… the pandemic, I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), … financing of renewable energy projects. I had performed GHG inventories, developed climateaction plans and even invested in a few climate-tech companies. All that was useful but, … defining policy, attracting investment, and developing partnerships. Fortunately, a lot of what we covered in the Policy Module was not only useful, but also instrumental in the …
… Years ago at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin … this: "Patent lawyers, huh? I’ve met a lot of them over the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. " Maybe IP … 16+ other live sessionssince then. It’s also been true for the dozens of times I’ve interacted with other members of the cohort. Because we have a wide range of experiences (and …
… One year ago, I was considering whether I should apply to Yale’s Finance and Deployment of Clean Energy … may be in the position today I was in last year. So I dug up that list of questions to see what answers I have for my younger self. Question 1: Will the program be helpful to someone … cohort three years ago, which is a lifetime in clean energy. There was an administration change, and with it a shift in clean energy policy that wasn’t subtle. There are newer …
… Our just-released study of 2,035 global businessstudents found students increasingly believe that business leaders and the private … they are willing to accept a lower salary to work for a company with better environmental practices—up from 44% of respondents in 2015. The proportion rises to 54% when students …
… Years ago at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin … this: Patent lawyers, huh? I’ve met a lot of them over the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. Maybe IP attorneys … 16+ other live sessionssince then. It’s also been true for the dozens of times I’ve interacted with other members of the cohort. Because we have a wide range of experiences (and …
… A little over a year ago I was introduced to a few co-workers outside my department who I never had much of an … recognized we all had a very similar desire in being “agents of change” within the energy business. Up until that point in my career I had spent most of my time in the field in … back through lectures and models as they pertain to my new world. I can’t wait to see what else I will learn from the last half of the program as well as from the rest of the …
… I’m a current (2021-2022) FDCE cohort student, and I want to be completely honest with you about the program, because I remember … of this exercise, the title of which made me think of the myriad self-help books in the businesssection of a used bookstore. As we progressed through the workshop, though, it … markets. I have been pleasantly overwhelmed with the depth and breadth of content in what is a fascinating new topic for me! And we haven’t even touched on innovation yet! This …
… 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 city kid, I grew up knowing … 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 …
… I started my position as the Environmental Innovation Fellow at Yale in the summer of 2021. In my entry interview I was asked what kind of a program I wanted to create. Without much hesitation, I said I wanted to … wanted to highlight not just the experience of being an international student at Yale, but actually center that as an approach for solving complex global challenges. 7549 What is …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) to participate … manufacturing and supply chain landscape and other staff and faculty at Yale to understand what barriers exist to scaling up this idea, its environmental impact and how to tackle …