… Spenser Shadle (MF/MBA '13) currently manages conservation-oriented timberland and organic farmland investments at New Island … risks inherent in wetland mitigation banking during an Forest and Ecosystem Finance course; while completing a required assignment, they discovered that it was difficultto … and faculty research activities in the field of business and the environment. The goal of this program isto enable students and faculty to work together and develop comprehensive …
… This weekend amongstthe crowds and high profile names atthe Yale Environmental … and close a deal. “We started Conservation Matrix after feeling powerless aboutour ability to invest in local environmentally beneficial projects,” saysSelby. “Unless if … thatthis community will help us achieve that goal.” You can supportthis initiative and donate to the New Haven Land Trust by clicking here . Equity and Justice Thriving Food …
… In the Navajo Nation, electricity may be a fragile commodity as climate change intensifies. … Applications are due by Dec. 10. For facility-scale installations, the amount of the source energy that must be displaced is 20 percent – and for renewable energy and/or combined … weather, and erosion. It can also increase the intensity of floods, storms and downpours. This unnerving list of risks varies based on geography. The report details a …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture … satellitesto determine the size and species of trees in forests. Faced with limited resources for a forest management project in Armenia, the young entrepreneur came up with an … to connectwith alumni and share his experience with currentstudent ventures. In this capacity, he also is now involved as an alumni mentor of Appalachian roots – Hemp 2.0. …
… At a panel discussion on September 15, Yale School of Management and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies … (FES) joint-degree studentsshared some of the lessonsthey gleaned during internshipsthis pastsummer. Because they’re enrolled in a three-year program, joint-degree students …
… The boy from Sierra Leone was 10 or 11 years old. He was quick to learn, though never … the eyes” that if their situations had been reversed—if Warshauer had instead been born in this remote village and the boy to an upper-middle class family in the United States—so too … leadsthe nonprofitTechnoServe , strivesto align the tremendous engine of businesswithsocial need in a way that universalizes opportunity alongside talent. TechnoServe’s …
… As global head of research atThomson Reuters Wealth Management/Lipper, Robert Jenkinsspends … of time analyzing potential investment funds. Lately, he’s been investigating more socially responsible funds, since socially responsible options are increasingly being requested by …
… This piece was originally published on Environmental Leader. The most recent California drought is in its fourth year. Although some pointto the potential savior of El Niño in the fall and winter, … of wine grapes, though, has gotten much less press of late — withthe exception of stories like “ California Drought ProducesTastier Wine Grapes .” And that’stoo bad. A …
… A quick scan of sustainability events over this period reveals a series of newsstories, beginning withSilentSpring, that have become household names — the crash of the … below-living wage salaries, human rights infringements, consumption of constrained resources) all represent coststo society that are not factored into the price of an operation … today. Intuitively, we understand these challenges are outthere, but because they don’t fit into any of ourtoolsthey tend to be ignored — a classic recipe for generating a …
… This blog was originally published on Cool Green Science , the Science Blog of The … interrupt fish runs. Seawalls hold back sedimentthatstarve beaches of sand. This, of course, has not gone unnoticed by the conservation community. But perhapsthese thoughts are … just like they would ask how tall a levee or seawall needsto be to hold it back. They don’t deal in abstractions, because abstractions aren’t going to protect a community from …