… solutions to planetary problems – including policy, business, finance, and social – from a systems-thinking perspective. During the Planetary Solutions Generator Showcase on … certified” standard, similar to a LEED certification, to prevent waste through incentives for stakeholders to repurpose, dispose of and reduce waste. Deep Energy Retrofit Amelie … of food insecurity and powering them through “sunflowers” and “wind roses,” small-scale solar panels and wind turbines that are able to provide clean and freestanding energy to the …
… Do you want to enact change and justice for the environment? Are you interested in collaborating with like-minded individuals, … Energy Collaborative, this event will bring together intelligent and inquisitive minds from across the world to share ideas and inspire equity in the transition to clean energy … and Deploying Clean Energy Certificate Program Related Programs Clean Energy Finance Forum SolarEnergy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) … Do you want to enact change and …
… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube videos trying to … the cohort itself. The 21-22 cohort includes experienced and highly-skilled professionals from a diversity of backgrounds, yet all with one common interest—to accelerate the … has built a cohort both tight-knit and diverse at a time of physical distancing and limited in-person social interactions. From the beginning of the program, I’ve benefitted …
… 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), 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: … to the Laboratories of Democracy , as coined by Justice Brandeis in 1932, in his dissent from the Court’s decision in the case of New State Ice Co. vs Liebmann . When presenting my …
… 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 … grapple with are the only truly relevant ones. I certainly fell into this trap: with clean energy, what could be as important as the underlying technology and the intellectual … of the renewables universe, but not the center of 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 …
… it could help beef up my knowledge and make me better at my job. Who wouldn’t benefit from continued education? Still, a year program seemed like a big commitment. And the cost ain’t nothing. And did I have time? So I created a list of my top … 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 already working in …
… Social and Environmental Sustainability , 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 Network for Advanced Management, located in 30 countries across six continents. This follow-up to …
… 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 … grapple with are the only truly relevant ones. I certainly fell into this trap: with clean energy, what could be as important as the underlying technology and the intellectual … of the renewables universe, but not the center of 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 …
… who 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 support of EPC projects. I was comfortable with my responsibilities as a Construction Manager and loved all the great people I … hurdle that I couldn’t research or network my way over. With some solid support at work and from home I decided to apply. After being accepted into this year’s cohort I was of course …
… Will I actually learn how to finance and deploy clean energy, as the program title affirms? TLDR: yes and yes. It has been a relief, and a joy, to know that as the program … 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 … the program’s ability to 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 …