946. A Day in the Life: What's It Really Like to Be a Clean Energy Consultant?

“I majored in management and accounting at Binghamton University thinking I’d become an accountant for my career. In my senior year I was lucky enough to take a graduate course in Systems Science. Systems Science is an interdisciplinary field that studies the complexity of systems in nature, social or any other scientific field. At the end of that fascinating course, which was far outside the courses I had been taking, I came to believe that we all have a purpose and mission in our lives. When we feel good about what we are doing, are in the flow, that’s when we know we are doing what we are supposed to be doing with our talents. For me, that became working with people and doing something positive for humanity and the world. I became a community organizer on energy issues.”

Ron Kamen is CEO of EarthKind Energy Consulting and host of The AWESome EarthKind Podcast. His life mission is to empower everyday people to make clean energy transitions to reduce their carbon footprint and save them money. For more than three decades, Ron has energized communities, governments, non-profits, and businesses to take their next step to increase energy efficiency and use renewable energy. He’s now building an online community of AWESome EarthKind people ready to “Go Clean and $ave Green.”