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Cambridge ESD

30: A Birthday Rant

May 2, 2010

(Some profanity below.)
I think everyone has an optimal age. In North America, that age is often between 20 and 24. You don’t want to be older and you don’t want to be younger. It’s the age where you don’t think about your age. For me that was 23. Today I’m 30.
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Social Intrapreneurship

March 28, 2010

5 years ago we started thinking about creating an Ambassador Program for EWB Vancouver, where we would help engaged engineers infuse issues of development into their workplaces. Part of the reason we never got it off the ground at that time was that I wasn’t sure where the tools were to do it, or even [...]

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5 Year Plans

January 17, 2010

How do you feel about your 5 year plan? Don’t have one? Terrified of the thought? If so, you’re not alone.
Many folks in the 25-35 year age bracket (i.e. this blog’s main readership) seem to shudder of the thought of a 5 year plan. It reminds us that we’ll be 5 years older in only [...]

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Shot of the Day: Waiting for Wind

December 14, 2009

Tara and Nastia wait for wind in Cornwall. (May as well plug my old program here: Engineering for Sustainable Development at Cambridge. This shot is from an ESD trip in 2008. Thinking about doing a masters around sustainability? Consider applying. And congrats to Jackie who did just that and just got in!)
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‘I want to go to Grad School” - 12 Possible Reasons

October 1, 2009

I’m hearing this a lot these days. It seems everyone I know is going back to school. Even my wonderful father is trying to slack his way through another degree.
The question I have is: why? Honestly. Why do you want to go back to school? Which of the questions below truly apply to your decision?
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The Journey from Ethiopia to Cambridge

July 14, 2009

A few days ago I jumped on a plane in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, dodging raindrops, old taxis and the odd garbage pile. The journey wasn’t a long one, only requiring 12 hours or so to London, and another couple to Cambridge. Having travelled to and from Africa a few times, the transition is losing its [...]

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