Representatives from Yale outlined their efforts to develop a sustainability plan for the University’s athletics program at the recent National Collegiate Athletic Association convention in Washington, D.C. Sara Smiley Smith, a doctoral candidate at the...
John Mackey, founder and CEO of the supermarket chain Whole Foods, will be making two public addresses at Yale on February 10.At 11:45 a.m., he will discuss “Conscious Capitalism” in the General Motors Room of Horchow Hall, 55 Hillhouse Ave. At 4:30 p.m...
When it comes to getting to work, it’s arriving on time, not the journey itself, that usually matters most to employees, but Holly Parker, director of Yale’s Transportation Options program, is working to get the University’s carbon-consuming commuters to...
Rajendra K. Pachauri will lead the newly established Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI), University President Richard C. Levin has announced. Pachauri has chaired the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002 and has...
Author and environmental activist Bill McKibben, who writes about global warming, alternative energy and the risks associated with human genetic engineering, will speak at Marquand Chapel of Yale Divinity School, 409 Prospect St., on April 3, noon–1 p.m....
Will the materials we use in everyday products end up in our water supply? How much metal does the developed world use in computers, cars and skyscrapers? These questions were at the heart of two research papers written by Yale environmental engineers...
We may be too late to save the world from meltdown, but we have to try anyway, so said writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben to the audience that had gathered in Marquand Chapel to hear his lecture on global warming.McKibben — whose April 3 talk...
Yale University has completed construction of a new ultra-green building—designed to use 50 percent less energy than a comparably sized modern building—for its School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES). Kroon Hall achieves its remarkable...
As the “green”-conscious know, using less energy and biking and walking more are two ways to help fight climate change. But what if you could combine the two and actually use the energy created through exercise to produce a cleaner form of electricity?...
Climate change doesn’t just pose a scientific challenge; it also creates an ethical obligation for those of us in the developed world, according to Rajendra Pachauri, who gave the inaugural talk in the Yale Climate and Energy Institute’s (YCEI) weekly...