… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer Peter Boyd posed the seemingly … of deer just off the trail. They marvel at the whole new world just a few blocks from their home. When I watch them, I think of my own hours spent laying across the bridge of 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 Professional Networks in the Pandemic Era …
… 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 units SOM) on scaling up a circular solution for used and returned bags in partnership with Lo & Sons . Over the course of the semester, the students will participate in … Tote - made entirely out of used or damaged Lo and Sons bags. The goal of this independent study is to design a circular supply chain for upcycling this solution, and creating a …
… Innovation Fellow at Yale. I’m always on the lookout for new models of innovation within existing organizations or emerging startups that are changing the world. During my week at COP26, I wanted to investigate what was happening there with this lens, and see what insight I could bring back to Yale. Between the halls of the … of my neck stinging after the faux pas, I turned around and noticed two young women wearing green Fridays for Future t-shirts. I went up to them and introduced myself, curious to hear …
… seek me out. And today, one of the collaborators on stage was...me! I’ve worked in the past with Yale professor Paul Anastas, who won the 2021 Volvo Environment Prize for his work on green chemistry, That put him, me and three Yale students on the stage with Martin … but as companies with seemingly little connection to carbon removal, it was an interesting case of large businesses supporting emerging ones. As a company that makes vehicles and …
… in 2015, when the Paris Agreement was adopted, which not only required countries to come up with their Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) but also tasked with enhancing the … lands produce when adopting sustainable land-use and forest-management techniques. A clear case of taking bold, innovative action driven by ambition. And throughout Day 3 of my time … a generation of people committed to taking action and demanding change. So there is a case to make for ambition when it comes to innovation, with the understanding that merely …
… work as CEO of JET Group . JET group specializes in regenerative innovation where they work with everyone from cities, boards to project teams. Ms. Milan talked about regenerative … out one of the Action Zone Climate Action Rooms next. The next event there promised to showcase initiatives and innovations driving the energy transition, and I was curious to see if … being formed and innovative mechanisms that allowed for the acceleration of clean energy. Green hydrogen featured heavily on the agenda, with speakers talking about how innovation in …
… like BSR, Ceres, CDP and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). With a board comprising leaders drawn from these partners and staffed by a secretariat, the … for businesses and advocating for policy changes, including aat COP26. The event drew me in with its title – “Innovating Our Way to Net-Zero: How Startups Can Solve the Climate … National Grid, the energy industry is unique in that utility companies don’t really compete with each other in their service delivery areas, which means that there is an incentive to …
… and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, agriculture and land use Energy use, efficiency and access Materials and waste After a competitive and selective process, the two winners of this year's Sobotka Prize include a platform that helps with the transition towards a plant-based diet and a supplier of lotus silk. David Sobotka … winners of this year's grants,” said Sobotka. “We look forward to tracking the progress of GreenBowl and WovX as their ideas take shape." 7888 Environmental Innovation Equity 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 units SOM) in partnership with … subsector verticals, and summarizes its focus with the mantra of: (1) Winning the (Green) Home, (2) winning the (Green) Office, and (3) winning the (Green) Roads. These verticals … hypothesis for investment within a specific area, or financial tool; Participate in a CaseStudy of the EVGo acquisition by Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I (NYSE: CLII, now …
… and the Environment is delighted to welcome three new members to its Advisory Board . With these additions, CBEY will add keen expertise and new perspectives in corporate … planetary problems. Alexandra Cooley (MEM/MBA ’12) is the Chief Investment Officer at Greenworks Lending from Nuveen. Since graduating from Yale, Ali has been developing and … by Nuveen. Greenworks Lending from Nuveen is currently the largest provider of C-PACE financing in the US. Nicole W. Sitaraman (BA ’00) is the Vice President of External …