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Sustainability Themes cut across all specializations—and give students and partners a chance to dig deeper in a particular area of impact and interest. There are also many examples of how our teaching, research and engagement span several themes, which we call cross-cutting. 

Tackling global challenges in more holistic and effective ways

Water is fundamental to Cities + Mobility + Built Environment, as are Food Systems. Similarly, Conservation + Restoration is greatly impacted by issues of Climate + Energy. Embracing the understanding of ecosystems—throughout the natural world and its inhabitants—allows us to tackle environmental challenges more effectively. 

That's the SEAS approach.

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New guiding principles urgently needed for Great Lakes stewardship, U-M researchers say

12 University of Michigan researchers say that Great Lakes management is at a crossroads and that now is the time to implement true 21st-century stewardship. In a recently published commentary, the researchers, six of whom are SEAS faculty, propose establishing a guiding set of principles to work holistically and systematically on long-term social, economic, environmental, and racial equity and resiliency concerns that have too often been sidelined in a rush for immediate results.

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