Read it online: Warm spring weather and global warming: If only scientists could be so persuasive Andy's comments were also referenced in a related Jezebel article: Eerily Gorgeous Weather Finally Convinces People That Global Warming is a Thing (html)
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Erb alums Paul Davis and Hunt Briggs moving their Waste-to-energy startup to market
Ann Arbor‐based startup, founded by four University of Michigan students, is in the midst of raising a seed round of up to $2 million to move it from proof‐of‐concept stage to commercialization. View the article
Patagonia: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (A)
Patagonia: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Patagonia A: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (Case study #1-429-230) – published 03/2012, 22 pages. By: Allyson Johnson, Courtney Lee, Steven Rippberger, and...
Erbers Dan Gerding & Adam Byrnes win “Most Disruptive Idea” at Clean Energy Challenge
Congratulations to Erbers Dan Gerding, Adam Byrnes, and the Arborlight Team for winning "Most Disruptive Idea" category at the Clean Energy Venture Challenge. Read more
Miguel Sossa (Erb ’13) speaks to progress in U.S. carbon policy from Durban
Is the US getting a tough deal out here - Miguel Sossa from the University of Michigan came into the Climate Change Studio to argue that while the USA's negotiating position might not impress many delegates, there is plenty to be optimistic about.
Why Social Intrapreneurs Must Engage Coworkers and Break Down Siloes
This post appeared in GreenBiz on February 7, 2012 Editor's Note: This is the fifth article in a seven-week series by Nathan Springer that will chronicle in-depth the lessons from a course at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on how to become a...
The Importance of Mobilizing Allies for Social Intrapreneurs
This post appeared in GreenBiz on January 30, 2012 Editor's Note: This is the fourth article in a seven-week series by Nathan Springer that will chronicle in-depth the lessons from a course at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business on how to become a...
US Climate Action Partnership Version 2.0
This blog is cross posted on the SustainAbility Blog The US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), once the primary spokesman for the corporate sector on climate change in Washington, has gone dormant. Why? The reasons are multiple. Climate legislation is a nonstarter in...
The How and Why of Creating Social Consensus on Climate Change: What’s next?
My mind is still racing from a very exciting and ground-breaking conference that the Erb Institute co-hosted this past weekend with the Union of Concerned Scientists. So much so, that I want to share some of it with you. In doing so, my hope is that you will respond...
Are academic scholars “lost to the academy”? A call for more public intellectuals in the climate change debate
This blog was originally posted on the Network for Business Sustainability Blog To a large degree, the public is scientifically illiterate. And that illiteracy is driving the social debate over climate change, much to the dismay of physical and social scientists...