… Two promising start-ups each received $10,000 from this year’sSobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , disbursed annually by the Yale Center for … 1 percent of people ride to work. Concerns ranging from safety to arriving at work sweaty prevent people who express interest in biking from following through. Bike City hopesto …
… When Jennifer Molnar was 12 years old her family departed New Jersey on a 16,000-mile roadtrip that cut west acrossthe northern half of the … “I was curious about how natural things worked, how they changed,” said Molnar (F&ES ’04). This curiosity led to an undergraduate degree in environmental engineering and a job right … faculty on Conservancy projects. “While many companies are interested in understanding and building nature into their business practices, they often do not have the tools and research …
… Meat makes for curious math: about 25 calories is required to create just 1 calorie of beef. … 600 pounds in lessthan a year) Despite these problems, people aren’tsimply going to abandon meat consumption. A vast literature on why people make the dietary choicesthatthey do … as ludicrous asthe idea of hopping on a horse and setting of for San Francisco.” Related EventsThe Future of Protein Thu, September 29th, 2016, 7:45 AM EDT — 8:45 AM EDT Evans Hall …
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… Ten years ago I attended a premiere viewing of “ Inconvenienttruth ” – a movie that created a legacy and formed an entire new generation of climate activists. This was my first encounter with climate change and the dire consequences it brings. This … impact, although there isstill a long way to go. Some key insights I took away from the event: --It is certainly an exciting trend that in many companies, the C-suite is on board …
… Sustainability is a matter of economic survival for business, especially in the Asia-Pacific … 2014. Singapore has continually attracted a huge amount of overseastourists mainly from Indonesia, China, Malaysia, Australia, India and Japan every year. The purchasing power of tourists contributessignificantly to the Singaporean economy. However, this economic activity comes with environmental risks. Retailers face potential …
… A business plan that aimsto turn food waste into new products, and profits, won the 2016 Sabin Sustainable … said Kadakia. “With all the advancements in energy technology and transportation, if we don’t change the way we eat, the way we process food, we’re not going to be able to stem our … for being much higher-value products,” she said. Other contests during the two-day Yale event included the Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education, sponsored by …
… Two promising new companies received $10,000 each from this year’sSobotka Seed Stage Venture Grant , which is disbursed annually by the Yale … ProgramsSustainable Venture Prize Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures Related Events 2015 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize Fri, April 17th, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT — 10:00 AM …
… Minh Tsai was working at CharlesSchwab when the dotcom bubble burst. He weathered two rounds of … its bestness? He left his job and started working in small tofu shops around San Francisco, eventually setting off to start a company of his own, Hodo Soy. “To be honest with you, it … day and employs about 80 people. (Tsai emphasized that if you wantto make a quick buck don’t go into food.) The company works with only organic farmers in the U.S. and encourages …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) has awarded six grantsto Yale … working on: Methodsto increase the adoption of toilet usage in Kenya, critical to the prevention of disease [Judith Chevalier (Yale SOM), A. Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale SOM), Johann Caro … CBEY program director Stuart DeCew SOM ’11, FES ’11. "The research projects funded this year show the breadth and depth of expertise at Yale and the commitment of faculty and …