The Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute (GESI) mission is to:

Create opportunities and encourage collaboration among science, policy, engineering, and business faculty to extend the knowledge of, and offer solutions to, complex environmental sustainability issues - recognizing the need for balance between societal needs and social responsibilities.

The Institute will:

• Encourage environmental sustainability collaborative research through financial and administrative support.
• Leverage U-M research and academic efforts and publicize U-M academic and research opportunities.
• Encourage innovative academic programs that explore the complexities of environmental sustainability and emphasize the inter-relationships between ecological systems.
• Develop an outreach program that educates communities and policy makers on how to economically and effectively achieve environmental sustainability.

By achieving these objectives, the long-term goals of the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute are to: (1) increase the University of Michigan’s multidisciplinary research and education in the environmental sustainability field, and (2) position the U-M as a global leader in environmental sustainability.




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