Jeff Seabright, Coca-Cola Connecting the Drops: The Evolution of Coca-Cola's Water Resource Strategy Jeff Seabright was on the Erb Institute's Strategic Advisory Council (SAC) and was the Chief Environmental Officer at the Coca-Cola Company, where he is responsible...
Results for research on: Water
Can we take on the job of managing the planet’s systems?
The most sophisticated management system in the world was developed in a laboratory of iron, oxygen, hydrogen, and carbon surrounded by a thin layer of ozone. This system, what we call the planet’s ecosystems, costlessly manages biological functions that allow us to...
Patagonia: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (A)
Patagonia: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (pdf abstract) Purchase the full report on Patagonia A: Encouraging Customers to Buy Used Clothing (Case study #1-429-230) – published 03/2012, 22 pages. By: Allyson Johnson, Courtney Lee, Steven Rippberger, and...
Erb Alum Cynthia Koenig interviewed for New York Times Business Day story: “Unreasonable, Maybe, but It’s on a Social Mission”
Cynthia's company, Wello, based in Rajasthan, India, is aimed at people — most of them women — who must walk long distances to bring drinking water to the home. Her cylinder-shaped product allows women to roll water home from the source rather than carry it on their...
Deschutes River Corridor and Its Water
Project: Value of Natural Resources: Deschutes River Corridor and Its Water Client: Trout Unlimited Faculty Advisor: Dr. William Currie Student Group Members: Brian Hartmann, Erb '12 Michael Kasameyer, Erb '12 Nathan Springer, Erb '11 The Deschutes River in Central...
Risk Management in a Developing Country Context: Improving Decisions About Point-of-Use Water Treatment Among the Rural Poor in Africa
In developing communities, when goodwill and collaboration are not enough, what next? A philanthropist approached a team of scientists with a problem: At a time when more than 1 billion people—the vast majority of which live in the developing world—lack basic access...
Sustainable Community Systems for Mpala Wildlife Conservancy
Project: Building a Sustainable Community in Africa - Mpala Wildlife Conservancy Client: The Mpala Research Centre and The Mpala Wildlife Foundation Faculty Advisor: Don Scavia, Andy Hoffman, and Abigail Mechtenberg Student Group Members: Melissa Antokal, Erb ’12...
Wello WaterWheel Garners Awards
Erb Entrepreneurs Cynthia Koenig, Erb '11 and Colm Fay, Erb '12 launch award winning social venture helping people to transport safe drinking water in areas where it is not readily available. "There’s beauty in simplicity. Just ask entrepreneur Cynthia Koenig, MBA/MS...
Book Review: New Water Book Puts People First
This review was originally posted in EcosystemMarketplace. The history of civilization is, in many ways, a history of water and its availability. It’s fitting, therefore, that Social Participation in Water Governance and Management examines market-based solutions to...
Erbers Win Big in Dow Sustainability Innovation Challenge
Hippo Water International (HWI): A Simple Design Can Change the World Erbers Colm Fay & Cynthia Koenig, with Christopher Mueller for their model to effectively distribute water rollers a proven collection and transport technology to alleviate problems associated...