July 30, 2020

The Cook County Local Energy Project (CCLEP) welcomes Jessy Carlson as their new program

coordinator. Jessy will be responsible for engaging with Cook County community members,

planning and facilitating events and programs, and making sure that CCLEP and the community

are able to work together to move towards increased energy independence.

Jessy brings with her a background in sustainable community economic development and

environmental education. She has worked with the EPA on economically just approaches to

environmental remediation and urban re-development, and she contributed to the government

of Nunavut’s work on economically fair and environmentally just strategies for sustainable

development. Jessy is excited about working with others to make sustainability an economically

and culturally accessible option for communities, businesses, governments, and individuals.

She also enjoys working with youth and families to ensure that sustainability initiatives are fun

and exciting endeavors that bring people together, and she looks forward to doing just that in

her own Cook County community.

In her free time, Jessy will usually be found in a canoe in the Boundary Waters, on her skis at

Pincushion Mountain, in her garden, or swapping stories with friends at the hardware store.

For more information regarding local energy production, current and future CCLEP projects, and

how CCLEP can be of use to you, please contact Jessy at [email protected]