… scaling up and using lessons learned to pivot into new fields. CBEY: Tell us about your venture. Symbrosia: Symbrosia is a startup located in Kona, Hawaii, scaling the … an opportunity for creating a new class of novel, upcycled ingredients. CBEY: What was your inspiration to start? Sybrosia: We are inspired by seaweed’s potential to uptake CO2, … the food space and know I’ll never stop. I am sure that I’ll go back to my entrepreneurial roots (it’s in my blood now!) and build a large, scalable venture in the next few years. …
… the Environment (CBEY) has provided funding and mentorship to new eco-ventures through the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant program. The two startups selected to receive the $10,000 … 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 …
… 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 … mentorship to advance their projects. They are also strongly encouraged to apply for the Sobotka Seed Stage Grant as part of CBEY’s entrepreneurship and innovation grant and prize …
… a moonshot has also entered rhetoric around climate change. Presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke, Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and billionaire-politician Michael Bloomberg … 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 … The activist Bill McKibben equates climate action with a war effort: a marshalling of resources and restructuring of the economy to achieve a common purpose. That metaphor invites …
… 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. … 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 … 2621 Environmental Innovation Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sabin 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 an improved version of the … returning to one fundamental question: Now that we as a human species better understand our impact on the planet, how can we use technology to actively catalyze environmental sustainability, rather than continuing to strain the world’s limited resources? We don’t really have a choice. We need to support a growing population with an …
… This year’s winners of the Sobotka Seed Stage Venture Grants have something in common – a desire to reduce waste and … 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, … 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, …