… to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking water from forested watersheds, and access to recreation … Program for the development of a stream/riparian health assessment protocol for private lands in northeast CT. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr Thriving Food Systems and …
… Rates of mental health concerns for children and adolescents are high across the United States and potentially rising as, … overall mental health, and connection to place for children, teenagers, and parents. Conservedlands, both publicly and privately held, can provide a supportive, welcoming, and safe space …
… the stakeholder groups are similar and stable; the overall desire to create a market –for environmental, political, and/or economic reasons—is considerable; and yet, there is … and level of success observed in different settings, and c) provide enough background information to allow for the careful selection of cases to explore in full depth. A second stage entails the …
… moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test different methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming … characteristics of the households as well as their farming practices and production levels. For the first round of interventions, information was provided to treatment households on CRM and PP technologies through extension …
… uniquely positioned to support the local soil health work of farmers and ranchers. In California, Colorado, and New Mexico, state policy has established programs to support … and farmers can all find common ground. Across the country, community groups are calling for the creation of soil health programs in their states. In response to this growing … including farmers, ranchers, academics, scientists, funders, state agency staff, and nonprofit organization staff. Each state has its own policy and agricultural context, so the …
… technologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities before, during, and after emergencies such as natural disasters. The primary goal of this … students at the Yale School of the Environment, we have identified significant potential for GRHs to support communities in emergencies while also providing sustainable revenue … Master of Environmental Management 2023 Alumni Maggie Thompson Clean Energy & Green Tech Investment Banking Analyst at Marathon Capital Master of Environmental Management 2023 …
… benefits farmers, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewable energy blends complementary land uses and eliminates the false “food or … traditionally dominated discussions about solar-agricultural land use. People often feel forced to choose between fuel or farming, climate or conservation, energy or rural … Use Benefits From Utility-Scale Solar Key Economic Benefits of Renewable Energy on Public Lands Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture Nexus … …
… Do sustainable farmland investments deliver financial, environmental and social returns? With the rise of impact … sustainable agriculture. This research attempts to understand the strategies and performance of a subset of farmland investors focused on sustainability. 2257 2512 2195 … (MBA '16, Master of Environmental Management '16) Lucyann Murray (MBA '17, Master of Forestry '17) Todd Cort Do sustainable farmland investments deliver financial, environmental …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in Montana. The plant’s nonprofit owner sought to achieve independence from the local energy grid. The Yale team … in renewable energy to design and implement personalized renewable energy systems and perform diligence for specific jurisdictions. The off-grid model presented here is replicable …
… and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture Nexus … Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture Nexus Whitney Mann (Master of … a land use impact perspective, solar installations are relatively benign compared to other forms of development, and importantly, they can be designed to provide net benefits to …