The City of Detroit’s Office of Sustainability was established in 2017, with a mission to create healthy, green, vibrant, accessible neighborhoods where all Detroiters can contribute and benefit through (1) collaboration between city departments and agencies, (2)...
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This is Detroit’s moment to lead, says Sustainable Business Network of Detroit
Detroit is poised to become a global leader in business sustainability, but this will require a new approach to collaboration. The newly formed Sustainable Business Network of Detroit (SBN Detroit) recently held its inaugural event, “Detroit’s Moment: Accelerating the...
Sustainability in Detroit, Part 5: Real estate development
What does sustainability look like in Detroit, a city that is going through changes that some consider a renaissance? The Erb Institute talked with five people who are working to make Detroit more sustainable—in wildly divergent ways, from bees, to dirt, to real...
Sustainability in Detroit, Part 4: The dirt
Sustainability in Detroit Part 4: The dirtWhat does sustainability look like in Detroit, a city that is going through changes that some consider a renaissance? The Erb Institute talked with five people who are working to make Detroit more sustainable—in wildly...
Sustainability in Detroit, Part 3: Stormwater
What does sustainability look like in Detroit, a city that is going through changes that some consider a renaissance? The Erb Institute talked with five people who are working to make Detroit more sustainable—in wildly divergent ways, from bees, to dirt, to real...
Sustainability in Detroit, Part 2: Making way for bees
What does sustainability look like in Detroit, a city that is going through changes that some consider a renaissance? The Erb Institute talked with five people who are working to make Detroit more sustainable—in wildly divergent ways, from bees, to dirt, to real...
Sustainability in Detroit, Part 1: The city steps up
What does sustainability look like in Detroit, a city that is going through changes that some consider a renaissance? The Erb Institute talked with five people who are working to make Detroit more sustainable—in wildly divergent ways, from bees, to dirt, to real...
Conversations with Consequence: Metrics and Sustainability at Innovation Forum Detroit
The Erb Institute engaged with several speakers and participants around key questions that relate to business, academia and sustainability, during a partner event with Innovation Forum in Detroit. We asked two sustainability leaders one question: Which metrics matter...
Conversations with Consequence: Academia and Business at Innovation Forum Detroit
The Erb Institute engaged with several speakers and participants around key questions that relate to business, academia and sustainability, during a partner event with Innovation Forum in Detroit. Below we take a look at what academia has to offer business...
Kellogg’s Amy Senter sits down with the Erb Institute ahead of Innovation Forum Detroit
How did sustainability become a career for you? When I was going into undergrad, I wanted to do something in the sciences and had always had a strong affinity for the environment. I can remember back to my elementary school days when we had a “cans for...