… Watch the full recording here! In order to drive more sustainable agricultural practices, we need many different stakeholders to chip in. When we … consumer goods companies, on a toolkit of low-visibility but extremely powerful levers for change. Most U.S. farmers operate in a low margin, high input, price volatile business … sustainability benefits, especially if adopted at scale. However, farmer adoption is slow for a number of good reasons. Join the Sustainable Food Lab to think about how consumer …
… this emerging community investment fund striving to create a more equitable food system for black farmers and food business owners. Olivia will join CBEY Resident Fellow Tagan Engel to discuss the Fund’s first year of community-designed investments, supports for regenerative practices, and the innovative ways they are working to address historical and current inequities for Black entrepreneurs in the food system. About Black Farmer Fund Co-Founded by Black …
… Rink] Patagonia's Worn Wear truck will be on campus to fix your damaged gear (any brand!) for repair and sell previously owned Patagonia gear. Note: they are only able to recieve a … include: Tangled Up in Blue - Yale’s only undergraduate American folk ensemble will be performing at 12pm outside Ingalls Rink. Clothing Swap - Donate lightly used clothing, … a family’s maple syrup harvest in Contoocook, New Hampshire; an organic farm in Ojai, California; and into the lives of a champion skier, a National Geographic photographer, and a …
… on climate change has brought a moral dimension to the conversation. The UN’s new global sustainable development agenda is giving businesses an architecture with they can shape … panelists will discuss these questions among others, bringing to light new opportunities for business to mitigate climate change and contribute to the global sustainable development … priorities. Our panel features: Peter Bakker (President & CEO, WBCSD) Frances Beinecke (Former President, NRDC; Scholar, Yale) Pavan Sukhdev (Founder & CEO, GIST Advisory; Author) …
… We will then discuss the lessons learned from each model and compare their potential for scale and replication in different types of geographic settings. Ashley Allen Jones (i2 … and then transfers such reductions to municipal entities and water companies as a mechanism for water quality compliance. In so doing, the Revolving Water Fund creates a sustained pool … left to be navigated. 7352 2542 Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Sustainable Finance and ESG Watershed Finance Models: Comparing Structure, Scalability and …
… from Professor Paul Anastas and Urvashi Bhatnagar ’17 provides companies with a methodology for creating inherently sustainable products and processes and driving sustainable practices through corporate … conversation, they talk with Vincent Stanley of Patagonia and the Yale Center for Business and the Environment. Speakers: Paul Anastas, Teresa and H. John Heinz III …
… organizations invest billions of dollars each year in habitat conservation in efforts to slow ongoing losses of terrestrial biodiversity. Dr. Armsworth will examine the … from the US and the UK that examine whether existing conservation programs provide benefits for biodiversity cost effectively. By combining techniques from ecology and economics, he … in biodiversity at no increase in overall cost. Paul will also host a discussion and information session from 1:15 to 2:00 pm (Sage 24) for students and post-docs interested in …
… program manager seeking new partners to retrofit homes? Are you a utility looking for ways to increase customer participation in efficiency and conservation programs? Do you … energy saves water. But how do we bring these synergies into practice? Tune into Blueprint for Efficiency’s water-energy miniseries to learn about cross-sector collaboration and … Motivated by the severe drought in the West and the observation that water use accounts for 20% of energy consumption in California, utilities and private companies around the US …
… Trimex’s Sustainability and Social Responsibility Manager, Mar Gutierrez (MEM ‘16) for a conversation on wheat growing practices in a diversity of lands and business models. … 4th generation family farm in Montana in the1980’s; a journey in organic farming and care for community that has had a big impact in the industry. Mark Bomford Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Program (YSFP) will facilitate this conversation and dig into this …
… service science “will remain unrealized” until there are standardized operating procedures for making it happen. Next week, the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies … free online event will be live streamed and is open to the public. Sign up to receive future invitations on this topic. Interested in reading more before the live stream event? … free online event will be live streamed and is open to the public. Sign up to receive future invitations on this topic. Interested in reading more before the live stream event? …