About Me

Hi, my name is Julia Pampush and I created this blog to document my once-in-a-life-time experience in the Netherlands with Comparative Cultures of Resilience and Sustainability in the Netherlands and the United States, a spring 2025 seminar at the University of Pennsylvania taught by Professor Simon Richter.

I am passionate about building urban resilience on an interdisciplinary design team that believes climate change necessitates systemic change in the way we plan and design for the future. Over the course of my time at Penn, I have built a solid foundation of knowledge in regards to climate change, environmental policy, risk management, and energy systems. As the president of the first university chapter of WRISE, Women of Renewable Industries and Sustainable Energy, I have actively built community and facilitated connection between renewable energy and sustainability professionals and our student members.