… The Sustainable Venture Prize supports Yale's most innovative ideas for businesses that advance a more sustainable way of life. Past winners include an online … Yale HERE As part of Startup Yale , the Sustainable Venture Prize will be held on 5th. Four teams will pitch their businesses that advance sustainability... one will walk away with … Venture Prize has supported many environmentally relevant business ventures. Read stories about past recipients and how this prize impacted the trajectory of their ideas. …
… gain from healthy and functioning ecosystems are vast. Clean drinking water filtered by forests, carbon stored in plants or soil, crop pollination by wild insects, and … and the environment. An array of public and private mechanisms exist to use payments to encourage responsible land management that preserves public benefits. So, what do ecosystem … derive from ecosystems, along with investment mechanisms to preserve these benefits, are an increasingly popular realm of both the financial and the conservation worlds. Take part in …
… and sustainability consulting services to private- and public-sector enterprises for more than three decades, with a focus on developing and implementing corporate-wide … of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and other universities and has taught commercialization courses on medical product development at the National Institutes of Health to the … intramural research teams. Erika holds an M.B.A. and a B.S. in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. 2245 Equity and Justice Thriving Food …
… Join us for a conversation with Matt Kopac, Sustainable Business & Innovation Manager for Burt’s Bees. Matt will talk about his role at Burt's Bees, his career journey and advice for students as they consider a career in business and the environment. … and delivering on the brand’s sustainability strategy. Matt’s work spans responsible sourcing, sustainable packaging, operational footprint management, customer and industry …
… problems of the next decade, we will need to think differently about how we produce our food. Agriculture sits at the crossroads of many of the world’s major issues, whether it … also— be part of the solution. Recently there has been a major social movement towards a form of agriculture that some call “regenerative”, a form of agriculture that not only … and more and will be based on work done by Ricardo Bayon and Encourage to try to answer a simple question: what sort of finance is needed to support this transition. It will draw on …
… reducing wood consumption (e.g. paper, bioenergy, furniture) translates into increased forest conservation? Explore the tensions between economic and ecological drivers forforest … from the paper and biomass industries, NGOs, and academia will debate how best to conserve ourforests. Featuring: Kim Elliman - President and CEO, Open Space Institute Melissa … from the paper and biomass industries, NGOs, and academia will debate how best to conserve ourforests. Featuring: Kim Elliman - President and CEO, Open Space Institute Melissa …
… recording on YouTube here! Grasslands and shrublands across the U.S. offer unique potential for climate change solutions. Carbon markets offer an innovative approach for landowners to leverage these climate benefits to access to new finance sources for preservation. In this webinar we will hear from Margaret Williams of American … by using conservation easements to avoid conversion to crop production. In addition, our speakers will discuss a pioneering project in the Prairie Pothole Region of North …
… Clothing Sales [Ingalls Rink] Patagonia's Worn Wear truck will be on campus to fix your damaged gear (any brand!) for repair and sell previously owned Patagonia gear. Note: they are only able to recieve a … workshops (clothing, technology, bikes, etc.) and see a film screening of “A Film About the Stories We Wear” and more! Participants will include: Tangled Up in Blue - Yale’s only …
… Join The Forests Dialogue , Business and the Environment Club, and the Center for Business and the … in the forest sustainability sector. Please RSVP to Ruth Metzel for the lunch topic of your choice as space is very limited. How do you influence and how are you influenced by your supply chain? A conversation with: Michael Chung, Senior Manager of Product …
… The Yale Environmental Economics Seminar is a seminar series organized by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment, a joint center of the School of the Environment and the … the environmental economics community at Yale. Seminar in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (ENV 805) The seminar meets in Kroon 321 from 3:00 - 4:30 unless otherwise … Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based Solutions Seminar in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics … Program Seminar in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics The Yale …