… Yale Energy Justice Speaker Series and will be led by Vincent Alvarez, President of the NewYork City Central Labor Council Vincent Alvarez was elected as the NYCCLC’s first … Electrical Workers (IBEW) since 1990, Vinny began his career with IBEW Local 3 in Flushing, NewYork, serving on numerous political campaigns, grassroots initiatives, and negotiating …
… Sustainable Innovation Workshop series welcomes Max Elder, Research Director for the Food Futures Lab at the Institute for the Future, for a hands-on workshop on futures thinking and … a valuable skill set for entrepreneurs. It helps anyone trying to start a business, develop new products and services, or understand a market by providing a qualitative approach to … or innovations that might impact their industry. (For an introduction to IFTF’s use of signals as a building block for larger forecasts, watch the first fifteen minutes of …
… to miss this! Come join for an evening market where you can meet the founders of 10 NewEngland social enterprises (including 5 Yale Startups – Hugo & Hoby, Walden Hill, Tuckerman & Co., Kitchen Table Kits, and Solar Youth). Each of these amazing startups uses every part of a tree – from the nuts, sap, fruit, water, and timber – to make sustainable products in NewEngland. The evening market will …
… Texas's population is set to double, driving a projected 35 percent increase in municipal water demand. While cities and industries are well positioned to capture the water they'lI need to enable this growth, downstream waterusers such as agricultural producers, rural communities and our rivers and bays are less … to protect water for rural communities and nature. His talk will cover Texas’ regulatory landscape, the need to restore groundwater and surface water flows, and how water markets …
… is Global Head of Sustainable Investing at BlackRock. The Sustainable Investing team is focused on identifying drivers of long-term returns associated with environmental, social and … (France), Member of Erasmus University’s Platform for Sustainable Value Creation (Netherlands), and a Fellow of the Long-Term Investment Initiative of Collegio Carlo Alberto … success. His most recent (edited) book, A Better Planet: 40 Big Ideas for a Sustainable Future, offers fresh thinking from a range of perspectives on how to mobilize action in …
… in NewYork regarding natural infrastructure. Brad Gentry Natural infrastructure, such as forests, coral reefs and grasslands, generates both quantifiable and unquantifiable value to humans. Carbon sequestration, … infrastructure in creating cities that are more resilient and the financial mechanisms used to fund it. 2193 2560 2415 Alumni Event Equity and Justice Thriving Food Systems and …
… Senior Critic at the Yale School of Art, to talk about the nature of documentary film, the future of storytelling, and strategies for changing the world. With a developing interest in … to tell stories about mankind's impact on the environment Cousteau is hoping to find new ways to convey our relationship to the world that we inhabit. Whether using new media or … film director, producer, and presenter, Ceìline is the founder and executive director of CauseCentric Productions, which creates impactful, cause-focused content. In 2015 Ceìline …
… Forestry & Environmental Studies this semester will engage in a critical dialogue about a water crisis that is currently gripping the western U.S. A record-breaking drought … and companies are responding to increased water scarcity and shaping a more resilient future through sustainable wateruse. Five speakers representing a range of expertise in water management and policy will …
… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and … to rely on zero-carbon energy throughout the day and year, and everywhere electricity is used. RPSs have been unable to achieve these goals due to inherent limitations of a market … they have proposed modifications to RPS markets, such as geographic limitations and time-of-use multipliers, to deliver meaningful environmental outcomes. These proposals tend to …
… Summer Internship opportunities for Yale FES and SOM students @ WWF in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Vietnam. Join us for pizza and an informational session, including an … Singapore; WWF Vietnam – To develop an innovative strategy for corporate and individual Cause-Related Marketing and an implementation plan for market-entry. This session will be an … WWF’s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet’s natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature, by conserving the world’s biological …