Tag: <span>intern</span>

Because it takes more than book smarts to succeed

When I started my internship at Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) back in June I was unsure of how I was going to handle my position since I went into with a limited knowledge of energy efficiency issues. Writing a report on energy efficiency resource standards is one thing, but …

Finding Water in the High Desert: Working for the Crooked River Watershed Council in Prineville, OR

Pic taken after field work in Post, OR Being in central Oregon means being in the high desert, so there is not much rain, and most of it falls during the winter season.  Additionally, wildfires pose a large threat to the area.  The watershed relies on winter snowpack that turns …

horse-trad·ing (hôrs tr d ng). n. Negotiation characterized by hard bargaining and shrewd exchange: political horse-trading.

I work for the North Coast State Forest Coalition, out of the Oregon Chapter Sierra Club Office in Portland, Oregon In 2011, the Oregon Department of Forestry revised the State Forest Management Plan to include an increase in clear-cut targets and less old growth conservation plans. Soon thereafter, the North …

Working with the Natural Resources Defense Council to Change FEMA’s Policy on Climate Change Inclusion within State Disaster Plans

The tides of change are upon us. Nowhere is this more apparent than the actual changing tides that are starting to inundate U.S. states like Florida, threaten the safety of New Yorkers, and eat up the coastlines of states like Texas, Louisiana, and California. Although often mentioned, the impacts of …

An Outsider Looking In…

“Oh good, you know about EERS policies! So do you know a lot about energy efficiency?” Uh no, no actually I don’t know anything about energy efficiency policies or energy efficiency or what I’m doing here… That is how my first two weeks at NEEP felt. Between writing bill summaries, …

Finding Your Calling: Bard CEP Class of 2013 Internship Dinner

The Bard Center for Environmental Policy hosted their annual internship dinner last night to welcome back their second year masters students. The Class of 2013 returned to campus last week to begin their last semester of classes and finish writing their masters level theses. First year Bard CEP students who …

Innovations in EIA

During the second week of my internship I was incredibly lucky to be invited to accompany my supervisor to a World Bank/IAIA conference.  The “Innovations in EIA” Conference was a staggering example of putting theory into practice.  The purpose was for many different stakeholders to share their experiences, new technology, …

Local Foods in Massachusetts

My internship with Grow Food Northampton (GFN) involved working on numerous and varied projects, ranging from food access, community outreach, an agricultural economics report, a local foods assessment survey, and a community garden committee. I felt that my work at GFN often related closely to my first year studies at …

Details, Details, Details: Time Management Lessons from Haiti

Between scheduling appointments with relevant stakeholders such as local officials and NGOs, independently collecting, processing, and presenting information to my colleagues across the Atlantic, and traveling around a 120 KM region to complete these daily tasks, my internship became quite a handful. To top all of this off, the mission …

Internship at the EPA (OECA)

My internship at the EPA was an incredible learning experience. I was a law clerk in the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA), Office of International Affairs. OECA handles enforcement of all environmental laws, especially the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The EPA’s website details the facets of OECA’s …