DEATH BY CONCRETE:

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DEATH BY CONCRETE Environmental Degradation Due
to Imperviousness
By Justin Kunkle and Edi Sonntag
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• When we build parking lots, where does the water
  go?
• When a field is replaced by a building, what does
  that do to the local stream?
• Is your front lawn helping the local stream or
  hurting it?

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• Come learn about imperviousness!
• What is it?
• Why does it matter?
• How does it impact Michigan?
• Can we help return the ecological balance?

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Stream ecology
Permeable Concrete??
Green roofs?
Rain gardens
And much, much more!!!
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And most importantly Come PLAY and LEARN with
ROCKS, DIRT, SAND, CONCRETE and WATER -- INDOORS
while your parents arent watching!!