Report: Cargill: The Risky Business of Integrating Climate Change and Corporate Strategy (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on WDI Publishing (Case study #1-430-506) – published 04/2017, 14 pages Developed by: Whitney Augustine, Kimberly Kennedy, and Jon Moss....
"'There's only so far scientists can go in presenting data and appealing to people's rational intellect,' Andrew Hoffman, author of 'How Culture Shapes the Climate Change Debate,' told DW. 'To touch people's hearts, the key is to be able to tell stories – stories of...
Erb student, Noah Feingold, joined It's Hot in Here podcast hosts Ben Sonnega and Heena Singh for a conversation about green aviation, the focus area of his summer internship with the Rocky Mountain Institute. "Global aviation accounts for approximately 2 percent of...
This article is based on the white paper “A Picture and a Thousand Words?: Combining Both for Success in Public Debate,” by former Erb Institute postdoctoral researcher Lianne Lefsrud. "To be heard in many public debates, you may need more than the proverbial picture...
"Managing Director Terry Nelidov: “[Erb] is situated at the nexus between business, environment, and society. [Students] learn sustainability by actually doing it, out in farms, factories, supply chains, and corporate offices—here in the US and abroad. [We prepare]...
People have to understand that the effects of global warming will affect their lives and hit their wallets. When a big drought strikes or a hurricane passes through the region, [they] suddenly will understand the impact. However, these changes must primarily affect...
WHAT IS (AND, IS NOT) AN ENERGY STRATEGY? When most people talk about energy strategies, they’re actually not talking about strategy at all. Oftentimes, narratives are about what companies and policy makers could or should be doing when it comes to energy transitions...
The rise of what is broadly called “big data” has given new impetus to those who believe that more and better information will solve our decision-making troubles. The term big data is generally taken to refer to the digital exhaust from our time spent online: our...
Erb Institute student, Nick Barrett, traveled to Cuba to better understand the renewable energy landscape in an economy in transition.
Carmen is responsible for providing communications and digital marketing support to the institute. Carmen brings deep editorial, social media and video production skills from her experience at Omnia Media in Los Angeles, where she developed a new digital women’s...