… to estimate Southern New England residents’ willingness to pay (WTP) a premium for local forest products, clean drinking water from forested watersheds, and access to … industry and conservation professionals. The results indicate that residents attribute monetary value to nonmarket forest goods and services. The present value WTP for drinking … Outcomes Based on these findings, the investigators have hosted the following landowner workshops: Southern New England land-use history and forest ecology (9/24/2012) Forest stand …
… 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, solar developers, rural communities, and the earth itself. This emerging form of renewable energy blends complementary land uses and eliminates the false “food or …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in Montana. The plant’s nonprofit owner sought to … right): Ayush Acharya 1 , Joe Boland 2 , Caroline Heilbrun 1 , Helena Lam 1 , Steve Yannacone 1 1 Yale School of the Environment 2 Yale College Download the Report File Download file …
… Rates of mental health concerns for children and adolescents are high across the United 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 concerns. The land …
… Solar Industry? 2796 6778 2798 2745 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Mobilizing Finance for Land Conservation at the Energy-Land-Agriculture Nexus … Mobilizing Finance for Land … acres of land per megawatt of generating capacity, solar has a sizable land footprint — one that is only expected to grow as solar and renewables meet a larger share of U.S. energy …
… moisture retention. The project was designed in two phases to test different methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming … incentives received by the extension agents, and the type of farmer (lead, peer, or none) that the extension agent was supposed to work with. A midline survey was conducted with … of connections overall, and those concentrated in an area — to increase the likelihood that one person will know several seed farmers. This next step involved training the extension …
… the practices used to achieve them - vary by region, so state programs are uniquely positioned to support the local soil health work of farmers and ranchers. In California, Colorado, and New Mexico, state policy has established programs to support … Agriculture Lab Conservation Finance Network Related Reports Agrivoltaics: Producing Solar Energy While Protecting Farmland Solarize Your Community: An Evidence-Based Guide for …
… Minnesota 6778 2745 2798 2796 2752 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Clean Energy Sustainable Finance and ESG Maximizing Land Use Benefits From Utility-Scale Solar … … is growing interest across various stakeholder groups in adopting land use best practices for new projects. Pollinator-friendly solar, which incorporates native grasses and wildflowers throughout a solar installation, is one approach to cultivating additional land use benefits from solar projects. The practice …
… 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 … assets under management.1 Furthermore, there is evidence to suggest that assets committed for impact investment are largely sitting on the sidelines. For example, NatureVest’s 2016 … This report will be most helpful to organizations that seek to strategically deploy grant money that will create leverage in their impact investing portfolio. In fact, we believe a …
… devoted to “making the product green” come at the expense of making the product better performing. Use and Applications Professor Newman has discussed these studies in his core … with a case on green products. Future Activities Additional data will be collected for the resubmission of the publication, and the investigators hope to continue research … devoted to “making the product green” come at the expense of making the product better performing. Use and Applications Professor Newman has discussed these studies in his core …