This Tuesday I attended my second CleanTX Power Lunch at Austin’s Chamber of Commerce. It’s a monthly event that draws in professionals to hear from a guest speaker in the cleantech/energy sector. This month we had Raj Prabhu, CEO and co-founder of Mercom Capital Group. Mercom is a global communications and consulting firm that works with … Continue reading
On Thursday I went to an lunchtime event organised by the Texas Observer and Texas Nature Project: Let’s Do Lunch! With Arianna Huffington. I have to say, the session was surprisingly inspirational and very enlightening. Note the great venue, known as the Texas Exes Alumni Center. Originally from Greece, Arianna graduated from Cambridge University with … Continue reading
Yesterday I went to my first Solar Austin Happy Hour. The event had a good turnout, with an nice variety of recent graduates, solar industry professionals, tech gurus, policy experts and those simply looking to learn more (like myself). The panel discussion was centered around climate change and referenced the recently released Intergovernmental Panel on … Continue reading
This Tuesday I went to my first Clean TX Power Lunch at Austin’s Chamber of Commerce. The event ran from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM, featuring Jorge R. Piñon from the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy and UT Austin. Piñon did a great job running through Mexico’s rapidly evolving energy sector. It was interesting … Continue reading
Okay, so it’s finally time for an update. A big update at that. I bid farewell to London in June, which was my home for the past four years. I do love the city and hope to live there again some day, but the timing was perfect — I had just finished my studies and … Continue reading
There’s been a bit of a dry spell on this reflection blog series, apologies for that! I’ve just published my third post in the Guardian’s Environment Blog. This one is on transport emissions and car efficiency. I’m quite happy with this write-up. As I started researching the piece I knew it was going to be … Continue reading
My first post went up on the Guardian’s environment page last week! The article is part of my blog series on energy consumption, and looks specifically at the UK’s strategy on reducing energy use. I’m relieved that I have the first one out of the way, because it’s always the trickiest one to put together. It’s really just a matter … Continue reading
Check out my Storify about British Science Association’s 2013 Science Communication Conference: [View the story “#SciComm13” on Storify] #SciComm13 Friday’s session of the British Science Association’s 2013 Science Communication Conference. I was lucky enough to be awarded a one-day bursary for the SciComm Conference, and chose to attend Friday’s event. It took place at a … Continue reading
So the MA project has taken off to a rolling start. Yesterday was my first day at the Guardian offices near King’s Cross London. And what an office space it is! Adam Vaughan, my supervisor, is encouraging me to come in as much as possible to get a feel for the workplace of a daily … Continue reading
Today was the start of summer term for my Science Journalism MA at City University London. It’s the final stretch before I’m done with the postgrad studies, to be let loose into the ‘real world’. This final term is dedicated to our MA projects, a dissertation of sorts. We had a choice between specialising in … Continue reading
Katherine Portilla 