Environment & Sustainability

Coverage of green innovations, and climate and environment issues and developments, especially those told by local voices and that offer solutions for community concerns.

Tim Austin, president of A&H Lawn Services, and Mike Van Patten, director of commercial property management at Oxford Companies.

Ann Arbor’s Oxford Companies to use all electric landscaping equipment for commercial properties

Oxford will partner with Saline landscaping company A&H Lawn Services to invest in equipment serving one-third of Oxford's commercial portfolio this year, another third next year, and the final third in 2025.

Latest in Environment & Sustainability
Dr. Marjorie Weber.
National magazine names U-M professor one of 10 “Scientists to Watch”

Dr. Marjorie Weber, a University of Michigan professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, was recently named to Science News magazine’s list of 10 "Scientists to Watch" for 2023.

Students participate in the LIFT-UP program.
Students help ensure farm sustainability and bring local food to cafeterias in UP program

The LIFT-UP program gives students a pivotal role in identifying and addressing barriers to expanding local produce in school cafeterias.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Bryant Community Center resilience hub.
A “living lab of what our future looks like”: Ann Arbor opens second resilience hub

Ann Arbor city officials and community members gathered on June 9 for the opening of the city’s second resilience hub, located at Bryant Community Center.

U-M student team wins federal competition with innovative CO2 management solution

The U.S. Department of Energy tasked students with designing regional networks that could repurpose or store at least one million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually from industrial sources.

Ann Arbor Sustainability and Innovations Director Dr. Missy Stults.
Ann Arbor receives federal funding for 10 AmeriCorps members to promote climate change initiatives

The city of Ann Arbor will receive $229,060 to support 10 AmeriCorps members in expanding climate change efforts through community outreach. 

Matthaei Botanical Gardens.
New research effort aims to accelerate carbon neutrality at U-M’s botanical gardens, arboretum

Researchers have begun analyzing data from the Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum to find efficient ways to recycle organic waste from the gardens and neutralize their carbon footprint. 

U-M Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Max Stein and Brian Iezzi, post-doctoral researcher at U-M's Materials Science and Engineering Department, analyze fabric with photonic fibers woven into it.
Clothes may be easier to recycle, thanks to U-M-developed tech that can encode information in fabric

Photonic fibers developed by U-M researchers can encode information on fabric composition in clothes that can then be "read" like a barcode.

Akintunde Oluwadare and Jamia Jackson.
Voices of Youth: Ypsi young people roll up their sleeves to clean up litter in their community

Youth across Ypsilanti and Ypsilanti Township have taken matters into their own hands by helping clean up litter in their communities.

Peach blossom jellyfish in the Eastern Michigan Biology Lab.
EMU students study invasive freshwater jellyfish in Dexter Township through new course

EMU Professor of Biology Cara Shillington says she was surprised that there wasn't much research published on the topic of the tiny freshwater jellyfish that her students examined in Pickerel Lake.

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