… like this, it makes perfect sense to hire world-class scholars to teach cutting-edge courses, invite leading practitioners to headline conferences, and build state-of-the-art … for Business and Environment (CBEY), we flipped conventional wisdom on its head and turned our attention to the dinner table. When CBEY founded the 2050 Fellows a decade ago, the … itself to supporting meetings of graduate students across Yale’s campus. These meetings encouraged students to imagine and prepare for the resilient societies and responsible …
… Leader, nodded. It’s not just unreliable energy. It’s lacking the power to choose its source. Most rural electric coops run on coal, or oil - resources extracted from sacred ecosystems. The use of these resources doesn’t feel aligned … Indigenized Energy to develop and implement long-term energy plans that will enable the renewables transition on each tribe’s own terms. These days, however, even clean energy …
… 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 … where we must marshal limited means toward unlimited ends. Fossil fuels are finite resources, but we have alternatives through nuclear and solar energy, which can provide for a … work of oil spill clean-up ignores the grander macro-level on which we must reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. There are sustainable and ethical avenues to maintaining …
… dream. I always thought that entrepreneurship was something one did in the latter part of your life (post-40s) after having built an established career. However, when I came to grad … time – University is a way to try new things and experiment. Entrepreneurship is about the journey as much as it’s about the success. Not everyone wants or needs to be an entrepreneur but you can carry the lessons you learn into your professional life. When I was contemplating my decision, somebody said to me, “The best …
… all of this is to contribute to a just energy future, something he says we can achieve in our lifetime. But in order to do so, the key is to ensure marginalized communities are … and center and not left behind. “A just energy future is undertaking the decarbonization of our system, switching over to renewable energy sources as fast as we should be. But at the same time, making sure that …
… goals, and experience through the program. Imagine developing a way to provide affordable, renewable energy for marginalized communities with nothing but a good internet search and your hands. That's what Vijjasena (Sena) Sugionois achieved at a time when most of us were … he works as the Chair of the US Collegiate Energy Consortium, serves as the North America Regional Focal Point for the SDG7 Youth Constituency, the coordinator of the Youth …
… Kansas is working to ensure we all understand the advancement of clean energy depends on our ability to incorporate the past into the future. Yale College student Hilary Griggs was … Indigenized Energy Initiative to hyperfocus on Native American partnerships in clean and renewable energy and to create job opportunities for people living in the energy-producing … Kansas is working to ensure we all understand the advancement of clean energy depends on our ability to incorporate the past into the future. Yale College student Hilary Griggs was …
… racial & economic equity through clean energy? Challenge the energy status quo – secure your seat at the first-ever Yale Clean Energy Conference , Friday, April 1st, and Saturday, … from Jeremiah Baumann, Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Energy, examining Renewables Integration and Grid Modernization for a Clean Energy Future. “We want to form … speakers discussing topics from grid modernization to equitable energy transitions. Many of our speakers are Yale alumni, which demonstrates the impact that people from the Yale …
… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube videos trying to remain … comes to plugging in numbers and excel functions, I’m completely lost. I’ve been working in renewable energy policy and managing projects for a little over a decade, navigating the … policies like renewable portfolio standards that support them. In recent years, as the four main energy sectors became increasingly intertwined, I began to notice that I lacked a …
… Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), which, in terms of ambition, represented the City of Ithaca’s commitment to fight climate change. The IGND was very explicit about its climate goals: … development of climate change legislation as well as in the development and financing of renewable energy projects. I had performed GHG inventories, developed climate action plans … the development of the City’s strategy to mitigate GHG: we had an idea of the amount and source of emissions that needed to be mitigated. I was then in the process of designing a …