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Mobilizing the expertise and passion of faculty, students, partners, and decision makers to work together and bring world-class research to real-world sustainability challenges.

Opportunity

Get Involved in Campus Sustainability

Complete the Planet Blue Ambassador online training to learn about sustainability efforts at U-M and how you can contribute.

Become an Ambassador

Apply Now! Michigan Community Climate Action Fellowship

U-M undergrads: Spend next summer with a Michigan climate organization, gaining experience and building your career!

Apply by Nov. 2

Join the October Coffee Talk

Explore what’s next for the Great Lakes Compact and connect with experts shaping resilient water futures across the region.

 

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754 Sustainability-related experts @ U-M

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Learn about the Great Lakes Horizon Initiative.

Graham Sustainability Institute


754 Sustainability-related experts @ U-M

Find U-M: Faculty Experts | Courses

News

8/14/2026 - MBGNA: Line 5 Saga Continues by Mike Shriberg

7/15/2026 - Planet Blue Ambassadors Welcome Incoming Students During Orientation

6/2/2026 - MDARD, EGLE and DNR Release Annual Report of the Domestic Action Plan for Lake Erie

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In the Media

10/23/2026 - Sun Times News: Thinking Environmentally, Dexter Township is Partnering up with U of M

10/14/2026 - Fact Check: What’s True and What’s Not in Michigan’s Data Center Debate ft. Sarah Mills

9/3/2026 - Circle of Blue: Trump’s ‘Lake America’ Name Change Disrupts Cross-Border Management and Overwrites Native History ft. Mike Shriberg

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Upcoming Events

Graham-Sponsored Events
4
Nov
Nibi Anishinaabe Ikwewag Inaakonigewin 11/4/2026 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm
10
Nov
Webinar: Stories of Impact: Pathways to Collaborative Science 11/10/2026 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

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Recent Work

Holland Harbor Lighthouse

Great Lakes Horizon Scanning Pilot Workshop

Project Photo

Strategies for Renewable Energy Revenue: A Guide for Michigan Local Governments

"Go Green" on a tablet

How to Implement Sustainability Leadership in Municipal Management

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Strategic Priorities

Enhancing Collaborative Research

Enhancing Collaborative Research

Developing Sustainability Leaders

Developing Sustainability Leaders

Informing Policy and Practice

Informing Policy and Practice
Sustainability Focus Areas

Climate Change

Climate

Water

Water

Communities

Communities

U-M Sustainability Faculty Experts

Stephanie Preston

Stephanie Preston

Professor

Literature, Science, & Arts » Psychology

The Graham Institute maintains a list of Sustainability Experts at U-M. Find/browse experts »

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U-M Sustainability Courses

EAS 561 | Conservation Behavior: The Psychology Of Environmental Stewardship

One of the enduring challenges of crafting a sustainable society is to create on e in which people will want to live.  A restrained and austere existence will likely prove to be an ecologically necessity.  It is unlikely, however, that people will eagerly pursue such a life if it is presented as the unfortunate necessity of survival.  The issue here is how to reframe and then promote such a future so that people not only willingly accept it but actually seek it out.  This is primarily a behavioral, not a political or technological, challenge.

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The Graham Institute maintains a list of sustainability courses at U-M. Find/browse courses »

Planet Blue: Sustainability at the University of Michigan

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