The Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture (CEA) is a multidisciplinary research venture led by the Yale School of Architecture, and Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, to develop transformative systems for the Built Environment. Alongside our partners in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry, CEA seeks to address the complexity of transitioning global construction patterns by bringing together deep expertise of current practices with radically new socio-economic and technical approaches. We prioritize the requirements of living ecosystems towards buildings and cities that support biodiversity with an integrated approach to clean energy, water, air and material life cycles.​

CEA Team: Anna Dyson, Mae-Ling Lokko, Hind Wildman, Mohamed Aly-Etman, Vicky Achnany, Christina Ciardullo,  Seth Embry

UN Environment Programme is the leading global voice on the environment. It provides leadership and encourages partnership in caring for the environment by inspiring, informing and enabling nations and peoples to improve their quality of life without compromising that of future generations. UN Environment works with governments, the private sector, civil society and with other UN entities and international organizations across the world.

UN Environment team: Jonathan Duwyn, Sophie Loran, Pauline Guerecheau, Yijun Cui

The Yale University School of Architecture mission is to educate architects, scholars, teachers and leaders who will shape the future through design. Located in New Haven, the School offers professional and post-professional architecture degrees as well as the interdisciplinary Master of Environmental Design; it also supports an undergraduate architecture major and a Ph.D. Program. The Yale School of Architecture is home to the Jim Vlock First Year Building Project and Perspecta: the Yale Architectural Journal, along with influential exhibition and lecture programs.

The Yale University School of the Environment faculty, students, and alumni are conducting innovative research that is changing how we understand and approach the environment, conservation, and sustainability. We’re turning wood into biodegradable plastics, re-imagining the urban tree lifecycle, and engineering plants to fight climate change — creating critical knowledge and new perspectives to solve environmental challenges across multiple disciplines and scales.

McGill University is one of Canada's best-known institutions of higher learning and one of the leading universities in the world. International students from more than 150 countries make up nearly 30% of McGill's student body ‒ the highest proportion of any Canadian research university. McGill is recognized around the world for the excellence of its teaching and research programs.

Willow Technologies is a sustainable building and biobased materials technology company based in Accra, Ghana. Founded in 2017, it aims to drive the research and development of biobased, agricultural by-product and earthen materials across the building, textile and food sectors. Willow collaborates with local and global partners — from start-ups, private institutions and governmental research organization— to accelerate the research, development and deployment of low carbon materials. A central priority across Willow’s projects and collaborations is to bridge intersectoral materials gaps by developing undervalued material resources for innovative, high-value applications.