Elise Hunter's ('13) interview with Mechai Viravaidya (Thailand's 'Mr. Condom') on the successes of one of his social enterprises is featured in the Huffington Post Social Entrepreneurship section as Cabbages and Condoms. A public health advocate and entrepreneur...
By Allie Goldstein This past week, my master’s project team attended the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, Qatar. By most accounts, the week was a huge success. We presented a poster at Forest Day, represented Michigan at our booth, made...
Allie Goldstein and her master's project team attended the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Doha, Qatar. Her return to the States with unusually warm weather and a mind buzzing with reflections made her reconsider whether or not her and her...
by Allie Goldstein We have arrived in Doha, Qatar—a city rising from the desert and, rather ironically, from oil revenue—for the 18th United Nations Conference of the Parties (COP18). While expectations for an international climate change agreement are tempered this...
Also known as the braintrust of the World Economic Forum, the Global Agenda Council participants here in Dubai are an assemblage of what some would call the world’s brightest, most accomplished, and most intelligent. We have taken the chance to meet and speak with...
Cynthia's company, Wello, based in Rajasthan, India, is aimed at people — most of them women — who must walk long distances to bring drinking water to the home. Her cylinder-shaped product allows women to roll water home from the source rather than carry it on their...
A growing number of Erb Institute faculty members and students are building relationships with businesses and organizations in China. Erb Director Thomas Lyon shared insights from his China trip in his July 16 blog in FastCompany.com. He noted that although Chinese...
University of Michigan Hosts Clean Tech Symposium to Explore the Dynamics of Collaboration and Competition Between Michigan and China ANN ARBOR, MI--(Marketwire - 11/30/10) - Reflecting increased interest in global clean tech innovation and concerns over the emerging...
Erb Entrepreneurs Cynthia Koenig, Erb '11 and Colm Fay, Erb '12 launch award winning social venture helping people to transport safe drinking water in areas where it is not readily available. "There’s beauty in simplicity. Just ask entrepreneur Cynthia Koenig, MBA/MS...
"How Strong Is the State in China, Really?"