An appeal for better, smarter decisions - Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai published in Policy Options Politiques Spend a few minutes talking with the Erb Institute’s Faculty Director, Joe Árvai, and it’ll be clear that his social and political views are progressive;...
Erb Faculty Director, Andy Hoffman, Erb Post-doc alumna, Stephanie Bertels and Rich DeJordy published "The Varied Work of Challenger Movements: Identifying Challenger Roles in the US Environmental Movement" in Organization Studies. This article analyses underlying...
Algal Scientific received funding from Evonik to start their first commercial production plant in Michigan. Algal Scientific uses a sustainable technology to use B-glucan for animal feed, which produces healthier livestock. Algal Scientific was co-founded by Erb...
Co-hosted by the Erb Institute on March 31, 2014, the Energy 2030 on the Road conference put the spotlight on Ann Arbor as one of the nation's most progressive energy innovation cities. Ann Arbor Mayor, John Hieftje, DTE Energy and GetDowntown are among those featured...
Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai published in Environment Systems & Decisions Supporting international development decisions. For more than half a century, research and practice in international development has focused on improving the quality of life of people...
PG&E: Hanging on to a Ray of Hope (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study # 1-429-377)– published 02/2014, 16 pages. Developed by: Chris Wolff, Masayuki Kawasaki, Natalie Guishar, and John Serron ('16) under the supervision of Andrew...
Erb Director, Andy Hoffman gives keynote speech titled "Do we need a new definition of sustainability?" at the West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum luncheon on Feb. 10. Listen to Professor Hoffman's speech
A Fresh Look at Infrastructure – Through the Prism of Resiliency, Big Data By Sander Dolder ('13) and Devin McIntire ('13) "During a recent World Environment Center roundtable in New York City, it became clear that modern challenges including urbanization, climate...
The Role of the Private Sector in Addressing Resource Scarcity Risk (Executive Summary) The Problem: Food Scarcity, Raw Materials, Energy, Water and Land This paper, the first of its series, reflects key discussion themes among roundtable participants and outside...
Whirlpool Corporation announced a next generation of refrigerators containing an insulating chemical expected to greatly reduce or eliminate depletion of the ozone layer. These zero GWP (global warming potential) appliances will address the manufacturer's dilemma of...