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May 27, 2025
The weather was unseasonably chilly and gray, but the mood was warm, and the focus was green at last week’s 2025 Michigan Student Sustainability Summit.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) hosted the one-day educational event May 20 on the Michigan State University campus in East Lansing for middle school and high school student leaders from across Michigan. More than 300 students and teachers attended, compared with about 165 students and 21 schools in 2024.
Pictured: Students and Educators visit exhibits at the Michigan Student Sustainability Summit.
Attendee Mya Beauregard also went to last year’s event, held on Earth Day.
“This one feels a lot more open and student focused and student led,” she said. “It definitely feels like kids were working on this, and I love it.”
Mya said she was there to get “some new ideas of what we should be doing in our district, get some inspiration, probably a bit of networking with other passionate students around Michigan.” She and her classmates are considering a program to reduce school food waste.
Attendees learned about Michigan environmental sustainability efforts, environmental career pathways, and youth-led stewardship projects through talks, exhibits, interactive breakout sessions, and field experiences. Students presented and discussed their projects and opportunities.
“People like to talk about students being like, ‘the future,’ right?” said Katherine Prokopchek, coordinator of the MSU Science Festival, a summit partner for the second year running. “But students are also doing work right now that’s very important in their communities, in their schools, in their families, working to protect our environment and create a more sustainable future but also current society.”
Pictured: Students and Educators visit exhibits at the Michigan Student Sustainability Summit.
The Science Festival helped organize summit field experiences and present MSU work on sustainability and the environment, including talks and demonstrations from MSU faculty and students.
EGLE Director Phil Roos presented Michigan’s 2025 Environmental Service Awards to the E2 class at Grand Rapids Montessori Academy, which won the middle school award, and Buchanan High School’s environmental science classes, which won the high school award.
“The awards are a celebration of some really great work,” he said, “but they’re also an inspiration for other people, because that’s what this is all about.”
EGLE Michigan Green Schools Coordinator Samantha Lichtenwald recognized 14 certified schools in attendance out of the more than 350 certified statewide. She also recognized two 2025 Michigan Green Ribbon Schools awardees, honored for whole-school sustainability efforts. The district awardee was the Lansing School District, and the school awardee was West Maple Elementary in Birmingham Public Schools.
Partnering with EGLE to present the summit were the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Grow the Earth, and the MSU Science Festival.
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The 50-year-old wastewater treatment plant on Mackinac Island is being transformed to ensure clean drinking water, better protect the Great Lakes, support tourism and serve the island’s needs for generations to come.
Grants totaling more than $1.1 million will reduce hazards, advance circular economy
The event featured a tour of the plant and an update on construction progress, emphasizing how the state’s continued investment in water infrastructure benefits communities, creates jobs and protects Michigan’s world-class water resources.
The annual dedication by Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and partners will focus on resources and activities (see below) related to connections among people, water, and the natural world, and diving into enjoyment, recreation, and stewardship of our waters and communities.
EGLE Vets and multiple state departments helped beautify the grounds of the Michigan Veteran Homes of Grand Rapids.
Partners have unveiled a new tool to improve planning and conservation of vital ecosystems.
Once you start paying attention, glacial erratic rocks start popping up everywhere.
Attendance at the recent event in Detroit allows EGLE to provide resources to residents and answer air quality questions one-on-one.
EGLE joins departments of Agriculture and Rural Development, Natural Resources in targeting phosphorus runoff
