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U-M students help build sustainable community in rural Africa

A merry-go-round that generates electricity to light a rural African schoolhouse is among the sustainability projects tackled this summer by a team of University of Michigan graduate students working with villagers in Liberia. With colleagues from Clemson University and the University of Liberia, the U-M student group also designed and installed a toilet system that creates biogas to fuel the school's kitchen stove and a solar-powered produce dehydrator that allows the villagers to keep dried mangoes, tomatoes and eggplant for up to a year without refrigeration. "The developing countries are a key to global sustainability," said Jose Alfaro, a doctoral student at the School of Natural Resources and Environment and co-founder of the U-M student group, Sustainability Without Borders.

Air pollution and schools: next phase of Mohai/Kweon project funded by Kresge

In the spring of 2011, Paul Mohai, SNRE professor, and Byoung-Suk Kweon, U-M research investigator, completed an extensive study that found that Michigan schools located in areas with the highest industrial air pollution levels had the lowest attendance rates—an indicator of poor health—as well as the highest proportions of students who failed to meet state educational testing standards even after controlling for factors such as school demographics, expenditures and location.That study, funded by the Kresge Foundation, was published in the journal Health Affairs and received wide media attention.

Taylor to lead environment section for ASA

SNRE Professor Dorceta Taylor has been named chair-elect of the Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association. The Section on Environment and Technology provides a home for about 460 sociologists interested in a range of environmental issues. Section members recently voted on new officers. Next year, Professor Taylor will become chair of the Section.

Health and Place

Dan Brown, Ph.D.
Publication Date: 
2010

Smiley, M.J., Diez Roux, A.V., Brines, S.J., Brown, D.G., Evenson, K.R., and Rodriguez, D.A.  2010. A spatial analysis of health-related resources of three diverse metropolitan areas.  Health and Place, 16: 885-892. doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.04.014

Citation type: 
Journal Article

Environmental Justice

Dan Brown, Ph.D.
Publication Date: 
2008

White-Newsome, J., Oí¢â‚¬â„¢Neill, M., Gronlund, C., Sunbury, T., Brines, S.J., Parker, E., Brown, D.G., Rood, R.B., Rivera, Z., 2009.  Climate change, heatwaves and environmental justice: Advancing knowledge and action. Environmental Justice, 2(4): 197-205

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