{"id":583400,"date":"2010-05-28T15:01:53","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T19:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.edf.org\/innovation\/?p=1980"},"modified":"2010-05-28T15:01:53","modified_gmt":"2010-05-28T19:01:53","slug":"being-green-just-got-easier-a-fellows-recap-of-climate-corps-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/583400","title":{"rendered":"Being Green Just Got Easier: A fellow&#8217;s recap of Climate Corps training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By\u00a0Peter Petropoulos, MBA, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, 2010 EDF Climate Corp Fellow at Pepsi Co, Member of Net Impact<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kermit\u2019s famous lament on the difficulty of being green rings a little less true for me today.<\/p>\n<p>As a 2010 <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/\">Climate Corps<\/a> fellow for <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/www.pepsico.com\/Purpose\/Sustainability\/Environmental-Sustainability.html\">PepsiCo<\/a>, I just completed EDF\u2019s intense energy efficiency boot camp. As I sit at LaGuardia listening to random announcements over the airport loudspeaker and watching the hustle and bustle go by, I can\u2019t help but think about the 50 other Climate Corps fellows participating in EDF\u2019s program this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Climate Corps class of 2010 will be hosted by some of the world\u2019s most influential <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/page.cfm?tagID=54998\">companies<\/a> this summer, all charged with uncovering energy efficiency opportunities that could increase companies\u2019 bottom line while also reducing their carbon footprint.<\/p>\n<p>I was already very excited about my summer project before arriving in NYC, but the Climate Corps training illuminated an important value-add of EDF\u2019s program: the amazing network I just made. Over the last several days, I met the most dynamic group of go-getters, all attending top business <a rel=\"nofollow\"  href=\"http:\/\/edfclimatecorps.org\/page.cfm?tagID=54998\">schools<\/a> around the country who share my passion for achieving sustainability without sacrificing profits. In the past, I have felt isolated as an environmentalist among my business school peers. I know now that there are many others that share my worldview. Climate Corps will help me and my fellow future business leaders to tackle one of today\u2019s most pressing issues.<\/p>\n<p>When I begin to knock on doors and investigate energy efficiency opportunities at PepsiCo, I will feel confident knowing that I am not alone in my effort and the rest of the Climate Corps network is there to help.<\/p>\n<p>P.S. My flight just got canceled. Maybe my airline could use a well-trained MBA hand with efficiency&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=3rZrNVCxng8:VCMcUUoAYFQ:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=3rZrNVCxng8:VCMcUUoAYFQ:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=3rZrNVCxng8:VCMcUUoAYFQ:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=3rZrNVCxng8:VCMcUUoAYFQ:u0Zhe-nyOHo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=u0Zhe-nyOHo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?a=3rZrNVCxng8:VCMcUUoAYFQ:dnMXMwOfBR0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/environmentaldefense?d=dnMXMwOfBR0\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/environmentaldefense\/~4\/3rZrNVCxng8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By\u00a0Peter Petropoulos, MBA, Booth School of Business, University of Chicago, 2010 EDF Climate Corp Fellow at Pepsi Co, Member of Net Impact Kermit\u2019s famous lament on the difficulty of being green rings a little less true for me today. As a 2010 Climate Corps fellow for PepsiCo, I just completed EDF\u2019s intense energy efficiency boot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4273,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}