Alliance for the Great Lakes

To celebrate Plastic-Free July, we've released a new toolkit that explains solutions to plastic pollution and gives you tools to advocate for those changes. Check out the Plastic Free Great Lakes Toolkit, your blueprint to fighting plastic pollution: https://lnkd.in/g5XEjZTt

How can we protect Great Lakes shorelines from erosion? Our CEO Joel Brammeier, speaks with WBEZ's Sasha Ann Simons about the effects of erosion and how infrastructure improvements can reduce its impact. https://lnkd.in/gfjZXNJs

Both major party conventions are on the Great Lakes this year, putting them on the national stage. Candidates and campaigns have a clear opportunity to stake out solutions and remedies for the threats facing the lakes. "Federal priorities can be the difference between clean lakes and healthy people, and festering problems that damage human health, our economy and the environment," our CEO Joel Brammeier writes in the Chicago Tribune. https://lnkd.in/gR6PNfZi

Are you in the Duluth area and interested in keeping Lake Superior beaches clean? Celebrate Lake Superior Days by joining an Adopt-a-Beach cleanup this Sat 7/20 at 1pm at Park Point Beach House! Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/gX-_eETT

A critical barrier to stop invasive carp is now moving forward. Molly Flanagan, our Chief Operating Officer, speaks with Chicago Tonight about how this will protect the Great Lakes 👇

Last week, our President & CEO Joel Brammeier and Jon Heuring, Senior Foundation & Corporate Giving Manager, attended the first-ever Social Impact Summit hosted by @NavistarNews. Environmental non-profits shared how Navistar's support is fueling sustainability goals. Exchanging ideas on tackling issues from trees to the Great Lakes was invigorating. Together, we're making an impact for healthier lakes!

"A big day for the Great Lakes." "Essential to stopping invasive carp from wreaking havoc on our Great Lakes." "Will help us protect local communities and key industries, including fishing and boating, that support tens of thousands of good-paying jobs." https://lnkd.in/gegWh7NZ

Big news: The Brandon Road project – a series of barriers on the Des Plaines River to stop invasive silver and bighead carp from reaching the Great Lakes – is now set to begin construction! As of today, the state of Illinois and the state of Michigan signed a final project agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to get shovels in the ground as soon as January. Invasive carp are a serious threat to the Great Lakes. The Brandon Road project will act as the choke point to prevent invasive carp in the Mississippi River from entering Lake Michigan. This project is a decade in the making and is a major priority for the Alliance for the Great Lakes. https://lnkd.in/gMeXEBrb

Invasive carp pose a serious threat to our Great Lakes. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is ready to start building a critical project to prevent them from reaching Lake Michigan. Tell Congress: Keep Up Momentum to Stop Invasive Carp

What plastics are we finding on the beach? “Single-use plastics are what our volunteers find the most,” Olivia Reda, volunteer engagement manager, shares in this article. “Those plastic water bottles, forks, straws, or whatever else just keep breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces.” https://lnkd.in/gM7zFvNE