This past July, I played a large role in the planning and execution of the first-annual NYC Food Waste Fair, but it definitely was not a solo effort! Louise Bruce, Senior Program Manager, NYC Organics, Elizabeth Balkan, Director of Policy and Senior Advisor, Office of the Commissioner, Marcel Howard, fellow …
Since my last post, my internship has moved from the Manhattan Borough President’s Office to Agritecture. Yes, you are reading that right. It’s a play on agriculture and architecture. Agritecture is a small company based out of Brooklyn with a mission of integrating agriculture with the built environment. In other …
I was fortunate to be able to attend the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) annual conference and Expo at the Georgia World Congress Center in October of 2017. Hailed as the largest transit conference in the United States, it only made sense that the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), Atlanta’s …
Recently, my internship organization, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C., was ranked the #1 Transdisciplinary Research Think Tank in the world. After spending six months learning and absorbing information from the world’s top minds, I fully understand why they deserve such a ranking. A similar transdisciplinary …
My internship experience has been humbling – both professionally and personally – in a uniquely profound way. I have the pleasure of working on a local congressional campaign as the campaign coordinator/chief of staff for Jeff Beals, a progressive democrat running against John Faso in NY-19. The 19th district includes …
Where am I Interning? Meister Consultants Group (MCG), a Cadmus Company, is an international sustainability consulting firm specializing in renewable energy policy and strategy development. MCG works with clients across the globe, including multi-national finance institutions; federal, state, and local governments; and philanthropic foundations on projects related to clean energy …
What are Legal Clinics? Those of you who do not know what a legal clinic entails, welcome! Those of you who have heard about them, I hope this post gives you some hands on insight! Legal clinics are individual pro bono legal consulting entities that law students take for credit and …
Over the course of my internship at the New York City Council, I’ve been able to spend some time at City Hall and at the 22nd district office of Chairman Constantinides. I even had the chance to attend a public hearing on proposed energy efficiency laws in Council Chambers at City …
This post was originally published on the New Security Beat: Tomorrow May Be Too Late: Military Leaders Testify on National Security Challenges of Climate Change By: Amanda King, MS in Environmental Policy Student, Research Intern at the Wilson Center As the Senate returns from recess, passing the annual National Defense …
There is a tendency for estuarine environments–where the river meets the sea–to hold a “nutrient trap” along the stark gradient between the estuary’s upper flow of freshwater and the lower, more dense “salt wedge” of seawater. This middle portion of the water column tends to be the most ecologically productive–where …
