The time I’ve spent at ICTSD has taught me a lot about the relationship between trade and the environment, and in this blog I’ve taken a moment to reflect on what I’ve learned. Enjoy!
Category: internships
internships
Amanda Close
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, internships, students, water
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, internships, students, water
Adventure Science
Adventure Science. This became our motto as my first 14 day stream sampling hitch progressed. After all, we were backpacking up to 14 miles to get to our sampling sites. What’s more, we never hadContinue reading
Jessica McDonald
internships, students, Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva, Switzerland, travel
internships, students, Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva, Switzerland, travel
From the Andes to the Alps
Many of you understand the benefits of a great hike: the excitement when you first jet off with your water bottle filled to the brim, the determination that kicks in when you know you’re halfwayContinue reading
Trisha Gopalakrishna
Importance of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene in Gabon, internships, students
Importance of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene in Gabon, internships, students
Where do trees grow in the tropics?
The relatively high diversity of tropical forests has enamored tropical ecologists for a couple of decades now. Slowly and steadily, tropical ecologists have also been trying to compare the diversities of the three main tropicalContinue reading
Amanda Close
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, conservation, internships, students, travel, water
Adventures On and Assessments of Rivers in the American West, conservation, internships, students, travel, water
Packed and Ready for the Field!
Training is officially over and I will finally be leaving on my first hitch for the summer tomorrow! It’s hard to believe that its only been three weeks since I arrived in Utah. I feelContinue reading
Trisha Gopalakrishna
Importance of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene in Gabon, internships, students, travel
Importance of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene in Gabon, internships, students, travel
Scouting for Gambeya lacourtiana
Tropical ecosystems of the world are home to half the Earth’s described species and a larger number of unknown species. These ecosystems provide crucial ecosystem services such as timber production, provision of food and non-timberContinue reading
Trisha Gopalakrishna
Importance of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene in Gabon, internships
Importance of Plant-Animal Interactions in the Anthropocene in Gabon, internships
Working with the botanist Monsieur Nicholas
Don’t you meet certain people who you think would be a perfect caricature piece? Monsieur Nicholas is one of those people. Monsieur Nicholas is the oldest among all the guides that the station works with.Continue reading
Jessica McDonald
internships, students, sustainability, Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva, Switzerland, travel
internships, students, sustainability, Trade and Sustainable Development in Geneva, Switzerland, travel
What’s Next for the Climate Governance Talks
Last December I attended the climate negotiations in Lima, Peru that marked the twentieth Conference of the Parties (COP 20) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This annual meeting marked another steppingContinue reading
Get Me in DC Lets Party on the White House Lawn
I’d equate the feeling you get exiting the Metro to how Montague felt after he successfully apparated out of the vanishing cabinet in the fifth Harry Potter book. After extricating myself from a crowd ofContinue reading
Colorado Mountain Adventures
There are so many fun things to do around Boulder I don’t know how I’m going to focus on things I actually need to get done this summer! Like work, and training for the HoustonContinue reading