You’re invited! Join us on June 17, 2026, from 6-8 pm, for our Annual Summer Solstice Celebration. Hosted at the home of MidMEAC Co-Founder Patrick E. Lindemann, 3024 W. Willow, Lansing, this casual affair is a “thank you” to MidMEAC supporters. Join us for fun, food, and beverages. Live musical […]

2026 Summer Solstice Celebration


Music, Art, and Storytelling combined with Watershed Education at our America 250 event on May 9th. MidMEAC volunteers demonstrated stormwater models, coached kids and adults with nature journal materials, and offered locally-grown native plants to help manage stormwater. Join us next year for the Second Annual Water Festival!!

Water Festival!




Our grateful appreciation to the Peppermint Creek team for their staged reading of Hurricane Diane. The comedy brought us the Greek god Dionysus – in disguise – who arrives in a New Jersey cul-de-sac to recruit four suburban housewives to restore the Earth.  

Peppermint Creek Stages Hurricane Diane for The Big Read


Get Ready for Hurricane Diane! Join us Wednesday April 22 or Thursday April 23, 7:00p to 9:00p both nights All are invited to a staged reading presented by Peppermint Creek Theatre, with MidMEAC, Arts Midwest, and National Endowment for the Arts Free Event – Free Parking at MSU after 6pm Venue: […]

Get Ready for Hurricane Diane! – Peppermint Creek Theatre Staged ...


Film Night!Capital City Film Festival, LCC, & MidMEAC hosted short films focused on Joy as Resistance and Our Nature/Hope and Healing.Thematic presentation as part of NEA Big Read!Titles:Becoming AirWild Hope: Reclaiming Bear RiverA Full Body ActOrganic NetworkA Sparrow’s Song See less

MidMEAC & NEA Big Read at CCFF



Michigan Environmental Council President Conan Smith and his team work with MidMEAC early in “earth month”.  We removed debris from Ranney Park, home to the stormwater treatment measures for the Montgomery Drain. MEC volunteers joined in a tour of the Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) facility, led by Ingham County Drain […]

MEC, MidMEAC get ready for Earth Month


Capital Area District Libraries and MidMEAC invite you to either or both of two writing workshops: Reflections on Our Nature. March 10 5:30 – 6:30 pm March 17 5:30 – 6:30 pm Join us at the Downtown Lansing Library for two March writing workshops, where you can learn how to […]

The Big Read: Writing Workshops


THANK YOU to all who joined us for Summer Solstice Celebration 2025! Special appreciation to LeRoy Harvey Trio for sticking it out with us through the rain!!

Thanks for the Memories



Pollinator Week 2025 celebrates the vital role of pollinators in our ecosystems, economies, and agriculture. Protect pollinators – bees, butterflies, birds, and bats. Ditch the lawn chemicals. Add more native plants to your flower beds. More here

Pollinator Week – June 16-22





Students from Grand Rapids area and Midland collect macroinvertebrates from the Red Cedar River. EGLE, MidMEAC, & Spicer Group team up to provide a unique breakout session at the MSU Student Sustainability Summit.  

MidMEAC & EGLE At MSU Student Sustainability Summit