What have I been up to?

Since my last post, my role on the Carbon Science team has evolved. I continue to work on my original project, contributing to the “new and improved” Positive Disruption study with our partners RMI and EPIC. As I had introduced in my last post, I am also plugging away at a study on reforestation opportunity in the United States, as well as a study assessing reforestation opportunity in countries which fall within the tropics.

It’s hard for me to believe that this is already the fifth week of my placement at TNC. I am finally learning my way around WO (TNC’s Worldwide Office), and I am enjoying seeing familiar faces outside of my small team. I’ve become even more comfortable making connections with other TNC staff from different departments. In other efforts to get to expand my TNC network, I have been attending brown bag lunches and other events. Last week, I attended a lunch meeting for the office’s Women in Nature group. Yesterday, I attended a fascinating lecture about NASA’s GEDI project- an International Space Station laser which captures topographic data and detects deforestation.