… In the Navajo Nation, electricity may be a fragile commodity as climate change intensifies. Other tribes in the United … overload power lines in Alaska, causing poles to snap, the report said. Power lines covered with ice may also vibrate violently during high winds. After the ice melts, the lines may rebound and make contact with trees. Adjusting to Permafrost Failures and Ice Jams The report also described how …
… GreenLight is a series of interactive, fast-paced innovation workshops launched in 2014 with the guidance and support of the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale. … workshop is a structured innovation session where students get hands on experience with real world problems and clients benefit from the creativity of Yale students. When … our GreenLight clients - What’s the trickiest problem you’re working on right now? Working with Elizabeth and her team at Adidas we chose the following question: “How could adidas …
… '09 started SilviaTerra in 2010 and the company now employs 5 full-time employees and works with many of the largest timber companies in the United States. SilviaTerra is built around … Studies that uses 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 … to connect with alumni and share his experience with current student ventures. In this capacity, he also is now involved as an alumni mentor of Appalachian roots – Hemp 2.0. 2531 …
… of religion and the environment at Yale. Read the full story on Yale Insights . Related Events Pope, Paris and the SDGs: What’s driving business to act on climate change now? Wed, …
… the stunning revelation that the Volkswagen group equipped millions of diesel-powered cars with software designed to fool anybody testing their emissions, and just days since the … the stunning revelation that the Volkswagen group equipped millions of diesel-powered cars with software designed to fool anybody testing their emissions, and just days since the … those suffering from respiratory disease. Read the full story on Financial TImes Related Events GNAM Faculty Webinar on Sustainability Leadership Tue, October 21st, 2014, 4:30 AM …
… enterprises today—and its challenges. Read the full story on the Yale SOM website. Related Events Joint Degree Summer Internship Presentations! Thu, October 12th, 2017, 7:45 AM EDT — …
… leads the nonprofit TechnoServe , strives to align the tremendous engine of business with social need in a way that universalizes opportunity alongside talent. TechnoServe’s … three basic principles. First, they help farmers to see their operations as a business with costs and investments and, this way, develop essential business skills. “Helping people … “The action is, and will be, around business and investment.” Watch the video: Related Events Business Solutions to Poverty: How shared value is revolutionizing corporate thinking …
… (SRI) factors in funds. Read more on the Yale School of Management website . Related Events Sustainability Metrics Monthly Seminar: Robert Jenkins Tue, September 1st, 2015, 7:45 …
… resident for many years of the San Francisco Bay Area, I have watched the story develop with interest, various parties scratching out claim to the reduced river flows and diminishing groundwater. I have to admit that as a city dweller and environmentalist, I share the frustration with “Big Ag” and its apparent … (in dollar value), have thus been at the center of a very public (and often heated) conversation on water use. The production of wine grapes, though, has gotten much less press …
… crisis of 2008 — these sudden shocks neatly represent the three hallmarks of a “ Black Swan event .” They: Took place outside of regular expectations; Carried an extreme impact; and … The Black Swans of Sustainability The last 50 years, since the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, have seen the rise of environmentalism and the subsequent evolution … scan of sustainability events over this period reveals a series of news stories, beginning with Silent Spring, that have become household names — the crash of the Exxon Valdez, …