IIE Centennial Fellowship

Increasing environmental sustainability is an urgent and pressing challenge facing the world today, with many impacts already being felt across communities worldwide. Immediate and innovative action is essential to support a response to the challenge and ensure a safe, resilient future for all. In its fifth year, the IIE Centennial Fellowship sought proposals for projects that actively address environmental sustainability at the global, regional, and/or local levels. Each Fellow’s project centers on providing resources, education, and support to communities that are immediately impacted: coastal communities in Jamaica, women farmers in rural West Bengal, smallholders in Panama’s critical Biological Corridor, recycling waste textiles in Cambodia, and engaging secondary school students in Karachi, Pakistan in environmental and civic education. The Fellows will share their work throughout the year through their blogs, and we invite you to learn more about their projects.

Jessica Ausinheiler

How Can Small-Scale Landholders Access Payments for Conservation?

“I Know It’s Harmful to Cut Down the Rainforest, But How Will I Survive?”

Dr. Ren-Neasha Blake Gilmore

“The Delicate Balance Between Human Activities and The Environment is Tipping”

Alyssa Kardos

“Ethics are Woven into Each Piece”

“Cheap Clothes Come At a Price”

Aatir Khan

A group of students poses after the vegetable garden activity where the students planted local vegetables in pots painted by themselves.

Addressing Disproportionate Impacts of Extreme Weather Events through Local Community-based Interventions

“I Wanted to Test a Novel Approach”

Aparajita Sengupta

IIE Centennial Fellow Aparajita Sengupta Strengthens Environmental Resilience by Developing Women-Led Local Organic Farms

Women travel to the city to purchase supplies.

“Mitigating Environmental Crises by Using Small-Scale Local Solutions Rather Than Industrial Agriculture”