Patel College of Global Sustainability

It has been a great first week in Barbados. Along with research for case studies, meeting the staff members of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, interacting with local Barbadians, navigating the non-gridded streets, enjoying the cuisine, snorkeling, and taking pictures have all been the highlights of this week. Barbados offers so much in terms [...]

Just getting settled in here in Barbados.

We have a lot of research to do, but we gave ourselves a little bit of a head start, starting some of the work at home. We’re just about finished developing our survey to distribute to our contacts at our target destinations, and then it’s a whole lot more [...]

Entrepreneur starting a Grassroots Farming Movement @ Parque Urraca, Panama City

In my time here in Panama I have had the opportunity to meet and read about many American entrepreneurs that have made the choice to seek new markets outside of the United States. With bubbles forming and popping at an ever increasing rate in [...]

Week 6- Internship Complete

With the last remaining days of my internship, I continued to focus on the report. Throughout this entire internship I have experienced more than I could have possibly asked for. In Europe, especially the areas I focused on, were infused with signs of sustainability on every corner. The transportation model [...]

This week has been very exciting! In my internship, we began the packing process because we are finally moving into our brand new offices and giant warehouse. We are all looking forward to decorating and creating a fun environment. I am just sad I will not be there for long because I only have 2 [...]

Electromobility-Bus System

Greetings from Goteborg, Sweden. This past week was spent intensely analyzing the collected information I gathered during my pre departure phase. Comparing sustainability measures with laws and regulations, testing its cohesion with accesibility. Electromobility is the foundation that Europe has created which has influenced not just their mobility, but all facets of life. [...]

Have been working on the STAR Community Index, a national monitoring and tracking system for communities. This was developed in conjunction with USGBC and is somewhat similar to LEED in that it is point based program with five possible ‘Star’ levels. It has seven categories that profile a city’s or county’s sustainability status such as, [...]

My first week in Hamburg was filled with unexpected surprises. At every turn something new and exciting like the Stuhlmannbrunnen fountain above which I happened across while accidentally taking the wrong train station on an expedition to find where I would be working Monday morning. Similarly, I stumbled across an annual music festival in [...]