Jennifer Morris tells emerging professionals that environmental work needs entrepreneurs, whether they start companies or innovate inside existing ones. She points to opportunities for creative solutions that bring together businesses, governments, and communities to solve complex environmental challenges.
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As you think about your future careers and where you want to go, what you want to do, that entrepreneurship in the environmental world is absolutely crucial. There's so many opportunities to do interesting things. And I would also say that it's not just about creating a new thing that you can be an entrepreneur in a larger organization. I think, as Tom mentioned in the outset, CI has been a great place to do that with. We are trying to be innovative, we're trying to be creative, because these solutions are incredibly complex. Working with business, working with governments and numerous communities all around the world. It's all about creating new ideas and solutions together. So I would encourage you, in whatever career path that you take, that even if you're in a large organization, you also can be an entrepreneur. And I just would also challenge you all to think about your skills that you're getting here. And as you go out into the world, work as much as you can in the environmental sector because we need you all, we need your bright minds to work on these complex solutions for the environment and for human development.
