… utility. Community Kitchens will offer “good” food as the public dining model for the future, a not-for-profit that will showcase the value of an eatery that ticks all the boxes … cooks and other workers. Contracting with farmers to produce good food while stewarding the land. Providing three meals a day, each with two choices, using a four-tiered payment scale … that this Community Kitchen will be located in The Bronx or Washington Heights areas of NewYork City. Staff and Advisors: Mark Bittman , Special Advisor on Food Policy at Columbia …
… Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures has awarded $10,000 grants to environmentally-focused startups Upright and Ecopackables. Administered by the Yale Center for Business and the … for domestic home compost. Ecopackables plans to launch a second product, 100% compostable, water-activated tape. Agricore (CBEY Innovation Prize) Nat Irwin (Yale College ’21), … appropriate payouts for carbon credits. AgriCORE’s portable device allows farmers and land managers to analyze soil carbon content without having wait and pay for samples to be …
… for the city, you are in charge of working as a team to sustainably support 8.4 million NewYorkers. Qi Foods LLC : Qi Foods LLC is a premium, superfood beverage company aiming to be a … for the city, you are in charge of working as a team to sustainably support 8.4 million NewYorkers. Qi Foods LLC : Qi Foods LLC is a premium, superfood beverage company aiming to …
… Acquisition Company (“SPAC”). Overview SPACs have found favor amongst climate-focused companies as they (a) give companies the opportunity to provide public investors with … climate-focused company. Students in this independent study will conduct research on new, innovative sectors with the potential for transformative positive impact. These focus … Filling the Funnel: Climate-focused Investment Strategies in SPAC Land … Jan 26, 2021 Filling the Funnel: Climate-focused Investment Strategies in SPAC Land …
… at the Yale School of the Environment where he teaches two very popular courses on Renewable Energy Project Finance, both on campus and online with the Certificate in Financing … equity, you’ll be accustomed to thinking of an IPO as an exit. SPACs are different, because the IPO exit happens before you've even identified the target company! SPACs are … Why is this appropriate for clean energy? Because we're talking about a sector that is the future and not the past. For example, we may believe that hydrogen-based technologies will …
… has been bubbling up for a while among graduate students at Yale. Enter Tagan Engel, the newest Resident Fellow at the Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). Engel has … and worker-led/cooperative models in food entrepreneurship with Tsai CITY, the Yale Landscape Lab, and the New Haven-based Collab. As a Resident Fellow at CBEY, Engel is … of their own power and privilege, whatever their background, and how they choose to use it in work and life. For me, as a white person engaged in social justice work, this is …
… students have been shifting and adapting their professional plans to adjust to this new reality, making these types of connections all the more critical. We are delighted to announce the 2020-2021 cohort: 2380 New Cohort of Alumni Visiting Experts Announced! … Oct 13, 2020 New Cohort of Alumni Visiting Experts Announced! Heather Fitzgerald The experience and …
… and environmentally friendly solution to help property owners avoid dangerous ice and water buildup on their roofs in the winter. Annually, ice dams can cost upwards of $9.5 … the amount of petroleum-based debris (such as rooftop asphalt shingles) that ends up in the landfill as a result. Compared to other chemical-based ice melting solutions, such as … are energy-intensive, such as gas-powered machinery and installed heating cables, and use a significant amount of energy to operate. By utilizing “smart” technology, Floe uses …
… the course of the semester, the students will define sub-categories of the climate tech landscape by analyzing a wide variety of technologies. The process will be student-driven, … The pathways are vastly different, but one thing they have in common is a central role for new technologies, all of which fall under the growing category known as climate tech . New … carbon footprint to renewable energy technologies that could one day power millions of households. While these technologies are each nobly chipping away at the problem of climate …
… climate authority, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published a landmark 2018 report highlighting the urgency of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. … concepts and actors, provide specific policy examples, and (after November 3) reflect on future possibilities in light of the 2020 US elections. Stages of Work: Pick 1-2 technology … statement, please list the three technologies that you are most interested in researching (use the list in the Issue Summary as a starting point, but feel free to include others). …