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Entrepreneurship, empowerment, and papaya: An Erb Impact Project in Ecuador
Laughter. This is the sound that will forever remind me of my week in Cuenca, Ecuador, with the women of Casa María Amor. It was the first day of our two-day Women’s Entrepreneurial Empowerment Workshop. As an introductory ideation activity to demonstrate the concept...
Climate resilience and agricultural prosperity
Before joining the Erb ranks, I worked as managing partner for my family’s cherry and apple farm in Traverse City, Mich. Farmers love to tell stories, especially stories about dramatic, devastating weather events. As the sixth generation to lead our business, I grew...
Gauging the Workability of Carbon Credits in Morocco: A Q&A with Erb Institute Alum Dannan Hodge
How does HAF work toward sustainability? HAF works in both social and environmental sustainability. On the social side, they seek to provide additional sources of income for rural farmers that will allow them to stay on their land farming, versus migrating to urban...
Diving deep into human rights in Barcelona
Doing Good Doing Well is a conference run by students at IESE Business School in Spain. As Erb students, we were excited to be invited to present a workshop at the conference in February. Doing Good Doing Well is the largest student-run conference in Europe. It brings...
Erb faculty, Andy Hoffman and Dow CSO, Neil Hawkins discuss Dow Sustainability Fellows Program – Featured in Corporate Eco Forum
Dow Sustainability Fellows Program - Marking a 5 year milestone of sustainable impact In the below video and original article shared in Corporate Eco Forum, Hoffman and Hawkins talk about the unique partnership between Dow and the University of Michigan and how the...
Closing the Loop: Helping the Private Sector Turn Waste Into Profit
This past summer I completed an internship at Resource Recycling Systems, Inc. (RRS). RRS is an environmental consulting firm based in Ann Arbor, Mich., that specializes in corporate sustainability, waste recovery solutions and organics management. It serves a variety...
Erb Student and Ross Team Win Accenture Innovation Challenge
For the second year in a row, a team from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business has won Accenture’s Innovation Challenge, which brings in MBA students to tackle a challenge that one of its nonprofit partners faces. This year, the partner was USA for...
Ryan Whisnant
While at the Erb Institute, Ryan focused on sustainability strategy and organization development. Following Erb, he established the sustainability office as Director of Sustainability for a $4.5 billion technology services company, including energy, waste reduction,...
Alan Phipps
MBA/MS, Class of 2001 Alan is currently a Sustainability Consultant at Pure Strategies. Prior to Pure Strategies, Alan was the President of Phipps Associates, Inc., an environmental strategy and performance consulting firm based in Massachusetts. Before founding...