A Michigan Ross MAP team was featured in EMOL Economy for their work on a solar research project with The Chilean Association of Solar Energy (Acesol) this spring. The Ross students on the team include Nick Barrett (Erb MBA/MS '18), Andrew Dabrowski (MBA '17),...
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Recycling at Keurig Green Mountain: A Brewing Problem
Report: Recycling at Keurig Green Mountain: A Brewing Problem (pdf abstract available) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-482) – published 06/2016, 16 pages Developed by: Alex Truelove, Ryan Moya, Daniel Patton, and Devina Trivedi. This case...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai – “How can “Nudge Units” protect government from future mistakes?” (Michigan Radio)
Listen to the conversation on NPR's Stateside with Joe Arvai, Max McGraw Professor of Sustainable Enterprise and director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan When creating new public policies, lawmakers seek to answer...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai, “What it takes to get people to care about Climate Change” (Michigan Radio)
As a follow-up to Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai's publication in Nature Climate Change, Michigan Radio talks with Joe about his recent research which attempts to understand exactly what it takes to get people to care about climate change. This study was co-authored...
Society’s Biggest Problems need more than a Nudge
So-called “nudge units” are popping up in governments all around the world. The best-known examples include the U.K.’s Behavioural Insights Team, created in 2010, and the White House-based Social and Behavioral Sciences Team, introduced by the Obama administration in...
Snapshots From the Open Road
By Anita Lin After our first year of business school, my three teammates and I set off for a month-long road trip. We started in our backyard city of Detroit and made our way over to the St. Paul, Minn., area, Fargo, N.D., and Minneapolis. We drove the 1100+ miles in...
Understanding the Environmental Footprint of the U.S. Hotel sector
Recognizing what drives the impacts of hotel visits can better inform guests about responsible choices and offer property management areas in which to improve efficiency and cost savings. Whether for business or pleasure, whenever weary travelers seek out a place to...
Human-Centered Design to improve Stakeholder Engagement – A project in Tianjin, China
Last year, the two of us flew to Tianjin, China, for a week-long Erb Cool Project. The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) in China had approached Erb to invite two students to collaborate with the Tianjin Green Supply Chain Network (TGCC) on a website. TGCC is a...
A Closer Look at Food Hubs and Local Food
Food hubs are entities that connect farmers and food producers with larger markets for their products. Through funding from Erb Cool Projects, I attended the National Food Hub Conference in Atlanta, which was sponsored by the National Good Food Network. The biannual...
Dow and the Circular Economy: Trash to Treasure?
Dow and the Circular Economy: Trash to Treasure? Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-478) – published 03/2016, 20 pages Developed by: Sneha Rao, Chris Mills, Imani David and Nicholas Machinski. This case was written under the supervision...