Wesley Look

As a 2011 Vision Fellow, Wes Look worked with town governments, in partnership with the Green Communities Division of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, to advance sustainable energy practices for the island. He conducted an inventory of town energy uses, supported efforts to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energy at town facilities, and worked with town leadership to update building codes, thereby deepening the Island’s local energy resilience, saving money for town budgets, and demonstrating strong stewardship in the age of climate change. The Fellowship also supported Wes as a graduate student fellow in the U.S. Senate over three summers where he helped craft clean energy and climate policies for Senator Bernie Sanders (D-VT) in 2011, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) in 2012, and the Senate Energy Committee under the leadership of Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) in 2013. Additionally, the Fellowship supported Wes’ studies in the master of public policy program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and the master of science program in environmental policy and planning at MIT’s Department of Urban Studies and Planning.