A report from the Fifth Clean Energy Ministerial in Seoul, SK by Tom Catania, Erb Institute Executive in Residence. I had the privilege of being invited by the US Department of Energy to moderate one the Roundtables at the Fifth Clean Energy Ministerial in Seoul...
Co-hosted by the Erb Institute on March 31, 2014, the Energy 2030 on the Road conference put the spotlight on Ann Arbor as one of the nation's most progressive energy innovation cities. Ann Arbor Mayor, John Hieftje, DTE Energy and GetDowntown are among those featured...
Author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy Event details / Poster Watch the full event here.
Within a few minutes of the plane landing this past December 8, we both had stuffy noses and irritated throats. My companion and I were in Shanghai to deliver presentations at the Mobility Conference hosted by UM-SMART and UM-SJTU Joint Institute. The smog was unreal....
This blog is cross-posted on: GreenBiz.com Many of the people who seek sustainability careers today would probably have entered politics or nonprofits in previous decades. Even those who joined nonprofits back then would likely have tried to influence public policy....
As my flight approached Nairobi Airport, we flew low over miles of intermingled shanty towns, repair shops, and small factories literally as far as the eye could see. The colorful but chaotic landscape below was a reminder of why I had come. I was in Nairobi to...
Erb post-doc Laurie Kaye Nijaki worked with the City of Los Angeles in 2007-2008 to plant the seed of the Green Building Program and to push for its initial adoption through City Council. Over the summer of 2013, the program received $1 million towards implementation,...
The City of Los Angeles Green Business Program is designed to certify businesses in the City of Los Angeles based upon their adoption of environmental practices. As a beyond compliance program, businesses (concentrating most immediately on restaurants, auto repair...
Having been prevented from doing my job for 28 days during the Government shutdown 17 years ago, I thought I might share with you what that feels like. I need to preface it with the fact that while many people like to disparage public service (e.g., government...
Erb Institute white paper now released for the June 26 energy conference held at the University of Michigan. The conference was co-sponsored by the Erb Institute, Growth Capital Network, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Institute for Energy Innovation, 5 Lakes Energy, Next...