Category: <span>CEP Students</span>

Washington NRDC

Hey look how clever my title is It feels a little weird to be writing my one-month in blog when a lot of people have already finished their internships, but that’s what happens when you commit to a fall internship.   Anyways I’ve been at the NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) …

Help Wanted: Omnivores Preferred

I made a decision not to eat meat about 13 years ago, but I’m not preachy about it and rarely discuss it outside of a passing “I’m a vegetarian.”  Back when I first went veggie, my main justification was that factory farming relied on animal cruelty.  Since then my decision …

What I learned during my time with The Nature Conservancy

Hello! I spent the first four months of our internship period with The Nature Conservancy in Dublin, Ohio. My title was Conservation Benefits Intern and I had one task while I was there: write a research paper on the benefits (economic, social, and environmental) of investing in federal and state …

Wine Tasting and Bicycling Don’t Mix Well…

  Hey there fellow BCEPers, Keith here.  I’m just hanging out in San Francisco enjoying the consistently beautiful weather and consistently infuriating fog.  As most of you know I got a late start on the internships and have only been in San Francisco a couple months now.  Therefore, this is …

Peace Corps Ghana- Plenty Busy

Hello! So here it is, my first post at site as a fully-committed Peace Corps Volunteer! I’ve been in Ghana for four months now, and have completed a whole 1/24th of my service at site 🙂 . So far, it’s been going well! The ups and downs have been a …

Reflecting on a summer with Worldwatch

This summer I interned at the Worldwatch Institute in Washington, D.C. My formal title was Climate and Energy Research Intern, and that title is pretty reflective since I spent nearly 100 percent of my time researching and writing. I worked on Worldwatch’s low-carbon development in Caribbean nations initiative specializing in …

¡Adiós, Oaxaca!

Queridos amigos, I write to you once again from Oaxaca, Mexico as an Institute of Nature and Society of Oaxaca (INSO) intern.  It’s hard for me to believe, but my three months here are already coming to close.  I’m now in the midst of tying up loose ends, buying gifts, …