"Some early adopters in Detroit are demonstrating the benefits of green stormwater infrastructure (GSI). Almost 50 rain gardens have been planted in Detroit neighborhoods over the last few years through a collaborative program of the Sierra Club, Friends of The Rouge...
"Our distinctive expertise as a research community lies in understanding corporate sustainability behavior. We know much about what motivates business firms to invest in sustainability beyond the level required by law, and the impacts these investments have on...
"Typically, if you really want to mobilize people to act, you don't scare the hell out of them and convince them that the situation is hopeless," said Andrew Hoffman, professor of management and organizations, and environment and sustainability, commenting on the way...
Erb Institute student, Nick Barrett, traveled to Cuba to better understand the renewable energy landscape in an economy in transition.
What makes a strong leader in sustainability? Work in sustainability entails immense challenges, and much of the area is uncharted. To navigate it, strong leadership is essential. For the twentieth year in a row, the GlobeScan-SustainAbility survey Sustainability...
“The volume of publishing over the past year is unprecedented within WDI Publishing,” said Sandy Draheim, manager of marketing and case publishing at WDI. Among the new cases are 10 from graduate students in Professor Andrew Hoffman’s “Strategies for Sustainable...
Elizabeth Kolbert was the Erb Institute Purpose-to-Impact speaker on April 11th of this year. She spoke both to small student groups as well as a large auditorium on many themes related to her Pulitzer-prize winning book, The Sixth Extinction. We are also grateful to...
To All Members of the University of Michigan Community: The University of Michigan is preparing to begin another academic year while members of our community and nation are processing the tragic events in Charlottesville, Va. last week. As the aftermath of that...
Connect with the Erb Institute | Business for Sustainability newsroom at 3BL here. Erb Institute, faculty member, Tom Lyon along with A. Wren Montgomery and Kimberly S. Wolske, have recently completed research which considers differences between Millennial’s...
The new Dean of the School for Environment & Sustainability, Jonathan Overpeck, discusses how climate change is leading to a rapid decline in Arizona’s main source of water: the Colorado River and what this means for the residents of this area. "At some point we...