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Aiyana Bodi

Aiyana Bodi leads employee engagement at Project Drawdown, working with corporate partners and their employees to scale climate action. Aiyana is passionate about climate justice and helping people turn their climate concern into action. Aiyana holds a Master of Public Administration in Environmental Science and Policy from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Ecology from the College of William & Mary

Aiyana Bodi
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Five ways to take climate action at work – brainstormed by employees like you!
by Aiyana Bodi
Last month, I led the inaugural Climate @ Work Employee Training, a new workshop by Project Drawdown designed to help non-sustainability employees understand the role of businesses – and most importantly, their employees – in scaling climate action. 
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Corporate sustainability isn't backing down – but was it really bold enough in the first place?
by Aiyana Bodi
As the Trump Administration dismantles environmental safeguards, from targeting rules that limit power plant and car pollution to speeding up permitting processes for fossil fuel projects – actions that will put all
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What can memes tell us about the state of corporate sustainability?
by Aiyana Bodi
If you’re chronically online like me, you probably get a fair share of your daily laughs from internet memes. 
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Looking to land the elusive “climate job”? You might already have it.
by Aiyana Bodi
When I graduated from college less than a decade ago, there seemed to be only two paths for people interested in fighting climate change full-time: science or policy. 
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Finding your shortest path to a climate job
by Aiyana Bodi
As founder of the Climate Leadership Collective and former Microsoft employee, Drew Wilkinson knows the ins and outs of getting employees engaged on climate. 
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Answering an existential call for climate action
by Aiyana Bodi
Laura Lara Rodriguez is a seasoned 3M employee. She’s been with the company for about a decade, starting initially in product and technology development and now coordinating teams as Research and Development Program Manager. 
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Positioning deliciousness up front
by Aiyana Bodi
Lisa Feldman is the senior director of culinary for Sodexo, a multinational food service company that works with institutions like hospitals, college campuses, senior living centers, and company offices. 
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Technical writer turned workplace climate leader
by Aiyana Bodi
When Suzume Soryo* started working as a technical writer at a software company, she jumped immediately into the climate community at her new organization. 
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Young people want climate careers. Employers need to adapt.
by Aiyana Bodi
I have worked in the sustainability space for almost a decade. In that time, I have witnessed my parents struggle to tell their friends what their daughter does for work; my friends who work in tech smile and nod when I talk about climate policy; and strangers apologize to me for not recycling. 
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7 meaningful climate actions for smaller businesses
by Aiyana Bodi
It’s time to elevate and expand corporate sustainability from the often siloed, underresourced work of small sustainability teams to the work of every team – harnessing the passion and expertise that every employee has to advance climate action.
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