Rashmi Sahai, Research Associate

Rashmi Karl Sahai received her BS in Environmental Science at UCLA, after which she worked as an Associate Environmental Engineer with Soil / Water / Air Protection Enterprise (SWAPE) in Los Angeles, CA. She did a joint internship with the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals in Anchorage, Alaska, as well as an internship at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA. Rashmi is proficient in German and Swedish. She is currently a Masters Candidate in the Energy and Resources Group at UC Berkeley.

What did the Easter Islander who cut down the last palm tree say while he was doing it? Similar questions arise for every society that has inadvertently damaged its environment. There is a whole series of reasons why societies do make such mistakes. — Jared Diamond