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  • About
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  • Get involved
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< About

  • Staff and Partners
  • Progress
  • Greenhouse Gas Reporting
  • Pollinator Friendly Campus
  • Stars
Pack-up

Sustainable Living

How to Recycle on Campus

< Academics

< Campus

  • Energy
  • Sustainable Food
  • Sustainable Living: Saving Energy
  • Transportation
  • Gardens and Natural Areas
  • MSU Gardens
  • Red Cedar River
  • Water
  • How to Recycle on Campus
  • Quick Tips to Reduce Waste
  • Recycling and Reuse

< Donate

< Events

< Get involved

  • Faculty and Staff
  • Students
  • Campus Sustainability Student Projects Fund
  • Eco Rep
  • Job Resources
  • Leadership Council
  • Student Groups
  • Take the MSU Sustainability Pledge

< Resources

  • Green Your Tailgate
  • Move In/Out Day
  • Plan a Sustainable Event
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March 26, 2026
8:30 a.m.Registration/Refreshments - Ballroom, Room 222
9:00 a.m.Welcome and Opening Remarks - Ballroom, Room 222
9:20 a.m.It's Complicated: The Real Story of Sustainability at MSU - Ballroom, Room 222
10:00 a.m.Keynote address by Alessandra Carreon, Chief Climate Officer Office of Climate and Energy, State of Michigan - Ballroom, Room 222
10:45 a.m.Break
11:00 a.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Energy, Food systems, Natural resources, and Circular economy

  • Powering Michigan's Future in a Changing Energy Landscape - Lake Superior, Room 334
  • From Forks to Futures: Cultivating Change in the Food System - Lake Huron, Room 337
  • Integrating Campus Natural Resources into a Sustainability Vision - Ballroom, Room 222
  • Strengthening Michigan's Circular Economy - Lake Ontario, Room 331
NoonLunch Book Talk with Authors of Reconciliation in a Michigan Watershed, Gail Gunst Heffner and David P. Warners - Ballroom, Room 222
1:15 p.m.Shaping MSU's Sustainability Future: The Sustainability Systems Think Tank - Ballroom, Room 222
1:45 p.m.Break
1:50 p.m.

Concurrent Sessions - Interactive sessions to generate ideas and actions for advancing MSU as a sustainability leader

  • Campus as a Living Lab - Ballroom, Room 222
  • Connecting Community and Campus for Sustainability: The Earth is My Home Initiative - Lake Huron Room 337
2:45 p.m.Closing
3:00 p.m.Adjourn

 

March 27, 2026
 
8:30 a.m.Registration/Refreshments - Ballroom, Room 222
9:00 a.m.Welcome - Ballroom, Room 222
9:05 a.m.Life After Graduation: Real Stories from Sustainability Alumni - Ballroom, Room 222
10:00 a.m.Break
10:15 a.m.Breaking into Sustainability: Real Talk from Experienced Changemakers - Ballroom, Room 222
11:15 a.m.Break
11:30 a.m.Be Spartan Green Challenge Finalist Pitches - Ballroom, Room 222
12:30 p.m.Lunch and Keynote address by Marcene Mitchell, Senior Vice President of Climate Change, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Ballroom, Room 222
1:45 p.m.Closing and Adjourn
2:15 p.m.Optional Campus Tours / Info Sessions Begin - Travel Light Info Session in Lake Huron, Room 337
3:15 p.m.Tours conclude