WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 011 | November 5, 2025 Beyond Permission and Proof Lessons from the Long Haul The black text on my desktop starts to blur around midnight. My fingers feel heavy, clumsy on the keys as autocorrect works overtime to catch the mistakes I can no longer see. Behind me, the dark window reflects back the glowing screen. Just a few more sentences, I tell myself. Then a few more...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 010 | October 22, 2025 Lighting Strikes in Quiet Spaces Lessons from the Long Haul The Panamanian hammock stretched between two birch trees like a rainbow cradle, its hand-tied rope squares creating a webbed pattern against the endless Alaska daylight. My legs tangled with the warm summer air, sticky fingers gripping the worn spine of a Beverly Cleary novel. Below me, black...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 009 | October 8, 2025 The True North of Community Care Lessons from the Long Haul The airplane door opens with a metallic thunk, and I step onto those familiar shaky stairs. The cold hits like a gentle slapānot harsh, but honest. My lungs contract, then expand, adjusting to air so clean and cold that it almost hurts. Wind swirls the fine, dry snow into spirals, and I pull my...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 008 | September 24, 2025 The Practice of Connection Lessons from the Long Haul The landline sat there like a challenge. Black receiver, coiled cord, the weight of expectation heavy in my palm each time I lifted it only to set it down again. Around me, the Alaska State Capitol hummed with the particular energy of late-session urgencyāstaffers ducking in and out of offices...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 007 | September 10, 2025 The Circle You Need Lessons from the Long Haul A faint shadow crosses the bright sky beyond my office windowāusually the first sign of my advisorās familiar silhouette will soon appear in the doorway of our shared four-person graduate student office. The almost daily ritual would begin with their gentle knock on the heavy wood sliding door, followed...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 006 | August 27, 2025 Finding Your Peak Hours Lessons from the Long Haul The moment that the sky turns from dark blue to a lighter gray, the metal blinds cast thin silver lines across the room. The robins have been up for hours, their caroling energetic and clear as it echoes throughout the neighborhood, only to quiet down as soon as the sun fully rises. This is when my real...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 005 | August 13, 2025 The Weight of Every Yes Lessons from the Long Haul The hotel lobby buzzed with the familiar energy of an environmental science conferenceāconversations layered over the hum of recycled air. I sat tucked into a corner, sitting crosslegged on the bright blue carpet tiles covering chilly concrete floors. Laptop balanced on my legs, trying to make sense of...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 004 | July 30, 2025 The Questions that Matter Most Lessons from the Long Haul The fluorescent lights hummed overhead in an austere D.C. federal building, casting everything in harsh relief. Twenty-plus people sat around a conference table that had seen countless meetings, its surface scarred by decades of rushed note-taking and coffee cup rings. The air felt thick with...
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WORK THAT LASTS Tools, stories, and wisdom for climate leaders building sustainable impact. by Nikoosh Carlo WTL Issue 003 | July 16, 2025 The Iceberg Beneath Your Project Lessons from the Long Haul There is a delicate balance between jumping into a big project quickly, gaining momentum, and taking deliberate and often slower steps forward. Iāve felt the pull of energy to rush ahead when something seems to have the right people involved and the resources behind it. Only to find out later that...
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