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...
Results for research on: Global Change
“Climate Science as Culture War” – featured in Stanford Social Innovation
The public debate around climate change is no longer about science—it’s about values, culture, and ideology. In this extensive article, Erb Director Andy Hoffman analyzes the growing divide among Americans over climate science, and the techniques we can employ to...
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
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
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...
UN PRME Global Forum Wraps Up – but Where Are Top Tier Business Schools?
Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development 2012, Rio-Brazil “In the past business schools have been too concerned about being the best in the world. Now they need to aspire to be the best for the world” (statement from the Principles of Responsible Management...
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
"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
The Green Button: Energy Data Standards and Opportunity
"The Green Button: Business Opportunities Arising From an Energy Data Standard" By Lawrence Han, Erb MBA/MS 2012 Renewable Energy Scholar View the report https://issuu.com/erbinstitute/docs/han-green-button
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,...