… to adopt technology, and whether the technology is correctly used. Social science and marketing literature on diffusion of technologies has stressed the importance of social … with all participating households. This questionnaire focused on the current level of crop output, as well as the household’s knowledge and use of the CRM and PP technologies. In the … involved training the extension workers in how to talk to the selected seed farmers about the chosen agricultural technologies. The last step of this phase included a baseline …
… States and potentially rising as, simultaneously, young people are spending less time outdoors than ever before. These trends are especially pronounced for children of color and low-income urban youth, who face multiple barriers to accessing nature and gaining treatment for mental health … and more active participants in the growing nature-health movement, we surveyed existing outdoor programming, nature-health literature, and youth-mental-health experts to generate …
… was to use both the travel cost method and the contingent valuation method to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, … professionals. The results indicate that residents attribute monetary value to nonmarket forest goods and services. The present value WTP for drinking water from protected … owners by drawing upon previously untapped sources of publicly derived funding. Project Outcomes Based on these findings, the investigators have hosted the following landowner …
… this so-called chicken-and-egg dilemma and provides recommendations for growing the EV market and increasing investment in EV charging stations. We compare EV markets across states with a focus on New York, which falls in the middle of the 50 states … suggests that the best way for policymakers to facilitate the growth of the overall market is to grow electric vehicle purchases and allow the private sector to provide …
… who are new to wetland mitigation banking or other more nascent ecosystem services markets featuring similar risks. 2427 2417 Sustainable Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Navigating Wetland Mitigation Markets: A Study of Risks facing Entrepreneurs and Regulators … Navigating Wetland Mitigation Markets: A Study of Risks facing Entrepreneurs and Regulators Patrick Hook (MBA '13, Master …
… for effective policies and strategies to advance RTTs in Connecticut. In addition to this market potential study, the project included a field study on RTT market barriers and … of Renewable Thermal Technologies in Connecticut - Market Potential Helle Gronli Fairuz Loutfi (Master of Environmental Management '16) Iliana Lazarova (Master of Environmental … Finance and ESG Related Programs Renewable Thermal Alliance … Helle Gronli … Fairuz Loutfi … Iliana Lazarova … Paul Molta … Prabudh Goel … Philip Picotte … Tanveer Singh Chawla …
… The objective of this project is to investigate ways that consumers make inferences about green product quality. The investigators found that consumers tend to infer that green … Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Framing Effects on Inferences about Green Product Quality … Framing Effects on Inferences about Green Product Quality George … Nature Based Solutions Participants George E. Newman Associate Professor of Management and Marketing at Yale School of Management george.newman@yale.edu … George E. Newman … The …
… Agrivoltaics is a solar market subsegment that co-locates solar energy production and agricultural operations. Combining these practices into one space creates an efficient and sustainable land-use system that benefits farmers, … the false “food or energy” dichotomy that has traditionally dominated discussions about solar-agricultural land use. People often feel forced to choose between fuel or farming, …
… grew more than 50% from 2017. Yet, that growth is tiny relative to the overall investing marketplace—comprising only 4% of total socially responsible assets under management in the … $3.1 billion was undeployed.2 This is a real frustration considering what we know about the enormous need and urgency for those resources. Building upon preliminary research … which philanthropy can serve to mitigate or resolve market failures that inhibit deployment of impact investing capital. In-depth cases on Root Capital and Encourage Capital …
… real value for a range of stakeholders and yet are currently unmonetized by the traditional market forces that drive solar project development. Without guidance on how to fully account for the value of ecosystem service generation, uptake … want or expect. This financing gap is symptomatic of a broader theme across environmental markets: ecosystem services, or “environmental externalities,” are challenging to …