Spotlight

In collaboration with the Vermont Department of Health Climate & Health Program, Rachel completed the Integrated Transport and Health Impact Modeling Tool (ITHIM) to quantify the health, economic and environmental co-benefits of a variety of transportation futures in Vermont.

Celina Scott-Buechler is a climate scientist and activist. As a UNHSI Sustainability Fellow, Celina had the privilege of working with Peace Rising. Conducting research in distributed climate change impacts and US foreign policy, she compiled a report exposing how American foreign policy is ill-…

Veronique Ok is from Danbury, CT, and graduated from the University of New Hampshire in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems and Environmental Resource Economics. Veronique has worked extensively with the New American population in Manchester, NH both through…

Justin Klingler graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a Master's in Public Policy in 2019 and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Affairs in 2018. He is interested in energy and environmental policy. In 2019, he worked on a joint campus-community climate…

Laura Hutchinson worked with the Town of Hanover, New Hampshire to develop a community-wide renewable energy procurement strategy in collaboration with Sustainability Director April Salas, Town Manager Julia Griffin, and the Sustainable Hanover Energy Subcommittee. Laura created a community-wide…

Jesse worked with Hypertherm, a manufacturer of industrial cutting equipment, to research the company's renewable energy procurement options. His research included reviewing corporate best practices for buying green power and interviews with internal stakeholders to map the company’s motivations…

Kendall completed her Bachelor’s at UNH in Environmental Conservation and Sustainability with minors in Community Planning and Spanish. During her summer fellowship, Kendall worked alongside the UNH Energy Task Force to research high performance building standards and internal carbon pricing…

During the summer of 2019, Ingrid Eck worked for the City of Middletown as their Sustainability Fellow. In addition to assisting the Clean Energy Task Force, the Sustainability Team, and the Food Policy Council with a variety of projects, she compiled the municipality’s second-ever sustainability…

Kayla Conway completed her fellowship in collaboration with UNHSI and the Post-Landfill Action Network. Kayla focused on exploring the feasibility of developing a cost-benefit assessment tool to support the advancement of zero waste on UNH's campus. Attempting to answer the common question of, "I…

Following completion of his Bachelor of Science in BioRenewable Systems at the Pennsylvania State University, Griffin Brown spent the summer of 2019 working with the City of Portsmouth, New Hampshire as a Sustainability Fellow. The purpose of this was to update the city’s municipal and community…

Annika Barth completed her fellowship with Burlington Electric Department (BED), a municipally owned utility in Burlington, Vermont. She worked with Jennifer Green and James Gibbons to advance the implementation of Burlington’s Net Zero Energy Roadmap. Burlington set a target to become a Net Zero…

Tracey Wingate completed her fellowship with the New Hampshire Sustainable Energy Association after graduating from Skidmore College with a B.A. in Environmental Studies. Tracey’s work involved investigating key criteria used by solar developers to identify locations within New Hampshire that may…