… Sign up for office hours with David Hertz, architect, inventor, educator, and founder of SkySource. SkySource builds … adapts atmospheric water generation, usually limited by ambient humidity, and combines it with biogasification technology to make a water-positive and carbon-negative technology … previously invented a novel lightweight concrete using post-consumer waste. Beyond his work with SkySource, David is currently the principal architect at his Studio of Environmental …
… future of the fashion and beauty industries. This program explores the connections and conversations happening among people working in fashion who want to see real change for the … policy, workers' rights, entrepreneurship, and beyond. Our goals are to: Inform - host events and create resources that inform students about the various types of roles that exist … they might consider following a similar (or different!) pathway, and engage in conversationwith people doing the work. We are excited to continue building this program and would love …
… Insurance GreenLight is a series of highly interactive, fast-paced ideation workshops with leaders of organizations at the intersection of business and the environment. Travelers … in how to make disaster cleanup more sustainable. Currently, wreckage from insurance claim events, such as natural disasters, is brought to landfills. To reduce its environmental … in how to make disaster cleanup more sustainable. Currently, wreckage from insurance claim events, such as natural disasters, is brought to landfills. To reduce its environmental …
… Vice President of Sustainability Affairs at Credit Suisse, will begin the 2016 line-up with his talk on Conservation Finance: From Niche to Mainstream – as the Building of an … the pathway to establishing conservation as an institutional asset class. The free online event will last one hour and is open to the public. Email invitations for following Nature's … approach. Visit the CBEY website for up-to-date information regarding these and other events. Got this email as a forward? Sign up to receive future invitations on this …
… GreenLight is a series of highly interactive, fast-paced ideation workshops with leaders of organizations at the intersection of business and the environment. Work with our GreenLight team to help NCX work through a mind-bending challenge at … of precision forest management, we enable net-zero pioneers to purchase carbon credits with immediate, verifiable impact and landowners to quantify the full value of their …
… roles at the intersection of business and the environment can be difficult to navigate. Events in the series are engaging interactive, with a focus on practical career guidance. In addition to bringing professionals to engage … about crafting a sustainability/environment-focused career in the private sector. These conversations will center around pathways taken to current careers, what the current …
… methods of information diffusion. In the first phase, a baseline survey was conducted with 3800 farming households. The survey focused on the socioeconomic characteristics of the … and the type of farmer (lead, peer, or none) that the extension agent was supposed to work with. A midline survey was conducted with all participants and focused on farmer receptiveness and retention of information …
… A number of studies have illustrated that people are healthier in greener places. Contact with nature has been tied to reduced incidence of mortality and of a range of mental and … of reduced health care spending) expected from various investments in urban forestry. Their conversation will touch on how individual-level, geo-located health care cost data allows … for these types of interventions and for these conclusions to be drawn. The free online event will last one hour and is open to the public. Email invitations for following Nature's …
… in 2003 by a group of students who wished to see the dining halls serve more organic food. With support from the university, they started a pilot project to introduce local, seasonal … the menu of one of Yale's undergraduate residential colleges. The experiment was a success with both students and dining hall staff, and helped inspire the Yale Dining Hall to move … sources (though the vast majority of the food comes from sources other than the Yale Farm). Within a few years the founding group had expanded beyond the dining hall menu issue and had …
… oil, it is in our cookies, our shampoos, and is used as a biofuel. As a versatile plant with efficient, high yields, oil palm, and the oil derived from it has become a … plantations. This land use change plays a major role in driving global climate change , with deforestation accounting for 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Much of the deforestation related to palm oil has occurred with companies and individuals setting fire to the landscape. In 2015, fires raged for …