In the NY Times today there was an interesting piece discussing the absence of scientists in the public eye. “When asked to name a scientist, Americans are stumped. In one recent survey, the top choice, at 47 percent, was Einstein, who has been dead since 1955, and the next, at …
Hi Everyone! Hope you’re all enjoying your summers interning! I started my internship just under a month ago so it is time to start blogging! I am working at the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries (“the Beacon Institute” or “the Institute”) as an Independent Policy Intern. What that means …
Hello from the glorious state of Maine in the summer! I am currently interning at Maine State Housing Authority (MaineHousing) and serving as the Carbon Quantification Project Manager. MaineHousing is an independent state agency that bridges public and private housing finance, combining them to benefit Maine’s low and moderate-income people. …
This summer I’m spending under the midnight sun working at the Northern Alaska Environmental Center (www.northern.org). The center is proudly the “Northernmost conservation organization” in the United States, and works tirelessly to protect the wildlands of Interior Alaska and the Alaskan Arctic. Located in Fairbanks, AK, the Northern Center, as …
Grow Food Northampton (GFN) is a non-profit organization dedicated to “promoting food security by advancing sustainable agriculture in the Northampton, Massachusetts area.” GFN is a small and relatively new organization. They began with the goal of preserving for agricultural uses a specific parcel of farmland that was going to be …
On May 25, I began my internship with Riverkeeper, Inc. in White Plains, NY. Riverkeeper is an environmental watchdog organization committed to protecting the Hudson River, its tributaries, and the New York City Watershed. My position is that of legal intern with Riverkeeper’s Watershed Program. The Watershed Program is dedicated …
Queridos amigos: Along with Nolan and Simon, I am interning with the Institute of Nature and Society of Oaxaca (INSO) in Oaxaca, Mexico. I have been with INSO for almost a month now, and time is flying! I have been learning a lot, but I have also been inundated with …
I’ve been working with the Worldwatch Institute’s Climate and Energy Program for a little over a month, and I am sad to be over a third of the way finished with my internship. Worldwatch is an interdisciplinary environmental thinktank that focuses on building a sustainable society. I have been fortunate …
Hi all, My internship is with the German Marshall Fund of the United States within their Urban and Regional Policy Program. Despite only being an intern, at the GMF I have the privilege of having a unique and interesting position. GMF is a large, international organization (with offices all across …