Marney is passionate about developing a sustainable, equitable and more resilient food system and is excited to leverage the power of the private sector to scale sustainable solutions. Prior to joining the Erb Institute, Marney worked in the environmental education...
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...
Is your business doing something really great on the journey to sustainability? Or maybe you have an idea you'd like to try but are not sure how? Share here, in this open forum, ways you see to accelerate the pace at which we're having an impact. We can learn from...
Bianca is passionate about using business to drive positive social and environmental change. At the University of Michigan she is studying the intersection of food, water, and energy and how these systems will be impacted by climate change. Prior to the Erb Institute,...
Natural Products Expo East is one of the biggest natural foods trade shows in the world. The September 2018 event in Baltimore attracted 1,500 businesses and 30,000 attendees, including us—two Erb students participating as MBArk Fellows, with the support of fantastic...
Fernando is a Brazilian AgTech professional, currently based on the West Coast. Prior to Michigan, Fernando worked in management consulting and tech, and has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Sao Paulo.
Carly eagerly joins the Erb community after 8 years working in international agriculture and development throughout Latin America. She looks forward to expanding her knowledge of renewable energy, finance, and corporate strategy and building upon her career in...
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...
A self-proclaimed “complexity junkie,” Monique Oxender, Keurig Green Mountain’s Chief Sustainability Officer, doesn’t bat an eye at tackling big, complicated issues. From the future of coffee to the recyclability of Keurig’s pods, Oxender and her team have provided...
Business sustainability has come a long way, but problems such as climate change, water scarcity, species extinction, and many others continue to worsen. Fresh thought leadership from Andrew Hoffman at the Erb Institute is pivoting the thinking on how companies can...