WMU School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability

02/04/2025

Check out this interview with SEGS’s Dr. Tiffany Schriever

Wetlands located near freshwater dunes are 'globally imperiled,' according to Dr. Tiffany Shriever, a freshwater ecologist and WMU Associate Professor. Michigan's interdunal wetlands are home to rich and rare ecological diversity and need protection.

01/31/2025

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11/13/2024

The 5400 Freshwater Policy course getting a tour of the Kalamazoo Wastewater Treatment Plant from Susie Drust (an environmental studies alumna)

11/05/2024

SEGS is one of the sponsors for these two upcoming events with Liz Carlisle, author of "Healing Grounds: Climate, Justice, and the Deep Roots of Regenerative Farming."

Wednesday, November 13: Moderated discussion with the public 7:00 PM Stryker Theatre, Kalamazoo Valley Museum

Thursday, November 14: Campus Presentation 12:30 PM Room 1710 Sangren Hall, WMU

11/03/2024

A Kalamazoo brewery is working on something special after a baby was born in its parking lot.

10/31/2024

Join Western Michigan University Visiting Scholar Dr. Evan Larson as he weaves tree-ring-based fire histories with Indigenous knowledge and his own family heritage to tell a more complete and moving story about people, fire, pine, and climate in the Upper Great Lakes.

5:30 Presentation
Fetzer Center Kirsch Auditorium
2251 Business Court
WMU Main Campus

10/30/2024

In Dr. Macfarlane's water policy class, the students (and the professor) did some pumpkin carving with (mostly) water-related themes

10/19/2024

We’re excited to host the joint meeting of the East Lakes and West Lakes Divisions of the AAG this year! Thank you to all attendees for joining us to share research and build community, and congratulations to all the student award winners!

10/17/2024

Meet & Greet other students interested in joining or forming a team to participate in the Bronco Challenge for Sustainable Impact!

For more information, visit https://wmich.edu/sustainability/initiatives/broncochallenge

10/09/2024

Featuring SEGS Professor Laiyin Zhu

Hurricane Milton rapidly intensified on Oct. 7 from a Category 1 to a Category 5 hurricane in less than 10 hours, making the storm one of the fastest strengthen

10/03/2024

Job posting alert for Freshwater and ENVS students! The City of Kalamazoo is hiring an environmental services technician. An ENVS alum is involved in the hiring and he said that there are five ENVS alumni working in Kalamazoo's wastewater division.

***** PLEASE NOTE – effective October 1, 2016, the City will no longer be accepting Job Interest Cards for positions that were in the METRO TRANSIT Department, now known as the Central County Transportation Authority (CCTA).  If you are still interested in receiving Job Interest Cards for CCTA po...

09/27/2024

The WMU College Dems is looking for students to join its Sustainability Committee

09/26/2024

Our colleague, Professor Daniel Macfarlane, examines the complicated environmental history of Lake Ontario in his recent book "The Lives of Lake Ontario". Dr. Macfarlane argues the public needs to re-engage with the lake in order to ensure a brighter and healthier future.

Check it out!

Receiving the waste of the other four Great Lakes and the impact of industrial development in its own watershed, Lake Ontario faces special challenges. In his new book, "The Lives of Lake Ontario," Daniel Macfarlane explores the checkered environmental history of Lake Ontario.

Read more 👉 https://forloveofwater.org/the-lives-of-lake-ontario-a-new-book-by-daniel-macfarlane/

09/26/2024

Job Alert!

Barry County is hiring a GIS Analyst. Check out the link for more information ➡

09/23/2024

Hey climate voters! We are holding a pizza party on Tuesday, 9/24 at the Office for Sustainability on campus! Stop by, grab a slice, win a T-shirt, and watch your fellow Climate Change Working Group members give a teach-in about climate change and the importance of voting for the climate! 6-7 pm

09/20/2024

Did you know that Kalamazoo has a state-of-the-art facility to get locally grown food out in our community? Not only does that make us a stronger, healthier community, but it also reduces our carbon footprint. Come learn more about ValleyHUB at Hope for Creation’s annual Harvest of Unity, featuring Rachel Chadderdon Bair, director of ValleyHUB. Learn more and RSVP at https://www.hopeforcreation.net/

09/19/2024

Calling all college students! Join the Oil & Water Don’t Mix Coalition for the Line 5: 101 webinar on Tuesday, Oct. 1 from 5-6 p.m. Learn more about Line 5, North America’s most dangerous oil pipeline, and join the growing movement to shut it down. For those unfamiliar with Line 5, we’ll offer a general overview of the issue, explain where things stand currently, and provide concrete steps you can take to advance the movement on your college campus.

RSVP link in our bio.

09/18/2024

All of Kalamazoo’s city-owned buildings will run on wind and solar power in 2028, saving more than $6 million on renewable energy, officials said.