1. Interview with Educator AND Employer for Sustainable Energy:
“From Student-to-the-Sustainability Field”
Student still choose the field for social consciousness. “Astounded by students
commitment – thought a lot had disappeared”
Students come from technical science and engineering, and “learn new fields when come
in.”
Some leave the field for better jobs, but would stay if they could – “no one has left
because of loss of idealism.” Can be due to “maturing” into responsibilities, e.g. family.
“Most people will give up something (money, location, etc.) to work in the field.”
“Most people who have left (working in the group), have left for opportunities, whether
in or out of the field. Time in the field gives them value.”
“People that come out are able to talk about they did.”
Field provides a “range of skill sets.”
One weakness of some students is “sometimes need to get them to see the bigger
picture,” not just project activities.

2. Think:
Those choosing to work in sustainable energy have an innate strong social
consciousness.
Money not a driver for students entering the field.
Money can be a driver for students to leave the field, but they would stay if they
could afford to stay.
Students have diverse technical interests coming into the field, and they expand
their technical skills considerably during their studies.
Feel:
Students should see a range of sustainability projects around the world to
understand opportunities and challenges better.
Students would benefit from working on real-world projects to better understand
the complexity of the overall sustainability problems.
Potential employer do not understand the inherent broad skill sets that students in
the field possess.
Interview with Educator AND Employer for Sustainable Energy:
“From Student-to-the-Sustainability Field”

3. Interview with Educator AND Employer for Sustainable Energy:
“From Student-to-the-Sustainability Field”
A tech-focused PhD engineer well-respected in the sustainable energy field who is
able to design, coordinate and execute complex, national and international
projects in the laboratory and in the real world.
To show students and employers the value, breadth, and depth of sustainable
energy studies for training across varied technical areas and for tackling important
societal and environmental problems.
Stakeholder
Needs a Way
Because
This will continue to attract students from a broad range of field and from new
non-tech fields such as sociology and anthropology; help current students
understand better where & what jobs might be available to them inside and
outside the field, based on their training; and show employers the versatility of
students trained in sustainable energy.