Ana Sophia Mifsud outlines three lessons she has learned in her career working on climate change: 1) Addressing climate change does not require sacrifice but can be enjoyable and lead to interesting opportunities, as shown through her experiences in solar energy education and internships. 2) Successful climate action requires contributions from diverse people with different skills and backgrounds. 3) Maintaining hope through focused, practical actions each day ("applied hope") helps sustain work over the long-term to address this challenging issue, as Amory Lovins said.

1. Ana Sophia
Mifsud:
Three Lessons
From My Career
June 6th, 2023

2. Three Lessons I have
learned throughout my
career
1. Addressing climate change is
not all about sacrifice
2. We need all sorts of people
working on climate change
3. Applied Hope is a useful tool
to sustain yourself in this
work

3. #1 Addressing
climate change is not
all about sacrifice

4. High school: took my
first solar energy class
Went to Stanford University
Studied Environmental
Systems Engineering
High school:
Outdoor Academy
Semester School
High School:
Graduated having
completed ayear
internship and doig a
lot of volunteer work

5. #2 We need all
sorts of people
working on
Climate change

6. RMI internship, Junior year
RMI Full Time

8. #3 Applied Hope is a
useful tool to sustain
yourself in this work
“Applied hope is not about some
vague, far-off future, but is
expressed and created moment
by moment through our
choices.”
– Amory Lovins

9. Three Lessons I have
learned throughout my
career
1. Addressing climate change is
not all about sacrifice
2. We need all sorts of people
working on climate change
3. Applied Hope is a useful tool
to sustain yourself in this
work