Five finalists will compete for the Bright Green Business Environmental Placement Programme Award during a special event at Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh, on Wednesday, November 20 (6pm).
They are Ana Hernandez, Campus Cycling Officer, City of Glasgow College in partnership with Cycling Scotland; Erin Stowell, Climate Adaption Risk Intern, The Scottish Parliament; Karolina Dannberg, Business Strategy Intern, The Leith Collective, in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland; Kelvin Akpojevwe, Sustainability Research Intern, Saltire Patisserie, in partnership with Zero Waste Scotland and Sophie Brown, Environmental Trainee, Paths for All
Organisers are Bright Green Business (BGB) and the Environmental Placement Programme is their flagship, providing students and graduates with experience in the environmental field doing paid, project-based work for a host organisation.
The annual awards ceremony provides interns with the opportunity to showcase what they achieved during their internships and the judging panel will be tasked with selecting The Most Enterprising Environmental Intern, 2024.
Judges are Elena Marburger, the Most Enterprising Environmental Intern, 2023, Lucy Filby, Head of Net Zero Transition for Agriculture, South of Scotland Enterprise, Mhairi Cochrane, Senior Projects Officer, Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, Kenni Hall, Integrated Employer Engagement Manager, (ESES City Region Deal) Capital City Partnership.
The main speaker at the event will be Ovie Frederick-Simon, Sustainability Senior Analyst, SP Energy Networks, the Most Enterprising Environmental Intern, 2022.
PICTURE: Last year’s lead judge and finalists: Ovie Frederick-Simon, Manas Disoriya, Putu Ayu Indira Ardiyatna, Elena Marburger, Saba Ghanbari
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