Alumni Spotlight: Li Zhu
Figure 1 Alum Li Zhu works on the front lines of communities to share sustainable practices. Written by Arnel Garcesa The concepts taught and practiced at institutions often make their way into applications that affect our daily lives seen and unseen. More than ever, sustainable principles and theories being promoted should exist beyond the classroom and into reality. PCGS alumni Li Zhu has focused his energy on delivering the allure of sustainability for the benefit of people and their communities. Li began attending PCGS in the fall of 2016 from his native China. In his home country, Li saw massive capability to tackle its ailments with greater sustainability education. However, the top-down strategy to implement sustainability practice leaves less flexibility for individuals to make large impacts. “Here in the U.S., sustainability is easier to organically grow. Individuals are important in projects. A few people acting in un