… Building from recent research testing strategies and messages that are most conducive to solar adoption, this new project seeks to develop more effective … The U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative is a national effort to drive down the cost of solar electricity and support solar adoption. SunShot aims to make solar energy a … U.S. will continue to grow mainly due to increased demand from the residential and ... Blog Lessons Learned from Solarize Campaigns in Connecticut Introduction of Solarize and SEEDS II …
… resilient society and explore how business, government, and civil society can make that possible. As peers from across disciplines, we are navigating similar questions about how to understand the world and change it for the better. We gather to build community—and have the kind of meaningful and generative conversations that transform our work, our lives, and our world. Convened by Patagonia Director of …
… transition. Participants of the CEED program can change energy systems on the premise that inequities, lack of opportunities, and disadvantages can be addressed from empathy, knowledge, and the intention of making this a better world. Together we can build relationships, networks, and connections–and take tangible action–to rethink and …
… By re-thinking their operations and products, companies are actively driving change and making a positive impact. Students across Yale are eager to join this movement, as they seek to launch careers in the private sector that focus on doing good for communities, ecosystems, and the planet. The Pathways in … In addition to bringing professionals to engage in discussion, the Pathways program is building a series of guides that offer insights and resources about key industries, such as …
… Council for Sustainable Development and the Global Network for Advanced Management, finds that: Corporations unwilling to act on environmental issues are increasingly punished by the … Students also overwhelmingly consider environmental action a profitable stance, noting that environmental protection will improve economic growth and provide new jobs. Corporate … change to the leaders of tomorrow " Hartford Business: " Business students will take less green for pro-green careers " Wall Street Journal: " Dow Jones: Firms' environmental …
… Started in 2012, Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services is a webinar series that addresses the growing importance of ecosystem service valuation and investment. The benefits that human populations gain from healthy and functioning ecosystems are vast. Clean drinking … and private mechanisms exist to use payments to encourage responsible land management that preserves public benefits. So, what do ecosystem services projects look like? Who are …
… Andrea Illy is CEO of the global premium coffee company that bears his family’s name. As one might expect, he is passionate about coffee – its … blends, where customers are willing to pay a premium for the finest examples of the coffee-making art, and the growers, roasters and baristas will be compensated fairly for the … roasters in its wake. Observers argued that could lead to greater uniformity with even less emphasis on origin-based, direct-traded coffee. Illy’s hope is that someone would come …
… Where Conservation Meets Capital More and more, the conservation community is recognizing that traditional funding models can’t keep pace with the need for conservation capital. At a … strategies hold great promise in narrowing the gap between the financial resources that are available and the scale of the conservation need. About Conservation Finance … out of The Conservation Fund, a top-ranked organization for efficiency and effectiveness that works to achieve environmental and economic outcomes. Since 2021, we have acted as an …
… a small band of meteorologists, physicists and chemists began conducting observations and building models linking an increase in CO2 and other gasses in the atmosphere to the general … effect”. Since CO2 was a byproduct of the burning of fossil fuels, these models implied that human activity was a contributor to this increase in global temperature. During the … since the ICE had been a mainstay of the automotive industry for over 80 years. Nonetheless over the next decade, GM spent billions of dollars experimenting and building …
… in collaboration with Global Network for Advanced Management and Schlange & Co. finds that: Fewer than half of respondents were aware of the SDGs. The Sustainable Development … Business students showed a higher level of awareness than the general public, but still, less than 60% had heard of the goals. Quality education and good health were consistently … action was also a top priority, but showed more regional variability. We hypothesize that concern for climate action may be a “luxury” available only when more immediate …