Blogs

This blog series offers a deeper look into Sandra Carolina’s career-defining projects, lessons learned, and the technical frameworks that shape her approach to sustainability and climate strategy.
Each entry explores critical topics—like empathetic leadership, systems thinking, and decarbonization pathways—bridging personal experience with industry insights.

The Wind of Change: My Journey in Wind Project Development, From Australia to the Global Horizon

Insight : From a distance, wind turbines may look like simple machines turning in the breeze. But behind each one lies years of strategic...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

7 ago 20255 Min. de lectura

Transforming Agricultural Waste: Hydrothermal Conversion of Corn Cobs into Bio-oil

Insight : In a world urgently seeking alternatives to fossil fuels, agricultural waste continues to pile up across farms and fields....

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

26 may 20252 Min. de lectura

A Powerful Tool for Environmental Remediation: The Phytoremediation Database at Kansas State University

Insight : In a world where legacy pollution continues to jeopardize ecosystems and human health, the need for scalable, science-based...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

26 may 20253 Min. de lectura

Exploring Biochar’s Potential: Enhancing Soil Fertility with Biochar at Kansas State University

Insight : In an era marked by soil degradation and the urgent need for regenerative agriculture, finding sustainable ways to restore...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

26 may 20253 Min. de lectura

Tracking Phosphorus: A Watershed-Scale Study on Preventing Eutrophication in Kansas Streams

Insight : In a world where the nutrients that feed our crops can also choke our rivers, managing phosphorus has become a defining...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

25 may 20253 Min. de lectura

Cleaner Production in Leather Tanning: Reducing Waste and Recovering Resources

Insight: Leather tanning remains one of the most resource-intensive industries, with significant water and chemical use. Early in my...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

25 may 20252 Min. de lectura

Cleaner Production in Action: Pioneering Water Reuse and Resource Recovery in the Aburrá Valley

Insight: In the early 2000s, environmental concerns in Colombia’s industrial corridors were escalating, yet few solutions addressed the...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

25 may 20253 Min. de lectura

A Week in Cologne: My Experience as a Bayer Young Environmental Envoy, Dec 2004

Insight ; In today’s fragmented world, building bridges across cultures and generations is vital to solving global environmental...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

25 may 20252 Min. de lectura

EcoBrick Innovate: Turning Sludge into Sustainable Solutions

Insight : In an era where the construction sector demands ever more materials and our landfills overflow with industrial waste, the need...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

25 may 20252 Min. de lectura

Transforming Waste into Construction Materials: Innovative Use of Wastewater Treatment Sludge

Insight : In a world where the construction industry still relies heavily on resource-intensive materials, urban waste continues to pile...

Carolina Agudelo Arbeláez

25 may 20253 Min. de lectura