Climate change is a potential threat to the welfare of mankind and its mitigation is becoming urgent. Nuclear energy, which provides one-fifth of U.S. electricity generation, is currently the leading utility-scale, carbon-free baseload power source in America. But it is expensive, controversial, and regulated in a way that poses challenges to technological innovation. So how […]
Focusing on sustainability, infrastructural development, cultural practices, resource extraction, and new media usage, this conference provides a space for leading scholars across all disciplines to explore the social and environmental realities of Chinese engagement in Africa. The conference will explore China-Africa issues using interdisciplinary approaches to notions of nature, power, infrastructure, ownership, and belonging. This […]
We'd love to chat with you about the Erb Institute dual-degree! Learn about Erb Institute admissions requirements and application deadlines and speak with our Student & Alumni staff. Photo courtesy of Idealist Grad Fairs Erb Institute representatives will be at the following fairs. RSVP for the fair below. September 19: New York September 20: Atlanta […]
We'd love to chat with you about the Erb Institute dual-degree! Learn about Erb Institute admissions requirements and application deadlines and speak with our Student & Alumni staff. Photo courtesy of Idealist Grad Fairs Erb Institute representatives will be at the following fairs. RSVP for an upcoming fair below. September 20: Atlanta September 25: Boston October […]
We'd love to chat with you about the Erb Institute dual-degree! Learn about Erb Institute admissions requirements and application deadlines and speak with our Student & Alumni staff. Photo courtesy of Idealist Grad Fairs Erb Institute representatives will be at the following fairs. RSVP for an upcoming fair below. October 5: Chicago October 11: San Francisco […]
We'd love to chat with you about the Erb Institute dual-degree! Learn about Erb Institute admissions requirements and application deadlines and speak with our Student & Alumni staff. Photo courtesy of Idealist Grad Fairs Erb Institute representatives will be at the following fairs. RSVP for an upcoming fair below. October 2: Washington, DC October 5: […]
We'd love to chat with you about the Erb Institute dual-degree! Learn about Erb Institute admissions requirements and application deadlines and speak with our Student & Alumni staff. Photo courtesy of Idealist Grad Fairs Erb Institute representatives will be at the following fairs. RSVP for an upcoming fair below. September 25: Boston October 2: Washington, DC […]
The University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Sustainability in Business (Erb) and the World Environment Center (WEC) brought together 40 senior-level thought leaders and executives from business, academia, government and nonprofits, as well as selected Erb Institute students, for a roundtable discussion. Held November 30 to December 1, 2017, in Washington, D.C., with support from […]
We'd love to chat with you about the Erb Institute dual-degree! Learn about Erb Institute admissions requirements and application deadlines and speak with our Student & Alumni staff. Photo courtesy of Idealist Grad Fairs Erb Institute representatives will be at the following fairs: Wednesday, September 12th - New York City Monday, September 17th - Boston […]
The Erb Institute engaged with several speakers and participants around key questions that relate to business, academia and sustainability, during a partner event with Innovation Forum in Detroit. Below we ask business sustainability professionals: What new opportunities are on the horizon for business to better "innovate for sustainability"? How can business better innovate for sustainability? Erb Institute faculty director Joe […]
Andy Hoffman will be facilitating advanced training sessions for leaders from the following organizations: EDF, Sustainability Consortium, National Climate Data Center, The World Environment Center and the University of Minnesota for the Leopold Leadership Program March 16-19 at Stanford. The training will focus on an integrated approach for collective impact-collaborating with private sector consortia, corporate partnerships with NGOs, […]
Transitioning to market models and implementation challenges, changing regulatory framework to support the utility of the future. View slides, video and notes from the conference. Read an executive summary on the highlights of the conference with event specific quotes from: Dennis Dobbs, Vice President of Consumers Energy Janet McCabe, EPA Senator Evan Bayh Michigan State […]
We'd love to chat with you about the Erb Institute dual-degree! Learn about Erb Institute admissions requirements and application deadlines and speak with our Student & Alumni staff. Photo courtesy of Idealist Grad Fairs Erb Institute representatives will be at the following fairs. RSVP for the fair below. October 11: San Francisco Since 2004, the Idealist […]
Americans’ relationship with nuclear power is an uneasy one. This session will explore the public’s perception of nuclear power’s benefits and risks as compared to other energy sources. Session participants will examine the public’s tolerance for nuclear risk, including Fukushima-style disasters and waste storage. They’ll look at how and why some non- U.S. countries have […]
