Patel College of Global Sustainability

So this week during my internship has been pretty slow. We are at a standstill waiting for the paper work for a warehouse to go through, but hopefully we will get the ok to move in to our new place next week. We have been thinking about how we are going to decorate our new [...]

Week 4 Submission

Greetings USF Sustainability  Enthusiasts.
This past week marked my first week in Norway! The first phase of my
research included three weeks focusing on the capabilities,
techniques, and sustainable approaches for mobility in Central
Europe. During my time, I experienced record rainfall.  Flooding was
a major concern in Austria as many people were evacuated from their
homes in certain [...]

This week our main goal at ettitude was to find a suitable warehouse and office space. We are drawing near to our deadline to move and things have been getting a little stressful. However, on Friday, we have hit the warehouse jackpot. Myself, the owner, and her VP toured a great warehouse. There was a [...]

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I am enjoying my time here at La Hacienda de la Norma very much. During the past few days I have been conducting interviews in the local community including the homeowner Nuri who lives on the farm. Nuri lives [...]

Week 5 included a trip to Capachica which is a península that juts into Lake Titicaca.  This was an attempt to see a different part of the Puno region.  This part is a bit more of a broad high plain that ends to the east in a small beach along the lacustrine edge of Lake [...]

Sand dunes on the coast in Port Stephens, Australia.

Australia’s Green Building Council (GBCA) uses Green Star as a third party green building certification system.  I was asked yesterday how the U.S. compares to Australia’s advancement in sustainable initiatives and I was pleasantly surprised that for me it was not a clear cut answer pinning the [...]

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Vegan

This week went by quickly. Not until the weekend was it nice weather. Oh and what perfect timing as Friday-Sunday was the 16th annual Vegan Mania Festival which took place on Mariahilfer Street (Vienna). Taking the opportunity to spend [...]