def METHOD_NAME(config):
    """
    create some environment variables to be used when configuring stuff. this includes the variable NOW, plus
    one variable for each config parameter, named "CEA_{SECTION}_{PARAMETER}".
    This is useful for referring to the "user" config, when basing a workflow off the default config.
    """
    os.environ["NOW"] = datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S')
    for section in config.sections.values():
        for parameter in section.parameters.values():
            variable = "CEA_{section}_{parameter}".format(section=section.name, parameter=parameter.name)
            os.environ[variable] = str(parameter.get_raw())