… Above, Jun Chen (MBA '20) and Ben Christensen (MEM ’20) of Cambium Carbon Over the past nine years, the Yale Center for Business … 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 …
… Six student teams were recently awarded Climate Change Innovation Grants by the Yale Center … 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 …
… 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 USsociety. Landing on the moon was an inspiring and dramatic moment (as well as … paralysis and discord within government. The opposition to climate change is a different story, particularly in the United States. Many people don’t just oppose climate action; they …
… It was a big day for the Symbrosia team. It was early February 2019, and they had spent most of … 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 …
… New technology can change the course of history. In 1769, Scottish inventor James Watt created an improved version of the steam … 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 …
… This year’s winners of the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grants have something in common – a … 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 …
… 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 … large investors like Yale. “We saw that shareholder advocacy was a powerful tool with a history of creating impact,” said Reed, “But that it was ignored by the general public.” The … 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 …
… Five student teams were recently awarded grants as part of the Climate Change Innovation Seed … 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 …
… The future of food isseriously thinking about plant-rich diets. In early September, a group of more than 400 … 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, …
… Attention innovators! Did you know that funding is available to students thinking about creative solutions to … 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 …