Christoph Nolte is an institutional economist and conservationist who can see the forest for the trees.

Reclaiming one of the most precious and vulnerable gems in Nichols Arboretum.

Kenneth Johnson redeploys military training to bring healthy food and other sustainable solutions to underserved populations.

U-M celebrates its fifth consecutive year as a certified “Tree Campus USA,” according to the Arbor Day Foundation. Somewhere, Andrew Dickson White is smiling.

Related Video: Revisit Nichols Arboretum for a glimpse of glorious Michigan summer, courtesy of the Alumni Association.

Sustainability research funding at U-M is up by 200 percent since 2003. Sustainability faculty and courses are increasing too.

Automakers at the 2010 North American International Auto Show have big hopes for their new vehicles—hipper, more fuel-efficient, environmentally sound cars.

For 20 years, Stanley Pollack has been fighting to get the Navajo Nation the water it deserves. It’s a battle that could change the face of the Southwest.

After years of effort, false starts, and faulty decisions, the U.S. auto industry is remaking itself. U-M, with its historic ties to the carmakers, continues to push Detroit’s technology and policy forward.

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