Results for research on: Global Change

Climate Change in the Culture Wars

Climate Change in the Culture Wars

Forbes contributor Josh McQuaid blogs about the politicization of the climate science in "How Climate Change Got Caught in the Culture Wars," heavily citing Erb Director Andy Hoffman's article originally published in the Stanford Innovation Review. "How climate change...

The Admit of Defeat in Sustainable Development

The Admit of Defeat in Sustainable Development

This article was originally published by Student Reporter on 14th of August 2012. It is republished in full with permission. Since the end of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, the general sentiment on the outcome has not been very positive, to say the least. It has been...

The Road to Pure Electric Bliss

The Road to Pure Electric Bliss

I’m a self-professed “not-a-car-guy” and rather proud of it. I have no feigned romanticism for those loud, obnoxious engines in muscles cars, and as someone who barely knows how to check his oil I’m without the fond memories of taking apart a transmission or...

Decision Support for Developing Energy Strategies

Decision Support for Developing Energy Strategies

What is an "energy strategy"?  Erb Faculty Director, Joe Arvai published in Issues in Science and Technology There’s been a lot of interest lately in an American “energy strategy”, which begs the question: What is an energy strategy? Unlike most efforts now under way...

Are Academics Afraid of Action?

Are Academics Afraid of Action?

This post is in reflection of the first day of the UN PRME Global Forum. “I wonder if academics are afraid of action,” started Claus Pederson, Head of Sustainable Development of Novozyme, to a room filled with 300+ professors, deans and directors of business schools,...

Looking ahead at the Smart Grid

Looking ahead at the Smart Grid

"The Smart Grid: Where We Are Today and What the Future Holds" By Christian Hicks, Erb MBA/MS 2012 Renewable Energy Scholar View the report https://issuu.com/erbinstitute/docs/hicks-smart-grid

Michigan Green Communities

Michigan Green Communities

Project: Michigan Green Communities: Strengthening Municipal Sustainability Practices through Statewide Network Building Client: Michigan Green Communities Faculty Advisor: Josh Newell Student Group Members: Benjamin Bunker, Antonia Chan, Andrew Fang, Seth Federspiel,...