Date:  Wednesday, March 14, 2018, 12:30 pm ET

As a non-profit or foundation partner, do you find you are tired of the "overhead" conversation?  Do you find that after covering day-to-day operating expenses, you have other costs or investments you must consider - such as hiring essential personnel, fixing that leaky roof, or even replacing that finicky fax machine?  Well, you're not alone!  Switzer Fellow Roger Perez, Senior Associate at the Nonprofit Finance Fund, will host this free, one-hour webinar to discuss the concept and practice of Full Cost.  More information is available on our website.

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We launched our new reading group and listserve focused on Race and Equity in the Environment.  This group was formed to help Fellows learn about how to integrate considerations of equity and justice into their own work and how to expand the vision for leadership in the environmental field.  Our first topic in the series focused on Switzer Fellow Rachel Morello-Frosch and her research on how social inequality is a driver of environmental harms for all.  

Our next call in the series will be on Friday, March 2nd, and will feature Erika Zavaleta leading a discussion on leadership pathways and inclusion in the environmental field.  For more information about the call, or to register, please see our website.

Fellows interested in joining the reading group or the associated listserve, please contact Lissa.

Fellows interested in interviewing finalists for the 2018 Fellowships, please contact Erin!  Our process in recent years has been to take names of those interested in helping us interview, and then selecting interviewers from a variety of disciplines and backgrounds to make up the interview teams.  We would also be interested in your ideas for non-Fellow colleagues whom you think would be great additions to our interview teams.

New England interviews will be held in Boston on Saturday, May 5th.

California interviews will be held in San Francisco on Saturday, May 12th.

Connecticut Fund for the Environment has posted their interest in finding a Switzer Fellow with whom to partner on a potential Leadership Grant concept.  The position title is Climate and Energy Program Research Fellow, and the position would be helping the organization translate climate research into policy.  This is a New Haven-based position.  Please see the Leadership Exchange for a full description of this opportunity.

"Climate change will increase the global burden of infectious diseases such as malaria, Zika, and Lyme disease," says 2017 Fellow Dev Vashishtha.  "We are also seeing changes in pollen patterns and increases in asthma diagnoses.  We know that the poor and people of color will be the hardest hit.  My interest in climate change is closely tied to my interest in public health and disease prevention."

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Photo: LandRoverOurPlanet/Flickr

In 2008, it was folly to imagine India creating new technological solutions to address the climate crisis.  For decades India had called itself a victim of climate change and thus, incapable of acting to reduce emissions; what's more, 400 million Indians had no access to electricity at all.  Ten years later, all of that has changed and now India is a leader in renewable energy deployment while the United States is retreating from its commitments on climate.  The story of how India transformed its energy technology outlook - and its relationship with the United States - to address climate change shows what may be possible in the future, writes Kartikeya Singh.

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As the #MeToo wave continues to hit various fields - politics, entertainment, technology - we're missing one in particular:  science.  Sarah Myrhe wrote a powerful piece for Newsweek about her experiences.

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