… Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new ideas for shaping our future research, … Vote on your favorites Food included! Not pitching? Come and support the center and your fellow students by voting for your favorite ideas! Winning teams selected – Wednesday, April … teams present their ideas at the spring meeting of the CBEY Advisory Board to get feedback from business leaders and experts. Please contact Heather Fitzgerald …
… Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new ideas for shaping our future research, … and events at our: 5th Annual Future Directions in Business and the Environment Pitch Competition This pitch competition gives students the chance to share their ideas for … bar dinner, beer and wine included! Not pitching? Come and support the center and your fellow students by voting for your favorite ideas! Winning teams selected – Wednesday, March 30 …
… for-profit business through cash prizes totaling $25,000. The competition provides feedback from professional judges, extensive mentoring from faculty, and opportunities for participants to meet and pitch their ideas to venture capitalists and industry leaders. See photos from our 2015 event and read an account of the day here. Meet the 2016 finalists: Appalachian …
… forecasting (a particular foresight methodology) and show how it can be applied to your work, your studies, and your approach to navigating uncertainty. Signals-based forecasting is a … approach to explore the broadest range of possibilities or innovations that might impact their industry. (For an introduction to IFTF’s use of signals as a building block for …
… problems of the next decade, we will need to think differently about how we produce our food. Agriculture sits at the crossroads of many of the world’s major issues, whether it … that not only doesn’t contribute to the problem, but is also building soil, capturing carbon, and feeding the world’s billions of people. But what does regenerative agriculture … mean, and how do we finance a transition from degenerative agriculture (the way much of our food is grown today) to something different and better? This webinar will look at all …
… Watch the full recording here! To enable funds to flow into landscape scale restoration projects, the impact must be proven and the value of ecosystem restoration must be measured in financial terms, making a solid business case for cleaner air, cleaner water, and environmental resiliency. In this webinar, Taylor …
… and shrublands across the U.S. offer unique potential for climate change solutions. Carbon markets offer an innovative approach for landowners to leverage these climate benefits to access to new finance sources for preservation. In this webinar we will hear from Margaret Williams of American … by using conservation easements to avoid conversion to crop production. In addition, our speakers will discuss a pioneering project in the Prairie Pothole Region of North …
… You were born influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, to follow the rules, to wait your turn, to not make waves. But, when used intelligently, influence is like a superpower … brings great ideas to life. This is the premise of Zoe Chance’s new book, Influence is Your Superpower , which is rooted in groundbreaking research in behavioral economics, …
… is thrilled to be hosting this panel on emerging innovations in seaweed and kelp as part of our Planetary Innovator Speaker Series . Join us to hear from a panel of aquaculture … Panelists include: Dr. Charlie Yarish - Chief Scientist at GreenWave ( LinkedIn ) Casey Emett - CEO at The Crop Project ( LinkedIn ) Suzie Flores - local kelp farmer at Stonington Kelp Co ( LinkedIn ) The panel will be followed by a networking reception with the panelists. *Food will be served. We are committed …
… the 2015-2016 season of "Nature’s Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services" as we continue our three part webinar mini-series, titled Capital Flows: Catalyzing Investments in Water Resources. The mini series explores the development of … “Quantified”. In the book, Whitworth draws lessons from the world's most tech-savvy, high impact organizations to show how we can make real gains for the environment. The principles …