ABOUT US
The UM-Flint Sustainability Committee strives to advocate for and integrate sustainability into campus spaces, empowering all departments, units, and individuals to engage in sustainable actions.
Supporting the UM-Flint Chancellor's Environment & Sustainability Fund will empower the Sustainability Committee to further advance sustainability efforts on our campus. The Committee aims to engage as many people as possible in transforming the campus culture. With this support, the UM-Flint Sustainability Committee can continue progressing towards the U-M system commitments for Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 to achieve carbon neutrality.
THE WORK WE DO
As a Chancellor’s committee, our members come from many different areas of campus. Our ability to come together and push this important initiative forward has led to achievements we are proud of and we are eager to pursue even more progress.
- Assisted in bringing a full-time sustainability engagement staff member and U-M systems’ Planet Blue Ambassador program to Flint campus.
- Assisted UM-Flint in getting $500,000 in energy rebates through energy conservation implementation.
- Assisted in getting UM-Flint electricity needs from 100% renewable sources by 2026.
- Increased the number of electric vehicle chargers on campus.
- Started Sustainability Week.
- Brought a sustainability survey to collect data on sustainability habits and behaviors of faculty, staff, and students.
- Moved UM-Flint to paperless commencement programs.
- Aid research into alternatives to turf grass.
- Provide educational experiences to boost environmental awareness like Flint River tours and cleanups, garden volunteer days, and informational lunches.
