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Greetings from EMBARQ!

Dear friends and fans of ResponsibleChina!

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, but a lot has changed in my life over the past couple of months.

I recently moved out of Chicago back to Maryland, where I attended public high school. In October, I left my reporting job at Crain’s Chicago Business and started a new internship that combines all of my interests in new media, environmental sustainability and the nonprofit sector.

I am now the Information and Innovation Intern for EMBARQ - The WRI Center for Sustainable Transport - a not-for-profit initiative of the World Resources Institute, an environmental thinktank based in Washington, DC.

EMBARQ works with cities in the developing world to catalyze and help implement sustainable solutions to the problems of urban mobility. By working with EMBARQ, cities can reduce the cost, risk, time, and complexity of diagnosing transport problems and designing and implementing sustainable solutions. EMBARQ has also proven that sustainable transport in developing countries can translate into economic opportunities for the forward-thinking business.

Over the next couple of months, I will be helping the EMBARQ communications team launch its new website, contribute to blogs, videos and articles, schedule events, and develop the organization’s growing online presence.

Be sure to check out EMBARQ’s blog, TheCityFix.com, to read about “sustainable solutions to the problems of urban mobility.”

Here are some sample posts about transportation in China:

• New Beijing Traffic Restrictions Surprisingly Popular
• Cycling in Beijing
• Will Smog Darken China’s Debutante Ball?
• China’s Moving Masses

It is exciting to be part of the World Resources Institute’s mission to combat climate change and ecosystem degradation by providing information, analysis and policy recommendations to institutions around the world. Over the next few years, WRI will become increasingly involved in China, and so I hope to document some of its progress there on this blog.

Thank you for your continued support and readership. Stay tuned!

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