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MI Healthy Climate Corps
MI Healthy Climate Corps
Establishing Michigan as a leader in tackling the climate crisis, the MI Healthy Climate Plan lays out a broad vision for fulfilling Governor Whitmer’s commitment to achieving 100% economy-wide carbon neutrality in Michigan by midcentury.
The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, & Energy Office of Climate and Energy (OCE) is partnering with the Michigan Community Service Commission to leverage state and federal investments to launch the MI Healthy Climate Corps an innovative approach to advancing the goals of the MI Healthy Climate Plan.
About the MI Healthy Climate Corps
Accelerating climate action. Supporting communities. Building leaders.
MI Healthy Climate Corps members serve at organizations across Michigan, providing critical support to communities tackling climate change. The program launched in early 2024 with new cohorts selected annually. MI Healthy Climate Corps members receive significant training and career development support to step into Michigan’s climate leadership pool.
Meet the MI Healthy Climate Corps members
Learn more about our current members and where they're serving in state/local government, universities, and non-profits across the state to advance climate action, bring resources to their communities, and develop climate leadership skills.
How to get involved
The MI Healthy Climate Corps is actively engaging with community partners, state agencies, and others to identify needs, and opportunities for this program to catalyze action and setting up a process to request support.
We are iteratively building training, support, and technical assistance program elements and are interested in knowing who may have resources, content, or other partnership ideas to make this as impactful as possible.
If you are on the frontlines of addressing climate change in Michigan and want to host a member, learn more about becoming a host partner.
If you are interested in serving as a MI Healthy Climate Corps AmeriCorps member, learn more about becoming a member.
Stay in touch!
MI Healthy Climate Corps is an AmeriCorps program administered by Office of Climate and Energy in Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy in partnership with the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan, and supported by the Michigan Community Service Commission.