By Lori Atherton Donald R. Zak, one of the nation’s foremost ecologists and a leader in the study of soil microbial communities, has been named a Distinguished University Professor, one of U-M’s...
As a newly appointed member of the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, Kyle Whyte wants to elevate the voices of those most affected by pollution, climate change, and other environmental issues. It’s a welcome opportunity for Whyte, the George Willis Pack Professor at SEAS, who has long advocated for Indigenous people and their rights.
Research highlights from SEAS faculty.
Acknowledging that the environmental movement has roots in racist ideologies and practices, as well as the need for reform, the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) has announced the...
“Obtawaing” is the Anishinaabemowin word for “at the halfway place.” It was the name for the center of the Odawa village that used to stretch 16 miles along northern Lake Michigan, near the town of Harbor Springs and the hamlets Good Hart and Cross Village. Now, the word has been adapted to describe the Obtawaing Biosphere Region, a newly awarded designation springing from the U-M Biological Station in Pellston.
We focus on the Master of Landscape Architecture program at SEAS, and share a few highlights of how today’s alumni, faculty and students continue to build upon the program's legacy with fresh thinking, creative design and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
More than a century ago, when Filibert Roth led his students—hefting spades and armloads of saplings—into Saginaw Forest, he instilled a tradition of field-based learning that remains vibrant at SEAS today. Throughout the decades, students have navigated the land, forests, lakes, and rivers—first as students of nature, and then, as stewards of the environment.
One of the questions that sustainability entrepreneur Ajay Varadharajan (MS/MSE ’11) gets asked most often is which lifestyle changes have the biggest impact on climate change. Varadharajan, whose clients include food companies for whom he’s developed sustainability strategies, decided to meet the growing interest in a sustainable lifestyle by focusing on one aspect of it: food.
