About Nur Shodjai

Nur is a fourth-year student of Environmental Science and International Relations at the University of British Columbia; she is well educated in the discourse of sustainable development, and has special interest in the social, political and economic spheres of environmental issues. As part of her internship with the Baha'i International Community (NGO), she attended the 19th session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development in New York (May 1-14, 2011). She is specializing in Land, Air and Water within the scientific area of her study. She is currently part of a team organizing a sustainability conference at UBC in partnership with the David Suzuki Foundation. She plans on entering the policy world at a national and international level where she believes a difference can be made in the world.