… asked Yesenia some questions about being a Women Entrepreneur. What inspired you to found your business? My mother is from Oaxaca, Mexico and I grew up going to visit my grandparents, … asked Yesenia some questions about being a Women Entrepreneur. What inspired you to found your business? My mother is from Oaxaca, Mexico and I grew up going to visit my grandparents, … asked Yesenia some questions about being a Women Entrepreneur. What inspired you to found your business? My mother is from Oaxaca, Mexico and I grew up going to visit my grandparents, …
… Dannel Malloy this July while speaking at the first meeting of the Connecticut Climate Change Council. The projections mandate action. One prospect, often overlooked, is the … spectrum of available technologies, from single building-scale interventions, like ground source heat pumps and solar thermal water heaters, to larger interventions that take into … buildings and different energy technologies to provide flexibility to utilize the energy sources that are cheaper and cleaner at all time.” FORTT, eventually, hopes to quantify the …
… expressed the same straightforward reasoning: supporting women entrepreneurs brings new voices to the table and promises more imaginative solutions to sustainability challenges. “The greater the diversity in the entrepreneurial community, the … “propel the space and inspire others,” according to Iliana Lazarova (F&ES ‘16). “It is encouraging and motivating to see women succeed as leaders in the environmental business …
… and was the last car through as a major artery for New York closed for the next seven hours. For a man who has spent years trying to alert the financial community to the dangers … of speed on a potentially dangerous road. Litterman’s latest vehicle for addressing climate change is the second Low-Carbon Portfolio Case Competition , organized by Yale School of … and was the last car through as a major artery for New York closed for the next seven hours. For a man who has spent years trying to alert the financial community to the dangers …
… risks inherent in wetland mitigation banking during an Forest and Ecosystem Finance course; while completing a required assignment, they discovered that it was difficult to … Practitioners are usually eager to talk with students – give them a call! Confirm that your proposed project will truly supplement the skills and knowledge that you can gain through regular courses. A successful project will help you develop new skills and expertise. The Sobotka …
… This weekend amongst the crowds and high profile names at the Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit, you’ll find Conservation Matrix – an innovative crowdfunding platform … and close a deal. “We started Conservation Matrix after feeling powerless about our ability to invest in local environmentally beneficial projects,” says Selby. “Unless if … it’s nearly impossible to put your money into saving a specific ecosystem. We want to change that.” Selby and Kadakia will be at the YESS conference this weekend sharing …
… & Environmental Studies and the Yale School of Management as part of the GE Colloquium on Sustainability Leadership , a lecture series presented by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment . Frances Beinecke, YC ’71, FES ’74, former president of the Natural Resources Defense Council and McCluskey Fellow at Yale, moderated the discussion, which was also part of a series titled “Diverse Voices: Environmental Leaders on Climate Change and the Environment.” Read the full story on …
… In the Navajo Nation, electricity may be a fragile commodity as climate change intensifies. Other tribes in the United States face similar energy quandaries. The … Applications are due by Dec. 10. For facility-scale installations, the amount of the source energy that must be displaced is 20 percent – and for renewable energy and/or combined … at DOE’s Office of Indian Energy. For community-scale installations, there is no minimum source-energy percentage, but the renewable energy and combined heat and power system must …
… instead bring a challenge they are facing in their work at the intersection of business and sustainability. A GreenLight workshop is a structured innovation session where students get … Energy and Environment at the adidas Group, was planning a recent visit to Yale, she shared our desire to avoid SILO. So we asked her what we ask all of our GreenLight clients - What’s … organizations that come to visit. With adidas, we achieved these goals. Students got the chance to get their hands dirty working on a real challenge facing a real company. Our …
… The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they … satellites to determine the size and species of trees in forests. Faced with limited resources for a forest management project in Armenia, the young entrepreneur came up with an … faced a high burden of proof in an industry that was cautious and slow to embrace change. They overcame these initial hurdles by starting with small pilot projects and …