Career Field – Environmental Science

Learn how the earth’s interior heart is harnessed as a renewable resource to generate electricity and light up your life! Check out some hot rocks and learn how geologists help manage mining geothermal heat. See how a geothermal power plant works and learn why geothermal energy is good for the environment!

Leader – Melinda Wright

Melinda Wright is a professional geologist with Calpine working in the Geysers geothermal field. She has a B.S. in Geology from Arizona State University and a M.S. in Geological Sciences from UC Riverside.