I only spent a month with the World Wildlife Fund in Washington, D.C. and used my time there to study some climate business and write a lot of words about it. This work served as my Wildlife Science bachelor thesis and marked the final months of my primary degree program at the University of Washington. I didn’t actually graduate until the following year because I stayed to complete a 1-year Restoration Ecology Certification program in addition to my degree.
Delving into the volume of work on climate science gave me new perspective on the art of studying complex systems, a theme that evidently has saturated my life. How does that saying go…you can take the girl out of…uh, science…but you can’t take the science out of the girl?
I was accepted as a volunteer intern with Lara Hansen (chief scientist) and Michael Case (research scientist) in the WWF Climate Change Science Program in Washington, D.C. (U.S. headquarters). I worked there from October 11th to November 15th, 2005, and in this duration they tasked me to create a “climate change threat map” for Africa. I attended a conference and a few meetings, which are described in my thesis.
If you are extremely interested in reading my riveting seminal work, you are welcome to do so here. Please be warned that just because I find my discoveries in these 55 pages fascinating does not mean you will. In this case, you’re welcome to use it as a sleep aid. I can pretty much guarantee it’s efficacy.
