Sustainability Fellows Current and Past Participants

Michael worked on a Climate Action Outreach Program for the Office of Sustainability and Environment in the City of Somerville, MA. He developed outreach and engagement materials to communicate a variety of climate change initiatives and goals associated with the forthcoming Somerville Climate…

Julia Nemy completed her fellowship in Providence, RI with Julius Kolawole at the African Alliance of Rhode Island (AARI). Her project focused on planning the organization’s grand opening of their pop-up farmers’ market series. Launched on August 3, 2018, AARI’s market brought a variety of fresh…

Andrea worked with the Town of Groton, CT sustainability manager, Rick Norris, to complete a municipal greenhouse gas inventory, determine the effectiveness of previous energy and conservation efforts, and create an energy action plan. Her work will allow the Town to target emission reduction…

Conor worked with the UNH Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering to develop a procedural model which accurately reflects the environmental impact of transportation system operation by combining traffic and emissions models.Based on an extensive review of existing literature on traffic…

Claire McCarthy worked with Professor Michael Swack of the UNH Impact Finance Center to analyze and address barriers to financing climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in New England.  She surveyed and interviewed municipal staff in the region as well as green finance experts to help…

Michaela worked with the Burlington Electric Department (BED) to identify opportunities and models to improve its future Integrated Resource Plans (IRP), which detail how the utility plans to meet the future energy needs of its customers at the lowest economic and environmental cost. Michaela’s…

Sabrina holds a BA in International Political Economy and Spanish Language Literature from Fordham University, and completed her fellowship while pursuing a master's degree in Agriculture, Food, and the Environment from Tufts University. Shen worked with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in…

Jackson Kaspari worked with Elena Piekut in the City of Dover's Planning and Community Development Department to establish a carbon and nitrogen footprint baseline for Dover's local government operations (LGO). The combined greenhouse gas and nitrogen inventory report that he produced is the first…

Kate completed a Fellowship with the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the vibrant seacoast community where she grew up and remains deeply connected. She worked with Peter Britz, the city's Environmental Planner and Sustainability Coordinator, on a project related to the city's Coastal Resilience…

Abby worked with the Vermont Department of Health Climate Health Program, a program funded by a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that focuses on identifying climate-related health risks in Vermont, developing adaptation strategies to reduce climate-related health risks, and…

Brandon holds a BA in Sociology from Central Washington University and recently completed an MS in Analytics and Data Science at UNH. Brandon’s fellowship work was mentored by Greg Norris and Catherine Benoit-Norris of New Earth B, a B Corp located in York, Maine that provides platforms for…

Ayden completed her fellowship during the summer preceding her senior year at Bates College, where she will graduate with a B.A. in Environmental Studies. Ayden worked alongside Troy Moon at the City of Portland’s Sustainability Office to develop a suite of resources for property owners required to…