… winds down certain energy sectors, such as coal and oil, and creates opportunities for others, including solar and wind. “I believe a just transition would make that new space fair—with healthy working conditions, compensation for impacted fossil fuel dependent communities, and opportunities for minority-owned small … Solutions in Clean Energy Related News Revolutionizing the Green Economy Transforming our Energy Systems Advocating for Energy Equity Getting real about climate change …
… Katya is a joint masters degree student at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE) and the Yale School of Management (SOM) focusing on Ecosystem Management … Chair on SOM student government, helping to advance sustainability initiatives and efforts at the institution. Before Yale, Katya worked as a Senior Product Manager at Amazon focused on Intellectual …
… and equitable value chains and market systems. Her accumulated experiences, passion for sustainable and delicious food, and deepening sense of responsibility to tackle complex societal issues are what led to Forested. Prior Forested Foods, Ariana co-founded Common Farms, an indoor farm in Hong Kong, as well a North …
… Grace is a Master of Environmental Management candidate at the Yale School of the Environment. Prior to graduate school, Grace worked as a Program Coordinator at Forest Trends, a conservation finance nonprofit. There, she researched innovative conservation finance mechanisms to help the United States Forest Service mitigate wildfire risk in priority regions across the West. She also …
… and commercial solutions to addressing climate change and restoring and protecting nature for over 20 years. Her career has spanned executive leadership in the asset management … development and growth execution, and board roles in the finance, manufacturing, and environmental sectors. She is currently building businesses aligned with the transition to a … management. Radha believes in collaboration, diversity, and sharing ideas openly and with courage to shape teams and business leaders for the transition to a sustainable future Equity …
… organizations in the social sector, ranging from K-12 education to community development to environmental justice. Based in Dallas, Texas, Donovan is a graduate of Yale University (MBA and Master of Environmental Management) and Stanford University (BA in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity). He is also a proud advisory board member at the Yale Center for Business & Environment. Outside work, Donovan enjoys writing, exercising, and being with …
… national networks. She centers her work on active listening, redistributing power and resources, and building understanding across communities and sectors to support transformational change. Following a decade as a chef and food entrepreneur in New York City and … established the radio show, podcast and website The Table Underground , where she records storiesfor transformative change through the topics of food, radical love, anti-racism and …
… Colin is a joint MBA and Master of Environmental Management candidate, focusing on how we can deploy finance to cultivate food … Uganda. Prior to that he worked in One Acre Fund's strategy team, developing joint ventures for seed production in Rwanda and identifying opportunities for smallholder farmers to access global crop markets, among other projects. Colin came to …
… Brooks Lamb is the author of Love for the Land : Lessons from Farmers Who Persist in Place (Yale Univ. Press, 2023), a book … Specialist at American Farmland Trust. In this role, he leads local, state, and national efforts to advance farmland protection, enhance access to land for new, beginning, and … associated with heirs’ property. He earned his master’s degree at Yale School of the Environment — where his award-winning research focused on understanding small and mid-sized …
… Christina is a Master of Environmental Management Candidate at the Yale School of the Environment studying collaborative solutions to protecting wildlife on working lands. Before coming to YSE, she worked for an environmental nonprofit, focusing on water and nutrient management on the Central …