As of 2011, the University of Michigan campus was generating 10,000 tons of solid waste every year - nearly 28 tons per day. The University realizes this is a major problem and has begun taking action accordingly. President Coleman recently set an ambitious target of...
Read it online: Warm spring weather and global warming: If only scientists could be so persuasive Andy's comments were also referenced in a related Jezebel article: Eerily Gorgeous Weather Finally Convinces People That Global Warming is a Thing (html)
The BP Oil Spill as a Cultural Anomaly? Institutional Context, Conflict, and Change was selected as the "Breaking the Frame" Award winner for papers published in JMI in 2011. Journal of Management Inquiry is sponsored by the Western Academy of Management. The paper...
This blog was originally posted on the Network for Business Sustainability Blog To a large degree, the public is scientifically illiterate. And that illiteracy is driving the social debate over climate change, much to the dismay of physical and social scientists...
An open letter written by the Student Sustainability Initiative Roundtable and Board addresses President Mary Sue Coleman's green initiatives and sustainability goals announced earlier in the year. "Letter to the Editor: Coleman should continue to push sustainability...
In developing communities, when goodwill and collaboration are not enough, what next? A philanthropist approached a team of scientists with a problem: At a time when more than 1 billion people—the vast majority of which live in the developing world—lack basic access...
Erb Faculty Member, Andy Hoffman is featured in Nature Climate Change Climate change has reached the level of a ‘scientific consensus’, but is not yet a ‘social consensus’. New analysis highlights that a growing divide between liberals and conservatives in the...
Project: Building a Sustainable Community in Africa - Mpala Wildlife Conservancy Client: The Mpala Research Centre and The Mpala Wildlife Foundation Faculty Advisor: Don Scavia, Andy Hoffman, and Abigail Mechtenberg Student Group Members: Melissa Antokal, Erb ’12...
Project: Ancillary Service Revenue Opportunities from Electric Vehicles via Demand Response Client: Better Place Faculty Advisor: John DeCicco Student Group Members: Hanns Anders, MBA/MS Sustainable Systems Kripal Kavi, MBA/MS Environmental Policy and Planning Mark...
Project: The Potential for Micro-Algae and other "Micro-Crops" to Produce Sustainable Biofuels Client: National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Faculty Advisor: John DeCicco Student Group Members: Aaron Assmann, MS Conservation Biology Amy Braun, MS Environmental Policy...