“I Can Make a Difference”
As a toddler, my parents knew I was good at math and science. I had a passion for counting and reading simple books about science....
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Small Businesses Driving Big Change
Even a pandemic is not enough to stop the American entrepreneurial dream. According to U.S. Business Formation Statistics, 4.35 million applications for new businesses were...
Charting a Path to Clean Energy
“Change is coming so very fast in the energy sector,” Lorraine Akiba says. “For those at the edge, innovation technology is changing the model that...
Lady with the Iron Ring: An Engineer’s Memoir of Hope, Luck and Success
It was a shock to the University of British Columbia (UBC) Engineering Undergraduate Society that the first-year class of 1974 had 14 women. Up to...
You Are Enough: A Manifesto for the Overworked and Overwhelmed
Treat Yourself with Self-Compassion “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are,...
Power Surge: Women in Geothermal Energy
Headlines over the past few years have shown that we are far behind when it comes to taking definitive action to save our environment. Activists...
Living the Crude Life
The Crude Life engages with industry experts and energy enthusiasts every day with interviews, radio programs, social media posts, print features, video content and podcasts....
Women Add to a Board’s “Cognitive Diversity”
After her decades-long career in finance, Vanessa C.L. Chang now sits on the boards of two electric utilities, Edison International and Southern California Edison Company,...
Oilwoman Cartoon May/June 2021
Cartoonist: Andrew Grossman...
Sisterhood of the Working Pants
Rebecca Ponton: What was the defining moment when you were so fed up with the lack of proper-fitting workwear that you decided to create your...