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 …
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority, or MARTA, is the public transportation agency in Atlanta, Georgia. Every day, MARTA transports 432,900 riders in metropolitan Atlanta across the city. The Authority currently provides heavy rail, bus, and paratransit transportation in 3 of the 39 counties that make up Atlanta’s metropolitan statistical …
Semi-panicked, I stood in an empty parking lot searching for the office building but could not find it; I was at the wrong address. By the time I found the building, my soon to be boss and co-workers were already on the bus preparing for the day’s markets. I turned the …
Did you know that Woodrow Wilson is the only president to hold a PhD? I didn’t either, until I began my internship as a Research Assistant at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Little did I know that our nation’s 28th president was more than just a politician. …
NYC Department of Sanitation (DSNY) My internship is with DSNY, in the Office of the Commissioner, and my position is largely focused around one event in particular, the NYC Food Waste Fair. Under NYC’s Zero Waste Initiative to contribute zero waste to landfills by 2030, the city has been steadily …
