Get Involved

Join students, staff, faculty, alumni, and partners in making the entire University of Michigan a living, learning lab—where innovation, research, and partnership prepare the next generation of sustainability changemakers. Planet Blue begins with you.

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Climate Action

Working Toward Carbon Neutrality

Scalable and transferable steps to achieve university-wide carbon neutrality by 2040 and eliminate direct, on-campus emissions.

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Cross-Campus Leadership

Uniting Efforts, Delivering Solutions

U-M is driving coordinated action across health care decarbonization, campus planning, impact-oriented research, and student engagement, transforming the university into a living laboratory for real-world, adaptable and scalable solutions.

Sustainability council

Join the Movement

Opportunities to have an impact

No matter your role on campus, there’s a way to engage. Become a Planet Blue Ambassador, join one of 120+ student sustainability organizations, or form an office Green Team.

Chart your path

800+

Sustainability courses
700+

Faculty engaged
38,000

Metric tons of GHG emissions avoided

Advancing Sustainability

Day-to-day, at the University of Michigan, students, staff and faculty are collaborating toward climate action, universitywide carbon neutrality, and a more sustainable, equitable world.

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