… practices not only has the potential to help decelerate global warming, but also make our food systems more resilient against climate impacts," said Stuart DeCew, Executive … and imagination of the generations of people who are closest to the challenges facing our food and agricultural systems. They are our most valuable resources and this new research shares what we've heard and learned from those closest to the problem." The first report, Bridging the Regenerative Agriculture …
… CBEY supports students in building sustainable businesses that are solving some of our planet’s biggest problems. A huge part of this has been via the Sobotka Seed Prize for … This year, the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures focused on solutions in four key areas of urgent action: Protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, … for increasing crop yields while reducing nutrient inputs and losses. Thank you to our judges The CBEY team is very grateful for the team of judges that participated in this …
… provides independent feedback and seed funding for these early-stage innovative solutions. From here, ventures will continue to receive support from CBEY to bring their ideas to … providing waste management solutions. ReWind Shubh Jain (Yale School of Environment), Courtney Megerian (Yale School of Environment), and Dylan Judd (Yale School of Environment) … providing waste management solutions. ReWind Shubh Jain (Yale School of Environment), Courtney Megerian (Yale School of Environment), and Dylan Judd (Yale School of Environment) …
… like this, it makes perfect sense to hire world-class scholars to teach cutting-edge courses, invite leading practitioners to headline conferences, and build state-of-the-art … not just react to current ones. This past year, conversations covered everything from the future of food sovereignty and designing new commons to disrupting traditional … to Hong Kong - we realized that we must first know those we are working with. What better way to do that than over a home-cooked meal? Antidote to Loneliness While sharing a meal …
… Leader, nodded. It’s not just unreliable energy. It’s lacking the power to choose its source. Most rural electric coops run on coal, or oil - resources extracted from sacred ecosystems. The use of these resources doesn’t feel aligned with traditional … Clean energy projects offer an opportunity to align capital with traditional values and lifeways, and to rethink how value is created for communities. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) …
… fashion roles. This space was one I found early in my YSE career as I looked for ways to find mentors and direction while also taking notes on what I would want to bring the … one I reckon with every day. For me, a sustainable fashion industry is one that tracks the sources of materials and the labor that goes into making our garments. The fashion industry … an extension of us. This session paired well with another on what we can take awayfrom fast fashion strategy. Perhaps the future of sustainable fashion requires help from …
… their inspiration, goals, and experience through the program. Do you remember what sparked your interest in Clean Energy? For Mary Chen , a Political Science and Earth & Planetary … visions, but I can't go into communities and create changes. The solutions have to come from the communities themselves.” Mary recognizes that there is no one right path and we … The state of Massachusetts wants to be green by 2030, so they need clean energy. One of the ways they want to do that is by developing a hydropower transmission line that would carry …
… the confidence to leave my safe corporate job so early in my career to pursue my dream. I always thought that entrepreneurship was something one did in the latter part of your life (post-40s) after having built an established career. However, when I came to grad … response, and the ability to meet them in person. Have a legal question? Email a professor from the law school or find a student at the law school (and get FREE legal advice). Have …
… goals, and experience through the program. For YSE Class of 22’ Graduate, Elwin Lim, one way to educate and spread clean energy ideas is to target people in ways that they can see … all of this is to contribute to a just energy future, something he says we can achieve in our lifetime. But in order to do so, the key is to ensure marginalized communities are … at various organizations, his skills have led to the culmination of ideas and practices from multiple industries, applied in his summer internship. Integral to this is …
… about their inspiration, goals, and experience through the program. Imagine developing a way to provide affordable, renewable energy for marginalized communities with nothing but a good internet search and your hands. That's what Vijjasena (Sena) Sugionois achieved at a time when most of us were … Sena says he is a ‘tactical cooporatist” when it comes to transforming our society from fossil fuels to clean energy. This school of thought focuses on practical solutions and …