… It’s two weeks before our finance module launches, and I’m working my way through YouTube … stages in their careers. And despite being a wholly online program, it’s been easy to make connections and build professional relationships with my peers due to the initial networking … FDCE orientation and through the online community platform hosted by Yale. It is amazing how the FDCE program has built a cohort both tight-knit and diverse at a time of physical …
… 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 … while assessing different technologies and renewable energy options, and figuring out how to pay for it all. The orientation week came and, after a week of engaging with other …
… Years ago at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin … 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 … of the cohort) have been fantastic resources. On both platforms, students give tips on how to approach assignments (a great help for a novice Excel user like me), and share …
… One year ago, I was considering whether I should apply to Yale’s Finance and Deployment of Clean Energy … modeling on my own), it is great at coloring in the narrative and helping me understand how all these disparate pieces plug into one another. Also, while I have access to a world … 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 …
… Our just-released study of 2,035 global businessstudents found students increasingly believe that … leaders and the private sector should play a vital role in addressing environmental sustainability and social issues. The survey, Rising Leaders on Social and Environmental … more than a health issue (66%), a moral issue (53%), or a social justice issue (44%). However, students are consistently more likely to see global warming as a distant problem …
… Years ago at an intellectual property law conference in Washington, D.C., then-Senator Orrin … 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 … of the cohort) have been fantastic resources. On both platforms, students give tips on how to approach assignments (a great help for a novice Excel user like me), and share …
… 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 … in a breathing exercise and reminded us all “to be in the moment”. That was my first cue at how much thought was put into the program and throughout Orientation my concerns about my …
… 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 … program alone worth the time and expense of the entire curriculum? Will I actually learn how to finance and deploy clean energy, as the program title affirms? TLDR: yes and yes. It …
… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer … 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 bugsstrode … program...but then... Answers to the Questions of My Younger Self Leaning into Change - How I Came to the FDCE program Working, Studying and Trying to Make a Difference Building …
… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) is looking for a team of students (2-3) to participate in an independent study (equivalent to a full-credit course: 3 credits YSE/4 unitsSOM) on scaling up a circular solution for used and returned … to understand what barriers exist to scaling up this idea, its environmental impact and how to tackle them. Deliverable: Devise a plan to establish a supply chain for scaling up Lo …