… 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 many groups of professionals—become convinced that the arcane issues they grapple with are the … 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 …
… 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 … be. I knew I wanted to do more with my career and through my interactions with the new peer group, it was time to start pushing myself outside my comfort zone and seek new opportunities. By chance, one of the guys in that peer group (shout …
… to see how I came to that conclusion. Initially, during program orientation, we broke into groups and competed in a game to solve the most linguistic riddles. At the time I thought, … 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 … follow through on the promise of finance. In January we returned from our winter break to finally begin the much-awaited, much-anticipated, much-doubted, and much-hoped-for 8-week …
… me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong city kid, I grew up knowing only a few green places - my Mom’s garden and my local nature preserve, 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 …
… 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 … tote idea. Perform a life cycle analysis to determine the climate impacts and create a final presentation, along with a written output in the form of a blog post/article/report. …
… 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 … of my neck stinging after the faux pas, I turned around and noticed two young women wearing green Fridays for Future t-shirts. I went up to them and introduced myself, curious to hear … the impact that you will have, perhaps by joining an intensive at Tsai CITY or a discussion group at CBEY. If you are looking for resources or mentorship, or have those to offer, I …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’s theme of collaboration … with Yale professor Paul Anastas, who 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 green chemistry solutions and innovation for a path forward. “We …
… 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 … Rukiga, Uganda. The project is a new kind of partnership between environmental and health groups - the International Crane Foundation, the Margaret Pyke Trust and local Ugandan …
… 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 … economy, panelist Peta Milan Zoomed in from Portugal to talk about her work as CEO of JET Group . JET group specializes in regenerative innovation where they work with everyone from … being formed and innovative mechanisms that allowed for the acceleration of clean energy. Green hydrogen featured heavily on the agenda, with speakers talking about how innovation in …
… Decarbonization and a net zero future will require transformative leaps in clean energy investment and innovation, according to a recent report by … Business Pavilion. The Business Pavilion was hosted by the We Mean Business Coalition , a group of seven non-profit organizations like BSR, Ceres, CDP and the World Business Council … secure one. Vice President Gore opened the session and highlighted that the current form of capitalism is in dire need of reform, and that we have the tools we need to solve this …