… Thomas Selby (MEM/MBA ’16) and Sumit Kadakia (MF/MBA ’16). Supported through a grant from the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, Conservation Matrix enables high net … $5,000 for the New Haven Land Trust (coincidentally, the New Haven Land Trust is run by a SOM/FES joint degree graduate, Justin Elicker). “Our hope is to raise a majority of the $5,000 goal over this weekend from alums who care about New Haven, says Kadakia. “We’re confident that this community …
… a lot of time trying to obtain resources,” said William Smith, an anthropology professor from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. (Smith participated in a video interview about his … It covers all tribal lands and Alaskan native villages in the continental United States. Some climate-related impacts can be softened through local resilience strategies. For … high electricity or fuel costs. Clean energy can also help to shield indigenous communities from the effects of fuel-supply disruption. However, intensified storms, coastal and …
… Decisions”. The team evolved along its pathway at Yale, including substantial support from the summer fellowship program of the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute (YEI), as well as … through with our venture idea without the initial funding and the vote of confidence we got from the Sabin Prize judges ” shares Max. As the business grew, the young entrepreneurs kept … small pilot projects and gradually working up to large-scale multi-year subscriptions with some of the largest timber companies in the US. As a mostly bootstrapped company, the …
… and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (FES) joint-degree students shared some of the lessons they gleaned during internships this past summer. Because they’re enrolled in a three-year program, joint-degree students from the SOM and FES have the opportunity to take part in two summer internships, … this past summer. Because they’re enrolled in a three-year program, joint-degree students from the SOM and FES have the opportunity to take part in two summer internships, …
… The boy from Sierra Leone was 10 or 11 years old. He was quick to learn, though never formally … The service now supports 30,000 small farmers and has outstanding subscriptions from 100,000; Vodafone aims to launch in seven more countries and reach a quarter million … file-default"}}]] “This is catalytic work,” Warshauer said. “We’re launching something that makes sense on straight commercial terms.” Throughout his presentation he was …
… Environmental Leader. The most recent California drought is in its fourth year. Although some point to the potential savior of El Niño in the fall and winter, there continues to be … should accept corporate claims without hesitation, nor that wine growers should be exempt from water restrictions on cultural grounds. I only propose that wine production might … should accept corporate claims without hesitation, nor that wine growers should be exempt from water restrictions on cultural grounds. I only propose that wine production might …
… predict at the time, but in hindsight the risks or contributing factors are clear. So, to some degree, all of these events qualify as Black Swans. One might ask whether it is a … This fear is not unfounded. (Consider the North Atlantic cod fisheries, which collapsed from overfishing between 1950 and 1990.) The effects of a resource system or ecosystem … loops in the natural system include anthropogenic emissions, arctic tundra methane, albedo from (melting) ice and cloud cover, massive carbon sinks in oceans and forests, etc. Add in …
… Think fish ladders. Now, many engineers are going beyond that. They do not see nature as something to control, or even something they have to take into account as they design a … Evidence Base for Nature-based Solutions “Engineers are too risk averse.” I’ve heard that from our scientists working to incorporate nature in engineers’ designs. But it is natural … needed. This often starts with pilot analyses in specific places. For example, a case study by Conservancy scientists and Dow engineers showed that forests could be an …
… comes to growth in sustainable investing. This year’s US SIF conference , held in Chicago from May 5-6, brought together over 380 professionals from investment firms, consultancies, … start of 2014, approximately $6.57 trillion US-domiciled assets were under management with some form of SRI strategy, up from approximately $3 trillion in 2010. This represents more … the finance industry can harness the same creative energy that invented tools like credit default swaps and instead channel it toward the public good. He noted that, in the end, …
… the 2015 Morgan Stanley Sustainable Investing Challenge , a team of four Yale F&ES and SOM students— Julie Andress , Meaghan McGrath , Heather West and Sarah Wilson —devised a … against future flooding through natural infrastructure. “The idea itself is drawn from a number of areas,” said West. “We wanted to strike a balance between innovation and … and FEMA, which is involved in disaster relief funding. We also have a third revenue stream from ecosystem service projects, whether hunting, oyster sales or potentially biodiversity …