Uber and the Sharing Economy: Global Market Expansion and Reception (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on GlobaLens (Case study #1-430-479) – published 02/2016, 20 pages Developed by: Qingxu Jin (Bill), Carl Spevacek, Nasreddine El-Dehaibi, and Whitney Johnson....
VERGE is a yearly conference offered by GreenBiz (originating in 2011) and has been gaining considerable momentum. In fact, it has outgrown its current location and will be moving to a bigger Silicon Valley location for next year’s event. This year’s conference...
I had the opportunity to spend three months in Brazil in the summer of 2015 as part of an Erb internship with Imaflora, a Brazilian organization that works with agricultural and forestry certification. Working with students from the University of Michigan (SNRE),...
The Elgar Companion to Sustainable Cities: Strategies, Methods and Outlook, edited by Hilda Blanco and former SNRE Dean, Dan Mazmanian, provides social, economic, political and environmental policy strategies for cities striving to advance in sustainability. Included...
Local food initiatives have taken off across the country in recent years. Registered farmers markets, for example, expanded nationally from around 3,000 in 2000 to over 8,000 in 2012, and urban farming has exploded across neighborhoods, at schools and in healthcare...
Note: this post is based upon the original research paper: “Lessons for Detroit from Medellín, Colombia” by the same author. Read the full paper here. (PDF) / Or read the paper in Spanish (PDF). Embarking on an Inspired Journey As I entered my final year as a...
Steve Davidson, Erb '14 takes home lessons for Detroit from Medellín, Colombia. Metro--the city's public transit arteries Metrocable--connections for the city's poorest neighborhoods Public spaces and public art--inspiring hope in a hopeless place Unidades...
As I hiked through the towering ruins and verdant jungles of the ancient city of Tikal, it was difficult not to wonder what it must feel like to be a modern Maya; deeply aware of one’s ancestors' triumphant excesses, which led to the rise and fall of one of the great...
A Fresh Look at Infrastructure – Through the Prism of Resiliency, Big Data By Sander Dolder ('13) and Devin McIntire ('13) "During a recent World Environment Center roundtable in New York City, it became clear that modern challenges including urbanization, climate...
Author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy Event details / Poster Watch the full event here.