Portfolio

Take a look at some of the projects I’ve been working on recently. You can filter by search, category, or tool.


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Nature Conservation Index 2024
Nate Bender Nate Bender

Nature Conservation Index 2024

The Nature Conservation Index is a tool created by a group of universities and non-profits to assess the effectiveness of conservation efforts around the world. My work brings the index to life via an animated and interactive data visualization built with Svelte and D3.

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Data Analytics - Protect Our Winters’ Athlete Alliance Program
Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics Nate Bender Data Analysis, Predictive Analytics Nate Bender

Data Analytics - Protect Our Winters’ Athlete Alliance Program

Protect Our Winters, a leading U.S. climate advocacy non-profit focused on mobilizing outdoor recreationists for climate action, wanted to understand the data relating to their volunteer program efficacy. I was tasked with gathering and cleaning the data, then creating a comprehensive annual report of the 2024 data that identified key trends and laid out recommendations for improving program efficacy and reach.

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Extreme Heat in Montana

Extreme Heat in Montana

An ArcGIS Storymap focused on impacts from extreme heat and accompanying stories & strategies of community resilience across the state of Montana. This Storymap is part of the broader ResilienceMT project that aims to increase science literacy and climate resilience in Montana.

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Montana Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI)

Montana Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI)

As a portfolio project I created a Heat Vulnerability Index (HVI) for Montana at the census tract level. I additionally test the robustness of my approach by performing two variations of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis using Monte-Carlo simulations.

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Energy Insights — a building energy use & forecasting app

Energy Insights — a building energy use & forecasting app

This app in R Shiny serves as a demonstration decision-support system focused on commercial building energy data. The app lets users intuitively explore a simulated data set, forecast future energy demands based on historical patterns, evaluate model performance, and run dynamic 'what-if' analyses based on customized parameters.

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Methane Flaring Impact on Vulnerable Communities (Master's in Business Analytics - Final Project)

Methane Flaring Impact on Vulnerable Communities (Master's in Business Analytics - Final Project)

A pilot project developed in conjunction with RMI as an interactive tool mapping California’s most harmful methane flaring and the socially vulnerable communities least able to cope with that hazard. Final project for my master’s in Business Analytics.

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Article: Data rights are human rights — climate refugees and data privacy in the anthropocene

Article: Data rights are human rights — climate refugees and data privacy in the anthropocene

Climate change is anticipated to drive the largest wave of global migration in history, with hundreds of millions displaced due to direct impacts like drought and sea level rise, and indirect effects like conflicts over resources. This migration will challenge international systems managing migrants, emphasizing the need for transparency and respect in treating climate refugees.

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