This month marks a number of projects that are transitioning from plan to proof - the theme is therefore more than just innovation but rather validated execution.
99.9% of all the fish died floating on top the lake all summer, the smell was terrible. It was because a factory dumped their pollution in Lake Michigan.
Prior to the pollution, there were so many fish, when you walked in the water the fish swarmed around your legs
Prior to the pollution, the waterfalls connected to Lake Michigan were so full of fish, that people took little nets and caught fish filling their nets within a couple minutes.
Prior to the pollution there were millions of Monarch Butterflies cacoons in spring in the meadow next to the Lake Michigan, you had to tip-toe otherwise you'd crush the cacoons.
Prior to pollution, there were ladybugs, honey bees, wild strawberries....and so forth…..
Just this one big dump of pollution, destroyed the environment.
The University nearby, got raft-like floating boats with machines, to clean the water.
But, unfortunately all they did was scoop up all the dead fish that smelled bad a mile or two away.
99.9% of all the fish died floating on top the lake all summer, the smell was terrible. It was because a factory dumped their pollution in Lake Michigan.
Prior to the pollution, there were so many fish, when you walked in the water the fish swarmed around your legs
Prior to the pollution, the waterfalls connected to Lake Michigan were so full of fish, that people took little nets and caught fish filling their nets within a couple minutes.
Prior to the pollution there were millions of Monarch Butterflies cacoons in spring in the meadow next to the Lake Michigan, you had to tip-toe otherwise you'd crush the cacoons.
Prior to pollution, there were ladybugs, honey bees, wild strawberries....and so forth…..
Just this one big dump of pollution, destroyed the environment.
The University nearby, got raft-like floating boats with machines, to clean the water.
But, unfortunately all they did was scoop up all the dead fish that smelled bad a mile or two away.
We all thought the fish would come back.
The fish never came back.
That sounds like a tragedy but perhaps there is some hope. Nature has an amazing capacity to rejuvenate when it’s given a chance. I was reading the other day how wildlife has returned to the area around Chernobyl - somehow they have been able to make a home near a terrible nuclear disaster. Perhaps there’s hope for Lake Michigan yet ? https://www.euronews.com/2026/04/26/nature-has-performed-a-factory-reset-chernobyl-has-flourished-into-an-unlikely-wildlife-re