… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube … I’ve used Excel as a donor management database and a way to keep track of who’s attending what webinar next month, but that when it comes to plugging in numbers and excel functions, … able to build relationships that directly impact my work. I look forward to our weekly Sunday evening calls to discuss assignments, share our different views on emerging …
… the pandemic, I decided to quit my job and move to Ithaca, N.Y. At the time, the city was looking for a director of sustainability to give life to the Ithaca Green New Deal (IGND), … the development of the City’sstrategy 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 … defining policy, attracting investment, and developing partnerships. Fortunately, a lot of what we covered in the Policy Module was not only useful, but also instrumental in the …
… Years ago at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin … this: "Patent lawyers, huh? I’ve met a lot of them over the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. " Maybe IP … I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course, the …
… One year ago, I was considering whether I should apply to Yale’s Finance and Deployment of Clean Energy … may be in the position today I was in last year. So I dug up that list of questions to see what answers I have for my younger self. Question 1: Will the program be helpful to someone … policy that wasn’t subtle. There are newer programs, technology and data than in the course materials. But even with moments of specifics feeling dated, the narrative and …
… Years ago at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin … this: Patent lawyers, huh? I’ve met a lot of them over the years, and I can tell you this: what they lack in personality they more than make up for in intelligence. Maybe IP attorneys … I’d learn at least as much from other members of the cohort as I would from the formal course materials. At the first of the live sessions in the Clean Energy Policy course (which …
… A little over a year ago I was introduced to a few co-workers outside my department who I never had much of an … that piqued my interest. I knew that I had substantial knowledge gaps in the mechanics of our business, and they were a hurdle that I couldn’t research or network my way over. With … back through lectures and models as they pertain to my new world. I can’t wait to see what else I will learn from the last half of the program as well as from the rest of the …
… I’m a current (2021-2022) FDCE cohort student, and I want to be completely honest with you about the program, because I remember … I was purely interested in the second half of the program: the 16 weeks of applicable coursework on energy project financing. And I just wanted to know: is the financing half of … markets. I have been pleasantly overwhelmed with the depth and breadth of content in what is a fascinating new topic for me! And we haven’t even touched on innovation yet! This …
… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer … Peter Boyd posed the seemingly simple question “Why are you here?” This got me to thinking, what had gotten me to this program, to this place? As a lifelong city kid, I grew up knowing … whole new world just a few blocks from their home. When I watch them, I think of my own hoursspent laying across the bridge of the wetlands, amazed by the ease with which the water …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 unitsSOM) in partnership with Climate Real Impact Solutions I … teams, with not only have the potential to become market leaders, but who also share our deep conviction and commitment to transforming the home, office, and road. The goal of …
… Attending a sustainability conference was at the top of my businessschool bucket list and I was ecstatic when I received the opportunity to attend the climate conference: I spent four fantastic days at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow. The 2021 United … had hoped for more commitments on gender but there were not very strong outcomes on gender. What is done on gender issubject to available funds.” She has attended multiple COPs and …