Nathan Allen’s Post

For those seeking work in sustainability, climate, etc., in my network - see these open roles below. As always, huge thanks to Adam Elman for his great work in creating these running lists.

Always nice to see and share uplifting articles regarding climate change and all the amazing efforts happening to mitigate it (though we all know there is so much more work to accomplish together). Thank you for this, Kate Marvel! And hopefully this link gets you past the paywall.

For those interested in the climate and sustainability space, Adam Elman continues to do great work by putting together these lists of fantastic open roles throughout the year.

I’ve long held the belief that we need to start teaching air travel etiquette as part of our cursory education. I’ll go ahead and put together the course curriculum here: 1. Be kind. Take a deep breath. Repeat. 2. Do not line up until your section is called. 3. Patiently allow those rows in front of you to deboard first. That is all. Safe and happy traveling, my friends.

There’s a great opportunity to work on Google’s hardware team for Philip Battin - one of the more talented, fun and kind humans I’ve ever met (a very rare combo). If interested, you can apply at the link in his post below.

I know I'm not alone in this and in the light of negative and anxiety-producing stories that inundate my news feeds and apps, I wanted to start sharing a few uplifting articles and initiatives as I come across them - especially as it relates to sustainability and climate change (but across a number of other subjects as well). If you're not familiar with Positive News (www.positive.news), it's also a great resource for a quick pick-me-up. Great things are happening around the world everyday and it's always so helpful for mental health to keep those accomplishments in perspective against a lot of the challenges we still have to solve. Wishing everyone a good week after our US holiday... Solar energy to become world's largest energy source by 2027 (Positive News): https://lnkd.in/ez5nhPHg Record clean energy investment in 2023 continues to eclipse that of fossil fuels (International Energy Agency): https://lnkd.in/eGakHjfy The world's first rewilding center opens in Scotland (National Geographic): https://lnkd.in/ep_guTEB Swiss researchers help paralyzed man walk again with brain implant (BBC News): https://lnkd.in/eaSTNeDi

Thanks to the support and love from my husband Jesse, family and friends, yesterday marked my graduation from Yale University and the Yale School of Management with an MBA in Sustainability. It was an incredible program and two years that I'll remember for the rest of my life, along with some new best friends and mentors from our cohort and professors. To my wonderful classmates and new school family - a massive congratulations. Here's to going out in the world and creating the most positive impact we can for the planet and its communities. We know how much there is to accomplish and the first step is continuing to work together. For anyone who has been considering pursuing another (or your first degree), my advice: do the research, find the program that fulfills your passion and then dive in head first as soon as it works for you and your family. The time will pass regardless. And yes, it will be deeply challenging. But you could look back in a few years with or without the new experience, skills, knowledge and degree and I promise it will go by in the blink of an eye. If you're ever interested in learning more about Yale's program, you can reach out to the program team here: https://lnkd.in/ePy9xAMM

Always so proud of my husband Jesse and the Creative Lab team at Google. Here's their latest work on the next evolution of Google Search with Generative AI built-in which was announced today at Google I/O. Congrats to all of the product teams for bringing this to life!

It was a great honor to give the commencement address to the WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development's Executive Leadership Program at the The Yale Club of New York City last week. Thank you to Rodney Irwin for the kind invitation and a huge congratulations to these amazing sustainability leaders from around the world.