… cost savings and emits 1% of the emissions. “This funding will be critical in fueling our beta pilot this winter where we are launching dozens of systems across the country with the help of our partners to finish validating our technology,” says David Dellal (Ph.D. ’24), co-founder of Floe. Since 2011, David …
… to help further innovative ideas to address climate change and its environmental and social impacts. CBEY has awarded these grants for the past three years in an effort to support … dairy but creates very little GHG emissions and uses a fraction of land and water resources to produce, coupled with a low incidence of allergic reaction compared to nut- and … such innovative ideas coming from the students at Yale who want to combat the impacts of our current climate crisis. To say it was a challenge to select this year’s recipients is …
… a moonshot has also entered rhetoric around climate change. Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and billionaire-politician Michael Bloomberg … landing may have been a symbolic “giant leap” for human progress, but it had few tangible impacts on US society. Landing on the moon was an inspiring and dramatic moment (as well as … a different world, both socially and geophysically. Since 1969, we’ve added an additional four billion people to the planet, and we’ve cranked up global temperatures about 0.5°C …
… would eventually support one another in a continuous loop. Waste from the shrimp would nourish the seaweed, and the seaweed would in turn filter the water going back to the shrimp. Alexia explained that, together, these two organisms can have a huge impact in fighting climate change, particularly the seaweed. When added to cattle feed, a … idea we should continue to explore and build upon,” said Alexia. “From there it was many hours of intense learning.” Feeding seaweed to cattle can dramatically reduce methane …
… New technology can change the course of history. In 1769, Scottish inventor James Watt created an improved version of the … returning to one fundamental question: Now that we as a human species better understand ourimpact on the planet, how can we use technology to actively catalyze environmental …
… 15% of all clothing donated or reused, Hand Me Up (HMU) hopes to change perceptions and encourage clothing reuse by creating a positive shopping experience for busy parents. In turn, this will reduce the environmental impact of the notoriously dirty fashion industry. Hand Me Up's cofounders from left to … to reduce textile waste, challenge the consumerist culture, and ultimately minimize the resources used to produce new clothing.” "This grant will allow us to increase production, …
… endowment. If it changes its investment practices, it spurs a tangible and immediate impact, which isn’t the case for most individual investors. But individual investments add … box verification scheme, so they’re making the standards entirely transparent and open-sourced, similar to what B Lab has done for its process of certifying responsible companies … platform, which is now online. This ended up being a larger challenge than anticipated. “Our basic WordPress site wouldn’t cut it,” said Reed. “We decided to teach ourselves to code …
… Forestry & Environmental Studies, School of Management and Yale College. The projects have impact across the globe, from New Haven to Southeast Asia and around the world and tackle a … including energy, materials, transportation, food, women and girls, and land use. “One of our main goals throughout this process was to support climate change innovators and … (Yale School of Management), Mary Gammond and Javier Choc. AIRPower uses sustainable resources to power clean technology and achieves a Net-Zero Carbon Footprint for medium and …
… corporate, academia, non-profit, and public spaces came together to discuss a growing new impact field—plant-based foods and clean meat. As the Good Food Conference website said, … overfishing. Sharing her hope for the future of plant-based and clean seafoods replacing our current status quo around seafood that does not consider what we take out of the system, … so concerned about climate change and the atmosphere, to be so ignorant and neglectful of our oceans is deeply troubling. However, having woken up to this living disaster …it’s not …
… year, and hope that even more teams apply this time. We are inspired by the creativity of our community and know that there are ideas bubbling up that will have real impact, and we want to support that as much as we can.” One of the recipients from last … apply for this grant, Alexia goes on to say "This grant opens the door to a multitude of resources and mentors who are ready to support your vision." Receiving the seed grant gave us …