… Having a large pool of people to survey provides a testing ground for founders to gauge interest in their idea, and pivot as needed to find the right product/market fit. Universities … that makes plant-based leather from crop waste), I took advantage of several grants and fellowships that are open only to Yale students. The Launchpad, Summer Fellowship, Start-Up Yale, Sustainability Prize were all instrumental in getting us off the …
… is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures. CBEY supports students in building sustainable businesses that are solving some of our … kit, a portable, customizable plug & play solar charging kit. Their goal is to introduce a low-cost, all-in-one solar power kit, offering better, cleaner, and cheaper renewable energy … kit, a portable, customizable plug & play solar charging kit. Their goal is to introduce a low-cost, all-in-one solar power kit, offering better, cleaner, and cheaper renewable energy …
… Radha Kuppalli has been developing innovative finance and commercial solutions to addressing climate change and restoring and protecting nature for over 20 years. Her career has spanned executive … future. For 17 years, Radha was an integral staff member and executive of New Forests—building the world’s leading asset manager in forestry and natural capital. She was a …
… Donovan Ervin (he/him) is Vice President of Impact Investments at AlTi Tiedemann Global, an investment management firm. In … Solutions Donovan Ervin … Advisory Board, Alumni, Visiting Mentors Donovan Ervin Vice President, Investment Group at Tiedemann Advisors MBA 2020 Master of Environmental Management … Finance and ESG Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Affiliations Kerry Fellowship CBEY Alumni Visiting Mentors - 2023-2024 cohort … Donovan Ervin (he/him) is Vice …
… Tagan Engel has over 25 years of experience in reshaping local and regional food systems, developing digital communications, inspiring … understanding across communities and sectors to support transformational change. Following a decade as a chef and food entrepreneur in New York City and Boston, Tagan merged … love, anti-racism and creative social justice work. She was a 2018 Inspiring Equity Fellow with the Graustein Memorial Fund, which supported her work to record stories on Equity …
… to cultivate food more sustainably. Prior to Yale, Colin spent two years running the Ugandan operations division of the agriculture nonprofit One Acre Fund, delivering seed, fertilizer, and financing to over 11,000 smallholder farmers in Eastern Uganda. Prior to that he worked in One Acre Fund's strategy team, developing joint ventures for seed production in Rwanda and identifying opportunities for smallholder farmers to …
… of Environment. She is co-advised by Drs. Os Schmitz and Marlyse Duguid and focuses her research on understanding how soil food webs are related to nutrient cycling and plant communities. The main goal of her research is to investigate the relationship between soil food web diversity and nitrogen availability and explore how these food webs are responding to nitrogen disturbance from agriculture. Janey brings her prior research …
… with a gold medal and first position in the highly competitive national planetary science research and lectureship assessment by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. In her personal time, Sumitra enjoys bonsai-making, cooking, and traveling to …
… a specific focus on the sustainable sourcing of cacao, touching on topics such as deforestation, child labor, and poverty. After the MBA, she aspires to continue helping businesses and organizations develop climate solutions that are not only effective in addressing the urgent challenges of climate change and its far-reaching effects today but also …
… institutions and private enterprise may be optimized to promote conservation, ecological restoration, environmental justice, regenerative agriculture, ecotourism, and any emergent practices or technology which will allow future generations access to the same resources and opportunities we enjoy today. Before … regenerative agriculture, ecotourism, and any emergent practices or technology which will allow future generations access to the same resources and opportunities we enjoy today. Before …