… 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 … the development of the City’s strategy to mitigate GHG: we had an idea of the amount and source of emissions that needed to be mitigated. I was then in the process of designing a … Module, I remember a class in which Prof. Klee shared with the class his favorite Supreme Court Justice quote: " A single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a …
… I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course, the rat-a-tat comments and questions in the Zoom chat—sometimes difficult to digest … FDCE ’22 Slack group (set up by Christian Sanchez and Lori Ann Santamaria, two incredible members of the cohort) have been fantastic resources. On both platforms, students …
… 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 narrative and … time. And Yale does a good job of making me feel part of the Yale community, offering resources, talks, and office hours with professors who are truly passionate about education. Question 4: Is a certificate …
… Our just-released study of 2,035 global business students found students increasingly … leaders and the private sector should play a vital role in addressing environmental sustainability and social issues. The survey, Rising Leaders on Social and Environmental … of future leaders’ understanding of it. “Our students will soon be at the helms of such impactful organizations, and it is incumbent on us to equip them with the knowledge, the …
… I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course (which all students are required to attend), the rat-a-tat comments and questions in … FDCE ’22 Slack group (set up by Christian Sanchez and Lori Ann Santamaria, two incredible members of the cohort) have been fantastic resources. On both platforms, students …
… that piqued my interest. I knew that I had substantial knowledge gaps in the mechanics of our business, and they were a hurdle that I couldn’t research or network my way over. With … and from home I decided to apply. After being accepted into this year’s cohort I was of course ecstatic but as the days crept closer to the first class I began to panic. It’s been a … interaction. The cohort was entirely representative of “change agents” that I gravitated towards at work in the first place. The level of engagement has been outstanding from week …
… I was purely interested in the second half of the program: the 16 weeks of applicable coursework on energy project financing. And I just wanted to know: is the financing half of … goals for this certificate program, so definitely useful. Then we began the energy policy coursework. For 8 weeks we covered a multitude of historical and present-day aspects of … insightful, and skilled at portraying a complicated topic. But in my opinion, the policy course content made me doubt the program’s ability to follow through on the promise of …
… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale … whole new world just a few blocks from their home. When I watch them, I think of my own hours spent laying across the bridge of the wetlands, amazed by the ease with which the water … to discover and play in community with each other and with the world around us. Cleaning up our energy system means preserving moments like these for future generations. I understand …
… team of students (2-3) to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 units SOM) on scaling up a circular solution for used and returned bags in partnership with Lo & Sons . Over the course of the semester, the students will participate in interviews with key stakeholders … that’s on a mission to inspire and empower people to go places, while leaving a positive impact on people's lives and the planet. They create thoughtfully and sustainably designed …
… Glasgow with a sense of excitement, the strong gusts of wind notwithstanding. As I walked towards the Scottish Exhibition Centre where the conference was happening, I was looking … the list of events at the Nature+ Pavilion, one immediately caught my eye. The World Resources Institute’s Land & Carbon Lab was developing a first-of-its-kind monitoring system … WRI planning on training members of civil society to use the data? Were there any negative impacts of this work? How would the sharing of data play out as more partners and countries …