{"entry":[{"id":"11377652","hash":"fb8c11e297da143587a08dcb40690869","requestHash":"thetanvi","profileUrl":"http:\/\/gravatar.com\/thetanvi","preferredUsername":"thetanvi","thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb8c11e297da143587a08dcb40690869","photos":[{"value":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fb8c11e297da143587a08dcb40690869","type":"thumbnail"},{"value":"http:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/userimage\/11377652\/b2c1bbe92493a0b6feb0b390b2b73c5b"}],"name":{"givenName":"Tanvi","familyName":"G","formatted":"Tanvi G"},"displayName":"thetanvi","aboutMe":"I am graduating this month with a degree in Environmental Studies from\r\nthe University of Maryland, Baltimore County.  In January I'm\r\ntraveling to India and I would love to connect to an internship with\r\nNavdanya.  I have a great deal of experience and interest in the\r\norganic agriculture and environmental movement as well as learning\r\nabout and protecting India's indigenous culture and species.  I am\r\ncurrently writing a proposal to establish a community garden on my\r\ncampus and through Students for Environmental Awareness establishing a\r\nconnection with my campus and the Great Kids Organic Farm started by\r\nthe Baltimore City Public Schools to provide city students with\r\norganic, local, produce as well as education and experiences with the\r\nscience of agriculture and nutrition.\r\n\r\nDuring the summer of 2009 I interned at the Union of Concerned\r\nScientist's Washington, DC office in the Food and Environment Program.\r\n The Union of Concerned Scientists is a national non-profit that in\r\naddition to scientific research also recommends and advocates for\r\nprogressive policies in the federal government and conducts outreach\r\nto the public.  During my time with Dr. Shirin and Deepak Gadhia of\r\nGadhia Solar and the International Center for Networking Ecology\r\nEducation and Reintegration in Valsad, Gujarat I learned how water\r\nconservation and organic farming in addition to other sustainable\r\ntechniques relates to and benefits rural India.\r\n\r\nBeing extremely involved on my campus, as well as in my community, I\r\nhave a great deal of experience in environmental issues, community\r\norganizing, and event planning.  With my positions as President of\r\nGeography and Environmental Science Council of Majors and Secretary\r\nand Webmaster of Students for Environmental Awareness I have\r\ncoordinated a number of campaigns and events on campus and throughout\r\nthe region. I am responsible for maintaining and designing\r\nadvertisements and marketing for my groups through our websites as\r\nwell as fliers, brochures and posters. Additionally, as part of the\r\nsteering committee of Maryland Student Climate Coalition I led over\r\n600 Maryland participants at the 2009 National PowerShift Conference\r\nin DC.  I also organized the Maryland Student Climate Coalition Summit\r\nof students from all over the state on my campus in Fall 2009.  I took\r\npart in lobbying and leading political campaigns such as PowerVote and\r\nwork to pass the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act in Maryland.  Both\r\nPowerShfit and PowerVote are focused on involving students and youth\r\nholding political figures accountable for policies supporting a shift\r\nto clean, just renewable technologies. I was awarded the \u201cDynamic\r\nLeader of Service Award\u201d from UMBC and \"Outstanding Volunteer Group of\r\nthe Year\" from the Parks and People Foundation after I took the\r\ninitiative to create and lead a week long Alternative Spring Break in\r\nMarch 2009 with a group of students devoting the week to\r\nenvironmentally themed volunteer service and reflections with local\r\nschools, parks, and community organizations in Baltimore. I was a\r\nco-director for my campus\u2019s annual Earth Day celebration, Ecofest in\r\nApril 2008 and April 2009 and an organizer of the Global Women\u2019s\r\nHealth Fair in April 2009 with Women Involved in Learning and\r\nLeadership (WILL).  From December 2008- January 2009 I volunteered on\r\nan organic farm in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California near\r\nNorthern San Juan. There I learned about sustainable communities,\r\nalternative building techniques as well as familiarity with farming\r\nand animal husbandry on a self-sufficient family farm.\r\n\r\nNot only do I have a strong devotion to environmental issues I also\r\nhave a broad range of experience in environmental research and\r\nmonitoring fieldwork and lab work and data entry and document\/report\r\ncreation, I also have experience working in an office as well, plus\r\nskills in computer skills in web and graphic design.  In the summers\r\nof 2007 and 2008 with my internship for Maryland Environmental Service\r\nI assisted in creating and coordinating meetings of the Environmental\r\nCompliance Committee in addition to meetings bringing together\r\nindividuals from a range of backgrounds including community members\r\nand state environmental regulatory agencies. During my current\r\ninternship with the Recycling Division in the Baltimore County Bureau\r\nof Solid Waste Management I provide the public with information on\r\nrecycling, composting and waste prevention through research, writing\r\nfor the newsletter, and representing the Bureau at public events.  As\r\nan educator at the Maryland Science Center I was rewarded through\r\nconstantly learning and sharing with a broad range of children and\r\nadults through demonstrations, experiments and personal interactions.\r\n\r\nAfter completing a weeklong training in Environmental Leadership from\r\nthe Sierra Student Coalition I gained countless skills in community\r\norganizing and personal responsibility allowing to the handle busy\r\nschedules, be an effective leader, plan campaigns tactics and reach\r\nout to people strategically.  I am eager to use my skills in community\r\norganizing, art\/design and environmental science to share my intense\r\npassion to bring individuals, communities and organizations together\r\nfor the cause of protecting the environment, organic agriculture,\r\nfoods indigenous to India, seed diversity and as a young women myself-\r\nwomen's rights.","urls":[]}]}