Where is the intersection between art and sustainability?

Host, Aishani Garg, chats with the founder of Kat Kid Adventure, Anu Ramamurty. Through her company, she makes an impact on elementary and middle school students in Palo Alto by teaching them about climate change. However, rather than just teaching, she makes it a game and encourages them to learn in a fun and exciting way! Listen to learn more about her journey and opportunities to take advantage of if you are interested in art and sustainability.

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What do corporate sustainability jobs look like?

Host, Aishani Garg, sits down with Sotiria Anagnostou to talk about sustainability in corporate settings, usually in businesses not focused on helping the environment. Through her role as a strategy analyst at various companies, she impacts the climate and emissions of those companies in various ways. Additionally, she discusses how she got to where she is through her education, her opportunities, and more.

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This week I talked with Alan Peevers, who was a firmware developer at Caban Systems at the time or recording, but now works full time on his climate game Earth Island (linked to the left). The game focuses on educating people on climate solutions in a video game format. 

In terms of opportunities for high schoolers, he suggests to get invovled in various aforementioned climate communities like Work on Climate, Terra.do, and My Climate Journey (linked to the left). He also suggests to network and get to know other professionals to build relationships with as many people as possible. 

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Can non-profits make a difference in the climate world? In this episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Wendy Chou, the Senior Content and Outreach Manager at Acterra, a climate non-profit based in Palo Alto. She talked about her different jobs, most of which include educating the public about different ways they can be better for the planet and about what the solutions are. From sending out newsletters to organizing speaker series, she provides a world of opportunity to people who are interested in learning more. Tune into this week's episode to learn more about the opportunities you have to get into climate early on (they are also linked on the left!). Additionally,  Ms. Chou suggested that you keep your eye out for climate career fairs where you are able to do some networking and learn about different career options. If you live in the San Mateo County area, keep an eye out for one hosted by yours truly :). 

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Are you interested in what it looks like to advocate for climate in a local government setting? How can teens get involved? Well, Kamille Lang with the San Mateo Office of Sustainability works with teens and teaches them how to get involved in sustainability. Through their work, Kamille has taught over 200 teens about actionable steps they can take to get involved in climate solutions in their own community through the YCA program. Kamille recommends some great programs for youth interested in pursuing environmental careers. The first is the YCA program the Kamille runs in San Mateo County (linked to the left) applications open every summer and close in September. The next opportunity is the Youth Commission which is available in almost every city, check out the San Mateo County one to the left. Lastly, look for volunteer opportunities with different environmental organizations in the area. Reach out to different people, it never hurts to ask. 

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How do climate companies get funding? The answer, from climate investors like Jessica Burley, a venture capitalist at Planet A. In this episode, I spoke to her about her role and what climate investing really looks like. There are a lot of great resources to check out to gain more knowledge about the climate field such as Work on Climate, the Climate Insiders Podcast, and follow Planet A on Linkedin, which I will link to the left!

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Have you ever dreamt of working for NASA? You can do cool things like that and work in climate! Joshua Fisher, an ex-NASA scientist and current climate scientist at Hydrostat works to use satellite data and imagery to predict trends in climate patterns and how climate change is affecting our planet. If you want to get involved in these types of things, check out the NASA internship website linked to the left for opportunities, and pursue your own projects! He noted that NASA data is publicly available, so if you want to analyze it or make some cool graphs, they would be more than happy to look at it!

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Did you know that you can be an environmental consultant!? Well, in this episode we learn from Ishaan Bhagwalker, who is also my cousin, about his job as an environmental consultant at West Monroe. He provided some resources such as the West Monroe website and Wiley online journal to just get some information on the types of things happening right now. Being aware of current events relating to environmental things, especially relating to consulting can put you ahead of the game when it comes to finding a job and can help you decide if this is something you really want to do for your career. 

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Do you have an idea for a sustainable company that you want to make a reality? Antonin Demazy, co-founder of Alt. Leather, did just that with his company. His friend had an idea to make vegan leather out of plant material with zero plastic and as the scientist of the company, helped create the formula for the plant leather. He took us through his journey from ideation to the first proof of concept. If you want to create a sustainable company in the future, Antonin recommends that you look through the UNSDGs that I have linked to the left and get inspired by a goal that you can solve in your local community. That is the best way to find a sustainability problem that you can solve in your area. 

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Did you know that you don't have to be a scientist or engineer to work in climate? If you are interested in marketing, you can work in sustainability too! Lauren Scott, the Vice President of Marketing & Sustainability at Acuity Brands' Intelligent Spaces Group, and I had a conversation about how her role plays a job in climate. She found that she was interested in climate change from a very young age and knew that she wanted to help. Her job is still extremely important in the climate space and we were thrilled to have a discussion with her about what her job looks like and how high schoolers can get involved early on. Some resources she suggested for teens looking to get involved would be to get some education into different areas that you want to take a deeper dive in using a resource called edX with classes taught by high profile institutions. Additionally, she recommends that you stay well connected with others and get in touch with people through LinkedIn or other organizations' sustainability company to network and really understand what the job you really want looks like. 

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How many different types of environmental lawyers are there? If you tuned into episode 1, you heard about one type of environmental law in the climate finance field, but Madeline Fleischer works in a very different area.  Tune in to episode 4, to learn more about her law work at Owens Corning. 

The first opportunity that she recommends is to reach out to your school counselor and tell them that you are interested in a certain field and ask them to direct you to someone to talk to. An additional place to check out is LinkedIn. If you don't have it already, check it out! Lots of people go there to share what they are doing and share resources there all the time. You can also connect with people who are doing something that you are interested in and speak with them to learn more about what they are doing.  

Madeline also mentioned that she is happy to speak with anyone who would like to talk to her and she tries her best to support young people who are interested in climate jobs, so be sure to reach out to her on LinkedIn if you have any questions for her. 

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How does someone get involved in climate? What skills are necessary? Are you interested in an environmental career? Tune in to episode 2, where I interview Eugene Kirpichov, an ex-google employee who founded Work on Climate, a non-profit focusing on helping people find their career in climate. 

Check the community out on the left. It is a great resource to find people in professional careers to talk to and learn from. They host events and have speakers multiple times a year, including Climate Career Week, which was held at the end of January. You can check out the past events here and subscribe to their Youtube channel

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