STUDENT – VIPs Fund & Graham Sustainability Scholar “So I’m from Seattle, Washington. I love my hometown. I grew up in the city, but Seattle is also a very nature oriented place in that you’ve got lots of waterways and lakes and you’ve got the Olympics to one side of you and you’ve got the…
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Kelsey Dyez
STAFF – Climate Scientist in Julia Cole’s Climate Lab “I’m a climate scientist and studied geology as an undergraduate, and then paleoclimatology and paleoceanography as a grad student. I did that research for several years as a postdoc in various parts of the world and then I came to the University of Michigan to help…
Juhi Pawar
STUDENT – Representative on TREES Subcommittee “I’m from, like, 30ish minutes away from Ann Arbor. When I was deciding where I wanted to come, I knew that I wanted a place that wouldn’t be too far away from, you know, my family and stuff like that. And then one thing that I also really liked…
Anne McNeil
FACULTY – Faculty Lead for the Year of Sustainability, Carol A. Fierke Collegiate Professor of Chemistry, & Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Chemistry. “I grew up outside of Buffalo, New York. My parents moved to Virginia when I was in high school, and then [I] went to college down there, but when I decided to…
Introducing the Year of Sustainability!
Throughout 2024, the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts will embark on a Year of Sustainability, to serve as a launching pad for many years of a Sustainable LSA to come. In the year we will continue to collectively evaluate current and future actions in our teaching, college culture, research, operations, facilities, and more…
Andrew van Baal
STUDENT – Student Sustainability Coalition (SSC) + Student Carbon Neutrality Network (SCANN) “I’m a lifelong Michigander. I grew up along Lake Michigan, and that, I think, definitely formed my interest in environmentalism. I didn’t realize it was a super huge passion until I got here and got plugged into the work that was happening here.…
Nate Sanders
FACULTY – Faculty Lead for Year of Sustainability & Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. “So I grew up in Arkansas, and in the summers of high school, a friend and I would go to Colorado and backpack and fish for a couple weeks. And so I fell in love with mountains. And then it…
Faculty Spotlight: Karin Martin
Professor of Sociology and Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies Spotlight on SOC 105: First-Year Seminar in Sociology – Environment and the Climate Crisis “I’ve structured the course to provide students with the opportunity to think through it (the climate crisis) in the specific way that they want to.” Karin Martin The perfect example of…
Where Did the Year of Sustainability Start?
We sat down with Anne McNeil and Nate Sanders, the two professors who are leading the charge for the Year of Sustainability. Were you connected before the Carbon Neutrality Task Force? Former Associate Dean, Chris Poulsen, identified people within the college (LSA) who were interested in the topic of carbon neutrality which included students, faculty,…
How To Find LSA Sustainability Related Courses
Are you interested in taking a sustainability-related course in LSA? Not sure where to start? Check out our guide below with a few tips on finding the right course for you. In addition to the methods below, you can view all courses the Year of Sustainability team has identified for the Winter 2024 semester through…