Sustainability Optimist
Waste Minimization
Intern
Dickinson College Center for Sustainability Education, Carlisle, PA
2015-2018
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Educate peers, faculty, and staff about campus waste management system.
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Collaborate with other offices and departments to improve waste management.
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Compiled and presented five years of campus landfill trash, single stream recycling, and compost data using MS Excel.
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Set college target of 65% landfill diversion by 2020.
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Created a Green Office Checklist and implemented it by performing sustainability audits with college staff.
Dickinson Free Xchange
Co-founder, Executive Director
Spring 2018
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Wrote a strategic vision and business plan
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Ran 7-week campus clothing drive and collected 600+ garments
- Supported by 6 campus organizations/groups for clothing drive and swap shop
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Launched Instagram Account
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Planned and lead 4 team planning meetings
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Planned and ran free Clothing Swap Shop
Research in Nepal
Student
Dickinson College Global Mosaic Climate Change and Human Security in Nepal, Carlisle, PA/Nepal
Fall 2017
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Four semester-long courses and three weeks of field research in hills of Nepal
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Designed, conducted, and shared community-based ethnographic study
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Collaborated with Nepali graduate students to conduct semi-structured interviews and convene focus groups
Download the article below for a more detailed account of my experience in Nepal.
DIS Copenhagen
Student
Danish Institute for Study Abroad Copenhagen, Denmark
Spring 2017
(Sustainable Development, Applied LCA, Waste Management Systems)
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Gained understanding of life cycle assessment methodology and applications.
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Experienced waste management systems of Northern Europe and toured waste-to-energy facilities.