Student Impact Project: Developing the ‘Next Tier’ of corporate sustainability leadersWhen the World Environment Center (WEC) partnered with the Erb Institute to build out its innovative new “Next Tier” program to equip companies left behind in the sustainability...
Student Impact Project: B Lab AfricaAfter coming to Michigan, I took a class, Environ 208, where I was first introduced to this incredible community of Erbers. I was immediately drawn to the purpose and focus on business and sustainability. In the coming weeks, I will...
Earlier this year, Erb Institute student, Chris Owen, MBA/MS 2020, worked with Casa María Amor in Cuenca, Ecuador for an Erb Institute Impact Project. Casa María Amor is a women’s shelter hidden on the outskirts of Cuenca in a crevice of the Andes Mountains. It...
Laughter. This is the sound that will forever remind me of my week in Cuenca, Ecuador, with the women of Casa María Amor. It was the first day of our two-day Women’s Entrepreneurial Empowerment Workshop. As an introductory ideation activity to demonstrate the concept...