Detroit Needs Trees to Combat Effects of Climate Change
Environmental writer Brian Allnutt has written a new piece in Planet Detroit exploring the Detroit canopy and the relationship that Detroit...
Annamarie Sysling is a producer for Detroit Public TV's Great Lakes Now.
She is a former producer for “Detroit Today with Stephen Henderson.” She also focuses on solutions-oriented environmental stories as a reporter.
Sysling was an intern at WDET beginning in 2012 and has worked as a freelance reporter, producer and storyteller for a variety of media outlets. She was hired by WDET in 2014 as a part-time reporter and anchor, and became a full time producer for Detroit Today in the Fall of 2019. For her 30th birthday, she went to the U.S.-Mexico border and volunteered in the Sonoran Desert searching for migrants with a humanitarian aid group.
When she’s not at work, Sysling is likely walking through the city, practicing yoga or out in her garden.
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Michigan Environmentalists Push Solar Requirements In All Newly Built Homes
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Fund For Detroit’s Black Farmers Raises Thousands To Generate More Land Ownership
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Springtime Showers Bring Increased Flooding to Detroit
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How Detroit Celebrates Earth Day During a Pandemic
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