Ethan Lowenstein and Gregory Smith
In 1992, Blossom Preschool and Adventures, an in-home preschool program in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that Ethan’s daughters attended more than a decade later, adopted part of a local creek in collaboration with the Huron River Watershed
Council’s Adopt-A-Stream program. As teacher
Jeannine Palms and the preschoolers began learning
about Malletts Creek, they discovered many challenges
MakingaWorld ofDifference
by Looking Locally
How place- and
community-based