Sean Ansett will be visiting campus and holding a career and discussion focused student workshop on November 17, 2016. Sean is CSO of Fairphone, a Netherlands-based start-up bent on showing the industry that a cell phone can indeed be “conflict free”—in terms of materials, workers, and community. Sean also brings two decades of experience in global […]
DotEarth blogger and NY Times journalist, Andy Revkin, will show how anyone can cut against the noise and overload the Web and become an effective online communicator, community builder with respect to climate change and other sustainability issues. The session will start with a high-speed tour of cutting-edge material on blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. The […]
Greg Page, Cargill Executive Chairman Choices in Food Security Livestream begins Friday, March 14 12:30-2:00pm ET How will we feed a world on its way to 9 billion people and do it in a responsible way? Watch the video here
The Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise is a proud sponsor of the Ross Asia Business Conference. The Erb Institute sponsored a Sustainability in Asia panel moderated by Erb alum, Nate Springer. Featured panelists were: Linda Greer - NRDC Pete Hardigan - Ford Motor Company Tom Catania - Whirlpool Corporation
David Drake, Harvard Business School Co-sponsored by the Ross M&O Seminar Series Title: Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice Abstract: Emissions regulation today is non-uniform, with some regions imposing carbon costs within their borders while many others do not. This gives rise to concerns over carbon leakage---offshoring and foreign entry in response to […]
Ion Bogdan Vasi, Department of Sociology, University of Iowa Title: Here Comes the Sun. Social Movements, Industry Associations, and Consumer Behaviors in the Residential Solar Photovoltaics Market Abstract: Despite the remarkable breadth and depth of research on social movement outcomes, relatively little attention has been given to the effect of movements on individual actions such […]
Massimo Tavoni, Department of Management, Politecnico di Milano Title: Modeling the Climate Change Challenge Abstract: Understanding climate change requires a major integration of different disciplines, from social sciences to environmental science to technology. This talk will describe how integrated assessment tools can help model climate change and inform the policy debate. We will discuss the […]
Elizabeth Kolbert has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1999. Previously, she worked at the New York Times, where she wrote the Metro Matters column; from 1988 to 1991, she was the paper’s Albany bureau chief, and, from 1992 to 1997, she was a political and media reporter, and also a contributor […]
MBW 2017 Spring Symposium, is co-sponsored by the Human Capital Club. This year's event features Erb Institute alumnae, Kara Davidson and Stephanie Judd and their new company Wolf & Heron. Kara and Stephanie will lead two interactive workshops - Becoming the Head Bitch In Charge and Super Powers of an Influential Storyteller. Lunch catered by […]
