Rapidly advancing developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), a category of computer science, hold immense promise for helping to solve complex sustainability problems such as climate change. But uncertainties loom about AI’s potential ill effects on...
When you realize, it’s not just you. Shedding light on gender and navigating academiaOr how two professors are bringing awareness and a voice to gender issues in higher education: Erb Staffer Carolyn Kwant talks with Sara Soderstrom, Asst. Professor, University of...
In the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in the fall of 2017, more than 3 million Americans were left without power across Puerto Rico. It took nearly 11 months for the local utility to restore power in some cases. During the hurricanes’ immediate aftermath, numerous...
In our blog last month, we wrote about UNLEASH, the weeklong global innovation lab we attended in Singapore. We spent a week with 1,000 fellow young professionals and students from 106 countries developing innovative ideas for tackling the United Nations Sustainable...
Curious about the role of business in advancing climate action? Watch this video. This September, a delegation from the University of Michigan's Erb Institute traveled to San Francisco to attend the Global Climate Action Summit. The Erb Institute also hosted an...
And should we stop? Think of all the terms that have cropped up over the past several decades or so to describe the environmental movement. Reduce, reuse, recycle. Low footprint. Zero footprint. Zero waste. Going green. (NB: not the same as “going clear.”)...
UNLEASH is a global innovation lab that brings together 1,000 young people to create solutions for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This year, UNLEASH took place in Singapore. On Day 1, we found ourselves surrounded by 998 other participants, eagerly...
One of the great challenges of tackling climate change is making it real for people without a scientific background. That’s because the threat it poses can be so hard to see or feel. In the wake of Hurricanes Florence and Michael, for example, one may be compelled to...
Co-authored by Andy Hoffman and Ellen Hughes-Cromwick Yale economist William Nordhaus has devoted his life’s work to understanding the costs of climate change and advocating the use of a carbon tax to curb global warming. It’s no small irony, then, that on the same...
VIDEO: Why Erb? with People Against Dirty Chief Optimist, Hank Mercier | Erb Institute With so many choices, why would you pick to earn a dual-degree from the Erb Institute? People Against Dirty's Chief Optimist Hank Mercier explains why: "It's a complete no brainer."...