… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer Peter Boyd posed the seemingly simple question “Why are you here?” This got me to thinking, what had gotten me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong … lead my own beekeeping classes for high schoolers. When my Dad passed away, I sought refuge withthe bees and beekeepersthere. Nature and my community were there for me when I needed …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) to participate in an independentstudy (equivalentto a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 unitsSOM) on scaling up a circular solution for used and returned … thoughtfully and sustainably designed travel productssold direct-to-consumer. Earlier thissummer, Lo & Sons created a prototype for upcycling one of their most popular designs - …
… My name is Urvi Talaty and I work asthe Environmental Innovation Fellow at Yale. I’m always on the lookout … the larger policy discussions and statements from world leaders. Withthe plenary rooms cordoned off today to accommodate the World LeadersSummit and the heads of state in … the list of events atthe Nature+ Pavilion, one immediately caught my eye. The World Resources Institute’s Land & Carbon Lab was developing a first-of-its-kind monitoring system …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’stheme of … of systemsthinking and transformative innovation. In Prof. Anastas’ words, “What we have done very well is investing in productsthat have revolutionized our lives. What we haven’tdone very well is ensure thatthose productsdon’t cause harm. We …
… innovative action driven by ambition. And throughout Day 3 of my time at COP26, I heard storiesthat made me ponder the role of ambition in innovation. Atthe Japanese pavilion, I … inspiration she wasto a generation of folks committed to fighting the climate crisis. Of course, newsspreads fast, and on my fairly long sprintto the pavilions, several others had … there. My mind went back to my earlier thoughts on ambition. Young climate activists had done what otherswith far more power had taken so long to do. Withtheir relentless drive …
… It’s all good to talk about finding new waysto innovate and new models for putting ideas … to a system. Within regenerative innovation, the focus is on how we think of and understand ourselves as part of a complex system. In a series of slides, Ms. Milan talked aboutthe … points. I was pleasantly surprised to see something familiar on the nextslide. It wasDonella Meadows’ seminal piece on leverage points in a system, lastseen during my …
… Decarbonization and a net zero future will require transformative leaps in clean energy investment and … 2030 and accelerate an inclusive transition to a global net-zero economy by 2050.” They’ve done thisthrough publishing guides for businesses and advocating for policy changes, including aat COP26. The event drew me in with itstitle – “Innovating Our Way to Net-Zero: How Startups Can Solve the Climate Crisis.” Being the Environmental …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners … CBEY supportsstudents in building sustainable, for-profit businesses. A huge part of this has been via the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures. Since 2011, the … This year, the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures focused on solutions in four key areas of urgent action: Protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of studentsto participate in an independentstudy (equivalentto a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 unitsSOM) in partnership with Climate Real ImpactSolutions I … combination via a reverse merger with a best-in-class, climate-focused company. Students in this independentstudy will conduct research on new, innovative sectorswiththe potential …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment is delighted to welcome three new members … to communities in support of inclusive sustainable infrastructure projects. Over the course of her career, Nicole has worked to advance energy justice, grid modernization, and … strategy to advance its vision of being among the mostsuccessful, sustainable, and responsible companies in the world. Her career has been dedicated to driving sustainable …