How does one make Solarpunk their career?
Okay so, I have been an avid enjoyer of the aesthetic for nearly 3 years now, I literally put my interest in it and how it relates to my identity in all my college apps and it got me into all of the universities I applied to as well as certain fellowships ! I really believe in it and I want to make it a reality, with the world crumbling I believe it’s the perfect time for change.
Now that I’m done with high school, I was planning to major (or double major) in mechanical engineering and biotech (I really want to study the intersection of engineering and biology that’s not just in medicine). Then after that it’s kind of blank in my mind. I know I could work for clean energy orgs or even make biomaterials but it doesn’t really scratch the itch in my brain.
I’m also working on a climate tech project but I don’t know if starting a start up is what I need to execute my vision, but it seems like the most probable outcome because I don’t know any fields except medicine and research that combines biotech and engineering, and while it’s an amazing field it’s not exactly what I want to do.
So how do I make it my career?