… “sandbox” and create new ideas and possible ventures that can help mitigate impacts of the climate change crisis. This year, seven teams of students spent six weeks working to … a nutrient-rich soil amendment. However, the current ability for Yale graduate students living in New Haven to compost their kitchen scraps is limited. The Yale Compost … double the national average. RE-Flower wants to change that. While food banks and other resources can help, they face limitations such as staffing to provide continued access and …
… racial & economic equity through clean energy? Challenge the energy status quo – secure your seat at the first-ever Yale Clean Energy Conference , Friday, April 1st, and Saturday, … Grid Innovation - Pacific Gas and Electric Company Howard Chang ‘12, Chief Operating Officer - East Bay Community Energy Ali Cooley ‘12, Chief Investment Officer - Nuveen Green … Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Dan Gross ‘92 & ‘98, Director, Climate Pledge Fund - Amazon Jesse Grossman ‘06, Chairman and CEO - Soltage Richard …
… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube videos trying to remain … forward in my community without burdening energy-impoverished households. I entered the Yale FDCE certificate program eager to learn about different loan structures and bonds and … views on emerging technologies, and learn about what drives each of us to do this important climate work. And that is how, on one frigid Sunday morning in January, I found myself on a …
… (IGND), which, in terms of ambition, represented the City of Ithaca’s commitment to fight climate change. The IGND was very explicit about its climate goals: mitigate 100% of the … I realized, not sufficient to take on this challenge. Around the same time, I applied to Yale’s FDCE program. I had learned about it just a few weeks before the deadline while … the development of the City’s strategy to mitigate GHG: we had an idea of the amount and source of emissions that needed to be mitigated. I was then in the process of designing a …
… 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, the rat-a-tat comments and questions in the Zoom chat—sometimes difficult to digest … books, reports, and other resources that they’ve found useful. I even got free tickets to a climate tech conference. None of this is meant to suggest that the actual courses in the …
… One year ago, I was considering whether I should apply to Yale’s Finance and Deployment of Clean Energy program. As an energy analyst and energy … policy that wasn’t subtle. There are newer programs, technology and data than in the course materials. But even with moments of specifics feeling dated, the narrative and … a good job of making me feel part of the Yale community, offering resources, talks, and office hours with professors who are truly passionate about education. Question 4: Is a …
… Our just-released study of 2,035 global business students found students increasingly … , conducted in partnership with the Global Network for Advanced Management, and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, spoke with students from 32 business schools in the Global …
… 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 (which all students are required to attend), the rat-a-tat comments and questions in … books, reports, and other resources that they’ve found useful. I even got free tickets to a climate tech conference. None of this is meant to suggest that the actual courses in the …
… that piqued my interest. I knew that I had substantial knowledge gaps in the mechanics of our business, and they were a hurdle that I couldn’t research or network my way over. With … and from home I decided to apply. After being accepted into this year’s cohort I was of course ecstatic but as the days crept closer to the first class I began to panic. It’s been a … I was always the type of student that needed to put forth a tad more effort. As we started our Orientation Session, Coral Bielecki lead the new cohort in a breathing exercise and …
… I was purely interested in the second half of the program: the 16 weeks of applicable coursework on energy project financing. And I just wanted to know: is the financing half of … 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 … insightful, and skilled at portraying a complicated topic. But in my opinion, the policy course content made me doubt the program’s ability to follow through on the promise of …