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Breaking out of the SILO

We call it SILO - Slides Instead of Learning Opportunities, and it’s something you may have experienced before. During lunch time break, several dozen audience ...
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Breaking out of the SILO

Sabin Stories: SilviaTerra

The Sabin Stories will introduce you to former winners of the Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize as they share experiences and reflect on their time as ...
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Sabin Stories: SilviaTerra

Summer Lessons in Sustainability

At a panel discussion on September 15, Yale School of Management and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES) joint-degree students shared some of ...
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Summer Lessons in Sustainability

Black Swans and Sustainability

This piece was originally published on Environmental Leader.The terrorist attacks of 2001, the economic crisis of 2008 — these sudden shocks neatly represent the three ...
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Black Swans and Sustainability

Imagining a Fresh Start for the Power Grid

Originally posted on the Clean Energy Finance Forum Imagine you could design the electricity market in one state from scratch. There are no pre-existing programs ...
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Imagining a Fresh Start for the Power Grid

The Ambassadors of Avon

On a night when most of Connecticut fretted about the bleak, snowy forecast, 15 residents of Avon considered a bright, sunny future. They were gathered ...
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The Ambassadors of Avon

The Realm of Possibility

A good time was had by all—up in the rugged mountains of Central Asia, out two weeks in stealthy pursuit of a snow leopard. “That’s ...
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The Realm of Possibility

High-Water Market

Floods are the most destructive natural disaster in the U.S., averaging more than $8 billion in annual damages. The infrastructure designed to mitigate flooding is ...
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High-Water Market