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2017 Sustainability Progress Report
 

Crow House: Developing community and skills in Detroit

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.

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Goal 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.

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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Research

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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