Official account of the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability. Championing bold ideas for a more sustainable, just world. #UMSEAS

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Fall break, where productivity meets recovery 🤝
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Taylor Bentley (BA ’27, MS ’28), has often wondered whether reading about sustainability practices influences how people put them into practice. Thanks to a PitE internship, she had the opportunity to explore related questions through a research project: myumi.ch/2jDqJ
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A 3-year research project led by Prof. Tony Reames was awarded a $1 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The collaboration between @UMich & @michiganstateu will examine how cities can reduce carbon emissions through clean energy investments. seas.umich.edu/news/u-m-msu-…
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"The potential here is really big. The approach is really versatile and we have a lot of data out there basically waiting to be mined." Learn how AI can help ecologists turn comments from community scientists into valuable data in this story about new research from @UMSEAS. myumi.ch/mVPzj
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🏙️ New SEAS-led research has calculated the weight of 606 million buildings worldwide, with the resulting analysis helping to show builders & city planners how to use building materials more efficiently & the potential for lower energy consumption. myumi.ch/PbA57
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Last month, @UMSEAS hosted its annual campfire at Saginaw Forest, honoring the 120-year-long tradition with s'mores and a log-sawing competition! 🔥🪵 myumi.ch/nVq72
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Tomorrow, join Prof. Geoff Henderson for a conversation about his new book, "Getting to Work on Climate Policy." Looking at 4 Western states, Henderson examines why and when labor and environmental groups work together to advance climate policy: myumi.ch/Ax6R7
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Applications are open! 📢 🌎 Ready to turn your passion for the environment into action? Explore a master’s degree at SEAS and join a community working across disciplines to create a more sustainable and just future. 🌿 🔗 Learn more: myumi.ch/pgrge
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Tomorrow, join us for our 50 States of Sustainability event, part of #UMCW26, featuring a screening of Episode #101, followed by a panel discussion connecting clean energy, agriculture, land use, energy efficiency and biodiversity. 🐝 Learn more: myumi.ch/Axbxe
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The #IGCB at @UMich has opened a call for a postdoctoral research fellow in biodiversity forecasting and climate change. Learn more: myumi.ch/mVGVm
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“I think we're going to face some very difficult choices and questions about how Great Lakes water is used. I think over the next several decades, there's going to be increased pressure from outside of the basin for that water, whether it's for agriculture or industry or other uses. That's something that we need to be paying attention to.” Drew Gronewold, Professor of Sustainable Systems at @UMSEAS spoke with @CBC about pacts affecting the usage of the lakes. 🔗 Read more: myumi.ch/nVV5m
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120 Campfires and counting! 🔥🍂 Another great evening at Saginaw Forest with the SEAS community! From log sawing to s’mores, last Friday was a night full of food, fun and SEAS traditions. Check out the full photo album: myumi.ch/G79qn
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University of Michigan researchers with @UMSEAS led a new study that can help show builders and city planners how to minimize the materials they need to accommodate the planet's future population. myumi.ch/wwm5k
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As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency moves to end restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, @UMich experts—including SEAS faculty—weigh in on what the change could mean: myumi.ch/X85Ep
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Save the dates! 📅 From the 120th annual SEAS Campfire to Sustainability in Action and the 2026 Whittemore Lecture, SEAS has an exciting lineup of events this month: myumi.ch/39gPn
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September in A2 ☺️
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With Nepal's recent catastrophic flooding, SEAS lecturer Rajiv Ghimire discusses the country's growing vulnerability to extreme flooding and the need to consider climate risks as communities plan and build new infrastructure. Via @TIME time.com/article/2026/09/01/…
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It's the summer of a thousand wildfires. There are more than 800 active wildfires in Canada, over 100 more in the U.S., and more than 1,000 wildfires this year in Europe. Jonathan Overpeck, professor and dean @UMSEAS, is an expert on climate and weather extremes, sea-level rise, and the impacts of climate change and options for dealing with it. He served as lead author on the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 2007 and 2014 reports. 🔗 Read the experts advisory: myumi.ch/ww7wb
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Despite losing $1.5 billion in federal funding for renewable energy and climate resilience projects, Indigenous communities are courting sustainable investors to achieve energy independence and lower utility costs. Kyle Whyte, professor of environmental justice @UMSEAS, discusses with @grist. 🔗 Read more: myumi.ch/A1J37
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We’re excited to welcome 3 new faculty members to SEAS this fall: Kristy Ferraro, Lauren Gillespie & Marcelo S. O. Goncalves. 🌎 Their research spans ecosystem science, geospatial data, biodiversity, environmental policy, sustainable development & more: myumi.ch/WDp61
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