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Planet Blue

2017 Sustainability Progress Report
 

Creating future sustainability leaders

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

Planet Blue Begins with You

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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

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.

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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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