15 episodes
PEN Podcasts Climactic
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PEN Podcasts offers young and emerging professionals unique insights into a range of environmentally and sustainability themed topics.
From interviews with professionals about the types of skills and knowledge necessary in their field, to conversations with young environmental heroes about how their creating change, to the types of programs the Sustainability Team at the University of Melbourne is implementing, these podcasts aspire to provide our listeners with pragmatic tools to help kick start their environmental careers!
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Episode 13 - Michelle Maloney - Hopefulness, pragmatism, values and accepting ones level of impact
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Episode 12 - Cameron Kaufman - The Circular Economy, Environmental Consulting and Tips to Kick Start Your Career
In this episode, Lotus and Cam explore Cam's role as a circular economy consultant. They discuss what the circular economy is and draw out key challenges and guidance for individuals interested in this field.
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Episode 11 - Amelia Goonerage - Global Voices Program, COP 26, and the importance of youth engagement
In this episode, Amelia and Cam chat about the upcoming COP 26 as well as the importance of youth to get involved in the global climate conversation (in Amelia's case, through the Global Voices Program).
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Episode 10 - Katerina Gaita, Marta Zajac and Serena Davies - Creating the climate for change
In the 10th episode of PENpod, Cam Kaufman chats with Katerina Gaita, the founder of Climate for Change, as well as Marta (fundraising coordinator at C4C) and Serena (fellowship coordinator at C4C), a organization uses personal connections as a powerful lever for climate action. They discuss the C4C organisation (and some opportunities to get involved!), some insight into starting your own business, and some tips for employment for international students
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Episode 9 - Matthew Nguyen - Countering Digital Threats to Democracy
In episode 9, Lucy Marks interviews Matthew Nguyen, who graduated with a bachelor of science at Melbourne University in 2018, with a focus in microbiology, immunology and public health. Matt then moved into the climate space, working at Al Gore's Climate Reality Project. Recently, Matt has been looking at the digital threats to democracy, working at a new think-tank organisation called Reset. We talk about data collection, how it's used to manipulate us, causing the polarisation of society and how we should go about remedying that.
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Episode 8 - Zoe Parkin - Clean Energy Investment
PEN Podcasts offers young and emerging professionals unique insights into a range of environmentally and sustainability themed topics. In Episode 8, Cameron Kaufman interviews Zoe Parkin, who works as a Senior Investment Associate for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation. The CEFC is the largest green bank in the world, a government-created, taxpayer-funded, privately-run company tasked with investing in Australian decarbonisation. In this episode, Cam and Zoe discuss the power of finance for good, and offer some tips for breaking into the sustainable finance sector.
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