Peggy Case

Peggy Case comes from a long history of environmental and social justice activism. She has been a community organizer, editor, writer, and teacher for many years, beginning in college at Michigan State University, where she received her bachelor’s in Humanities and did graduate work in history and English. She holds a Master’s degree from Oakland University in Education and has taught third and fourth grades in Pontiac for 20 years. She also holds an Associate’s degree from Oakland Community College as a Medical Laboratory Technician and has worked in a microbiology lab before teaching. She has been a lifelong gardener, growing food, pollinator forage, and trees, and now resides on a homestead in northern Michigan. She is a beekeeper who works to develop a small carbon footprint lifestyle, utilizing permaculture principles and organic practices. She is a singer with the Gaia Women of the Great Lakes Basin, an experienced canoeist, amateur naturalist, bird watcher, and camper. She currently works as a full-time volunteer to leave a better world for her two sons and two grandchildren. Her passion to protect water has always been a priority.