My internship with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has been a great reminder of what I loved so much about working in sustainability. Perhaps it’s just the southern charm that I missed when I lived in New York, but everyone here is so polite, whether it’s greeting each other …
Interning at the NYC Parks Department left me with three take-home gifts: new connections, perspective, and an eco-friendly bag made of recyclable materials. To sum up what I learned from my five month internship would take me a while, but I’ll highlight what I found to be most important. Sharing …
Reposted from the Poughkeepsie Journal The way we deal with trash is a real mess. In 2010 alone, Americans created 250 million tons of solid waste, only 34 percent of which was recycled. Between overflowing landfills, high waste-collection prices, synthetic materials that never decompose and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, it’s …