Go Blue Box, a student-initiated reusable takeout container program, began its pilot phase at the University Club restaurant in the Michigan Union Nov. 5. The program aims to help the university reach its waste-reduction goals by offering customers a reusable alternative to the disposable containers that are used only once before they are thrown away.

SNRE Professor Andy Hoffman has been chosen as of the World’s 50 Best Business School Professors by Poets & Quants. Hoffman has a joint appointment with SNRE and the Stephen M. Ross School of Business. He also serves as director of the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise. He came to the University of Michigan in September 2004. The rankings were announced this week. This is how Poets&Quants describes the survey and its results:

Sustainability is not just a future goal. Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage is doing it, now. One of the world's foremost experiments in real-world ecological living, it’s 70-plus residents have reduced their ecological impact on key metrics by over 90 percent in areas such as transportation, energy and water use. Creative, cooperative economic models and an entrepreneurial base support the economic sustainability of the village. Education and research are integral to Dancing Rabbit’s goals. It actively shares its ideas and discoveries through visitor programs, publications and other media.