{"id":648,"date":"2020-03-25T08:34:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T05:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/?p=648"},"modified":"2021-01-14T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T08:02:45","slug":"womeningeothermal-marietta-mutonga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/womeningeothermal-marietta-mutonga\/","title":{"rendered":"#WomenInGeothermal Marietta Mutonga"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marietta-Ver.jpg?fit=730%2C411\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marietta-Ver.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marietta-Ver-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marietta-Ver-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marietta-Ver-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Marietta-Ver-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Designation:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; Geologist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>How did you get into engineering\/science?<\/strong><\/em>&nbsp; I Studied Bachelor of Science and majored in <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Geology&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;Geology is the science which deals with the physical structure and substance of the earth, its history, and the processes which act on them.&amp;lt;br\/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/glossary\/geology\/\"  target=\"_blank\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'  tabindex='0' role='link'>Geology<\/a> at the University of Nairobi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>The most memorable moment in your engineering\/science journey at GDC?<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; Carrying out exploration in Silali was an awesome experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What is the future of geothermal energy in the world?<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;  Geothermal energy is here to stay. Green energy is the energy for the future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What message would you send to young women thinking of taking up engineering\/science courses and careers?<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;  Female students should not shy away from technical subjects. It is the best option for a country that needs to industrialize with women being at the forefront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>What is your mantra in life as a woman in science?<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;  My mother, because she believes science and engineering hold solutions to all our problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Which woman in Science do you admire most?<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; The late Prof. Wangari Maathai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Why do you admire her?<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;  She was fearless, fought for what she believed in and she was one of the greatest women in science. Her academic life was grounded in science. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marietta is a geologist at Geothermal Development Company<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,144],"tags":[115,121],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gdc-team","category-wing","tag-engineering","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":650,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/650"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gdc.co.ke\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}