… In our first week of orientation of the Financing and Deploying Clean Energy program, Yale lecturer Peter Boyd posed the seemingly simple question “Why are you here?” This got me … local nature preserve, the North Park Village Nature Center. The Nature Center has been my community and sanctuary for over half my life. I started as a junior camp counselor, …
… The YaleCenterfor 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 units SOM) on scaling up a circular solution for used and returned …
… My name is Urvi Talaty and I work as the Environmental Innovation Fellow at Yale. I’m always on the lookout for new models of innovation within existing organizations or emerging startups that are … the list of events at the Nature+ Pavilion, one immediately caught my eye. The World Resources Institute’s Land & Carbon Lab was developing a first-of-its-kind monitoring system …
… On Day 2, as I continued my foray into searching for innovation, strains of the previous day’s theme of collaboration … 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 … words, “What we have done very well is investing in products that have revolutionized our lives. What we haven’t done very well is ensure that those products don’t cause harm. We …
… of the continuously overflowing Action Zone. The event was titled ‘No pot of gold forcommunity adaptation and system resilience.’ Speakers on the panel talked about the … that connect with other parts of the system, a flurry of sudden WhatsApp messages on the Yale COP26 group chat caught my attention. Greta was at an event at one of the pavilions! I … inspiration she was to a generation of folks committed to fighting the climate crisis. Of course, news spreads fast, and on my fairly long sprint to the pavilions, several others had …
… It’s all good to talk about finding new ways to innovate and new models for putting ideas into action, but existing organizations also need support. And … to a system. Within regenerative innovation, the focus is on how we think of and understand ourselves as part of a complex system. In a series of slides, Ms. Milan talked about the … done things, even when they don’t always add value. When innovating, hence, we must ask ourselves where we add value to a system. My biggest takeaway from the presentation was that …
… 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 Crisis.” Being the Environmental … that action will need to be ambitious, inclusive and urgent. I am always inspired by the community of innovators we have here at Yale and beyond who are taking action, now. After the conversations I’ve had in Glasgow and …
… The YaleCenterfor Business and the Environment (CBEY) is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 … This year, the Sobotka Seed Prize for Sustainable Ventures focused on solutions in four key areas of urgent action: Protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity Food, …
… The YaleCenterfor Business 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 Climate Real Impact Solutions I …
… The YaleCenterfor Business and the Environment is delighted to welcome three new members to its Advisory … to communities in support of inclusive sustainable infrastructure projects. Over the course of her career, Nicole has worked to advance energy justice, grid modernization, and …