… decade working at Virgin, and with no direct environmental experience, Boyd embraced a new career: Launch Director and Chief Operating Officer at the Carbon War Room, which advances … For more information about social entrepreneurship at Yale, contact Cass Walker . Related Programs Planetary Solutions Generator Related Events 2016 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize Fri, April 15th, 2016, 4:00 AM EDT — 7:30 AM EDT …
… cross-country ski races, the Birkebeinerrennet, which traverses more than 25 miles west to eventually finish in Lillehammer, host of the 1994 Winter Olympics. Gronli has completed the … at the Center for Industrial Ecology motivated their move to New Haven, and, along with two children, the family of four is settling in. “We’re starting to build up our identity,” … simple things, like getting a bank account and a Connecticut driver’s license. But there are cultural changes too, of course. What New Haven lacks in cross country skiing, it …
… he advised. Hutson found six backers and, from there, began to build his team, learning how to be a CEO as he went. “I’ve come to realize that the job as CEO is not to understand … who could directly add value as the company grew in specific markets. Pigeonly’s expansion eventually forced internal conversation about what market, precisely, the company served. … solve problems,” he said. He named financial service products and job search engines as two examples. “I want to create technology products that disrupt and solve for folks that …
… quadrennial refrain from candidates about creating jobs. Politicians in all quarters are once again professing that their plans contain the long-sought economic panacea that … appeal of President Obama’s Green Jobs plan was centred on the fact that it promised two things: (1) support for the fledgling green sector of the economy; and (2) a source of … Connecticut campaigns. Our experience with job creation during Solarize Connecticut showed many parallels to those in the construction sector during a boom period. New Zealand …
… Business students today are developing a new vision of what capital markets and our financial system could, and … Some find it rewarding to tinker with a time-tested quiver of investment tools and see how they can be applied and altered to address new circumstances, while others feel driven … across the three pillars, ES and G, are too great and too pervasive to ignore. Related Events Yale Responsible Investing Conference & Low-Carbon Portfolio Case Competition Fri, …
… an education. “The second five years I really hated,” she said, speaking at the kickoff event of the Bright Lights, Green Sights speaker series, which focuses on urban … were both entrepreneurs and she’d never bent toward a traditional career path. She took two years for self-directed study, which resulted in an unexpected cascade of … said that sustainability ought to be easy for consumers; they shouldn’t need to think about how to do the right thing, or even what the right thing is. “I think the onus should be …
… speaker series, she reflected on those early days. In the beginning, she said, customers showed up on her stoop at 10pm, rang her doorbell, and, having heard about her business from … Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. Soon after that, she launched on the Home Shopping Network, where Carol’s Daughter became the number one hair-care brand by 2011. And in 2014, … I’ve ever had,” she said. “Knowing that the glass is half-full.” Watch the video: Related Events Bright Lights, Green Sights: Lisa Price, Carol’s Daughter Wed, December 9th, 2015, …
… and profits, won the 2016 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize. Renewal Mill, created by two members of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) community — Sumit … ’16 M.E.M. ’17 M.B.A, won the audience’s choice award. Hall, along with partner J. Todd Howard, is developing technologies to grow sustainable hemp in regions of Kentucky affected … for being much higher-value products,” she said. Other contests during the two-day Yale event included the Thorne Prize for Social Innovation in Health or Education, sponsored by …
… Two promising new companies received $10,000 each from this year’s Sobotka Seed Stage … CTO of Maike Water, plan to address this gap with end-of-pipe sensors and big data software designed to read and predict natural fluctuations in ocean salinity, allowing plant … Programs Sustainable Venture Prize Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures Related Events 2015 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize Fri, April 17th, 2015, 5:00 AM EDT — 10:00 AM …
… Green Bank and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, these are the two most important partners we could have,” said Helle Gronli , who directs the project. … be important for advancing the state’s efforts to achieve our climate goals,” said Jeff Howard, an environmental analyst at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. … analysis by the end of May. Learn more about the project at cbey.yale.edu . Related Events [Private Event] Regional Renewable Thermal Technology Effort Thu, June 23rd, 2016, …