… Above, Jun Chen (MBA '20) and Ben Christensen (MEM ’20) of Cambium Carbon Over the past nine years, the Yale Center for Business … Seed Stage Venture Grant program. The two startupsselected to receive the $10,000 grantsthis year are Cambium Carbon (formerly Restoration Carbon) and Floe. Both teams also … costsavings and emits 1% of the emissions. “This funding will be critical in fueling our beta pilotthis winter where we are launching dozens of systems acrossthe country with …
… Six studentteams were recently awarded Climate Change Innovation Grants by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). Over $13,000 was awarded this year to help further innovative ideasto address climate change and its environmental … dairy but creates very little GHG emissions and uses a fraction of land and water resourcesto produce, coupled with a low incidence of allergic reaction compared to nut- and …
… Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong proclaimed that he wastaking “one giant leap for mankind” as … a moonshot has also entered rhetoric around climate change. Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and billionaire-politician Michael Bloomberg … population growth. All these solutions involve large-scale shifts from how things were done in the past, which leadsto the next key difference. Entire systems need to change. The …
… It was a big day for the Symbrosia team. It was early February 2019, and they had spent most … 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. … 2621 Environmental Innovation Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based SolutionsSabin Stories: Symbrosia … Mar 06, 2019 Sabin Stories: Symbrosia Ben Soltoff (MBA '19, Master of …
… New technology can change the course of history. In 1769, Scottish inventor James Watt created … sustainability, rather than continuing to strain the world’s limited resources? We don’treally have a choice. We need to support a growing population with an increasing …
… This year’s winners of the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grants have something in common – a … parent groups, to build a children’ssecondhand marketplace. With only 15% of all clothing donated or reused, Hand Me Up (HMU) hopesto change perceptions and encourage clothing reuse by creating a positive shopping experience for busy parents. In turn, …
… The Sobotka Seed Stage SuccessStories will introduce you to former recipients of the grants who share their experience and … box verification scheme, so they’re making the standards entirely transparent and open-sourced, similar to what B Lab hasdone for its process of certifying responsible companies as B Corps . Using the Stake …
… Five studentteams were recently awarded grants as part of the Climate Change Innovation Seed Funding program , now in itssecond year. This grant program providessupport for innovative ideasto address critical catalysts and … including energy, materials, transportation, food, women and girls, and land use. “One of our main goalsthroughoutthis process wasto support climate change innovators and …
… The future of food isseriously thinking about plant-rich diets. In early September, a group … a $3.7 billion market, according to the Good Food Institute, the non-profitthat organized this first major conference of the industry. Withthe replacement of animal products comes … overfishing. Sharing her hope for the future of plant-based and clean seafoods replacing our currentstatus quo around seafood that does not consider what we take out of the system, …
… Attention innovators! Did you know that funding is available to studentsthinking about … forward. From a community movementto a communicationsstrategy to a for-profitsolution, thissupport is meantto catalyze ideasthat can help slow down, and maybe even reverse, the … year, and hope that even more teams apply thistime. We are inspired by the creativity of our community and know thatthere are ideas bubbling up that will have real impact, and we …