27 | The O'Neill Sustainability Internship w/McKenzie Jones, Mae Allen, and Jessica Davis

Sustainability has long stopped being just a corporate buzzword or nice elective. It’s a critical part of planning in just about every aspect of our lives, the fundamental operating system for a world facing rapid climate shifts and resource scarcity. It’s about building systems that are regenerative rather than just extractive, ensuring that our progress today doesn’t become a debt for the generation of tomorrow.

And the generation of tomorrow is already playing their part.

At the O’Neill School on both our Bloomington and Indianapolis campuses, sustainability interns conduct holistic assessments of the O’Neill School and its operations to identify areas where improvement is needed.

Studying things isn’t enough. Awareness is critical, as well, and the group has built a website to allow stakeholders to understand where and how improvements can make a difference.

O’Neill Speaks is joined today by McKenzie Jones, Mae Allen, and Jessica Davis. McKenzie is the Bloomington Sustainability Intern at O’Neill is a second-year graduate student working toward a Master of Public Administration as well as a Master of Environmental Science with a concentration in Energy and Climate Change Solutions. Mae is the O’Neill sustainability intern on the IU Indianapolis campus pursuing a degree in sustainable practices and policy. Jessica is IU’s Associate Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer and is an associate faculty member at the O’Neill School.

Visit the O’Neill Sustainability website at https://blogs.iu.edu/oneillsustainability/