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DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260408T090000
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SUMMARY:Meeting:Planet Blue Sustainability Goal Update
DESCRIPTION:Ever wondered how U-M Ann Arbor is working to protect the environment while supporting our campus community? Join us this Earth Month on April 8 to learn from sustainability staff members who help our campus protect resilient grounds\, divert waste\, and reduce carbon emissions. These experts will provide a background on our newly updated campus sustainability goals and then open the floor for Q&A. We’ll wrap up the session with opportunities for students\, staff\, and faculty to get involved in these goals\, so that anyone can live\, work\, and learn sustainably on campus.\n\nThis event is free and open to any U-M community member\, but registration is strongly encouraged. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions. This event is brought to you by the Office of Campus Sustainability\, LSA Sustainability\, and the Planet Blue Ambassador Program.
UID:146031-21898294@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/146031
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:carbon reduction,climate,Climate Change,Community Engagement,Earth Month,Environment,environmental,environmental education,Free,planet blue,plants,Sustainability,Virtual,Waste Reduction
LOCATION:Off Campus Location - https://umich.zoom.us/j/99273012978
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DTSTAMP:20260331T121858
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260410T120000
SUMMARY:Well-being:Climate Café: Building Community Resilience and Support
DESCRIPTION:Connect with fellow U-M community members in a safe space to pause\, connect\, and talk about their experiences regarding the environment and climate change\, a.k.a. Climate Café. In this small group\, we encourage participants to share their stories and discover connections between our experiences. During this event\, participants will bridge gaps between climate emotions and sustainability action in our lives\, and learn how to care for ourselves and others. Light refreshments will be provided.\n\nWe wish to provide uninterrupted discussion time\, and make sure that everyone has a chance to speak and be heard. Due to the nature of this activity\, participants should arrive at the start time promptly. \n\nThe event is free and open to any U-M community member\, but registration is required. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions. The Climate Café structure utilized is inspired by Dr. Michaela Zint’s EAS581 course and the Climate Psychology Alliance-North America (CPA-NA) café framework. This event is brought to you by LSA Sustainability\, Student Life Sustainability\, and the Planet Blue Ambassador program.
UID:145943-21899784@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145943
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:anxiety,climate,Climate Change,Discussion,Environment,environmental,Free,Health And Wellness,In Person,Mental Health,Mindfulness,planet blue,Sustainability,Well-being,Wellness
LOCATION:Michigan League - Blagdon Room
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DTSTAMP:20260325T154805
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260411T113000
SUMMARY:Other:Gallery Tour & Bird Walk at Nichols Arboretum
DESCRIPTION:Join the Institute for the Humanities and LSA Sustainability for a curator-led (Amanda Krugliak) Gallery tour of Sheida Soleimani’s exhibition *Flyways *(10 AM - 10:30 AM)\, followed by a quick bus ride over to Nichols Arboretum for a bird walk (10:45 AM -  11:30 AM). Event attendees will have the opportunity to explore Soleimani’s photography in the Institute for the Humanities Gallery and/or to go on a bird-watching tour at the Arb. For either portion of the event\, please meet at the Institute for the Humanities at 202 South Thayer.\n\nSheida Soleimani is an artist\, educator\, and licensed wildlife rehabilitator whose work examines power\, environmental crisis\, queerness\, migration\, and care. The daughter of political refugees who escaped Iran in the early 1980s\, Soleimani draws on archival materials\, props\, and sculptural elements to create visually lush\, politically incisive tableaux. She works across various mediums\, investigating themes such as oil politics and human rights abuses\, confronting the systems of violence linking the SWANA region and the United States\, unraveling their implications in American culture. Though her images are dreamlike\, they are grounded in lived experience: her parents frequently appear as subjects\, in compositions made from elements of their (sometimes harrowing) tales. Increasingly\, wildlife enters the frame – injured and orphaned birds\, with their own quiet stories of migration and survival. Before the lens\, these animals encapsulate Soleimani's multifaceted practice: care as art\, storytelling as resistance.\n\nThe bird walk will be led by members of the Michigan Bird Club. This will serve as training for volunteers interested in helping collect data for an ongoing migratory bird safety project and as well as an opportunity to get familiar with local campus birds.\n\nDonuts\, hot chocolate\, and hot tea will be available while supplies last.\n\nIf you cannot make this event but are interested in viewing Soleimani’s exhibition\, you can visit the Gallery anytime Monday through Friday from 9AM to 5PM\, March 19th - May 1st\, 2026.
UID:147059-21900332@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147059
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Birding,Exhibition,Humanities,Photography,Visual Arts
LOCATION:202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
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DTSTAMP:20260317T141241
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260413T160000
SUMMARY:Other:From Flowers to Finals: Pollinator Craft Day
DESCRIPTION:The Planet Blue Ambassador Program is inviting U-M community members to craft pipe cleaner flowers while learning more about native wildflowers and the importance of pollinators on campus. Organizations including the Office of Campus Sustainability\, LSA Sustainability\, Nature Rx\, and the Seed Library will be tabling in the LSA Atrium\, allowing students to engage within initiatives that U-M is implementing to support native plants and pollinators. The Lab Reuse Program will also be providing gently-used lab flasks that participants can use to hold flowers. Take a break from finals and enjoy this opportunity to relax and get creative!\n\nThe event is free and open to any U-M community member\, but registration is strongly encouraged. Please email pba-information@umich.edu with questions or if you are no longer able to join this event after registering.
UID:145931-21898110@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/145931
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Art,Art Workshop,bee,bees,biodiversity,botany,butterflies,butterfly,Crafting,Creative Reuse,Earth Month,Ecology,Environment,environmental,environmental education,flower,Free,honeybees,native bees,native plant,native plants,native seeds,native species,Natural Sciences,nature,planet blue,plants,pollinator,pollinators,Sustainability
LOCATION:LSA Building - LSA Atrium (first floor)
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DTSTAMP:20260402T083817
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20260421T123000
SUMMARY:Presentation:Lunch & Learn with LSA and Dr. Kathryn Schertz
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a lunch-and-learn seminar exploring the research on nature’s influence on how we think and feel. A U-M post-doc with the Emotion & Self Control Laboratory will share her research background and current projects that focus on the physical environment and how it influences our feelings and thoughts. Projects include a wayfinding app for the greenest and safest walks (instead of the fastest)\, studies conducted in the Nichols Arboretum looking at how spending time in nature can improve attention and change people’s mood\, and an ongoing collaboration with Matthaei Botanical Garden and Nichols Arboretum using reflection journals to better understand the experience of visitors to those spaces.
UID:147343-21900852@events.umich.edu
URL:https://events.umich.edu/event/147343
CLASS:PUBLIC
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Mindfulness,Nature,planet blue,Sustainability
LOCATION:Chemistry Dow Lab - 1706
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