Introducing AIFS Overseas’s Fall 2024 Inexperienced Ambassadors
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AIFS Overseas is dedicated to sustainability, environmental duty, and local weather motion. As a part of our Inexperienced Initiative, we’re proud to supply the Inexperienced Ambassador Scholarship to individuals who share our ardour for making a greener future.
AIFS Overseas Inexperienced Ambassador scholarship recipients are anticipated to collaborate with their on-site employees to plan and execute no less than one “inexperienced” occasion throughout their program. This occasion ought to promote sustainability and local weather training and consciousness. Recipients may even be concerned in sustainability-related content material creation.
Learn on to study extra about our Fall 2024 cohort of Inexperienced Ambassadors:
Caitlin Pruitt (she/her), Northern Illinois College
AIFS Overseas in Budapest, Hungary | Examine Overseas Program
Main: Enterprise Administration with an Emphasis in Management | Minor: Advertising and Enterprise Innovation and Entrepreneurship
“To be a Inexperienced Ambassador in a time the place we’re seeing a lot change in our world is extraordinarily essential to me. I’m excited to have the ability to study and share the efforts we’re making in the direction of a greater future.”
Since kicking off her fall semester in Budapest, Caitlin has taken observe of on-site sustainability efforts and local weather motion.
“I’ve really observed plenty of sustainability initiatives right here in Budapest since arriving. Some issues which have actually stood out to me are the public transportation choices, paper straws, bottle cap tops, and the escalators solely going if movement is detected. Having the choice to take the tram in all places it is advisable to go is wonderful and closely used right here. The trams don’t emit fumes which rely as an incredible various to assist our local weather. There may be additionally a ton of strolling that’s used as a predominant supply of transportation!
A number of eating places right here and fast cease retailers additionally give out drinks in recyclable cups that embrace using paper straws. This additionally comes into play with drinks from a bottle at all times have the cap hooked up to assist scale back littering and plastic waste.”
Sandrine Bélanger, HEC Montreal
AIFS Overseas in Sydney, Australia | Full-Time Internship Program
Main: Grasp in Administration (Technique)
“[Being a Green Ambassador] means to have a optimistic affect on the those who I’ll encounter throughout this expertise. Each seed that I can plant in somebody’s head relating to sustainability can be an excellent achievement for me.”
Since kicking off her fall semester in Sydney, Sandrine has seen her host metropolis make unbelievable efforts on the sustainability entrance, but in addition has assessed areas for enchancment that she hopes to make an affect on throughout her time there.
“I’ve had the chance to watch varied environmental practices that spotlight each the strengths and gaps in native sustainability efforts. From the widespread use of public transportation to the surprisingly minimal presence of recycling and composting, these experiences have been each enlightening and thought-provoking… I’m excited to enhance my learnings and management on this subject!”
In response to the overwhelming world local weather disaster, AIFS Overseas has made sustainability a key precedence when contemplating organizational, operational, and programming choices. We perceive that the one method to successfully fight this disaster and mitigate the consequences of local weather change is to drastically scale back our environmental affect. Due to this fact, we’ve dedicated to reaching carbon neutrality by the yr 2025.
Our Inexperienced Initiative has three pillars:
- Inexperienced Enterprise that features auditing our personal enterprise practices and our program companions to cut back our consumption of finite assets and limiting our carbon footprint.
- Sustainability Training for each our program individuals, by way of onsite engagement with native environmental initiatives, and inside our trade as a pacesetter in our subject.
- Offsetting Carbon Emissions by buying verified carbon credit for all our program individuals spherical journey flights to their program location.
