Our Great Lakes Commons: A People’s Plan to Protect the Great Lakes Forever
The Great Lakes hold more than 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater. Home to more than 3,500 species of plants and animals, they also provide life and livelihood to more than 40 million people.

Poem: Earth to Humans, © Veronica Dimofski

“I am not disabled … I am not disabled!” I shouted to the heavens, my hands outstretched to the sky, as I screamed in silent desperation. A bold gust of wind released a flowery shower of petals from a nearby apple blossom tree. A sprinkle of blessings, like those showered in a baptismal font. I [...]

Abandoned toys in the treasure chest, left alone to collect the dust after the children grew up. Dolls, teddy bears, all of them forgotten. Abandoned toys up in the attic, piled under one another in boxes after the people moved out. Rocking horses are left to be eaten by rats. Abandoned toys under your bed, [...]