EDF Climate Corps Blog: all

  • Important Environmental Reads

    EDF Climate Corps fellow | July 17, 2014

    Something that has inspired me to be a part of EDF Climate Corps is my love for the environment, which was inspired by environmental books, and in many cases, the work being done at EDF has mirrored the topics in some of my favorite books. Books can be great knowledge repositories, providing chronological snapshots of the changing landscape—people, politics, perspective, culture, environment and ecology.

  • The Benefits of Stringent Trucking Standards

    EDF Staff | July 14, 2014

    The Obama Administration is developing new fuel economy standards for trucks and last week, Ceres and Environmental Defense Fund hosted a webinar outlining how implementing strong federal standards for medium- and heavy-duty trucks would be truly a win-win situation.

  • Changing Behavior Means Changing Beliefs

    Sitar Mody | July 3, 2014

    At EDF, all our advocacy and education around climate change aims to change behaviors -- of individuals, corporations, utilities, governments and communities. But in order to change behavior, we must first change their belief systems.

  • Changing Behavior Means Changing Beliefs

    Sitar Mody | July 3, 2014

    At EDF, all our advocacy and education around climate change aims to change behaviors -- of individuals, corporations, utilities, governments and communities. But in order to change behavior, we must first change their belief systems.

  • We’re Just Warming Up: Chatter about EDF Climate Corps This Month

    Stephanie Kennard | June 27, 2014

    The temperature isn’t the only thing warming up this month. EDF Climate Corps fellows warmed up to their projects as they began their quests to save organizations energy and money, generating a stir of chatter about EDF Climate Corps. Below, we’ve summed up this month’s chatter about EDF Climate Corps.

  • My First Week as an EDF Climate Corps Fellow

    EDF Climate Corps fellow | June 17, 2014

    Walking along a golden field close to my new home in Northampton County, rural North Carolina, I suddenly feel suspended in time. I realize that this is the first moment in the last few months that I have finally been able to slow down. Only a month ago, I was offered a position as an Environmental Defense Fund Climate Corps fellow with Roanoke Electric Cooperative (REC).

  • Climate Change Gets Personal

    Kate Hanley | June 4, 2014

    The release of the White House’s Clean Power Plan is making headlines all over the country and beyond, sparking conversations about how this plan will affect all levels of government, utilities, companies and taxpayers. But climate change is much, much more than a policy issue, as this week’s episode of Years of Living Dangerously shows us.

  • Climate Change Gets Personal

    Kate Hanley | June 4, 2014

    The release of the White House’s Clean Power Plan is making headlines all over the country and beyond, sparking conversations about how this plan will affect all levels of government, utilities, companies and taxpayers. But climate change is much, much more than a policy issue, as this week’s episode of Years of Living Dangerously shows us.

  • Green Jobs: Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Action

    Kelly Jones | May 28, 2014

    As EDF Climate Corps fellow Jenise Young points out in Years of Living Dangerously, there is a difference between being informed about climate change and actually doing something about it. Knowledge, unfortunately, doesn’t necessarily lead to action.

  • Green Jobs: Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Action

    Kelly Jones | May 28, 2014

    As EDF Climate Corps fellow Jenise Young points out in Years of Living Dangerously, there is a difference between being informed about climate change and actually doing something about it. Knowledge, unfortunately, doesn’t necessarily lead to action.

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