A peculiar term… The first time I heard the term fiduciary responsibility was when I was duking it out with the Board of Trustees at Vassar College, attempting to convince them to divest the institution’s sizable 1 billion dollar endowment from fossil fuels. Their jargony, finance-focused counter arguments always centered …
Getting Milk? I don’t cry over spilled milk, but I’m not ashamed to admit that trying to navigating my way to the milk isle during peak shopping hours brings me awfully close to tears. Especially right before a snowstorm. It’s not an ordeal I take up willingly, but today we …
Capital, most often financial capital, represents how much money is available. Financial capital also generally refers to saved-up wealth, often saved in order to one day start or maintain a business and purchase goods. Everyone wants capital, and generally more of it. Capital represents security, success, and future gains. Currently, however, the …
by Jed Wolf ’13 I have just completed my fourth week of interning at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) in New Delhi India. When I arrived at the TERI I was assigned to work in the Climate Change and earth science division, however, I have a growing interest in energy, …