
Building a green talent pipeline: A Q&A with Katherine Couch
A South Bend native, Katherine Couch didn’t hear much about global warming and its effects until she was a college undergraduate. As her knowledge about climate change grew, so did her desire to be part of positive change on behalf of her community and the planet. As a graduate student at IU South Bend, Couch immersed herself in sustainability and climate work, serving as a McKinney Climate Fellow with the Patachou Foundation in 2022, working with the Town of Zionsville on multiple sustainability initiatives during the 2022-23 school year, and conducting outreach on behalf of the City of South Bend as a climate action ambassador in 2023.