Undergraduate degree: University of Geneva, M.A. International Relations, 2007
Age: 30
Prior to SNRE: I was working at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, D.C. as cleantech representative. I promoted Swiss cleantech companies in the United States, organizing for instance a workshop matching American universities interested in increasing the energy efficiency of their campus to net-zero energy with Swiss companies specialized in such buildings.
John DeCicco, a professor of practice within the Sustainable Systems field of study at SNRE and an expert on renewable energy, discussed fuel economy standards with Greenwire in the context of a second Obama administration.
The Erb Institute is offering a new prize for the best sustainable enterprise teaching cases published each year by the William Davidson Institute's Globalens division. Cases published by February 28, 2013 will be entered in this year’s competition.
In an interview with The Financial Times, SNRE Professor Andy Hoffman discusses the role that waste conservation is playing within companies as they pursue broader sustainability agendas.
“In an age of plentiful and cheap resources you can afford to throw them out,” Hoffman is quoted in the story. “But as the price and the scarcity starts to go up, capturing them and bringing them back will be critical.”
The article, by Sarah Murray, is titled "The sustainable path to profit: don’t throw out the rubbish."
Award Description: The Rackham Graduate
Forty master's and professional-degree students from eight schools and colleges at the University of Michigan, including 17 from the School of Natural Resources and Environment, are beginning the Dow Sustainability Fellows Program today, marking the first cohort of fellows in the $10 million program launched last spring.