Sustainable Event Numero Tres!

For my last Sustainable Event of the semester, I decided to attend an event thrown by the Sustainable Development Association (SDA) last Monday that dealt with some cool sustainable internships from this past summer.  Though I already completed my SPEA internship, I was really interested to hear what other people had to say.  And, oh yea, one of the presenters was my awesome friend and one of our classmates, Jen B.

For those of you who don't know, Jennifer was in AFRICA all summer, which makes me insanely jealous.

Yea... She got to look at this while I was stuck in Michigan.  Jealous?  Yes, I am.

Specifically, her internship was located in South Sudan and she worked for East Africa Ventures, focusing on micro-finance.  Basically, she was in charge of a lot of groundwork for this new company.  Her position largely centered on tasks such as market research, client base, as well as how to improve on the sustainability of the office.  One of the goals was to make the business more financially sustainable after around three years so locals can take control.  I know from talking to her that this really plays into the type of work she wants to do when we graduate and (*hopefully*) get big kid jobs.

The presentations also included Katrina Folsom, who worked at the Office of Sustainability on campus, Ben Inskeep, who worked with the Nature Conservancy, and Craig Aubuchon, who worked with the American Water Works Association.