Careers in Sustainability: Sophie Van Eetvelt's journey through International Development, mobile technology, humanitarian crisis response, climate innovation, WWF, & the GLA.

In this episode of the Meliora Podcast from the Sustainability & Resilience Institute at the University of Southampton we have a lovely chat with another of our wonderful alumni, the inspirational Sophie Van Eetvelt where we navigate through her fascinating career journey over the last decade.  Our discussion showcases the diverse nature of career opportunities available in the sustainability sector, but it also gives a great insight into working in a field where you can make a genuine difference that reflects your value set.Our wide-ranging chat covers her work in Natural Capital Accounting, Department for International Development (DfID), Household Solar working with transformative mobile technology community projects around the world.  We explore Sophie's work with a Humanitarian research and innovation charity working with people in crisis from war, climate, natural hazards, and combined 'mega-crises' response, and how one copes emotionally with the human side of humanitarian responses.  We then move into Sophie's work with 'Undaunted', a climate innovation centre for start-ups, before discussing her role in WWF in the field of Nature Based Solutions, and then her new role with the Greater London Authority.Sophie is such a naturally gifted communicator.  Her relaxed delivery style and openness makes this such a great episode, and we hope you enjoy our chat!Episode guest: Sophie Van EetveltEpisode host: Prof Simon KempEpisode editor: Sophie GreenEngage with us on instagram and X: @meliorapodcast