… Please join us as we welcome Brindusa Fridanza from The Ground_Up Project, a start-up digital network designed to connect environmental projects to resources. This will be a hands-on workshop where students will be challenged … about the applicability of the Lean Start-Up methodology to small-scale environment projects. The Ground_Up Project team will then define potential areas of collaboration …
… mechanism to help finance sustainable forest management practices and conservation projects, yet transaction costs and market structure have limited improved forest management carbon offset projects to large scales. In this webinar, Brian Kittler , Director of the Western Regional … at the Pinchot Institute for Conservation, will review lessons and insights from a recent project in the Pacific Northwest attempting to overcome transaction costs and scale the …
… Coast Enterprises (GCE), a sustainable real estate company focusing on community renewal projects in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. Mr. Bradshaw will be speaking about his … highly uncertain environment post-Katrina, while highlighting some of his most important projects to date. Founded in 2007 following Hurricane Katrina, GCE has helped develop … 1,000 housing units and over $150M of property. GCE also specializes in energy efficiency projects for buildings located in the uniquely hot and humid climate of the Gulf Coast. In …
… costs of energy storage, their advantages and disadvantages. The importance of the ‘use case’ or ‘application case’ will be explained. One measure (Levelized Cost of Storage) will then be used to … one full charge/discharge cycle every two days The sources of ‘value’ for an energy storage project will be discussed, to illustrate important differences from assessment of generation …
… Gretchen Daily, senior fellow at Stanford University and co-founder of the Natural Capital Project, will begin the mini-series with her talk on Mainstreaming Natural Capital into … overarching mission of NatCap and the tools developed to realize its vision, Daily will showcaseprojects where NatCap’s work has influenced decision-making around the world. The free … overarching mission of NatCap and the tools developed to realize its vision, Daily will showcaseprojects where NatCap’s work has influenced decision-making around the world. The free …
… an integral role in policy-making. Katie Arkema, senior scientist at the Natural Capital Project, will complete the mini-series with her talk on Valuing Nature: Models of Ecosystem … Capital Project, examining the approaches and research underlying model results. Using the casestudy of Belize’s Coastal Zone Management Plan, Arkema will detail the potential of …
… in creating competitive commercial enterprises that market viable products, services, and projects while tackling some key environmental problems. We are looking for solutions in … viable. 1 We looked at three frameworks to identify these key areas of impact and action. Project Drawdown’s framework Planetary Boundaries framework United Nations Environment … in creating competitive commercial enterprises that market viable products, services, and projects while tackling some key environmental problems. We are looking for solutions in …
… the Government of Canada will invest more than $180 billion over 12 years in public transit projects, green infrastructure, social infrastructure, trade and transportation routes, … investors to the table to help fund additional transformational infrastructure projects. From green energy transmission to trade and transportation and beyond, the Bank will help public dollars go further by investing in projects that are in the public interest and deliver a return 1 . In this conversation …
… The objective of this project is to investigate ways that consumers make inferences about green product quality. … core Master of Business Administration class, among colleagues, and in conjunction with a case on green products. Future Activities Additional data will be collected for the … core Master of Business Administration class, among colleagues, and in conjunction with a case on green products. Future Activities Additional data will be collected for the …
… The Business Case for Protecting US Wetlands Featured speaker George Kelly , Founder of the Environmental Banc and Exchange (EBX), will discuss the business case for restoring our nation’s critical ecosystems through mitigation banking. Using his … of achieving a win-win for the economy and the environment. So, what do Ecosystem Services projects look like? Who are the practitioners involved and what skills are most important in …