Results for research on: Global Change

A Costa Rican University and Its Part in the U.S. Banana Market

A Costa Rican University and Its Part in the U.S. Banana Market

In February, I spent several days on EARTH University’s campus in the Guacimo region of Costa Rica, not far from Limon. I was there to visit family working with the university, and I had heard EARTH was a significant supplier of bananas to Whole Foods Market in the...

Kaiser Permanente: Linking Renewable Energy and Healthcare

Kaiser Permanente: Linking Renewable Energy and Healthcare

Kaiser Permanente: Linking Renewable Energy and Healthcare (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study #1-430-481) – published 03/2016, 20 pages Developed by: David Carruthers, Yun Liang, Jonathan Phillips, Julio Villasenor (Erb '17) and Angela...

Erb Faculty Member, Tom Lyon featured in The Guardian

Erb Faculty Member, Tom Lyon featured in The Guardian

Erb Faculty Member, Tom Lyon opines that although Warren Buffet and ‪‎Berkshire Hathaway's‬ record of astute financial moves is hard to argue with, he may be missing the mark in terms of under-estimating the pace and acceleration of ‪‎climate change‬ and what that...

Volkswagen’s Clean Diesel Dilemma

Volkswagen’s Clean Diesel Dilemma

Volkswagen's Clean Diesel Dilemma (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study #1-430-484) – published 03/2016, 24 pages Developed by: Chris Monti (Erb '18), Vitor Lira, Jefferson Sanchez and Namit Jhanwar. This case was written under the...

General Mills Commits to Sourcing 100% Sustainable Cocoa

General Mills Commits to Sourcing 100% Sustainable Cocoa

General Mills Commits to Sourcing 100% Sustainable Cocoa (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study #1-430-479) – published 02/2016, 16 pages Developed by: Rebecca Baylor, Zhanyang Gao (Erb '17) and Katherine Price. This case was written under...

Solar Financing in the U.S. – An Intern’s Explanation (Part I)

Solar Financing in the U.S. – An Intern’s Explanation (Part I)

The Basics of Solar Financing Background You might say the solar industry is doing well. There’s a plethora of statistics that can be used to back up this assertion, but the graph below may sum up the picture best. Installation prices are falling, adoption is growing,...