Understanding the Impact: My Internship at SBC
Hi, I’m Ayden and I’ve been working as an intern for Sierra Business Council. I am a senior at Sage Ridge School (or was, I graduated this past Saturday!) and as a part of a graduation requirement, I interned from May 15th to June 2nd.
For the past three weeks I’ve been interning for the Climate Planning and Sierra CAMP teams here at SBC. Let me tell you a little bit about what it’s been like!
A Life Worth Living: Reflecting on My First Six Months at SBC
It’s been six months since I joined Sierra Business Council, and now it’s time for my first blog to appear and my words to be published.
I started off with so many ideas, wondering what the SBC blog audience would want to read about: Climate Change Conspiracies, Climategate, Denialism…but the world is full of negative opinions. Did I really want to perpetuate the negativity?
Snow as a Battery?
I know what you’re thinking, but no, I’m not going to show you a video of someone powering an incandescent bulb by plugging it into a snowball.
Rather, I am going to draw a serious analogy illustrating the importance of snowpack. So, what is a battery?
Collecting Public Input in the Sierra: Challenges and Opportunities
As you know, SBC has been working with Nevada City, Loomis, Jackson, Plymouth and Amador County on energy plans with local strategies and actions to promote cost-effective energy efficiency, renewable energy and water conservation in our communities.