U-M Climate Week 2026 View Other Sessions

public facing longer description: Explore how U-M Library spaces, services, collections, and operations support environmental sustainability across campus. Visit participating library locations to learn about conservation and materials reuse, mending and creative reuse, sustainable digital preservation, energy conservation, seed sharing, and climate-related library resources. This event is free and open to the public and there is no registration required. Buhr Building open house will be between 10AM - 12PM and Hatcher-Shapiro open house will be 12PM - 2PM.

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The U-M Library Sustainability Open House will showcase how library units support environmental sustainability through everyday practices, services, spaces, and collections. Visitors will be invited to explore participating library locations and learn about sustainability-related work such as conservation and materials reuse, mending and creative reuse, digital preservation and sustainable data storage, energy conservation in library facilities, seed sharing, and climate-related library resources. The event will function as a drop-in open house rather than a single guided tour, with participating spaces open during coordinated time blocks (Buhr units: 10AM-12PM, Hatcher-Shapiro units: 12PM-2PM).

Welcome to Michigan will happen at all Dining Halls during the lunch period which varies from Dining Hall to Dining Hall, so you can tell folks to check the dining website (dining.umich.edu).

How can we inhabit, tend, and experience pleasure in this changing world? What does balance mean on the ground in constant and often violent flux? This workshop invites us into relation with our inner and outer landscapes. There will be guided awareness exercises and creative prompts to tune into our senses, to bring attention to our bodily sensations, and to observe what we notice. We’ll experiment with ways of being with kin from the more-than-human world by spending time with plants indoors or outside in the building courtyard. How can we write/draw/sing/dance an offering to them? Where do we witness resilience? How can interdependence and collaboration inform our practices? Together, let’s explore how we can hold grief and despair alongside adaptability and well-being. Writing will be the main medium, with an open invitation to work in whatever form resonates (drawing, movement, voice memo, etc.) There will be space to share responses and experiences in an atmosphere of support, curiosity, and play. No experience necessary, all bodymindspirits welcome, disability culture friendly. Bring your desired writing/art materials. Space is limited to 40 people, pleaseregister by September 23.

STPP is excited to welcome three of our recent alumni, Tyler Baird (MPP/SEAS MS '25), Ana Boyd (MPP/SEAS MS '25), and Zack Quirk (Earth and Environmental Sciences PhD '24) for an engaging conversation about their educational paths and current work in energy and environmental policy.

Join us for a walk around central campus to view and learn more about exciting sustainability features in our buildings and Grounds. This event will be outdoors and require walking approximately 1 mile on paved surfaces. We will meet at the Hatcher Library steps.

Building on the momentum of last year’s event, the 2026 Climate-Health Mixer will bring together U-M researchers from across campus who are working at the intersection of climate and health. The event will showcase the breadth of climate-health research occurring across campus, create opportunities for meaningful interdisciplinary connections, and help strengthen a vibrant, collaborative climate-health research community. Registration

An opportunity to learn about our new major on sustainability in the Social Sciences and meet program faculty.

How do you know when a building's HVAC is working well and efficiently? How do we dream up energy conservation retrofits for existing buildings and systems? Come hear about the UM building tune up program, where we're applying it, and how it helps us work towards our carbon neutraility and energy efficiency goals.

Join us for "From Measurement to Movement: How Data Can Drive Climate Action," a fireside chat with Tim Mohin, CEO of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol and former CEO of the Global Reporting Initiative. Drawing on his deep expertise in corporate sustainability, Tim will unpack how standardized carbon accounting became the backbone of corporate and government climate action—and where it still falls short. Attendees will get a candid, insider's look at the gap between sustainability pledges and actual emissions reductions, including the thorny debates over Scope 3 accounting, net zero claims, and greenwashing. This event will be a fireside chat between Tim Mohin and Erb MBA/MS students, Reilly Gertiz and Wendy Palomino Alvarez.

This will be an interactive, nonpartisan workshop led by Kye Lynne from the Michigan League of Conservation Voters. Students will learn about the connection between elections, environmental issues, and public health, and participate in postcard writing to specific decision-makers.

Join award-winning forager, outdoor educator, and James Beard Award winner Alexis Nikole Nelson for a lively conversation about wild foods, sustainability, and the rich cultural traditions connected to the plants growing all around us. With more than 5 million followers across Instagram and TikTok, Alexis has become a beloved social media creator known for her joyful and informative foraging videos. She inspires audiences to see the natural world in a new way while exploring the intersections of food, history, and environmental stewardship. Through storytelling, humor, and practical insights, she invites us to reconnect with the land—and maybe discover a few tasty surprises hiding in plain sight.

Due to overwhelming interest, our event has reached capacity. Please complete this form to join the waitlist for this event.

As the considerable and alarming impacts of climate change continue to grow, understandably so do the emotional responses to it. This brief overview of psychological responses to climate change and climate-fueled extreme weather events introduces attendees to the ways in which climate change influences mental health and wellbeing, as well as to concepts in climate psychology and environmental justice. Research and practice on eco-emotions and beliefs, along with topics and issues related to therapy for climate distress, are covered as well. This presentation is designed as an educational program for students in the School of Social Work, but members of the public are also invited to attend.