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Advancing a just and sustainable world where policy and practice are powered by science, collaboration, and creativity.

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Explore U-M's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Dashboard

This new tool tracks and shares U-M's progress toward its carbon neutrality goal.

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Apply for a Catalyst Grant

Up to $10,000 over eight months for activities that support project planning and partnership development or enhance the application of existing research. Up to three Catalyst Grants per funding cycle (fall and winter).

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Dow Distinguished Award - Sustainability Projects

Learn more about the collaborative team projects work made possible by Dow Distinguished Awards. Project teams and their partners support high-impact projects (energy justice, climate, circular economy) that enhance the quality of life.

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732 Sustainability-related experts @ U-M

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546 Faculty members have engaged with Graham-administered programs

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Recent Work

Detroit Skyline

Ecoworks Detroit Net Zero F.A.S.T. Program

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Urban water quality management towards a sustainable framework the investigation of finescale urban form effects on stream water quality

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Supporting Implementation of Michigan’s Revised Lead and Copper Rule

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Strategic Priorities

Climate Change

Climate Change

Water Resources

Water Resources

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Policy Integration

Policy Integration

Broader Impacts

Broader Impacts

News

8/15/2022 - NERRS Science Collaborative Awards Over $3 Million for 11 New Projects

7/22/2022 - Saving Our Pleasant Peninsula

6/29/2022 - Fifty-year-Old Law Proves We Can Address Environmental Challenges

6/23/2022 - Water Justice as Socioenvironmental Justice

4/28/2022 - United Nations University: Great Lakes Freshwater, Commoning, and Democracy in a Changing Climate

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In the Media

7/29/2022 - Start Here x ABC News: Solar Opposites feat. Sarah Mills

7/14/2022 - Ojibwa Artist Bonnie Devine Tackles Colonial Expansion Across Great Lakes in ‘Watershed’ Exhibit

6/20/2022 - Detroit River Story Lab Embarks on Skiff and Schooner Program for Second Summer

5/2/2022 - Circle of Blue: After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure

3/9/2022 - Michigan EGLE: Grant Supports Michigan Wild Rice Stewardship

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Upcoming Events

U-M Sustainability Events
  • 8/16/2022 7:00 am – 11:59 pm
    UROP 2022-2023 Rising Sophomore Applications Open
  • 8/25/2022 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
    U-M Farm Stand
  • 8/28/2022 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
    Watershed for Families

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U-M Sustainability Experts

Leland Pierce

Leland Pierce

Associate Research Scientist

Engineering » Electrical Eng. and Comp. Sci.

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Spotlight

“Selling sequestered carbon from Michigan forests can help Michigan meet its environmental goals... You’re lowering emissions and dependence on fossil fuel across the state.”

Clare Cutler

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Planet Blue: Sustainability at the University of Michigan

Many Voices, Our Michigan

The Graham Institute is committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Engaged Michigan Partner

The Graham Institute mobilizes the expertise and passion of scholars, partners, and decision-makers to work together and bring world-class research to real-world sustainability challenges.
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