This week at Green Columbus I submitted a grant application for the first time ever which was very exciting. Green Columbus applied to an Arbor Day Foundation grant and I helped prepare the extended responses for the grant application. I also started another grant application for Green Columbus’ community tree planting program which was exciting.

I feel like I have applied so many concepts from my college classes in this internship which is always a great feeling. I have been asked a lot by older adults what I “plan to use” a degree in Environmental Policy for as if my major is useless, and it’s great to now have a response to questions like that. I think this internship has also dispelled the myth that degrees in the humanities or social sciences are useless because there’s “no real world application” but I have found this to be far from the case. I have learned so much about environmental justice in my classes and it has been 100% applicable to my job. I also have learned quite a bit about how local government functions which is so important for any local nonprofit. I feel that I am equipped to articulate the importance of environmental projects because of my major which has been very important this past week when applying for grants.

I’m excited for next week because we have a fundraiser coming up and I will submit the other grants for Green Columbus!

See you next week,

Emma