staff and volunteers sat down at February’s ISEA Café to discuss microplastics, one thing was immediately clear: we have a plastics problem. Most people in the room had...