… landed their current roles from a myriad of backgrounds. “Many senior sustainability leaders inherited sustainability-related responsibilities or were promoted into their roles with limited environmental management experience, which demonstrates a significant opportunity for internal education and upskilling from a human capital perspective,” … a principle that deeply resonated with each of us throughout the conference Clean Energy Corporate Sustainability Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature …
… intensive with a session on “How to think like a climate innovator”, reminding us that we can draw inspiration from nature. Ryan Dings and Casey Picket of Climate Haven led a … entrepreneurial journey. Laxmi Wordham, Chief Growth Officer at Bright Feeds, shared her candid insights on developing a circular economy solution that converts food waste into animal feed. She emphasized the significance of identifying a problem that resonates with your passion, underscoring the inevitable …
… rose to the top of my list was overproduction. Overproduction is when more is produced than can be sold. Of the estimated 100 to 150 billion items of clothing produced every year, 20 … good questions, and listen. I took the job of talking to a lot of people very seriously. I distributed a survey to the Yale community and talked with several mass-market brands. A few … turned to the children’s clothing market. In many places there is a preexisting culture of planning for a baby’s birth. This planning includes advanced purchasing of a variety of …
… The Yale Clean Energy Conference, November 9th-10th, is fast approaching! In YCEC’s third year, we are … networking reception. This year’s summit will bring together experts from across the clean energy and technology sector to focus on Innovation, Equity and Investment for a Clean … ClimateHaven provides exactly these resources in ways that few other organizations can. While the global community has made incredible strides toward sustainability, the …
… climate extremes, where out-of-control wildfires exist alongside hundred-year floods, how can communities adapt to these changing conditions with sustainable development? A new … Resilience Hubs (GRH). Green Resilience Hubs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities … of carbon of $190, a social discount rate of 5%, and an expectation that the electrical grid in CT reaches net-zero carbon emissions by 2040. It is important to note that while …
… The Planetary Solutions in Clean Energy Internship and Fellowship Program (PSiCE) offers summer research and internship … the Environment (YSE), and as a PSiCE fellow, Alison, a Master of Environmental Management Candidate specializing in Environmental Policy Analysis and Climate Change Science and … electrification. Additionally, I have worked on a new project for the Local Government Leaders Coalition, a community-led electrification case study project. This project aims to …
… it makes perfect sense to hire world-class scholars to teach cutting-edge courses, invite leading practitioners to headline conferences, and build state-of-the-art buildings to … the environment to help guide conversations, the group’s discussion topics varied significantly, all of which aimed to address future challenges, not just react to current ones. … way to do that than over a home-cooked meal? Antidote to Loneliness While sharing a meal can be delightful, something deeper happens when we sit down together. It is as simple as …
… organizations were represented, including WWF, Starbucks, REI, Metabolic, and BP. Emerging Leaders Cohort (Tais Idi-Infante (MEM’24), back row, fourth from left) Seattle, Washington, … With the rise and fall (read: thunderous crash) of various cryptocurrencies and the FTX scandal, you might think blockchain is a thing of the past. And yet, there was a packed … reductions, improved customer experience, and cost savings). For example, city governments can support an uptick in reuse. Reuse Seattle is an initiative by the City of Seattle that …
… sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to supplant petrochemistry and demonstrate that biology can be scaled as a technology - in other words, to catalyze the shift from industrial … sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to supplant petrochemistry and demonstrate that biology can be scaled as a technology - in other words, to catalyze the shift from industrial … sugar instead of oil. Their goal is to supplant petrochemistry and demonstrate that biology can be scaled as a technology - in other words, to catalyze the shift from industrial …
… Planetary Solutions in Clean Energy - Internship and Fellowship Program (PSiCE) offers summer research and internship … to students at Yale who are committed to advancing and pursuing a career in the clean energy field. We spoke with students in the initial cohort to learn about their inspiration, … are finite resources, but we have alternatives through nuclear and solar energy, which can provide for a better and clean future.” To push forward as a society, she says the hope …