this is an obvious suggestion...to Obama

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-cohen/president-obama-should-fo_b_707626.html

Green Collar Jobs! are the ish.

Wrapping things up at MCG

A quick summary of what the Majora Carter Group is, and why it's amazing:

The Majora Carter Group LLC is a consulting and project-development company focused on unlocking the economic potential of every place. Specializing in green jobs strategy development and community engagement consulting, the Majora Carter Group helps companies and communities successfully explore and establish green economic projects. Majora Carter founded one of the nation’s first and most successful green-collar training and placement systems in 2003, Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training, and following in that vein MCG has begun consulting with clients in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and in the wetlands of Northeastern North Carolina. In North Carolina, MCG is working with a number of CDCs to pioneer a horticultural job-training curriculum. In New Orleans, through the Make It Right Foundation’s (MIR) Sustainable Infrastructure Project, MCG has created a workforce development strategy that incorporates local citizens into innovative economic systems generated from investment of human and monetary capital in green infrastructure projects.

wow. So much good stuff.
I am writing this with rainbow tears in my eyes. Because my time here with the Majora Carter Group is one day away from being done. Alas, a moment for reflection:

Summer interns this year got to work on 2 fantastic projects; urban farm development in Detroit and wetland restoration in the Chesapeake Bay. With my experience in applied GIS (geographic information system) and wetland mapping in the American South, I put my effort into the wetlands project. Here I helped with a GIS tool proposal for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), researching employment markets in the wetlands industry, possible wetland restoration sites, and potential partners for our proposed project. Along with this major task, I also dabbled in researching horticultural infrastructure (which will become a major component of my senior thesis) and worked on this blog. In the process I worked with amazing staff (captured in sneaky photos shown), super cool interns, and a Columbia University graduate whose research intent made my re-evaluate my notion of what a "scholar" actually is. I couldn't have had a better summer internship, MCG. :) (and I also really like the fluorescent upholstery and rainbow window dressings)