Sustainability
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January 19, 2023
Study looks at benefits of reusable take-out food containers
In the effort to reduce plastic waste in the restaurant industry, U-M researchers compared the lifetime environmental impacts of single-use and reusable food containers.
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January 12, 2023
VP Harris comes to U-M urging involvement in climate fight
Vice President Kamala Harris encouraged a U-M crowd packed with students dedicated to climate and environmental justice to “help people get excited about all the opportunities that will open up in the midst of crisis.”
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January 10, 2023
Refugee-focused community garden celebrates its first year
An area of U-M’s Campus Farm has been dubbed “The Freedom Garden” — a space where refugee clients can grow their own food through community gardening.
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December 8, 2022
U-M reports progress on endowment-related carbon reductions
Recent investments in renewable energy and fuel will prompt considerable reductions in greenhouse gas emissions associated with the U-M’s endowment.
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December 8, 2022
Hydrogen initiative to focus on clean, just energy transitions
With growing interest around hydrogen’s potential economic and environmental benefits, U-M has launched a new initiative to support and catalyze multidisciplinary research.
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December 7, 2022
Environmental justice expert is U-M’s first U.S. Science Envoy
U-M environmental justice expert Kyle Whyte is one of seven distinguished scientists in the country named U.S. Science Envoys by the U.S. Department of State.
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December 1, 2022
Equity in energy technology transition is new institute’s goal
As the world faces a global energy crisis and a changing climate, U-M is launching a new Institute for Energy Solutions that aims to accelerate an equitable transition to a more sustainable energy future.
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November 30, 2022
U-M team recycles previously unrecyclable plastic
PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is one of the most produced plastics in the United States and the third highest by volume in the world. U-M researchers have discovered a way to chemically recycle PVC into usable material.
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November 16, 2022
Survey looks at faculty, staff, student sustainability behaviors
The most recent survey from the Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program says students, faculty and staff at the Ann Arbor campus are doing more to alter their behaviors in environmentally positive ways.
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October 17, 2022
Innovation fund expands to faculty, staff projects
The Planet Blue Student Innovation Fund, which supports universitywide carbon neutrality and climate action, is expanding to include faculty and staff projects.
