Students at the Erb Institute receive both the MBA from the Michigan Ross School of Business and the MS from the School of Natural Resources and Environment. More than 30 courses between the two schools have been recognized as explicitly focusing on social sustainability and entrepreneurship, corporate responsibility and change management, and environmental and energy sustainability. It has been ranked the #1 MBA program in sustainability (Bloomberg Business Week, 2013) and currently has 400+ alumni in 17 countries.
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$100 million invested toward more sustainable campus operations
Students at the Erb Institute receive both the MBA from the Michigan Ross School of Business and the MS from the School of Natural Resources and Environment. More than 30 courses between the two schools have been recognized as explicitly focusing on social sustainability and entrepreneurship, corporate responsibility and change management, and environmental and energy sustainability. It has been ranked the #1 MBA program in sustainability (Bloomberg Business Week, 2013) and currently has 400+ alumni in 17 countries.
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Developing passion and potential
U-M students are embarking on a powerful journey of learning — within and beyond the classroom — that spans disciplines and instills the knowledge and skills required to become future sustainability leaders.
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Breaking new ground
At U-M, many disciplines are coming together to solve complex sustainability challenges and improve lives on local-to-global scales through groundbreaking discoveries.
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The Graham Sustainability Institute celebrated 10 years of supporting faculty, staff and students in the areas of research, education and campus operations.
1.7K
students and faculty engaged
1.3K
students and faculty funded
379
partner organizations
Student Engagement
Developing passion and potential
U-M students are embarking on a powerful journey of learning — within and beyond the classroom — that spans disciplines and instills the knowledge and skills required to become future sustainability leaders.
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Breaking new ground
At U-M, many disciplines are coming together to solve complex sustainability challenges and improve lives on local-to-global scales through groundbreaking discoveries.
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Funded with $2 million from the Transforming Learning in the Third Century initiative and the School of Natural Resources & Environment, Michigan Sustainability Cases strive to unpack the complexities of sustainability through more case-based, dynamic and engaged teaching and learning. The goal is to reach 200 cases by 2020.
“Wolf Wars: Should We Hunt Gray Wolves in Michigan?”
This case study provides podcasts, videos and other digital materials that explain the debate among groups that are pushing for a hunt, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the Natural Resources Commission and various groups opposed to the idea.
Student Engagement
Developing passion and potential
U-M students are embarking on a powerful journey of learning — within and beyond the classroom — that spans disciplines and instills the knowledge and skills required to become future sustainability leaders.
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Breaking new ground
At U-M, many disciplines are coming together to solve complex sustainability challenges and improve lives on local-to-global scales through groundbreaking discoveries.
View Research highlightsPlanet Blue Begins with You
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The milkweed plants growing in 40 cube-shaped chambers on a hilltop at the U-M Biological Station provide a glimpse into the future that allows researchers to ask a question: How will monarch butterflies fare?
Student Engagement
Developing passion and potential
U-M students are embarking on a powerful journey of learning — within and beyond the classroom — that spans disciplines and instills the knowledge and skills required to become future sustainability leaders.
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Breaking new ground
At U-M, many disciplines are coming together to solve complex sustainability challenges and improve lives on local-to-global scales through groundbreaking discoveries.
View Research highlightsPlanet Blue Begins with You
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Learn how U-M is addressing climate action, waste prevention, healthy environments and community awareness and engagement.
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$100 million invested toward more sustainable campus operations
Spreading across Mexico and Central America, a plant-choking fungus known as “la roya” has caused more than $1 billion in crop losses and left hundreds of thousands of people jobless. Two U-M researchers are trying to better understand how it spreads and what natural predators attack la roya.
Student Engagement
Developing passion and potential
U-M students are embarking on a powerful journey of learning — within and beyond the classroom — that spans disciplines and instills the knowledge and skills required to become future sustainability leaders.
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Breaking new ground
At U-M, many disciplines are coming together to solve complex sustainability challenges and improve lives on local-to-global scales through groundbreaking discoveries.
View Research highlightsPlanet Blue Begins with You
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$100 million invested toward more sustainable campus operations
The Dow Sustainability Fellows Program supports full-time graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at the university who are committed to finding interdisciplinary, actionable and meaningful sustainability solutions on local-to-global scales.
225
Dow Sustainability Fellows supported to-date
253
Students supported through Dow Distinguished Awards to-date
36
Clients served by applied sustainability projects to-date
Student Engagement
Developing passion and potential
U-M students are embarking on a powerful journey of learning — within and beyond the classroom — that spans disciplines and instills the knowledge and skills required to become future sustainability leaders.
View Student Engagement highlightsResearch
Breaking new ground
At U-M, many disciplines are coming together to solve complex sustainability challenges and improve lives on local-to-global scales through groundbreaking discoveries.
View Research highlightsPlanet Blue Begins with You
Discover how you can make an impact in U-M sustainability efforts
Learn moreGoal Progress
Exploring new approaches
Learn how U-M is addressing climate action, waste prevention, healthy environments and community awareness and engagement.
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$100 million invested toward more sustainable campus operations
Crow House is an urban settlement house model, using sustainability education and programming for community and personal development located in Detroit, Michigan. Co-created by Dow Sustainability Fellows and the community, Crow House efforts focus on service learning to teach green retrofit and permaculture skills. The result is a perennial teaching site and community center.
Among the project’s goals are: restoring a historic home in the Detroit Landscape; serving as a community resource of health, organic, sustainable fruit and produce; and
functioning as an ecology learning center for all ages.
functioning as an ecology learning center for all ages.
Student Engagement
Developing passion and potential
U-M students are embarking on a powerful journey of learning — within and beyond the classroom — that spans disciplines and instills the knowledge and skills required to become future sustainability leaders.
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Breaking new ground
At U-M, many disciplines are coming together to solve complex sustainability challenges and improve lives on local-to-global scales through groundbreaking discoveries.
View Research highlights