
Take Part in Climate Week (9/27-10/5)
Join students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members in a week of events focused on climate solutions. Together, we’ll take meaningful steps to address the most urgent challenge of our time.
At the University of Michigan, sustainability isn’t just what we strive for—it’s how we live. Planet Blue is our campus-wide enterprise, building a shared pathway toward resilient communities near and far. Together, we take meaningful steps every day in service to healthy, resilient and vibrant communities and the global ecosystems that support them.
Achieving universitywide carbon neutrality, fostering a culture of resilience, and innovating for the public good require everyone’s participation—including yours! Here are some simple ways to get started today.
Join students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members in a week of events focused on climate solutions. Together, we’ll take meaningful steps to address the most urgent challenge of our time.
Explore a wide range of giving opportunities that fund programs changing the world for the better. Your support is crucial to sustainability efforts on campus and beyond.
Planet Blue Ambassador is your gateway to sustainability, designed to empower you with the information and resources you need to live, work, learn, and play sustainably at U-M.
With over 100 sustainability-focused organizations on campus, there’s room for each student’s passion and talents to thrive. Find your community and contribute to the greater good.
U-M is committed to achieving carbon neutrality, advancing global sustainability, and ensuring environmental equity. Your participation helps build the culture that makes these goals a reality.
U-M’s leading-edge sustainability research spans climate action, public health, natural resources, and environmental equity worldwide. Explore how our work drives real change.
U-M develops leaders in scholarship and practice who are prepared to take on the world’s grand sustainability challenges, from plastic waste to extreme weather and more.
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Join us in advancing interdisciplinary solutions that reflect the complexity of the challenges we face and the power of what we can achieve together.
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Learn MoreIn early 2025, U-M launched the Sustainability and Climate Executive Leadership Council (SCELC), marking the first cross-campus leadership structure of its kind at a public university. SCELC brings together executive leaders focused on energy, climate action, sustainability, and environmental equity at U-M. This is a first for public universities at this scale, and it’s more than a new leadership structure. It is a bold reimagining of how U-M lives its values and fulfills its public mission. By coordinating efforts across energy systems, health care delivery, academic programs, and strategic initiatives like Look to Michigan and Campus Plan 2050, the council is building a stronger, more sustainable university.
Shalanda Baker
Vice Provost for Sustainability and Climate Action, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Environment and Sustainability, School for Environment and Sustainability
Read Shalanda’s bioShana Weber
Associate Vice President for Campus Sustainability, Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Read Shana’s bioT. Anthony Denton
Senior Vice President Chief Environmental, Social and Governance Officer, U-M Health
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Michigan News
October 1, 2025
Michigan News
October 1, 2025