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...
By Stacy Wennstrom Five 2013 Dow Fellows from across the University of Michigan have partnered with the City of Ann Arbor to create financial incentives for landlords and renters to increase energy efficiency. This pilot project seeks to overcome disadvantages that...
By Stacy Wennstrom Two Erb Institute / World Environment Center (WEC) fellows, have co-authored a white paper based on their experience as facilitators at the May 2013 WEC roundtable on Resource Scarcity in Arlington, Virginia. In this paper Emily Taylor and Stephen...
In our previous post we argued that without a global equity test, sustainability is reduced to simply a means of maintaining the status quo of excessive consumption and production. In this post, we advance our argument by presenting a series of steps that can help...
This blog is cross-posted on Triple Pundit Sustainability goes mainstream, but not yet global Business sustainability has gone mainstream—at least in the developed world. Companies tout sustainability reports; hire Chief Sustainability Officers; promote their...
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...
Energy experts converge in Ann Arbor to discuss industry trends, forecasts for Michigan Erb Executive in Residence, Tom Catania, featured on panel discussing, Innovative Utility System Resources Read the Blue paper below...
In the March 30, 2013 edition of The Economist magazine, a piece was written with the sub-title, “Climate change may be happening more slowly than scientists thought. But the world still needs to deal with it.” There have been about 200 comments entered on the...
An argument for the career "path less traveled" on the road to a sustainable future Robert Frost has so much to tell us about career paths in his famous poem, The Road Not Taken. Quoting from the concluding stanza: “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took...
Through this inaugural blog I am initiating what I hope to be a regular set of commentaries organized around harnessing the power of business enterprises in ways that address society’s policy challenges, which is at the core of the mission of the Erb Institute for...