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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Rust Belt Turns ‘Sun Belt’ with Solar
of snowmobiles, motorcycles, and all-terrain vehicles, until 2008, when he stepped down to consider options such as working with nonprofits or teaching at MIT. But Abound Solar, a manufacturer of solar modules based in Colorado, made him... View Details
- 11 Jul 2025
- News
Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast
to the club’s vice president, Craig Maughan (MBA 2018), the Great Salt Lake is a critical component of Utah’s environment and economy, making it a topic of great interest both locally and nationally. Craig Maughan with Great Salt Lake... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Jan 2011
- News
Oil Spill Solution
that has proven effective in pollutant absorption both above and beneath the surface of water. Smith has been working closely with fishermen in the Gulf area to help rid the affected waters of the propylene glycol (a chemical found in... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
a revolving crew of geologists, biologists, and oceanographers who collect and analyze data from every dive. They are studying the forbidding environments and the biodiversity that thrives in these places and the ways in which life can... View Details
- 09 Oct 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
thrilled to find himself working on the revitalization of some very high-profile pieces of Manhattan’s built environment with Dan Biederman (MBA 1977), a pioneer in creating public-private urban... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Joss Kent (MBA 1997)
whole life, which was very difficult indeed.” Touching a rhino: “Take sandpaper and multiply that feeling by 20. But once you get past the hard exterior, here’s an animal that’s actually very vulnerable. Underneath the armpit, it’s smooth like a baby.” Where the View Details
Keywords: April White
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
single skipper. The trim tab, however, is tiny and thus easy for the captain to shift. The small trim tab's movement then creates a low-pressure zone that pulls the rudder around. Inventor and futurist Buckminster Fuller, with whom I View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
you can catch and hold one of the briny little creatures in your own two hands. As president and CEO of the Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center in Boston, Arthur Pearson (MBA 1991) is working with Boston Public Schools to make... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- News
A Walkabout to the Ocean
job in the office of San Francisco's then Mayor Dianne Feinstein opened his eyes to the skills he really needed. "I was working on some complicated subsidized housing plans," he says. "It became shockingly apparent that I did not... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Creation of parks connects people to nature and each other
Will Rogers (MBA 1985) recognizes the power of the natural world. As president and CEO of the Trust for Public Land, a national nonprofit that works to conserve land for use as parks and gardens, he helps ensure that nature sticks around... View Details
- 21 Feb 2012
- News
Sustainability Is Good Business
business and environmentalists to collaborate to develop sustainable enterprises. He described, for example, how Nature Conservancy scientists are working with Rio Tinto, a global mining behemoth, to craft an environmentally sensitive... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
inaction. That was the message delivered on February 12, 2019, at “Confronting Climate Change: Boston-Based Ideas that Can Change the World,” a panel discussion at the Spangler Center moderated by HBS Professor Michael Toffel and organized by the HBS Business & View Details
- 08 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?
improving working conditions in their supply chain, creating better safety procedures, and reaping profits from products that address environmental and social problems. "Regulators and investors are asking for it, customers are... View Details
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Challenges that Face Bricks-and-Mortar Stores
their entrances more visible as people walked into a branch, the bank was able to substantially improve consumer acceptance. Lesson 4: Recognize That Customers' Response To Technology Varies. It is very difficult to create one customer interface that View Details
- 06 Jun 2017
- News
Many Rivers to Cross
of international funding sources for the estimated $50 billion to $60 billion project and work to develop a feasibility study that is focused on the trunk line of the system, the Amazon-Putumayo-Pacific corridor. With degrees in civil... View Details
- 12 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Private Sector, Public Good
this question, particularly since if this is a question of coordinating efforts, highlighting the risks and benefits of action may help to create a critical mass of firms working together. "Could we build a private sector in which... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Preserving Patagonia
in Chilean Patagonia. Drawing on what he gleaned at HBS, he says, "We learned that market-based solutions can be effective and efficient tools to augment the work of governments and NGOs on social issues." Adams, who sold his pioneering... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- News
Locally Grown
to the needs of the state’s sustainable tech sector. “When I set up Aravaipa Ventures, I broke every law of what was done commonly by VCs at the time,” Fenwick-Smith says. The fund was focused narrowly both topically, on climate change, and geographically, on Colorado.... View Details
Keywords: April White