BY CONSUELO MCABOY
In recent years, there has been a push for sustainability and promoting green energy.
The annual Great Lakes Bioneers Conference will focus on those topics this weekend in Traverse City.
At the conference, people from all over the state come together to focus on solving ecological and social issues.
It'll be held at Northwestern Michigan college.
The conference features keynote speakers and workshops on small business and local investment.
Sarna Salzman is with SEEDS, one of the organizations that helps organize the conference.
"We'll be talking a lot about food and agriculture anywhere from large scale policy questions down to how to build your own compost pile in your backyard. So it's a real spread of opportunities for people to engage in from hands on to very heavy policy stuff."
The conference takes place on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.