… demonstrate the practicality of this, we must develop functioning alternatives. Overview: Our idea for one such alternative is to launch a nonprofit organization called Community … while stewarding the land. Providing three meals a day, each with two choices, using a four-tiered payment scale ranging from supporter to supported, with privacy assured. Community Kitchens will be …
… intersect. “Tagan brings a unique set of expertise, experience and connections to our work at the CBEY. Her areas of work in food are particularly critical at this time due … food procurement, sustainability in practice, and power dynamics in kitchens. Over the course of her career in food, she also developed an interest in and understanding of … and equitable businesses,” says Engel. “Through the discussion series and my office hours, I also hope to create a space for students to dig into cross sector conversations and …
… want to advance their careers as well as the transition to a clean economy. Vero Bourg-Meyer, Program Director, Clean Energy and Conservation Finance, Brad Gentry, the newly appointed Frederick K. Weyerhaeuser Professor in the Practice of Forest Resources Management and Policy and Ron Smith, Damon Wells Professor at Yale University Geology … Yale Online Certificate in Clean Energy Opens New online certificate aims to educate with impact Heather Fitzgerald Today, the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) …
… professionals came together to explore the ways in which emerging technologies can and will impact the utility-customer relationship. I attended the conference to find out how the … of Internet of Things (IoT) devices in homes, the continued growth of distributed energy resources (DERs), and the rise of the prosumer. Excitement about new opportunities and … gaining momentum for several years now. Numerous pilots, demonstration projects, and full-scale programs have been testing the potential grid services provided by smart appliances , …
… Solarize is a unique community-based program that leverages peers and social networks to encourage residential solar adoption through a group pricing strategy. Solarize campaigns … owner-occupied households for Round 8-10 towns (combined) and control towns (combined). (Source: ACS 2016 5-yr Estimate, Connecticut Green Bank). Please note that participating towns … of the area median income (AMI), according to data from Connecticut Department of Housing . Our analysis shows that individual messaging is more effective than community-focused …
… Blue Forest Conservation is exploring one of the nation’s first environmentally-focused impact bonds. A panelist described this bond last week at the Social Capital Markets … of return; the returns depend on whether social outcomes are reached. The first Social Impact Bond was launched by Social Finance UK in September 2010 to fund a … “By harnessing this opportunity, the Forest Resilience Bond has the potential to scale forest restoration in the areas where it is needed most.” In California alone, …
… Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference has traditionally emphasized the social side of impact investing since its inception in 2008. The curriculum has rarely covered the … range of environmental topics. According to its vision statement, “SOCAP started with a small group of investors determined to prove that doing good has two bottom lines: social … to be a continuous intellectual gap regarding awareness that where there is a natural resource issue, there is always a social issue. “The reality is that when you have a deep …
… Eight million tons of plastic waste enters our oceans every year. Previous posts in this series detail how we got to this point and … by NGOs, private companies, and governments to reduce the massive flow of plastics into our oceans. This work is promising, but it is also insufficient. Detailed here are several … steps needed to mitigating this acute and global problem. Build infrastructure Plastics in our oceans are only a problem because plastic gets to our oceans in the first place. In …
… Eight million tons of plastic waste enters our oceans every year. The Plastic Problem details how we got to this point. Here we discuss … file-default","data-delta":"1"}}]] Source: Green Alliance Corporate Commitments: Growing understanding among the public and … file-default","data-delta":"2"}}]] Source: New Plastic Economy Initiative, Ellen MacArthur Foundation In addition, many … The law went into effect on August 28, 2017, with penalties of up to $40,000, or four years, in prison for anyone manufacturing, selling, or even using a plastic bag. Other …
… 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 …