Sustainability Scholars
Our Sustainability Scholars have varying interests, majors and class years.
Each is placed with a private, public, or nonprofit community institution to focus on a discrete project during the summer, and we also meet as a group to discuss how individuals and institutions can move the needle at the community-scale on environmental issues, with a particular emphasis on climate change.
Learning Objectives
Through hands-on experience and dynamic group discussion, sustainability scholars gain unique knowledge and insight as well as applicable skills, including the following.
- Urgency and agency to make positive change for the environment
- Familiarity with systems thinking and several sustainability-related examples
- Knowledge of key climate change drivers, impacts, and policies
- Knowledge of Charlotte-area sustainability challenges, opportunities, and champions
- First-hand experience with alternative transportation modes
- Proficiency in specific tool(s) for measuring and/or engaging sustainability
- Ability to identify advantages and barriers to community-scale sustainability action from the perspectives of individuals, private-sector, public-sector and nonprofit organizations
2024 Sustainability Scholars
![Namoi Janis](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/NamoiJanis_Sustainability%20Scholars_005_0.jpg?h=a78309d8&itok=qF5R7q46)
Naomi Janis
BikeWalk NC
![Zijin Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/ZijinWang_Sustainability%20Scholars_008.jpg?h=96ac120c&itok=HCbAQzmh)
Zijin Wang
CleanAIRE NC
![Lincoln Hayes](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/LincolnHayes_Sustainability%20Scholars.jpg?h=e5c3d6d4&itok=mYlJtgOI)
Lincoln Hayes
BikeWalk NC
![Ella Dittmer](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/EllaDittmer_Sustainability%20Scholars_002.jpg?h=96ac120c&itok=bRwQsvak)
Ella Dittmer
City of Charlotte
![Bradley Passarella](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/BradleyPassarella_Sustainability%20Scholars.jpg?h=b06b2f54&itok=9a9usrsi)
Bradley Passarella
Town of 小优视频
![Sophie Landers](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/SophieLanders_Sustainability%20Scholars.jpg?h=702cd0b9&itok=_iuCAwJT)
Sophie Landers
City of Charlotte
![Jingyan Chi](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/JingyanChi_Sustainability%20Scholars_003.jpg?h=b3a330e9&itok=w5ygYXwX)
Jingyan Chi
Trane Technologies
![Andre Phillips](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/AndrePhillips_Sustainability%20Scholars_001.jpg?h=27ab3d4c&itok=RCqjhvTf)
Andre Phillips
Sustain Charlotte
![Kendyl Brown](/sites/default/files/styles/small_4x3/public/2024-05/KendylBrown.headshot.jpg?h=f44610db&itok=6C-fUYuF)
Kendyl Brown
Crescent Communities
Past Sustainability Scholars
2023 Scholars
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Sydney kellgren, Everblue
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Jayden Smith, Catawba Riverkeeper
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Owen Lekki, City of Charlotte
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Rani Greer, Catawba Nation
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Courtney Fortunato, BikeWalk NC
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Kate Lemire, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
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Sebastian Provencio, Town of 小优视频
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Lyric Bailey, Sustain Charlotte
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Maddie Plank, CleanAIRE NC
2022 Scholars
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Ella Williams, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
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Claudia Craig, 小优视频 Farm
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Amanda Creek, City of Charlotte
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Daisy Hoover, Sustain Charlotte
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Charlotte Joseph, Crescent Communities
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Gabriela Nahm, Carolina Raptor Center
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Katieanne Peterson, Harper General Contractors
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Bailey Scarlett, CleanAIRE NC
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Alexandra Williamson, Summit Coffee
2021 Scholars
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Ty Cryan, Carolina Raptor Center
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Mira Gladstone, The Bulb
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Emily Kaminsky, Town of 小优视频
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Beatrice Levy, Crescent Communities
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Kate Pottle, Sustain Charlotte
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Kat Soltany, CleanAIRE NC
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Caroline Wachino, Boomerang Water
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Hattie Rodriguez, Carolina Raptor Center