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Preston Welker

Preston Welker

PMP-certified climate and conservation professional at The Nature Conservancy, currently Carbon Project Portfolio Manager and formerly Global Climate Program operations lead.

Sep 16, 2026

5:21
And so I wonder if you have any tidbits of advice for a newer project manager that wants to take a small step towards sustainability.
5:28
Yeah, and Melissa, I just wanted to add in, like, one quick thing.
5:31
You know, I, I give a quote which was that when we are learning and mentoring, we always have one hand forward and one hand back.
5:37
That's a quote from, uh, Xiye Bastida, who is a really amazing Mexican climate justice activist and indigenous rights advocate.
5:45
The really, the critical moment is gonna be that step of gathering requirements, right? Because when you're defining a scope of work and defining what we're doing, that's where we're deciding what's in and what's out.
5:56
And afterwards, sure, you can do a scope change, but it can often be very hard.
6:00
And it's a lot easier- Early on to start bringing in these ideas of sustainability.

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12:14
Thank you for sharing.

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