… The event's grand finale was a showcase highlighting a series of impressive climate tech pitches. Featuring a cohort of 27 students selected from Yale College, the Yale School … Andal, Annie Jiang) - creating ceramic roofing tiles, inspired by nature, to construct buildings that adapt to climate change 2. Shellstrate (Nick Callegari, Emily Lin, and Brody … entrepreneurship and professional skills, and we hope that they continue to develop their ventures. Over the past two months, we hosted a variety of inspiring workshops to educate …
… MBA. I start with an idea, test it, refine its parameters, and sometimes readily abandon it for a better match quality. One of my recent experiments was testing the hypothesis: I want … items– roughly 20 percent–are not sold . 1,2 Step 3: Brainstorm a solution There are many techniques for conducting a brainstorming session—take your pick. My brainstorming led me to … about who your customers are, understand what your customers need, and ensure you are building the right product. The job during discovery is to talk to a lot of people, ask good …
… After careful revision by external judges, CBEY awarded over $15,000 in grants to five environmentally-focusedventures. The grant provides independent feedback and seed funding for these … Kim (Yale School of Engineering) are founding members of Catala, a team developing membrane technology for industrial water treatment. The company seeks to destroy organic contaminants …
… reception. This year’s summit will bring together experts from across the clean energy and technology sector to focus on Innovation, Equity and Investment for a Clean Energy Future. The Yale Clean Energy Conference is thrilled to be partnering … launch on November 9th, and is a New Haven-based incubator that assists startups building solutions to address climate change by decarbonizing our economy and building …
… these changing conditions with sustainable development? A new report from the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, in partnership with the Connecticut Green Bank, provides a … Hubs (GRH). Green Resilience Hubs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities before, … Hubs (GRH). Green Resilience Hubs are physical facilities equipped with clean energy technologies and strategically located to offer vital services to local communities before, …
… from Yale to work as a Nature-based Solutions Intern at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development ( WBCSD ), with the invaluable support of Yale’s Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY). Even though my base was the New York office, the … to my local communities. With the rise of corporate land grabs in Borneo Malaysia for carbon credits, I was determined to understand the nature-based solutions (NbS) …
… Environmental Policy Analysis and Climate Change Science and Solutions, wants to be at the forefront of change. In order to do so, she believes we must evolve in our approach to … look like a tall order without a firm grounding in the complexities and nuances involved. For Alison, a just transition would start by being all-inclusive. It would have to consider … in the United States. She has also had the opportunity to conduct landscape analyses for Rewiring Communities projects. Conducting landscape analyses helped to solidify Alison’s …
… How might one go about preparing students for the immediate and future realities of climate change? At an institution like this, it … courses, invite leading practitioners to headline conferences, and build state-of-the-art buildings to facilitate dynamic discoveries and host coveted conversations. This past year … . Perhaps what our Fellows were in need of were not new concepts to solve, but rather new building blocks for how to even go about problem-solving. Perhaps what our climate future is …
… highlighted the state’s impressive efforts: a state-wide industrial symbiosis program, technical support and grant funding for circularity initiatives provided by NextCycle … in the market. Reuse Systems Interest in reuse solutions is also growing, highlighted by a focused tutorial session and mentions in several panels. The main takeaway from these … Chemical recycling allows “full circularity” by returning materials to their chemical building blocks (monomers) and rebuilding virgin materials. However, toxic emissions during …
… The Sustainable VenturePrize was created in 2008 and awards $25,000 to a promising student business venture that … Their goal is to supplant petrochemistry and demonstrate that biology can be scaled as a technology - in other words, to catalyze the shift from industrial chemistry to industrial …