This past summer and fall I had the pleasure of working for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay (STH/STB). STH/STB is an environmental education and policy advocacy non-profit located on Boston’s Fish Pier. During my time there, I – along with state legislators, community leaders, and Boston citizens – contributed to …
Can’t we all just get along? Let’s have both a tourist railroad and a fully accessible 38 mile trail. At first glance this sounds fantastic. Especially when compared to those trail nuts that want to rip up our historic rails and build ANOTHER trail. As always, however, the devil is …
The key lesson I learned during my internship is that public engagement with the government is realistic and necessary in environmental politics. For example, I learned that I am capable of getting a meeting with the head of the forestry department. I am welcomed to sit at the table. I …
After working as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in Cameroon for over a year, I am now able to reflect on at least three main settings where I have engaged in group work. It is only through this type of work that I feel our job as rural development agents can be …
During our first-year courses at Bard CEP, we learned about the science-policy gap in the United States and the difficulties that arise when researchers and decision makers need to work together. In the US, if you pay attention to popular media, there is clear lack of faith, and sometimes outright …
It has been over a month since I finished my six-month internship with Energy Vision – a national nonprofit organization focused on powering the nation’s municipal fleets with renewable natural gas (RNG) – and the experience has been both educational and invaluable. RNG is a carbon neutral vehicle fuel created …
Mexico is one of the most bio- and culturally diverse countries on the planet – its future depends very much on the people that lead it. My internship time was split four months in Mexico City and one month in Oaxaca City, working with CEMDA and INSO, respectively. The experience in …
Anyone who knows me well understands that I am an avid fan of the Boston-area sports teams. In the spirit of the New England Patriots advancing to their conference championship game, I find it fitting to kick off this blog with a quote from Patriots head coach, Bill Belichick: “There …
United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) current projects in Turkey can be categorized in three groups: poverty reduction, democratic governance, and environment and sustainable development. High population growth, rising incomes, and increasing energy consumption are the causes of problems such as water shortages, land degradation, and lack of clean and affordable energy …
Does having 100% of your electricity come from clean and local energy sources sound too good to be true? It’s not. That is exactly what Mass Energy Consumers Alliance has been offering to rate payers for over a decade. Started as a community heating oil service in 1982, Mass Energy, …