by C2C Fellow Shayna Koczur I am one in seven billion order essay, and on a geological timescale, I will be here for a second. If I am so small in the grand scheme of our planet, if I am only a tick of a clock, then the idea of …
by C2C Fellow Dana Drugmand Originally published at The Berkshire Edge Editor’s Note: Last week, the Great Barrington Selectboard began consideration of a measure that would divest the town’s pension fund of its holdings in fossil fuel companies. Across Massachusetts there is a growing movement for just such a divestment. …
By C2C Fellow Dana Drugmand Originally published online at The Berkshire Edge on December 13 Washington, Mass. – This past Monday (December 8) Kinder Morgan, the firm behind the proposed multi-billion dollar Northeast Energy Direct natural gas line, updated its pre-filing application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee to reflect a …
by Sergio Costa It was a sunny April weekend in Seattle when I arrived at the Wellstone Action conference. However, it was inside a windowless room that I learned the greatest contradiction of my trip: politicians are very good at their job. It’s just not the job you thought when you …
This spring, we launched an application for C3: Campus to Careers Camp, C2C Fellow’s first ever second-round professional training. Fellows were asked to explain, in a short video, why they wanted to attend further training on Social Innovation and Leadership, or Leading a Political Campaign. While we were unable to …
This spring, we launched an application for C3: Campus to Careers Camp, C2C Fellow’s first ever second-round professional training. Fellows were asked to explain, in a short video, why they wanted to attend further training on Social Innovation and Leadership, or Leading a Political Campaign. While we were unable to …
Written by Caroline Hodge originally posted on April 24, 2014 at ecoaffect.org, where Caroline posted daily blog posts Climate skepticism continues to bewilder many stakeholders working on climate solutions. Why do skeptics believe what they do? And what’s the best way to engage with them? In a recent piece in The Conversation, cognitive …
Before Brittany Chiles even stepped foot on Penn State’s campus, she knew she wanted to run her own business. Growing up, both her mother and grandmother were business owners and this experience gave her an entrepreneurship spirit. When her college orientation leader mentioned that a senior was giving haircuts out of …
Written by Karen Maserjian Shan For the Poughkeepsie Journal As a kid, Jess Scott read works by Jane Goodall. Like the renowned primatologist, Scott imagined a career working in the field doing research. That changed once she started to study animal behavior at Bucknell University. “It turns out that what I’m …
Written by Wendee Nicole Originally posted at bioscience.oxfordjournals.org As concerns over global environmental crises such as climate change intensify, programs are emerging to train the next generation of sustainability leaders from varied backgrounds, ranging from business to science. Environmental economist and educator Eban Goodstein has made training sustainability leaders his life’s …
