Net Impact Detroit: Widening the Lens

Join us at Net Impact in Detroit this October! The Net Impact Conference has given attendees the opportunity to network, dream, plan, share ideas, and engage with the topics they care about most. Join us in Widening the Lens at NI19. Together, we’ll discover unlikely allies and new partners in the pursuit of a more just and […]

Bill McKibben – “350, the Most Important Number in the World”

Bill McKibben is America's preeminent environmentalist, author, and journalist. In 2010, the Boston Globe referred to McKibben as "probably the nation's leading environmentalist" and Time magazine described him as "the world's best green journalist." America's Pre-eminent environmental journalist spoke to a packed Rackham Auditorium on September 14, 2012 as part of the Erb Institute Speaker Series. […]

Andy Hoffman facilitates training sessions for nonprofit leaders

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, […]

Sept 11 – Peter Sinclair / Speaker Series

Communicating Climate Science in the Disinformation Era Wednesday, September 11 Time: 5:00-7:00pm Location: Ross School of Business - R2230 View the event live and recorded here A primary obstacle climate scientists face in educating the public and decision makers on the realities of global warming, is the well funded, well organized and coordinated effort of […]

Mar 14 – Greg Page, Executive Chairman of Cargill / Erb Speaker Series

Choices in Food Security Time: 12:30-2:00pm Location: Ross, R2240 This event is free and open to the public. Read Mr. Page's Bio | Event details Read the transcript of Mr. Page's presentation The live streamed video may be viewed here during and after the presentation.

Sept 9 – Michigan Energy Futures Conference II

Transitioning to Market Models and Implementation Challenges, Changing Regulatory Framework to Support the Utility of the Future Bringing together national, cross-sectorial experts on the changing energy landscape, this conference explored strategies for meeting the challenges facing energy producers and regulators in providing reliable, affordable and sustainable energy supplies and services during a period of unprecedented industry […]

Oct 3 – Transportation, Economics, Energy, and the Environment (TE3) Conference

8:00am-5:00pm Rackham Building, University of Michigan 915 E. Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109 TE3 is a one-day conference that will discuss and highlight recent research on Transportation, Economics, Energy, and the Environment.  Co-sponsored by: University of Michigan Energy Institute, Michigan Institute for Teaching and Research in Economics (MITRE) and the Erb Institute. To learn more, […]

Oct 10 – Global Human Rights & Labor Standards Symposium

8:00am-4:00pm Ross Colloquium (6th Floor) The symposium will cover the challenges of ensuring social responsibility in the globally dispersed supply chains of today, historical approaches universities have taken, current industry best practices and challenges and brainstorm what ought to be the role of a university and how could they fulfill that role more effectively. The […]

Erb C-Suite Speaker Series, Jim Rogers – “Energy Policy, Environmental Policy and the Transformation of the Power Sector”

Energy Policy, Environmental Policy and the Transformation of the Power Sector in the 21st Century Friday, November 7 2:00 - 3:30 pm Location:  Ross School of Business, Colloquium (6th Floor) Jim Rogers was chairman of the board for Duke Energy until his retirement on December 31, 2013. Rogers served as a CEO in the utility industry for […]