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 (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 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...
By: Erb Faculty Member, Andrew Hoffman Book description: Both thoughtful and thought-provoking, Finding Purpose aims to challenge our understanding of how humanity interacts with planet Earth, and our role within this. This book is an invitation: would you...
Erb Faculty Member, Andy Hoffman was quoted and featured for his work on "The Fourth Wave" in the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation's 2015 Annual Report. Read more “Today, with little sustained attention to critical sustainability issues like poverty, climate...
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...
Shared-X is a for-profit impact investing company working to revamp agricultural practices and models for high-value specialty crops like organic bananas, aromatic cocoa and specialty coffee in developing countries. They strive to close the agricultural yield gap by...
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...
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,...
VERGE is a yearly conference offered by GreenBiz (originating in 2011) and has been gaining considerable momentum. In fact, it has outgrown its current location and will be moving to a bigger Silicon Valley location for next year’s event. This year’s conference...