Contrary to popular belief, I have been working as well as traveling this summer. My experiences within UNEP’s Chemicals Branch have reinforced my belief in the UN system and its ability to effect change withinContinue reading
Category: environmental policy
Community Building and Recovery in Coastal Louisiana, environmental health, environmental policy, internships, students, travel, Video Posts
Oil and Gas
Besides the sinking of the land, another thing is certain in the state of Louisiana: most people here are influenced in some way or another by the oil and gas industry. Last week Heidi andContinue reading
Community Building and Recovery in Coastal Louisiana, environmental health, environmental policy, internships, students, travel
Nicholas School visits the Bayou
Scottee Cantrell and Nancy Kelly from the Nicholas School are down in the bayou this week catching up on the summer fun! Scottee and Nancy from the Nicholas School Office of Marketing and Communications teamContinue reading
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
See Spot Run, Spot Runs Fast.
Our first real big cat encounter! One of the big projects Sam and I have been working on this summer has been training and working with Loibor Siret’s Village Game Scouts. Currently, this is aContinue reading
environmental policy, Interning at the UN in Geneva Switzerland, internships, students, travel
Revisiting Le Rhône-Alpes Region
A quick train ride from Geneva are the beautiful cities of Lyon, Chambéry and Aix-les-Bains. I spent a summer in this region a few years back, yet these cities and their surroundings still invoke inContinue reading
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
Second Half of Summer Camp
Time is flying by – the second week of summer camp is already over! We have just wrapped up our second, and final, Wild Week of the summer. As I have already written about theContinue reading
Community Building and Recovery in Coastal Louisiana, environmental health, environmental policy, internships, students, travel
Why is Louisiana Losing Land?
There are many ways to explain land loss in Louisiana. We’ve attended several forums and workshops in which several presentations on the topic have been provided. One core challenge I have noticed with these presentationsContinue reading
conservation, environmental policy, Interning at the Noloholo Environmental Center Tanzania, internships, students, travel
Korongo Walking
Catch phrase: Day 1, we were told it wasn’t a good idea to go walking in the Korongos – guess what we did today! This past week has been a short summer camp hiatus –Continue reading
environmental policy, Interning at the Ministerio Publico, Brazil, internships, students, travel
A Dynamic City
Mountains and beaches, city and nature, rich and poor. Rio is a city of dynamic contrasts, and bright-looking future. Lagoa looking toward Botafogo, Ipanema The most striking thing when you first enter Rio is theContinue reading
environmental policy, Interning at the UN in Geneva Switzerland, internships, students, travel, Video Posts
The architecture of Antoni Gaudí
My weekend trip to Barcelona includes an architecturally inspired day of Catalan Modernism as I explored the works of Antoni Gaudí. During my travels to Spain this past weekend, my friends and I explored someContinue reading