One of the best kept secrets in the movement: Environmental Leadership Program. Their mission? “To support visionary, action-oriented, and diverse leadership for a just and sustainable future.”
Category: Citizen Journalism
Congratulations, Class of 2014! Whether you are headed to a nonprofit, government agency, or private company, here are some tips that I feel are worth sharing. Always bring a notebook and pen/pencil to a meeting, even if it’s a short, informal discussion. You never know when you will need to write something down. During […]
Have you gone a day without buying anything? In a few of my courses back in college, we discussed the environmental impact of consumption, particularly in America. The concept of going days without purchasing anything new stuck with me and I have tried to carry it out as best I can. Which is one of […]
Wow! It has been awhile since I have written for my blog. Since my last post in December, I started a new job and have been getting settled into my new digs. Based in Union Square in Manhattan, I now work for a global nonprofit called The Hunger Project. The Hunger Project works to empower […]
When I was in grade school, I wanted nothing more than to have a cat. I begged and begged my parents. I watched all kinds of cat shows on Animal Planet to learn as much as I could about being a pet owner. Finally, after my younger sister turned one, my dad took me to […]
Filling an Empty Page
“A writer is a person with the courage to fill an empty page,” Chris Satullo told a group of concerned citizens, including myself, in one of the conference rooms at Ocean County College a few Saturdays ago. I had found myself in a breakout session at the first of three events in a series organized […]