Led community-wide energy consultations in Spanish to collect data on local energy needs and promote sustainable energy usage. Collaborated on innovating and installing eco-friendly, wood-burning cookstoves for local households by CAD-modeling cookstove design and contributing to project planning. Helped plan solar system installation projects for households with limited energy access.

Applied sustainable, small-scale farming practices by planting, cultivating, harvesting, and processing crops/produce. Cared for alpacas and chickens by feeding livestock, maintaining barns and coops, gathering and processing eggs, and assisting with herd medical care. Worked with yarn and alpaca fiber, including skirting fiber, felting ornaments, and crocheting products to be sold in the Center’s retail store.

Researched market trends in the climate change consulting market with the company’s marketing strategist, culminating in a presentation to the company’s Climate Change Working Group. Researched barnacles as a climate-resilient, living shoreline for the coastal engineering team. Helped calculate the contribution of the company’s value chain emissions to its carbon footprint according to EPA guidelines.