To protect something, we have to love it. And to love it, we have to take the time to appreciate its beauty and value. Last week, I took some time to do just that. After giving a keynote address at the new Center for Climate Communication at the very-green...
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...
Erb Research Management Fellow, Kim Wolske, and Director Andy Hoffman contribute to newly released U-M study on hydraulic fracturing in Michigan. Wolske and Hoffman's "Public Perceptions Report" is one of 7 technical reports to be used in guiding future decision...
Do consumer’s care about the environmental consequences of over-the-counter and prescription drugs? Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai published in Environmental Health There is growing concern that pollution from pharmaceuticals used in human medicine and agriculture...
Designing Innovative Corporate Water Risk Management Strategies from an Ecosystem Services Perspective Multidisciplinary Action Project Authors: Daniel Gerding ('14), Berry Kennedy ('14), Makely Lyon ('14), Joshua Rego, and Emily Taylor ('14) Advisor: Don Scavia,...
Scaling Up Payments for Watershed Services gives readers recommendations for increasing participation in watershed conservation for non-industrial private forest landowners in the Sebago Lake Watershed, Maine. This book was the Erb Institute 2012 Best Opus Project...
Client Organization: The Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, A.C. Client Website: The Mexican Fund for the Conservation of Nature, A.C. SNRE Faculty Advisor: Bill Currie Master Students Involved in Project: Hannah Erickson, MS Environmental Policy and...
Erb faculty affiliate, Barry Rabe and Christopher Borick published "Conventional Politics for Unconventional Drilling? Lessons from Pennsylvania's Early Move into Shale Gas Policy Development" (pdf) in the Review of Public Policy.
Jonathan Huynh (Erb '13), Mike Wohl (Erb '13), Lawrence Han (Erb '14) and Therese Miranda (Erb '15) were on the team that took 2nd place. Congratulations! This is the first time Ross has placed at the case competition, which involves students from across the country...
Corporate sustainability strategies are common practice in today’s corporate America, going far beyond a company’s environmental footprint, to becoming a central part of company strategy. Sustainability challenges companies to think about themselves as part of an...