Erb students Miguel Sossa, Dan Gerding and Erb alum, Gabriel Thoumi, worked to create and gain approval for an official panel event at the United Nation's global climate change convention in Durban, South Africa on professional standards in carbon markets. The panel...
Results for research on: Global Change
New paper from John Sterman lauds Erb Director’s newest climate change research
"How to get the message across on climate change.” As the science of climate change gets clearer, the public gets more confused. Are there ways to fix that? Professor Sterman is at MIT Sloan School of Management. "How to get the message across on climate...
Erb Alum Cynthia Koenig interviewed for New York Times Business Day story: “Unreasonable, Maybe, but It’s on a Social Mission”
Cynthia's company, Wello, based in Rajasthan, India, is aimed at people — most of them women — who must walk long distances to bring drinking water to the home. Her cylinder-shaped product allows women to roll water home from the source rather than carry it on their...
Student Sustainability Initiative publishes open letter to President Mary Sue Coleman on U-M Sustainability goals
An open letter written by the Student Sustainability Initiative Roundtable and Board addresses President Mary Sue Coleman's green initiatives and sustainability goals announced earlier in the year. "Letter to the Editor: Coleman should continue to push sustainability...
Institute Director comments on ideology of climate change in New York Times Sunday Review
Climate change presents numerous ideological challenges to our culture and our beliefs” -- Read Andy Hoffman's comments in this week's New York Times Sunday Review Whatever Happened to Global Warming? - Read the NY Times article
Deschutes River Corridor and Its Water
Project: Value of Natural Resources: Deschutes River Corridor and Its Water Client: Trout Unlimited Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Currie Student Group Members: Brian Hartmann, Erb '12 Michael Kasameyer, Erb '12 Nathan Springer, Erb '11 The Deschutes River in Central...
Reframing the energy debate: a call for resilience
Erb Managing Director, Rick Bunch, draws on recent research by Professor Andy Hoffman to rethink energy infrastructure: "Oil Spills and Meltdowns Highlight the Need for Energy Resilience" Read the story online
Erb alum Jackie Pitera discusses corporate sustainability
Erb alum, Jackie Pitera, discusses corporate sustainability in employee engagement in Environmental Leader "Aligned Incentives and Engaged Employees Improve Triple Bottom Line Performance."
Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency
Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency (Case study #1-429-106) – published 07/2011, 48 pages. By: Professor Thomas P. Lyon and Michael “Kipp”...
Sociology: The growing climate divide
Erb Faculty Member, Andy Hoffman is featured in Nature Climate Change Climate change has reached the level of a ‘scientific consensus’, but is not yet a ‘social consensus’. New analysis highlights that a growing divide between liberals and conservatives in the...