Apr 23, 2019 | Faculty News, News
Andy Hoffman is a 2019 recipient of the RRBM award for his work on “Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate.” The book seeks to understand why people are rejecting the science on climate change and what the science says about how to overcome that schism....
Apr 19, 2019 | Case Study, Library
The Erb-branded case study program was established by Professor Andy Hoffman as a way to engage students in addressing timely and topical sustainability issues through various lenses. Case studies help improve flexibility in considering alternatives and allow...
Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Library
Is your business doing something really great on the journey to sustainability? Or maybe you have an idea you’d like to try but are not sure how? Share here, in this open forum, ways you see to accelerate the pace at which we’re having an impact. We can...
Apr 16, 2019 | Faculty News, Faculty Research
We have entered a new geologic epoch, called the Anthropocene, that recognizes people’s effect on the Earth’s ecosystems—harming them in ways that are likely irreversible. So what will Anthropocene society look like in the future? Erb faculty member Andrew Hoffman and...
Apr 3, 2019 | Faculty Research
The five Ws of supply chains: Who, what, where, when and why corporations should care Not a month goes by without a media campaign linking the supply chain of a well-known brand with unsavory labor practices or environmental mismanagement. Such exposés can devalue...
Apr 1, 2019 | Faculty Research, Postdoctoral Research
Research by Lauren Lutzke, U-M SEAS Master’s Student; Caitlin Drummond, Erb Institute Postdoc; Joe Arvai, Erb Institute Faculty Director Article by Lauren Lutzke, M.S. Candidate in Behavior, Education, and Communication at the University of Michigan “Fake News” has...
Mar 27, 2019 | Blog, Student Experience
I came to the Erb Institute because I believe that business represents the greatest opportunity to solve our most pressing social and environmental problems. Because most established corporations focus on increasing profits as their sole purpose, I suspect that it...
Mar 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
Ross Professor: There’s Something Terribly Wrong With How We Make Decisions About Climate Change Mar 22, 2019 For over two decades, Joe Árvai has studied how we actually make choices — compared to how we think we make them. It will come as no surprise to even the most...
