>>> THANK YOU, ANDREW.
LOCAL 4 AND THE PARENT COMPANY
GRANT MEDIA IS LAUNCHING A NEW
SHOW AND IT IS ONLINE FOCUSED
ON TACKLING PROBLEMS IN THE
COMMUNITIES BY TALKING TO THE
PEOPLE FINDING SOLUTIONS.
>> THE FIRST SHOW IS ABOUT
CLIMATE CHANGE AND WE FACED
HERE IN DETROIT AND OUT OF CONTROL HEAT ISLAND PROBLEM BY
CONTROL HEAT ISLAND PROBLEM BY DEPAVING DETROIT.
DEPAVING DETROIT.
>> WE JUST LEFT THE STATION AND
THERE IS NOTHING BUT HARD
SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION HERE
AND WE HAVE AN EMPTY LOT AND
OVER THERE AND MORE PARKING
OVER THERE, WE’RE FEEDING INTO
THE LOOP OF WARMER DAYS AND
WITH THE PAVEMENT AND WITH THE
BUILDING THAT EXACERBATES THE
SITUATION.
THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THE HEAT
TO GO.
>> Reporter: THAT’S A LAW
PROFESSOR HE’S TALKING ABOUT
THE HEAT ISLAND AND DETROIT HAS
SOME OF THE WORST IN THE
COUNTRY.
CONCRETE AND ASPHALT ARE GOOD
AT TRAPPING THE HEAT FROM THE
SUN MORE THAN GRASS.
IN ONE STUDY AT THE PEAK OF
SUMMER PAVEMENT ROUTINELY
HITTING TEMPERATURES BETWEEN
120 AND 150 DEGREES.
COMPARED TO THE GRASS THAT IS
SOMETIMES 40 DEGREES COOLER
THAN PAVEMENT THE PROBLEM OF
THE VERY OVER DEVELOPED VERMONT
WHERE WE HAVE MORE PAVEMENT
THAN PEOPLE.
>> IT IS DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
AND YOU CAN SEE PARKING LOT AND
PARKING LOT.
THEY ARE EMPTY.
THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY RIGHT
NOW.
YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE FULL AND
WORKING IF THEY WERE WORKING
FROM HOME BUT THERE ARE SO MANY
EMPTY LOTS.
>> THE MAP FROM FROM THE CITY
OF TROY SHOWS HOW MUCH IT IS
PAVEMENT OR HARD SURFACES THAT
TRAP THE HEAT.
THAT MEANS MORE SICKNESS LIKE
HEAT STROKE.
>> A LOT OF GRASS AND TREES,
GOOD DRAINAGE.
THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF
DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
A LOT OF EXPERTS EXPERTS ARE
LOOKING AT THE EFFECT OF URBAN
HEAT ISLANDS IN 2020 HE
CONDUCTED HAD STORY HERE AND
THE RESULTS WERE ALARMING.
>> WE COLLECTED 131,000 AIR
TEMPERATURES OVER ONE DAY.
THAT WAS MORNING, AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.
AND THAT ALLOWED US TO REALLY
DESCRIBE IN NEVER BEFORE SEEN
DETAIL THE DIFFERENCE FROM ONE
NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANOTHER AND 11
11.5 DEGREES FAIR HEIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE A PLACE IN THE CITY
YOU HAVE THAT’S 106 IN ANOTHER
PART OF THE CITY AND LIVING IN
A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL
BUILDING WHO IS ON THE THIRST, 4
AND FIFTH FLOOR THAT IS NOT
106 ANY MORE IT IS UP TO 120
AND 125.
MAYBE 130 IN THOSE UPPER FLOORS
OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
>> IT’S NOT JUST THE HEAT BUT
THE FLOODING.
THAT MEANS BOUGHT DOES NOT SOAK
INTO THE GROUND AND FLOWS INTO
THE SEWERS BONDS AND THE
RIVER.
TAKING WITH IT ALL THE
CHEMICALS AND TRASH THAT
COLLECT IN THE PARKING LOTS AND
STREETS.
THAT CAN LEAD TO HARM LIKE
LITTLE ZEUS AND THE OWNERS GOT
A $10,000 VET BILL AFTER HE GOT
SICK FROM FLOOD WATERS.
>> AND IT IS A BACTERIA THAT
COMES FROM INFECTED RODENT
FECES AND UNFORTUNATELY,
BECAUSE OF ALL THE FLOODING IT
BROUGHT IT INTO MY BACKYARD T
IS DANGEROUS AND DANGEROUS TO
DOGS. IT IS LIFE THREATENING
AND AT THE TIME IS
TRANSMISSIBLE TO HUMANS.
>> I KNOW THE SICK PUPPY WAS A
CHEAP SHOT BUT NOT JUST PUPPIES
BUT PEOPLE, TOO.
IN 2021 MICHIGAN STATE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT TRACKED A 569%
INCREASE IN LEGIONNAIRE’S
DISEASE FROM RUN-OFF AND CAUSE
ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS.
IT COULD BE FATAL.
BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GROUPS
PUSHING TO CHANGE THE COURSE
AND TEAR UP THE UNUSED FOR OVER
PAVED PLACES.
>> IN DETROIT WE HAVE TO
GRAPPLE WITH THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE 24 SQUARE MILES OF LAND
ACROSS THE CITY NOT ALL OF THAT
IS GOING TO BE BUILT
DEVELOPMENT.
IT HAS TO BE GREEN SPACE.
I PAID INTEREST MORE THAN THIS
END OF THE MANAGEMENT FOR WHAT
THE DEPARTMENT WAS SAYING.
>> ONE OF THOSE IS THE DETROIT
FUTURESY WORKING ON DEPAVING
DETROIT.
>>> THE SURFACE HEAT UP BECAUSE
THERE IS LESS GREEN SPACE.
DEPAVE SOMETHING A WAY TO FIGHT
AGAINST THOSE ISSUES THAT ARE
MORE PREVALENT BECAUSE OF THE
CLIMATE CHANGE.
>> THE FIRST PROJECT WAS AT THE
A COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER AND
THE THIRD THING THEY BECOME IS
A WILDLIFE HABITAT.
>> RECEIVE WASCO HAS PAN A
PARISHIONER BUT NOW A MANAGER.
HE DEPRAVED THE UNUSED PARKING
LOT.
>> IT HAS TO HELP THE ECONOMY
OF THE PARISH AND.
>> Reporter: AND TURNING IT
INTO GREEN SPACE.
>> THERE ARE HOUSES ON ALL
FOUR SIDES OF US YOU DON’T SEE
FENCES WE’RE OPEN AND WE WANT
TO BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY
FOR THE CHILDREN TO USE THE
PLAYGROUND AND THE BASKETBALL HOOPS AND COME TO THE PROGRAMS % -
ANYTHING MORE INVITING. % -
ANYTHING MORE INVITING.
PWROERBGSEN ASPHALT IS NOT
INVITING.
>> THAT’S A SMALL EXAMPLE OF
HOW DEPAVING RESHAPES THE IN
THE BUT IS GOOD FOR THE
ENVIRONMENT IS HARDER TO TELL
BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ANY BIG
PROJECTS ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
THERE IS EVIDENCE IT CAN WORK,
REMOVING 10% OF PAVEMENT FROM
THE CITY COULD MEAN AS MUCH AS
A 7-DEGREE DROP OVERALL AND THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE
THREATENING HEAT AND A PLEASANT
AFTERNOON.
IN PORTLAND, OREGON,S GROUP
DEPAVE PORTLAND REDUCED RUN-OFF
BY 15.8 MILLION-GALLONS SINCE
THEY STARTED IN 2009 BUT IN THE
END THE IDEA REALLY HAS NOT
CAUGHT ON.
>> THE QUESTION IS THE SCALE.
IS IT HAVING AN EFFECT ON THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OR HAVING AN
EFFECT ON THE HOUSE AAGENDA TO
THE BE - ADJACENT TO THE
PLACE.
WE’RE SCRATCHING OUR HEADS
OVER.
>> Reporter: THERE IS ONE BIG
THING STANDING IN THE WAY,
CARS.
>> WHAT WILL KEEP US HEALTHY.
WHAT ARE THE ASSUMPTIONS CAN WE
CAST AND SOCIALIZE THE CONCEPT
GREEN SPACE IS HEALTHY AND
IMPORTANT TO ADMIRE AND HOLD UP
AS SOMETHING THAT WENT FROM A
CAR ICON TO A CAR AND TREE OR
GREEN SPACE ICON WE CAN HOLD
THEM TOGETHER.
>> THAT WAS GREAT REPORTING
THERE, GRANT.
WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE AWAY TALKING
WITH THE EXPERTS?
>> WE SAID WE HAVE SO MUCH
PAVEMENT WE’RE NOT USING THAT
IT IS CAUSING THIS HEAT EYE
ISLAND EFFECT AND IT IS A
PROBLEM HERE BUT PLAYS INTO
WHAT A LOT OF HEALTH PROBLEMS
PLAGUE PEOPLE INTO WINTER.
THIS IS ONE OF THE STORIES AND
RIGHT NOW THE EPISODE AND A FEW
MORE THAT LOCAL 4 WAS NOT A
PART OF.
THEY ARE ONLINE NOW AND GO TO
CLICKONDETROIT.COM AND WE’RE
TRYING TO LOOK FOR MORE PEOPLE
ON TOPICS.
IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA OR THEY ARE
A SOLUTIONARY HERE.