Environmental Defense Fund brings together experts in science, law and economics to create innovative, equitable and cost-effective solutions to society's most urgent environmental problems. (Learn more about Environmental Defense Fund.)
Allyson Fish (Yale)
Environmental Defense/Corporate Partnerships
Environmental Defense Fund's Corporate Partnerships program works with U.S. companies to reduce the lifecycle environmental impacts of the products and services they sell. Allyson spent the summer helping the program evaluate the feasibility of new project ideas. She is shown here on a visit to a construction site in Boston after testifying before the Massachusetts legislature on a bill to retrofit diesel construction equipment. Learn more about the Corporate Partnerships program. (Summer 2007)
Jamie Ponce (Harvard)
Environmental Defense/Oceans Program
Environmental Defense's Oceans Program is working to address the gap between the supply of local sustainable seafood and growing marketplace demand in California. Currently, a port community attempting to improve its management of fish resources can only work at a “boutique” level. Jamie wrote a business plan for consolidating sustainable seafood landings from multiple ports, with the goal of protecting marine resources while supporting sustainable local economies. Learn more about the Oceans Program. (Packard Environment Fellow Summer 2007)