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And that is the environmental impact of energy, the access to energy that enables education around the world. Because it was less for me about being a teacher and more about really looking at the system of it.Īmanda Bybee: And so I felt like with energy, I could leapfrog my way into working on the types of issues within energy that matter the most to me. But I also saw, that from a selfish perspective, it was going to take me probably 20 years of working my way up through the chain of command and through the different positions to really be able to have the type of effect I would want to have on education. And for me, I’m really passionate about education because I do, I really do believe that that is one of those meta-issues that affects everything else in our, in our world. And so, I asked myself if I, if I was going to line up all the issues facing the world today in order, like a domino chain, what are the first few dominoes that underlie every other problem that we see in the world? And in my infinite 21-year-old wisdom, my answers at the time were education and energy. Jessica Miller-Merrell: Talk to me about your background and how you began working in the solar and clean energy space.Īmanda Bybee: Well, when I graduated from college with my handy dandy liberal arts degree, I asked myself what I wanted to really do with that, and I am a person that needs to feel that my work is meaningful in the sense that it is solving some kind of a problem. ![]() Jessica Miller-Merrell: That is quite the introduction. Amanda, welcome to the Workology Podcast.Īmanda Bybee: Thank you so much for having me. Wrise women of renewable industries and sustainable energy how to#In recent years, she has contributed time and energy to several passion projects, including a Women’s Speakers Bureau with WRISE, an informational website on how to recycle solar equipment at and an industry coalition on diversity, equity, and inclusion called Renewables Forward. ![]() Amanda has worked in the solar industry since 2003, and over the course of her career, she has helped launch several cooperatives, including employee-owned cooperative Namasté Solar, purchasing cooperative Amicus Solar, financial cooperative Clean Energy Credit Union and shared-services cooperative Amicus O&M Cooperative. Today, we are joined by Amanda Bybee, CEO of Amicus O&M Cooperative. PIA collaborates with employers and apprenticeship programs to help meet employer talent needs and enable people with disabilities to benefit from apprenticeships that increase their opportunities for lifelong access to high-growth, high-demand jobs. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, or ODEP. Wrise women of renewable industries and sustainable energy series#Jessica Miller-Merrell: This episode of the Workology Podcast is part of a podcast series powered by the Partnership on Inclusive Apprenticeship, or PIA. Now here’s Jessica with this episode of Workology. Wrise women of renewable industries and sustainable energy professional#Join host Jessica Miller-Merrell, founder of as she sits down and gets to the bottom of trends, tools, and case studies for the business leader, HR, and recruiting professional who is tired of the status quo. Intro: Welcome to the Workology Podcast, a podcast for the disruptive workplace leader. ![]()
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