Sustainability work at nonprofit connects him with Clark alumna<\/p>\n
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Last year, Isaac Stone ’19 saw the opportunity for a summer internship at a Boston environmental-advocacy group and he took it.<\/p>\n
But he had some help.<\/p>\n
Through ClarkCONNECT<\/a>, Stone had found a mentor in Karen Patterson Greene ’92<\/a>, director of planning and evaluation at Ceres<\/a>, a Boston-based nonprofit organization dedicated to finding economic solutions to the world’s biggest sustainability challenges. Through a series of exchanges, the student and alumna discovered commonalities, including a background as student-athletes (Greene played field hockey, Stone ran cross country) and a passion for environmental issues.<\/p>\n When a colleague was looking to hire an intern, Greene recommended Stone for the job.<\/p>\n “We get so many applications for our internships, and it’s really hard for the hiring managers to sift through it all,” Greene says. “With Isaac connecting with me directly, I was able to [relay] his interest directly to one of my colleagues. Reaching out to someone personally helps bring your application to the top.”<\/p>\n Stone landed the position at Ceres and spent his summer working on the Investor Network team’s Shareholder Initiative on Climate and Sustainability. There, he compiled a list of companies that could have a profound impact by adopting greenhouse gas reduction targets.<\/p>\n “I’ve been doing research surrounding the companies on the S&P 500 list to determine whether or not they’re performing in a positive manner on different environmental initiatives,” he told an interviewer. “Do they have a clean energy initiative, do they have board oversight on climate-related issues, do they purchase carbon offsets?”<\/p>\n An environmental science<\/a> major with a focus on conservation biology, Stone tailored his academic experience to give him the skills needed to pursue a career in a social science-oriented field. He is now pursuing an accelerated master’s degree<\/a> in environmental science and policy<\/a> with a concentration in climate change impacts and adaptation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n