… the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. Maybe IP attorneys score low on the charisma scale because they—like … it—and that I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course … issues and made connections that I had never thought of. And this has been the case for the 16+ other live sessions since then. It’s also been true for the dozens of times I’ve …
… in my career I had spent most of my time in the field in support of EPC projects. I was comfortable with my responsibilities as a Construction Manager and loved all the great people I … within my company in Corporate Development where I get to put into practice all the lessons I’ve learned in the program. It’s no surprise but I’m frequently flipping back … within my company in Corporate Development where I get to put into practice all the lessons I’ve learned in the program. It’s no surprise but I’m frequently flipping back …
… inbox? The answers to these and other questions helped me frame much more than my goals for this certificate program, so definitely useful. Then we began the energy policy coursework. For 8 weeks we covered a multitude of historical and present-day aspects of energy policy, … break to finally begin the much-awaited, much-anticipated, much-doubted, and much-hoped-for 8-week energy project financing coursework. I had heard during orientation that this …
… the North Park Village Nature Center. The Nature Center has been my community and sanctuary for over half my life. I started as a junior camp counselor, eventually working my way up to lead my own beekeeping classes for high schoolers. When my Dad passed away, I sought refuge with the bees and beekeepers … seeing the amazement on faces of lifelong city kids as they search for tadpoles in the wetlands -first with apprehension, then with excitement - discovering the wiggling tails just …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a … with Lo and Sons leadership and partners, experts across the manufacturing and supply chain landscape and other staff and faculty at Yale to understand what barriers exist to scaling …
… Talaty and I work as the Environmental Innovation Fellow at Yale. I’m always on the lookout for new models of innovation within existing organizations or emerging startups that are … at the Nature+ Pavilion, one immediately caught my eye. The World Resources Institute’s Land & Carbon Lab was developing a first-of-its-kind monitoring system for the world’s land … carbon markets can be more accurately designed and that philanthropy organizations funding conservation projects can track better the success of their organizations. But mostly, it …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’s theme of collaboration … won the 2021 Volvo Environment Prize for his work on green chemistry, That put him, me and three Yale students on the stage with Martin Lundstedt, CEO of Volvo Group during a panel on … group was one of the six partners behind the MobilityXLab, a collaboration hub founded in 2017 that offers new companies with pioneering ideas within mobility and connectivity the …
… and has a moratorium on fossil fuel extraction. Costa Rica has also implemented a Payments for Environmental Services Program , the first of its kind in the region, which has already helped more than 18,000 families by directly paying landowners for the environmental services their lands produce when adopting sustainable land-use and …
… It’s all good to talk about finding new ways to innovate and new models for putting ideas into action, but existing organizations also need support. And intrapreneurship can also be an effective vehicle for innovation. In a panel event hosted at the Nature Pavilion on creating systemic change for a more regenerative economy, panelist Peta Milan Zoomed in from Portugal to talk about …
… Decarbonization and a net zero future will require transformative leaps in clean energy investment and innovation, according to a recent report by … by 2030 if net zero by 2050 is to be achieved. This mind-boggling number set the backdrop for an event on Day 5 of COP26 at the Business Pavilion. The Business Pavilion was hosted by … group of seven non-profit organizations like BSR, Ceres, CDP and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). With a board comprising leaders drawn from these …