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Developing Policy on Environmental Quality, Schools, and Health: 2013 Michigan Conference Proceedings
(2020-03-20)
Members of Michigan’s government, academic, and community stakeholders convened for the Developing Policy on Environmental Quality, Schools, and Health Conference on May 10-11, 2013 at the University of Michigan’s School ...
Michigan School Siting Guidelines: Taking the Environment into Account
(2020-07-03)
Michigan currently does not have a statewide approach to school siting that takes into account environmental quality. In 2011, the United States Environmental Protection Agency released national voluntary School Siting ...
Lake Erie’s seasonal dissolved oxygen problem: State of the science and approaches to best inform future understanding
(2022-11-17)
In October 2021 the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR) convened a virtual summit to address hypoxia in the central basin of Lake Erie. Forty-one attendees (Appendix I) representing US and Canadian ...
Global Service-Learning: A Systematic Review of Principles and Practices
(International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement, 2021-12-30)
Global service-learning brings students, instructors, and communities together to support learning and community development across borders. In global service-learning, practitioners act at the intersection of two fields: ...
Hydrogen Roadmap for the State of Michigan Workshop Report
(2022-09-07)
The Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED) intends to issue a
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) entitled “Regional Clean Hydrogen Hubs” (H2Hubs) in
collaboration with the Energy ...
A Tool for Evaluating Environmental Sustainability of Plastic Waste Reduction Innovations
(2022-03-25)
Plastic materials have become pervasive in 21st century economies, yet 60% of all plastics ever produced globally have been discarded either in landfills or elsewhere in the environment. This represents not only significant ...
A Simple Model of a Vacuum-Tubing System for Collecting Maple Sap
(2024-03-11)
To produce maple syrup, one must first collect the sap from the tree. Traditionally, maple trees were tapped with spiles that had a bucket attached to capture the sap as it flowed out. However, research and advances in ...
Creating a Discrete Model of Sap Processing Thermodynamics
(2024-03-11)
Running a successful maple syrup operation requires attention to detail, specifically with regards to production efficiency. Despite new technology and the innovation of new production methods, the amount of energy it takes ...
Prairie Learning: Integrating the Arts and Environmental Education with Ecological Restoration in Ann Arbor, Michigan
(2024-04)
This practicum was centered around the ecological restoration of study plots
located in a former athletic field of non-native turf grasses at the Freeman
Environmental Education Center in the Ann Arbor Public School ...