Last month, Stephen Ahn (Erb ’15) and I served as the inaugural pair of WEC/Erb fellows, sponsored by IBM. This joint initiative between WEC, Erb, and IBM gives students the opportunity to participate in a topic-based roundtable discussion with innovative leaders...
In the March 30, 2013 edition of The Economist magazine, a piece was written with the sub-title, “Climate change may be happening more slowly than scientists thought. But the world still needs to deal with it.” There have been about 200 comments entered on the...
Andy Hoffman is cited in story on post-Climate Gathering in Ireland earlier this year. “Among many things, one notion that has emerged for me is the importance of connecting with the Arts: poets, musicians, writers, painters, etc to translate climate change for lay...
Erb Director, Andy Hoffman's article, Climate Science as Culture War in the Stanford Social Innovation Review wins a Maggie Award for Best Feature Article (circulation under 50,000- Trade) from the Western Publishing Association (WPA). Read more: 079 Best Feature...
Erb Director discusses the roles of the "bright green" and "dark green" environmental factions, and activist Bill McKibben in "How Science Can Predict Where You Stand on Keystone XL. Read more: Read it online: How Science Can Predict Where You Stand On Keystone XL
Current Erb students and alumni are making an impact in companies around the world, but perhaps no organization has been more influenced by Erbers’ passion for making change than the Mexican bank, Banorte. At first blush, Banorte seems like an unlikely candidate....
Erb Alum, Doug Glancy ('07) explores the strategic marriage of behavioral economics and technology as a means of increasing public motivation for action on climate change: What Smoking and Marriage Equality Can Teach Activists About Efforts to Catalyze Climate Action...
Andy Hoffman tackles business innovation, the role of global markets and the carbon tax on Australian television and radio. Check out the interviews: Radio Interview: Very fast trains, solar planes and what Business can do for climate action
Note on Corporate Social Responsibility: A Debate (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on (Case study # 1-429-177) – published 09/2011, 10 pages. Developed by: Erb Faculty Affiliate, Aneel Karnani, Pietra Rivoli, Sandra Waddock Description: This note is a summary...
This blog is cross posted on Information Systems for Environmental Sustianability I scraped the EPA website for University GHG emissions (not available for download), made a bar chart excluding those with < 50K MTCo2e in 2011, and added colors to group by climate...