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“Countdown to Redefining the Good Life” – A conversation with Erb Institute Faculty Director, Joe Arvai
Countdown to Redefining the Good Life The Sustainable Brands SB’17 conference is coming to Detroit next week. The Erb Institute is a Sustainable Brands Conference Partner for this event, and the institute helped bring the conference to Detroit. The conference’s theme...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai, “Trump’s overhaul of EPA science panel worries U professor who heads it” – (Star Tribune)
Joe Arvai, who directs the University of Michigan Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise and is a longtime member of the EPA’s Science Advisory Board, said industry scientists provide valuable input, and would be welcome. But that would change if Pruitt...
“EPA dismisses half of key board’s scientific advisers” – (Washington Post)
"Joe Arvai, a member of the Scientific Advisory Board who directs the University of Michigan’s Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, said in an email that Pruitt and his colleagues should keep in mind that the board’s membership, just like its standing and...
“E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board” – (The New York Times)
"Several members of the Scientific Advisory Board contacted by The New York Times said that they had not received dismissal notices, but that they were aware their board was a political target. I see the dismissal of the scientists from the Board of Scientific...
Ending the Woes of Short-Termism: Eric Ries and the Long-Term Stock Exchange
Report: Ending the Woes of Short-Termism: Eric Ries and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-504) – published 04/2017, 22 pages Developed by: Anna Norman, Olexandr Spasov, Nathan Brougher, and...
Erb Faculty Member, Andy Hoffman authors chapter in State of the World’s EarthEd
EARTHED: RETHINKING EDUCATION ON A CHANGING PLANET (2017) With global environmental changes locked into our future, what we teach must evolve. All education will need to be environmental education, but environmental education cannot focus solely on teaching everyone...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai among climate experts advancing knowledge of sea level projections – Phys.org
In a compelling analysis of the factors that affect how much the ocean will rise along California's coast in coming decades, a seven-member team of experts led by UC Santa Cruz geologist Gary Griggs has issued a report on the best-available sea-level rise science. The...
A Texas-Sized Sustainability Training
As part of Erb’s Cool Projects, I recently attended a Certified Sustainability (CSR) Practitioner Training offered by the Centre for Sustainability and Excellence. It offered a glimpse into the challenges that sustainability professionals must face on a daily basis....
In Praise of ‘B’ Journals – An essay by Andy Hoffman (Inside Higher Ed)
Every university has a list of A journals, those it considers to be the most prestigious in its field. Even the journals that rank institutions have such lists, and many universities use them to measure their impact. As a result, academics establish their credentials...