… By: Natalia Espinosa and Daniel Gonzalez A few weeks ago, 11 Yale University students attended GreenBiz , … focus of GreenBiz would be on compliance and disclosures. Navigating such changing discourse and regulations underscored the dynamic nature of the sustainability field. We spoke … conversationssurfaced nuances around carbon credits. “A company representative explained how paying a premium for regenerative practices to farmers already doing those practices, …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2023 Sobotka … CBEY supportsstudents in building sustainable businesses that are solving some of our planet’s biggest problems. A huge part of this has been via the Sobotka Seed Prize for … This year, the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures focused on solutions in four key areas of urgent action: Protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, …
… The Yale Clean Energy Conference, November 9th-10th, is fast approaching! In YCEC’s third year, we are partnering with ClimateHaven , where the … that assistsstartups building solutions to address climate change by decarbonizing our economy and building resilience. They assist early-stage companies in developing their … sustained support of a community of like-minded individuals with the right skills and know-how, even the ideas can fail as they move from concept to product. Organizations like …
… The Planetary Solutions in Clean Energy Internship and Fellowship Program (PSiCE) offerssummer research … and pursuing a career in the clean energy field. This year we spoke with students in oursecond cohort to learn about their inspiration, goals, and experience through the … project. This project aims to identify leading communities and generate visibility to showcase where community-led residential electrification occursacross the country. Through …
… How might one go about preparing students for the immediate and future realities of climate change? At an institution like this, it makes perfect sense to hire world-classscholars to teach cutting-edge courses, invite leading practitioners to headline conferences, and build state-of-the-art …
… Around a conference table at a San Francisco VC investor’s office this April, we talked about power. The investor focuses … the meeting to exchange ideas and values, and to see if this investor might have ideas on how to fund a new model for clean energy projects on tribal land. Cody Two Bears, who is an … Leader, nodded. It’s not just unreliable energy. It’s lacking the power to choose itssource. Most rural electric coops run on coal, or oil - resources extracted from sacred …
… Planetary Solutions in Clean Energy - Internship and Fellowship Program (PSiCE) offerssummer research … their inspiration, goals, and experience through the program. Do you remember what sparked your interest in Clean Energy? For Mary Chen , a Political Science and Earth & Planetary … with a class that exposed the science behind natural disasters. Mary wanted to understand how we could attack the problem of man-made natural disasters at the root, instead of …
… Going from idea to execution takes a lot of motivation. I struggled with this for Banofi Leather (my start-up that makes … to execute is priceless.” 12 months ago I finally took the plunge and now have an MVP, our first order, a manufacturing and R&D facility, a team of 10+ people, and grant money to … in the industry yourstartup operates in. John Hill from Techstars had some great tips on how to leverage LinkedIn to find such connections (which I have personally used): Find …
… I first had the idea for a plant-based leather start-up over 2 years ago but I didn’t have the … dream. I always thought that entrepreneurship wassomething one did in the latter part of your life (post-40s) after having built an established career. However, when I came to grad school at Yale I decided to start executing on my dormant idea, …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2022 Sobotka … CBEY supportsstudents in building sustainable businesses that are solving some of our planet’s biggest problems. A huge part of this has been via the Sobotka Seed Prize for … This year, the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures focused on solutions in four key areas of urgent action: Protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, …