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The programs focus on environmental education. In some communities, they are one of very few afternoon and summer childcare options.

The Traverse City nonprofit runs programs in schools that often don't have other free summer or after-school options.

As part of a waste diversion effort, more than 3 tons of pumpkin waste are being composted in Traverse City.

The city's new composter is one piece of a larger effort to reduce food waste and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions from landfills in northern Michigan.

In Northern Michigan, there aren’t very many options to learn fencing. Even fewer if you are in Elementary school. This year, Betsie Valley Elementary began an after school program to learn fencing.