All Posts from Caroline D'Angelo
Green Growth, Water and Gender: An Interview with Marcia Brewster
The World Water Forum provided a unique opportunity for some of the authors and directors of wH2O: The Journal for Gender, Water and Sanitation at the University of Pennsylvania to meet face-to-face for the first time. StudentReporter.org Editor Caroline D’Angelo, co-chair and Editor-in-Chief of wH2O, sat down with Marcia Brewster, an wH2O author, to discuss green growth, water » read on
Switched: The Interviewers Become the Interviewees
At the World Water Forum 6, Student Reporter Eva Papadimas and I were interviewed by Suez Environment’s Water Blog. It was a rare case of reversing roles: the previous day Student Reporter Maria-Tzina Leria had interviewed Jean Marc Jahn, CEO for a Suez-affiliated company in Algeria. For the reverse interview, Suez staffers asked us about the Student » read on
Meet the World Water Forum 2012 Student Reporter Team!
Today is the beginning day of the World Water Forum 2012 in Marseille, France. The WWF is the world’s largest meeting about water – previous forums in Istanbul and Mexico were attended by 25,000 people. Participants and presenters include members of international bodies like the United Nations, global NGOs like The Nature Conservancy and local NGOs such » read on
Application Form: oikos Student Reporter and University of Pennsylvania @World Water Forum, 2012
Welcome to the application form to the Student Reporter at the World Water Forum 2012! In partnership with the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Master of Environmental Studies program (US), oikos invites 10 students from the University of Pennsylvania to take part in the Student Reporter coaching programme and live blogging at the » read on
An American in Davos: Insights from the World Resources Forum 2011
I was one of only a handful of Americans at the World Resources Forum 2011. A few times I was asked was how I felt about America’s besieged environmental policies, or the lack of America’s participation in global climate talks, or other questions along those lines that acknowledged some international frustration with America in the » read on
Ranking the Titans: Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes
Corporate reporting and assessment frameworks are powerful tools to help investors and consumers choose their investments and products wisely. In the wake of the World Resources Forum 2011, corporate sustainability assessments are an important tool to help consumers and investors drive change towards a less-resource-intensive world. One of the oldest, the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) started » read on
Measuring Impact: What’s the beef with beer?
Whenever I go backpacking, I choose a flask of liquor over beer, even though I prefer beer. Why? Because the flask is lighter than a few bottles of beer. But in the ecological backpack, beer is among the lighter items you can bring! An ecological backpack, or rucksack if you prefer, measures a product’s impact » read on
Should we limit the use of resources?
Here’s the conundrum: so far, more resource use means higher GDP, but we are running out of global resources. Here at WRF2011, it is widely agreed that we need to cut consumption of resources, but can we tell people to limit resource use if that means they take a corresponding hit economically? In a nutshell, » read on
A Carbon Confession
Here’s the dirty secret behind my attendance at the World Resources Forum 2011: I caused 1.12 metric tons of CO2 emissions to come here from the US. (Roundtrip, all calculations from Carbonfootprint.com) Four hundred people have flown in from around the world for WRF2011; can we do enough good to outweigh our collective and individual carbon » read on
Resource Management: What do we need to achieve?
The United Nations projects that by 2050, the world population will reach more than 9 billion people. How will we provide the necessities for these extra two billion people, when we have not even met the needs of our current population? Technology is an answer. Advances in medicine, agriculture or engineering, have allowed the population » read on
More about this author
Caroline D’Angelo is studying Policy, Business and Sustainability in the Master of Environmental Studies program at the University of Pennsylvania. She will graduate in May 2012. She works for the Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) at the Wharton School (UPenn) doing research and social media communications. Caroline was awarded the Society of Women Environmental Professionals’ 2011-2012 scholarship in recognition of her environmental work. She was also awarded University of Pennsylvania's School of Arts and Sciences' prestigious Dean's Scholar Award in 2012 at a ceremony with keynote speaker of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.
She received a B.A. from the University of Virginia in 2007, with a thesis on environmental ethics. She interned for The Nature Conservancy in data management and research, building a global database of river health taking into account deforestation, dams and pollution. She also interned at Friends of the Earth, where she advocated for better policy design for ethanol, and created an online and print media communications campaign.
At Penn, Caroline has received two grants from the Provost’s Office to run university-wide environmental events and co-founded (with Dakota Dobyns) an academic initiative to publish a journal on global women and water issues which will be published in April 2012 (wh2ojournal.com). She also represented Penn, Philadelphia Global Water Initiative and IGEL on a trip to Sri Lanka and India. She is a Reporter in Residence for Oikos International has covered the World Resources Forum 2011 in Davos, Switzerland; Oikos/United Nations Programme for Responsible Investment Young Scholars Finance Academy in Gais, Switzerland in 2012; and the World Water Forum 2012 in Marseille, France.
She is also active in the outdoors and is a former wilderness guide, and is an avid kayaker and backpacker. She has traveled extensively throughout the world.
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