Updates

  • UPDATE – POSTPONED UNTIL MARCH 26 Early-stage sustainable innovations face distinct challenges long before questions of scale arise. Moving from ideation and research into real-world use requires access to the right resources, partners, and pathways for adoption. In this session, Ashwathi Iyer will explore how innovators navigate this transition, drawing on concrete case studies that

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    From Ideation to Impact: Commercializing Early-Stage Sustainable Innovation
  • We lost power last night while Theo was in the bath. Nathan lit candles all over the house while I sat with Theo so he wouldn’t get scared. I held his soapy hand with Becca in the other arm. Nathan then started a fire & we all ate the melting ice cream from the freezer.

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  • Greek yogurt with honey.

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  • In late summer, my friend Victoria and I followed an ad in the Ann Arbor Observer for “yoga trance dance”. It brought us to an unfamiliar yoga studio on a Saturday night. No one was there, but the door was open, so we let ourselves in. Excited and unsure, we and another stranger waited in

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  • Everybody is cheap about different, weird things. I’m cheap about calendars. I balk at purchasing a calendar in December when one can be had half-price or better in January. I am the calendar-buyer in the house. Each year I pick up a few in January, one for the house, one for my husband’s work, one

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  • I told Theo he could pick where we went on our morning errand. So, in the car, I ask “do you want to go to Target or Toys R Us?” “Toys?” “Yes, Theo, Toys R Us or Target?” “TOYS, TOYS, TOYS!” So, off we go, to use my $10 gift certificate). I let him pick

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  • We went to my former employer’s holiday party last night. Even though it has been two years since I worked there, my husband and I still go to catch up with the people and enjoy the celebrations. My old boss’ wife is a trained opera singer, and each year she brings in live music. She

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