… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube videos trying to remain calm while I catch up on all I’ve missed about Excel … professional career. I’ve lamented to my partner that I’ve used Excel as a donor management database and a way to keep track of who’s attending what webinar next month, but that when … with my peers due to the initial networking sessions set up in the FDCE orientation and through the online community platform hosted by Yale. It is amazing how the FDCE program has …
… 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 … climate change. The IGND was very explicit about its climate goals: mitigate 100% of the greenhouse gas emissions before 2030. Before joining the City of Ithaca as director of … while listening to Prof. Klee talk about how environmental and energy policy had evolved through the years, combined with Prof. Esty’s lecture on “red lights, green lights” finally …
… with no technical background, I was hopeful 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 … and called up a friend in last year’s cohort. Today I’m about three-quarters of the way through the program, and realize others may be in the position today I was in last year. So … a shift in clean 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 …
… change agents. FINDING #2: Business students expect sustainability to be threaded throughout corporations’ highest priorities—not treated as a stand-alone top priority. About … 65% desire more case studies highlighting sustainability issues; and 62% call for better career services focused on sustainability jobs. FINDING #4: The ‘carbon tax on … change agents. FINDING #2: Business students expect sustainability to be threaded throughout corporations’ highest priorities—not treated as a stand-alone top priority. About …
… I never had much of an opportunity to interact with day to day. We were steered together through a mutual contact who recognized we all had a very similar desire in being “agents of … feel like I was exactly where I needed to be. I knew I wanted to do more with my career and through my interactions with the new peer group, it was time to start pushing myself outside … be in the moment”. That was my first cue at how much thought was put into the program and throughout Orientation my concerns about my own abilities to keep up were put to rest. I …
… of the myriad self-help books in the business section of a used bookstore. As we progressed through the workshop, though, it asked of us several big questions that I’d never even … But in my opinion, the policy course content made me doubt the program’s ability to follow through on the promise of finance. In January we returned from our winter break to finally … has been my journey, as an energy policy and engineering professional navigating his way through project financing. I hope that your journey, regardless of your starting point, will …
… me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong city kid, I grew up knowing only a few green places - my Mom’s garden and my local nature preserve, the North Park Village Nature … for others to grow and thrive. The most rewarding moment in my time at the Nature Center is seeing the amazement on faces of lifelong city kids as they search for tadpoles in the … the wiggling tails just below the surface. I love listening to their voices hush and seeing their movements slow when they spot a family of deer just off the trail. They marvel …
… of my neck stinging after the faux pas, I turned around and noticed two young women wearing green Fridays for Future t-shirts. I went up to them and introduced myself, curious to hear … cover, land use and the associated stocks and flows of carbon. The high-resolution spatial data will be made available to the public for free via the Resource Watch and the Global … us what is happening to land and the associated carbon stocks - to empower everyone to make better decisions. I was excited because this was a model of innovation that not just valued …