Becoming a Sustainable LSA

As the largest, most academically diverse college at the University of Michigan, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts is uniquely positioned to support campus-wide climate goals expressed in Vision 2034. LSA advances sustainability and carbon neutrality efforts through our teaching, college culture, energy efficiency efforts, excellence in research, daily operations, and the broader LSA mission. This powerful, purposeful change is happening at multiple scales- from individual Champions to entire departments – and is broad in scope, owing to LSA’s multidisciplinary identity.

Upcoming U-M Sustainability Events

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Sara R. Rivera

STAFF – Geomicrobiology Lab Manager “Yeah, so I’m originally from Michigan. And I came to University…

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Sol Hart

FACULTY – Professor of Communication and Media and Program in the Environment Spotlight on COMM 413:…

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Evan Petrosky

GRAD STUDENT – Physics PhD Candidate & Sustainability Champion “I grew up in a small town…

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David Temin

FACULTY – Associate Professor of Political Science, Administrative Faculty in Native American Studies Program Spotlight on…

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Jenan Kharbush

FACULTY – Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Please note that this interview has been…

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Karin Martin

Professor of Sociology and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies Spotlight on SOC 105: First-Year Seminar…

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Nate Sanders, white man sitting on desk infront of an ant photo on a desktop monitor. Wearing a blue zip up hoodie.

Nate Sanders

FACULTY – Faculty Lead for Year of Sustainability & Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. “So…

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Selena Smith

FACULTY – Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Program in the Environment; DEI Chair…

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Kelsey Dyez, white man wearing a blue long sleeve shirt, holding a small plastic lab tube.

Kelsey Dyez

STAFF – Climate Scientist in Julia Cole’s Climate Lab “I’m a climate scientist and studied geology…

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Ella Mannino

STUDENT – Chair of TREES Subcommittee “I’m from Ortonville, Michigan, which is about like an hour…

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Lashaun Jackson, Black woman wearing a black sweater with black and white striped sleeves, gold necklaces and small hooped earrings

Lashaun Jackson

STUDENT – SCANN, Graham Sustainability Scholar, MDining Sustainability and Community Engagement Intern, UM Sustainable Food Program,…

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Jill Myers

STAFF – Biodiversity Lab Manager “When I was doing my PhD, I kind of joked with…

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Juhi Pawar, Brown woman wearing a pink zip-up hoddie with a black shirt and gold earrings

Juhi Pawar

STUDENT – Representative on TREES Subcommittee “I’m from, like, 30ish minutes away from Ann Arbor. When…

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Bénédicte Boisseron

FACULTY – Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, Affiliated Faculty, Romance Languages and Literatures, and Chair,…

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Toni Bushner

FACULTY – Lecturer in the Digital Studies Institute Spotlight on DIGITAL 355: Topics in Digital Creative…

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Lisa Young

FACULTY – Teaching Professor and Lecturer IV, Anthropology Spotlight on ANTHRARC 180: First-Year Seminar in Anthropological…

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Daphne Matter, white woman wearing a white hoodie with the text "One of a kind pieces, one of a kind planet", standing outside infront of red art

Daphne Matter

STUDENT – VIPs Fund & Graham Sustainability Scholar “So I’m from Seattle, Washington. I love my…

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Andrew Van Baal, white man wearing sunglasses, yellow and blue knitted scarf, and pink button up shirt.

Andrew van Baal

STUDENT – Student Sustainability Coalition (SSC) + Student Carbon Neutrality Network (SCANN) “I’m a lifelong Michigander….

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Anne McNeil, white women with curly brown hair, wearing glasses, and a black, grey, and white knitted sweater with flowers and hearts.

Anne McNeil

FACULTY – Faculty Lead for the Year of Sustainability, Carol A. Fierke Collegiate Professor of Chemistry,…

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Omolade Adunbi

FACULTY – Director of the African Studies Center, Professor of Anthropology and Afroamerican and African Studies,…

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Dan Rife

STAFF – Director of LSA Facilities & Operations “I came to the university as a student,…

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Maddie Clough

GRAD STUDENT – 3rd Year Materials Chemistry PhD I’m now a third year PhD student in…

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Andrew Ault, white man with short brown hair wearing glasses, an orange tie, blue shit, and black suit coat.

Andy Ault

FACULTY – Associate Professor of Chemistry Project 3 Lead of the Great Lakes Center for Fresh…

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Brian Klein

FACULTY – Assistant Professor of Afro-American and African Studies and Assistant Professor of Program in the…

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Alyssa Paredes

FACULTY – Assistant Professor of Anthropology Spotlight on ANTHRCUL 256: Culture, Adaptation, and Environment and the…

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Perrin Selcer

FACULTY – Associate Professor of History and Associate Professor of Program in the Environment Please note…

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Aimée Classen

FACULTY – Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Director of the University of Michigan Biological…

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Jason Duvall

FACULTY – Lecturer, Program in the Environment (PitE) Spotlight on ENVIRON 139: First-Year Seminar in the…

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Virginia Murphy

FACULTY – Lecturer in Program in the Environment and the LSA Residential College Spotlight on ENVIRON…

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Lauren May

STUDENT – Data Science Junior, Graham Sustainability Scholar, LSA Sustainability Intern Please note that this interview…

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Jenna Munson

FACULTY – Outreach Program Specialist and Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Sciences, Founder and Coordinator of…

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Meghan Duffy

FACULTY – Susan S. Kilham Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Associate Chair for…

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Stuart Kirsch

FACULTY – Roy A. Rappaport Collegiate Professor of Anthropology I’m an environmental anthropologist, [though I wasn’t…

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Michela Arnaboldi

FACULTY – Teaching Professor, Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Sciences and Intermittent Lecturer in Program in…

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David Zeglen

FACULTY – Lecturer I in International and Comparative Studies Spotlight on INTLSTD 401: International Studies Advanced…

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Alex Bryan

STAFF – Director of Student Life Sustainability “I was a student here in my undergrad degree…

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Land Acknowledgement

The University of Michigan is located on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe people. In 1817, the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Bodewadami Nations made the largest single land transfer to the University of Michigan. This was ceded ceremonially through the Treaty at the Foot of the Rapids so that their children could be educated. Through these words of acknowledgment, the nations’ contemporary and ancestral ties to the land and their contributions to the University are renewed and reaffirmed.