We challenged students to create short public service announcements that would inspire positive action on climate change. Eleven teams of students put their skills to the test. These are the first and second place videos. Critics’ Choice 2nd place winner, “25 Ways to...
Erb alum, Elise Hunter's ('13) blog on GreenBiz dives into climate adaptation vs. mitigation, its impact on the supply chain and the importance of community. "The goal of climate mitigation is to limit the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, either by...
Erb students Emily Taylor ('14) and Jenny Cooper ('15) win Dow Distinguished Awards for Interdisciplinary Sustainability. Emily's team proposal, Enabling Energy Efficiency in Rental Properties focuses on finance energy efficiency projects for rental properties....
Emergent constraints on the role of CO2 fertilization in the terrestrial carbon cycle Feedbacks from the terrestrial carbon cycle will mitigate or exacerbate future climate change, yet the sign and magnitude of these feedbacks are poorly known. The magnitude of...
In our previous post we argued that without a global equity test, sustainability is reduced to simply a means of maintaining the status quo of excessive consumption and production. In this post, we advance our argument by presenting a series of steps that can help...
What do you get when you put four amazing climate intellects in a room and ask them for the “hottest” ideas to solve climate change? Well, if you are the World Economic Forum who, at their recent meeting in Dalian, China, hosted a panel session to answer just that...
This blog is cross posted on EDF Climate Corps. This summer, EDF Climate Corps placed 116 fellows within leading organizations to identify strategic energy management opportunities. These fellows spent their summer working on a variety of projects from energy...
Erb Institute white paper now released for the June 26 energy conference held at the University of Michigan. The conference was co-sponsored by the Erb Institute, Growth Capital Network, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Institute for Energy Innovation, 5 Lakes Energy, Next...
Erb Director, Andrew Hoffman gives his perspective on how social science can inform climate change data and cultural identity in a recent post from The Tyee. Read more (pdf)
Travelers Insurance: Focusing on Climate Change and Natural Catastrophe Risk (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study # 1-429-347)– published 07/2013, 28 pages. Developed by: Jonathan Huynh ('13), David Wang ('15), Jay Wolfgram ('15), and...