Friday, May 8

5:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Climate Happy Hour: Citizens' Climate Lobby

Join other climate concerned folks for conversation and community. HOMES Brewpub, 2321 Jackson Ave. Free (pay for own food/drinks). RSVP requested but not required.

annarbor@citizensclimatelobby.org 

Tuesday, May 12

12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Implementing the A2ZERO Carbon Neutrality Plan: 2026 A2ZERO Carbon Neutrality Plan Update

The City of Ann Arbor has set the goal of achieving community-wide carbon neutrality by 2030. According to the City of Ann Arbor’s 2024 GHG Inventory, buildings (including U-M) account for 67% of community emissions. In its 6th year of implementing the A2ZERO Plan, the Office of Sustainability will detail its progress and show how its climate action millage funds are being used to advance priorities for 2026-2027.

The City of Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability will share progress on plan strategies and goals as well as specific actions being undertaken to accelerate decarbonization in the built environment. The presentation will look at historic actions as well as those planned to be implemented over the next year, with a special focus on how architects, engineers and contractors are critical program collaborators.

Speakers:

Missy Stults, PhD. Sustainability and Innovations Director for the City of Ann Arbor

Samuel Kachuck, PhD. Commercial Energy Analyst for the City of Ann Arbor

Virtual. Free. Click here for registration.

Tuesday, May 12

7:00 p.m.

Getting Money out of Politics!

We might sometimes wonder why important environmental and climate legislation is so difficult to get put into place. Often it’s because the lawmakers are bought and paid for by moneyed interests. Madison Goff from Clean Water Action will join us at our next Washtenaw Climate Reality meeting to tell us all about their "Money Out of Politics" campaign and explain how important cleaning up our politics is to getting good policy put in place.  Free. Click here for the Zoom link. Zoom Passcode: 811619

Wednesday, May 13

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

When AI Shapes Sustainability Decisions: Risks, Trade-offs, and Responsibility

Artificial intelligence is increasingly embedded in sustainability decision-making, influencing areas such as climate policy, resource allocation, urban systems, and environmental monitoring. While these systems promise efficiency and scale, they also introduce critical risks related to data bias, incomplete representation, and misaligned optimization in complex socio-environmental contexts.

This session examines how AI is already shaping sustainability decisions—often in ways that remain invisible to policymakers, researchers, and communities. Drawing from real-world AI system deployments, the discussion will explore where AI supports sustainability goals and where it may unintentionally reinforce inequities or distort priorities.

The session will be interactive and discussion-driven, inviting participants to critically examine the role of AI in sustainability and explore what responsible, context-aware implementation should look like in practice.

Virtual. Free. Open to the public. Click here for more information.