Exceptional Boards: Environmental Experience and Positive Deviance from Institutional Norms Authored by: Erb Director, Andy Hoffman and former Erb Postdoc, Judith Walls Journal of Organizational Behavior Vol. 34, Issue 2, June 25, 2012 "This paper explores the...
The scientists no longer have the final say in the public debate on climate change. The debate is shifting to a conversation that focuses on the values, culture, worldviews and ideologies of all populations. "A great and more varied voice from the social sciences...is...
Going Beyond Growth: The Green Economy as a Sustainable Economic Development Strategy Laurie Kaye Nijaki The Next Economics, Global Cases in Energy, Environment, and Climate Change, Springer Press Explore economic growth, opportunities and strategy through a green...
Andy Hoffman's report, Climate Science as Culture War digs into the deeper meaning of climate change science and who needs to play a part in the conversations and debates. "...we do not have a set of socially accepted beliefs on climate change—beliefs that emerge,...
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...
Aaron Desatnik, Erb '15 examines the work of recent speaker, Sheryl Connelly and the various tasks futurists' must do to stay ahead of market trends. "At Ford, Sheryl’s “in charge of helping the company stay two to 20 years ahead of the trends outside the industry...
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...
Identity, Sustainability, and Local Setting at U.S. Botanical Gardens New paper published by Erb Faculty Affiliate, Victoria Johnson. Victoria thanks the Erb Institute for the research grant that made her paper possible. "In the last decade, an increasing number of...
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...