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October 2012

Post-Consumer Food Composting Pilot in Michigan League

10/22/2012
University of Michigan Surveying Faculty, Students, & Staff About Sustainability

10/18/2012
Exploring Links Between Sustainable Transportation & Livable Communities

10/18/2012
U-M and Other Research Institutions Launch Great Lakes Protection Project

10/15/2012
VIDEO: Batteries of the Future

10/15/2012
University Unions Build Community While Increasing Sustainability Efforts

10/11/2012
LEADERSHIP VOICE: Coleman Discusses the University's Global Role in Sustainability

10/10/2012
U-M Efforts to Meet Sustainability Goals Reviewed at Town Hall

10/05/2012
GRADUATE STUDENTS: Win $10,000 for YOUR Sustainability Idea!

10/03/2012
Food Day 2012

10/03/2012
Planet Blue Operations Team Helps Cut Energy Use; Boost Recycling

10/01/2012

September 2012

Kill-A-Watt at the University of Michigan Preps for 2012 Residence Hall Challenge

09/18/2012
Author and Activist McKibben Warns that Time for Climate Action is Short

09/17/2012
Climate Change Likely to Increase Lake Erie Algae Blooms & Dead Zones, Per U-M Ecologist

09/12/2012
Dow Sustainability Fellows Program in Progress

09/11/2012
U-M Launches Bike Rental Program on Campus

09/11/2012
LEADERSHIP VOICE: U-M Researchers Develop Smart Filter Useful in Oil Spil Cleanup

09/10/2012
EarthFest 2012: Party for the Planet

09/07/2012
Central Student Government Presents the Second Annual MFarmers’ Market

09/07/2012
New U-M-Developed Forecasting Tool Would Reduce Health-Related Swimming Closures at Great Lakes Beaches

09/04/2012
U-M Researchers Develop Smart Filter Useful in Oil Spill Cleanup

09/04/2012

August 2012

U Installs Water Refill Stations, Supports Use of Reusable Water Bottles

08/31/2012
Ocean Drilling Projects illuminates 55 Million Years of the Carbon Cycle and Climate History

08/30/2012
Climate Change Could Increase Levels of Avian Influenza in Wild Birds

08/30/2012
U-M Transportation Research Institute Leads Way in Smart Car Technology

08/22/2012
American Gothic: Detroit Style

08/09/2012
New Sustainability Minor at U-M

08/02/2012

July 2012

U-M Biological Station: Pioneers of Green

07/24/2012
Solar Car Team Wins Fourth Straight American Title, Breaks Own National Record

07/23/2012
New Modular Data Center on North Campus: A Model of Sustainable Computing

07/23/2012
LEADERSHIP VOICE: Marans/Chen Fellow Sarah Mills Examines Wind Turbines as a Farmland Preservation Tool

07/17/2012
Quantum Holds the Lead in the American Solar Challenge

07/17/2012
Generation X is Surprisingly Unconcerned About Climate Change

07/17/2012
GRADUATE STUDENTS: Win $10,000 for YOUR Sustainability Idea

07/12/2012
VIDEO: Summer in the Northern Woods, Students Explore the U-M Biological Station

07/11/2012
U-M Law School Building Receives LEED Gold Certification

07/05/2012

June 2012

Lloyd Carr Meets Peregrine Falcon Named in His Honor

06/29/2012
U-M Solar Car Team Gets Home Field Advantage in Upcoming American Race

06/28/2012
U-M Forecasters Predict Second-Smallest Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone'

06/21/2012
LEADERSHIP VOICE: Erb Student Blogs from Rio Sustainability Conference

06/19/2012
Supermileage Team Aims to Mow Down the Competition

06/12/2012
Division of Student Affairs Celebrates Sustainability with Interactive Fair

06/08/2012
LEADERSHIP VOICE: U-M Ecologists Call for Preservation of Planet's Remaining Biological Diversity

06/07/2012
VIDEO: U-M Offers New Minor in Sustainability

06/05/2012
Students and Faculty Examine Architecture and Extreme Environmental Circumstances in Southeast Asia

06/05/2012
Students Building Sustainable Systems for Rural Brazilians

06/01/2012
VIDEO: Construction of New Rock Spawning Reefs Will Help Great Lakes Native Fish

06/01/2012

May 2012

Fifth Annual e-Waste Recycling Event is a Success

05/25/2012
Lighting Control System in Parking Structures Saves Energy Costs

05/24/2012
LEADERSHIP VOICE: U-M Biologist Plays Key Role in Effort to Create First Comprehensive Tree of Life

05/23/2012