“If you choose a job you love, you will never have to work another day in your life” – Confucius. Sitting behind my desk at the Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) in Washington D.C. as an International Policy Associate Intern I realized that being part of this institution, known …
A lot has happened since my last post in July. My internship at NYSERDA ended in August when I a took a job as the Project Coordinator for the Multifamily team, also at NYSERDA. This change coincided with more responsibilities but also a continuation of the research and development I …
One of the questions I get asked most frequently since I finished my internship in Vietnam has been: “What did you really do there?” At first I couldn’t interpret the skepticism and a little disappointment I read on the faces of relatives and friends. “What do you mean, you didn’t …
Before I started working for ClimateWorks, I thought five months would be a long time and I could enjoy the California sunshine. However, the internship with the Advisory and Research Team at ClimateWorks was so exciting and unforgettable that I cannot believe five months have already passed. I harvested much more …
Stepping away from my first ‘real’ job, I find myself asking, ‘did I use what I learned in undergraduate and graduate school?’ My answer is: ‘Yes, but I learned even more on the job.’ I’ve spent the past six months interning with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps …
I remember first reading my Peace Corps assignment and thinking to myself, “How is being assigned to an environmental education project in Mexico going to coincide with environmental policy?” Then I arrived in Mexico and I was told that I would be working in a Biosphere Reserve with CONANP, the …
When I started my internship at the Partnership for Sustainable Low-Carbon Transport (SLoCaT) in Shanghai in August, I did not imagine that I would complete my term there remotely due to visa difficulties. However, it remained an immersive experience as I got to attend COP21 in December with the other team members. …
By: Ashley Westgate, Master’s in Environmental Policy ’16 My most memorable success story… We were together working at a two-week long workshop to learn how to write a project proposal. Ben, my Philippino counterpart, was not very engaged nor attentive during the initial few days. Sometimes, he would just leave. …
As the Government Affairs Intern for Alaska Wilderness League in DC for the past few months, I’ve learned about the wide range of people who dedicate their lives to environmental work for Alaska – from people living in the Arctic who are already facing the effects of climate change, to …
By the fourth day of my one-week trip to Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, I was coughing every few minutes. The soot and chemicals that float through the air of one of the world’s most air quality-compromised cities are inescapable for residents. Smog-producing emissions are one result of …
