Organization: Northern Appalachian Conservation Network
Location: California; Pennsylvania
Description: Mission Statement: We’re a loosely organized group dedicated to sharing relevant information and resources and celebrating all that is unique about Northern Appalachia.
Student Name and Class Year: Nadia Steinzor, MS ’04
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Organization: RESOLVE
Job Title: Program Associate
Location: Washington, D.C.
Hours and Compensation: Full Time; Salary is commensurate with education and experience.
Benefits: RESOLVE offers excellent benefits, including: medical and dental insurance; retirement and education contributions; generous family, vacation, and sick leave; and long-term disability.
Application Deadline: Now accepting applications.
Posted on: March 22, 2012
Organization Overview
RESOLVE is an independent organization focused on building strong, enduring solutions to environmental, social, and health challenges. We help community, business, government, foundation, and NGO leaders get results and create lasting relationships through collaboration. We are based in Washington, DC and work on local, regional, national, and international projects. Our projects focus on healthy people and communities, clean air and water, resilient ecosystems, smart energy, sustainable development, and natural resource conflicts.
Description
RESOLVE, a non-profit organization in Washington, DC, is seeking a Program Associate. The Program Associate will assist in coordinating collaboration and consensus building activities. We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience and/or interest in endangered species, ecosystem management, large landscape-level planning, conservation, and restoration.
Responsibilities
- Serve as junior member of facilitation, mediation, and training teams. This includes interviewing stakeholders, drafting agendas, recording flip chart notes or taking notes in meetings, and writing meeting summaries and project reports.
- Manage logistics for meetings, including polling teams for meeting dates, reserving venues, communicating with participants, developing and managing project websites, and managing collaborative technology (e.g., Adobe Connect) for meetings.
- Work with organizational teams and partners to research issues, track collaborative opportunities, and write proposals.
Qualifications
Applicants must have a Bachelor’s degree (advanced degree a plus) and should have prior work experience relating to conflict resolution, public policy, or natural resource issues.
We are looking for an individual with demonstrated commitment to the conflict resolution field and knowledge, skills, personal characteristics, and referrals that attest to:
Knowledge
- Familiarity with neutrality, group dynamics, collaboration, and consensus building theories and practices
- Familiarity with public policy context and processes and the role of different groups in agenda setting, advocacy, and problem solving
- Understanding of science and technical information in environment and natural resources issues
Skills
- Excellent organizational skills and an ability to pay close attention to detail
- Excellent analytical, writing, and editing skills
- Proficiency with databases, spreadsheets, collaborative technology, and social media
- Ability to balance many projects and priorities simultaneously, while closely tracking and managing various project activities, timelines, and deliverables
- Ability to take initiative and work with teams to coordinate projects on scope and budget, with attention to highest quality and detail
- Excellent relationship skills such as listening, building trust, empathizing, developing rapport, and both giving and receiving constructive criticism
Personal Characteristics
- Intellectual curiosity and depth
- Energy, drive, and commitment to excellence
- Strong values and impeccable ethics
- Courage, confidence, and ease in front of groups
- Personal depth and self-awareness
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Self-motivation, self-discipline, and capacity to work with little supervision or structure
- Willingness to cope with an irregular work schedule, sometimes requiring evening and weekend work and travel
How to Apply:
Please go to: http://tbe.taleo.net/NA6/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=THEHRTEAM&cws=1&rid=186
Please do not send applications by e-mail, call or e-mail staff, or inquire about opportunities by phone.
Alumni Internship: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Wetland Protection Division – New York City
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region II, Wetland Protection Division
Location: Middletown, New York
Description: Mission Statement: The enduring mission of the program is to encourage and enable others to act effectively in protecting and restoring the nation’s wetlands and associated ecosystems, including shallow open waters and free-flowing streams. In doing so, the program engages in two principal categories of activities — establishing national standards and assisting others to meet them. EPA serves specifically:
- as a partner, providing support for both regulatory and non-regulatory wetlands protection efforts;
- as a promoter and distributor of sound wetlands science as the technical basis for effective wetlands decision making;
- in an advisory capacity for State and Tribal wetlands programs and for Clean Water Act Section 404 permit decisions;
- as the developer of national wetlands standards and policies; and
- as a regulator to back up our State and Local partners and ensure that national standards are lawfully applied.
Issue Areas – Action Issues
Monitoring and Assessment
- Application of Elements of a State Water Monitoring and Assessment Program For Wetlands
- National Wetland Condition Assessment
- Status and Trends of Wetlands in the Conterminous United States 2004 to 2009
- Monitoring for Compensatory Wetland Mitigation
- Monitoring for Biological Integrity
- Funding Available
- Hydrogeomorphic (HGM) Approach for Assessing Wetland Functions
- Methods for Evaluating Wetland Condition
- 305(b) Water Quality Report
- Volunteer Monitoring
Student Name and Class Year: Audrey Peller, MS ’04
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Organization: Town of New Paltz
Location: New Paltz, New York
Description: Issue Areas – Action Issues:
- Open Space Plan
- Recycling
Student Name and Class Year: Thomas Lewis, MS ’04; Sean Uhl, MS ’03
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Organization: Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural and Educational Center
Job Title: Summer Aquatic Education Internship
Location: Salmon, ID
Hours and Compensation: $3,000 stipend + daily per diem & free housing
Position Dates (if applicable): This internship begins mid-May and runs through mid-August. Exact start and end dates are flexible. Average hours of work per week will be 20, leaving ample time to enjoy hiking, fishing, rafting and camping in beautiful Salmon River country.
Application Deadline: April 15, 2012
Organization Overview
The Sacajawea Center is owned and operated by the City of Salmon, in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management, the Idaho Governor’s Lewis & Clark Trail Committee and many others.
The partners of the Center are committed to the vision to provide: “…education programs that interpret the history of Sacajawea and the significance of her role with the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery, the unique historical aspects of the expedition within Lemhi County, bring greater understanding and enlightenment to all the people of the world about Native American and Sacajawea’s people, the Agaidika Shoshone, promote local community arts, educational and recreational programs, preserve and promote conservation of our environment and open spaces… which will provide a lasting legacy for Sacajawea, the Agaidika Shoshone people, the community, and the Nation”.
Description
The Sacajawea Interpretive, Cultural and Educational Center in Salmon, Idaho (through a grant from the US Fish and Wildlife Service) is offering one 15-week, college level internship related to aquatic resource education. In addition to $3,000 in total wages, this position offers per diem reimbursement, free housing, the use of a vehicle for the duration of employment, and opportunities to “shadow” natural resources professionals from Idaho Fish and Game, US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and others during the summer field season.
Responsibilities
The selected individual will be responsible for developing and implementing a variety of educational programs and projects for youth and families related to aquatic resources. Assignments will include a youth summer camp program, weekend interpretive programs, a riparian or streambank improvement project, the Annual Kids Free Fishing Day Derby, presentations related to salmon in the Agai Dika Shoshone culture and more!
How to Apply:
For more information or to have an application emailed to you, contact the Sacajawea Center at (208) 756-1188
Organization: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Orange County
Location: Middletown, New York
Description: Mission Statement: Cornell Cooperative Extension puts knowledge to work in pursuit of economic vitality, ecological sustainability and social well-being. We bring local experience and research based solutions together, helping New York State families and communities thrive in our rapidly changing world.
Issue Areas – Action Issues
- Agriculture
- Home Gardening
- Dairy/Field Crops
- Greenhouse
- Vegetable Crops
- Sod & Turf
- Fruit Crops
- Equine
- Livestock
- Integrated Pest Mgt.
- Gleaning Program
- Stormwater Mgt. Training
Student Name and Class Year: Robert Koch, MS ’04
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Organization: Corporate Accountability International
Job Title: World Bank & Water Research Intern
Location: Boston, MA
Hours and Compensation: $ 150 for transportation; 40 hours/week; students may receive course credit for their internship.
Position Dates (if applicable): May 30, 2012- August 17, 2012
Application Deadline: Now accepting applications
Posted on: March 22, 2012
Organization Overview
Corporate Accountability International is a membership organization that protects people by waging and winning campaigns challenging irresponsible and dangerous corporate actions around the world. Through bold campaigns and a commitment to win, Corporate Accountability International and its members have scored major victories that protect people and save lives. For over 30 years, we’ve forced corporations—like Nestlé, General Electric and Philip Morris/Altria—to stop irresponsible and dangerous actions.
Nationally, the Think Outside the Bottle Campaign is raising awareness of the negative social and environmental impacts of the bottled water industry – one of the most visible examples of corporate control of water – and pressuring the bottled water giants to change their practices. Internationally, we are working to end the World Bank’s promotion of water privatization, and to bolster public water systems to provide access to clean drinking water and sanitation to nearly a billion people who currently lack access. The World Bank and Water Research intern will conduct research to support strategies that pressure the World Bank to change its policies on water privatization.
Description
World Bank & Water Research Internship Job Description: The World Bank and Water Research Intern will support the organization’s organizers and researchers in conducting research and analysis needed to develop and implement Corporate Accountability International’s campaign challenging the World Bank’s promotion of water privatization. Specifically, the intern will:
- Assess and analyze information regarding the various vehicles for water privatization, and help analyze World Bank process and projects involving water resources management that promote privatization;
- Monitor, track and provide analysis on issues relevant to international financial institutions, especially the World Bank Group, and their funding and promotion of international water privatization projects;
- Develop corporate research profiles that track the performance and trends as well as provide detailed information relevant to the operations of our corporate targets; and
- Track water privatization projects funded through World Bank and IFC investments and develop summary briefs;
- Compile and develop international case studies that detail the impact and outcomes of water privatization in communities affected by World Bank projects.
- Assist with preparation of campaign materials, both printed and online.
Responsibilities
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Compiling, summarizing and analyzing information for Corporate Accountability International’s campaigns;
- Assisting with research reports, utilizing library, research and internet skills to gather needed information;
- Maintaining information tracking and monitoring systems, and assisting with special research projects;
- Assist campaigns team with maintenance of database of key allies and contacts, and assist with outreach;
- Responding to requests for information;
- Tracking and monitoring business publications and other sources for relevant developments.
Qualifications
- Demonstrated commitment to corporate accountability and social justice;
- Excellent and effective written and oral communication skills, Spanish-language skills a plus;
- Experience in research, organizing, and/or advocacy at a campaign-oriented organization;
- Experience in fact-checking and editing;
- Good organizational skills and the ability to juggle several tasks while meeting deadlines;
- Graduate level student preferred with academic experience in international finance, development and economics.
How to Apply:
Send a letter of interest, three references, a writing sample, and your résumé addressed to Michaela Howard at [email protected].
Organization: Washington Environmental Council
Job Title: Outreach and Communications Internship
Location: Seattle, WA
Hours and Compensation: School credit, transporation stipends, and potentially cost of living stipends are available. Interns are asked to commit up to 32 hours a week for 10 weeks, hours and days of the week will be flexible based on field plan. Possible extensions are available for interns will continue to live in Seattle through the fall.
Application Deadline: April 7, 2012
Posted on: March 22, 2012
Organization Overview
Here at Washington Environmental Council we believe that a healthy environment and healthy economy go hand in hand. We believe that we will all live better lives when our air and water are clean. And for 40 years Washington Environmental Council has been speaking up to make sure those values have a voice in the state capitol.
Description
Washington Environmental Council is seeking three outreach and communications interns for a 10-week commitment in Seattle. The summer outreach and communications interns will be in the thick of things, supporting WEC’s climate and clean water campaigns through developing, implementing and experimenting with different outreach and engagement models. This is a great position for someone who is interested learning about environmental advocacy work from different angles and practicing program evaluation.
The interns will work as a team with WEC’s organizer to design a campaign field plan, research and test best practices of different outreach methods, utilize innovative outreach techniques, maintain and organize data, coordinate volunteers and assist with online outreach and communications. This is a hands-on, fast-paced internship that will involve a minimum of two days a week of on-the ground campaign work. Someone who is excited by meeting with and talking with new people will find this work extremely rewarding.
Responsibilities
Each intern’s responsibilities will vary depending on the team-developed field plan, personal interests, and specific skills of the intern. There is room for each intern to include their personal interests in the scope of their work. Responsibilities will likely include:
- Track environmental and political blogs and look for opportunities to promote our campaigns and WEC through these venues.
- Update the website with outreach events.
- Organize volunteers for campaign activities, such as doorbelling and phone banking.
- Volunteer recruitment, including outreach to local college campus and community organizations.
- Create and experiment with creating campaign videos
- Assist in event planning for outreach events.
- Promote Washington Environmental Council at local festivals and fairs by staffing tables.
- Research opportunities to increase membership and volunteer base.
- Data entry and administrative duties.
Qualifications
Desired Qualifications
- Interest in environmental policy or politics
- Interest in collaborating with a team of peers
- Independent self-starter
- Ability to work well in fast-paced environments
- Strong writing and research skills
- Interest in meeting new people and planning events
How to Apply:
Please send a cover letter, an example of creative or professional work (a portfolio peice, non-academic writing sample, blog post, graphic design work, or outreach event promotion materials etc) and a resume to [email protected] by April 7th, 2012
Organization: Conservation Law Foundation
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Description: Mission Statement: CLF protects New England’s environment for the benefit of all people. We use the law, science and the market to create solutions that preserve our natural resources, build healthy communities, and sustain a vibrant economy.
Issue Areas – Action Issues
- CLEAN ENERGY & CLIMATE CHANGE
- Northern Pass
- Renewable Energy in New England
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Safety and Security
- Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- Coal-Free New England 2020
- OCEAN CONSERVATION
- Protecting Special Places
- Regional Ocean Planning
- Ocean Pollution
- Fisheries Management
- Restoring New England’s Estuaries
- New England Ocean Odyssey (NEOO)
- CLEAN WATER
- Nutrient Pollution
- Stormwater Pollution
- The Great Bay-Piscataqua Waterkeeper
- Lake Champlain Lakekeeper
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Organization: Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc.
Location: Queenstown, Maryland
Description: Mission Statement: The mission of The Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology, Inc. is to:
- Develop and encourage economically viable and environmentally sound agriculture, forestry and natural resources practices and policies and to support and enhance integrated research, outreach and public policy initiatives towards that end
- Improve broad public understanding of and support for the interrelationships and interdependencies among agricultural and forestry production, natural resource protection and open space preservation
- Seek support for enhanced research and education efforts from federal, state, local and private sources
- Promote consensus-building activities by diverse stakeholders who are concerned with emerging agriculture, forestry and natural resource issues
- Work cooperatively with organizations, institutions and individuals on the education, research and public policy issues set forth above, notably including the University of Maryland.
Issue Areas – Action Issues
- Nutrient Management Studies
- Traditional Agriculture
- Alternative Agriculture
- Land Use
- Environment
- Agricultural Economic Development
- Forestry
- Poultry
Student Name and Class Year: Jennifer Dindinger, MS ’04
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Organization: Green Order, Inc.
Location: New York, New York
Description: Mission Statement: Competing in a clean economy requires bold leadership, new thinking, and enterprise-wide action. At GreenOrder, we see environmental sustainability as a business challenge – and an unprecedented opportunity to catalyze growth.
Issue Areas – Action Issues
- Competitive advantage through environmental innovation
- Rethinking products, processes, and relationships
- The right balance of environmental expertise and business acumen
Student Name and Class Year: Jennifer Cunningham, MS ’04; Debra Snyder, MS ’04
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Title: Theodore Gordon Flyfishers Founders Fund Merit Scholarship
Organization: The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. and Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities
Deadline: April 2, 2012
Overview:
The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. and the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities are pleased to announce the 2012 Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. Founders Fund Scholarship.
This merit scholarship, in the amount of $3,500, is offered annually in the name of the TGF founders, to a single recipient who has demonstrated excellence and outstanding dedication in a field of study that falls within an environmental field of a school or department. It was the hope of the founders, as it is the hope of the current membership of Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, that the recipient will use this scholarship to assist his or her studies, and after graduation seek employment in the tri-state region in either the public or private sector furthering the cause of environmental protection and riparian habitat conservation for the benefit of all.
Eligibility:
This scholarship is available to students enrolled, and who will continue to be enrolled during the award year (2012-2013 academic year), in a full-time four-year undergraduate degree (junior standing or higher as of fall 2012) or graduate degree program at a member institution of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities. The scholarship is also available to community college students in their second year who have been accepted into a four-year accredited member institution of the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities and will be enrolled as a junior or senior in the award year (as of fall 2102). The eligible applicant’s major shall be in an area of environmental studies such as but not limited to ecology, hydrology, conservation biology, natural resource management, zoology or environmental law and policy. Based on a 4.0 scale, the applicant shall demonstrate merit with a current 3.5 GPA in the environmental concentration courses and an overall minimum 3.0 GPA. The scholarship is open to U.S. citizens only.
Having received a TGF scholarship in the past does not prohibit future eligibility. A student may be awarded more than one consecutive TGF scholarship. However, priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received a TGF scholarship.
To Apply:
For more information and to apply, visit: http://environmentalconsortium.org/resources/scholarships/tgf.html
Organization: The New York Academy of Sciences
Title: Discourses on Nature and Society Series
Location: The New York Academy of Sciences in New York City
Date/Time
“Beyond Ideology: How Should We Feed Ourselves if We Care About Nature?”
6:30 PM- 8:00 PM, May 8, 2012
Description
In this four-part series, the New York Academy of Sciences and the Nature Conservancy explore the relationship between conservation and our increasingly urban existence.
Registration Information
Tickets: Free to Members & Student Members; $10 Nonmember Students; $20 Nonmembers. Registration is available via phone (customer service) or online for each individual event.
Discourses on Nature and Society Series
The New York Academy of Sciences
Customer Service
The New York Academy of Sciences
7 World Trade Center
250 Greenwich Street, 40th floor
New York, NY 10007-2157
Phone (Toll Free): 1.800.843.6927
Phone (U.S./Canada): 1.212.298.8640
Fax: 1.212.298.3650
Organization: Rockefeller & Co.
Location: New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, DC; Stamford, Connecticut
Description: Mission Statement: From its roots over a century ago as a private investment office to the diversified financial services firm that it is today, Rockefeller & Co. has always taken pride in the integrity, depth, and vision of its professionals.
Today, the firm serves a wide range of individuals and institutions. Successful families and individuals rely on our planning and wealth management skills in seeking to preserve, diversify, and grow their wealth – often from one generation to the next. Institutional investors select us for our asset management expertise. Charitable and other organizations recognize the sophistication of our financial and investment services, as well as our longstanding credentials, in the nonprofit world. And we remain, as we have been since our inception, the financial stewards of one of America’s great family legacies.
Issue Areas – Action Issues:
- Rockefeller Asset Management
- Investment Advisory
- Family Office Services
- Wealth Planning
- Rockefeller Trust Company
- Alternative Investments
- Rockit® Solutions
Student Name and Class Year: Enid Cardinal, MS ’04
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Organization: National Wildlife Federation, Northeast Resource Center
Location: Montpelier, Vermont
Description: Mission Statement: National Wildlife Federation® — Inspiring Americans to protect wildlife for our children’s future.
Wildlife’s ability to survive the challenges of the 21st century is becoming outpaced by the events that are transforming our world. Global warming, the loss of habitat, and people becoming more disconnected from nature than past generations are converging on a dangerous path for our planet. The work of NWF and our affiliates across the country provides answers to these challenges and will help ensure America’s wildlife legacy continues for future generations.
Issue Areas – Action Issues
The region’s largest conservation organization with more than 600,000 members and supporters in eight Northeast states (New York, New Jersey and all of New England). NWF staff are based in New York, Boston and Vermont and work with our affiliates and other organizations on projects in every state in the region.
- Protecting wildlife
- Saving habitats
- Get Kids outside
- Confronting climate change
Student Name and Class Year: Catherine Bowes, MS ’04
*If you are interested in getting in touch with this student/alum, please contact Caroline Ramaley, [email protected]
Organization: Earthwatch Institute
Job Title: Americas Stakeholder Program Internship
Location: Boston, MA
Hours and Compensation: Earthwatch interns can take part in the Intern Credit Program in which they receive credits to use towards a qualified Earthwatch expedition and are invited to participate in all Earthwatch activities. We require a minimum commitment of 120 hours over a minimum of 1 month. We also encourage use of the internship for academic credit, thesis, or practicum work towards degree or certificate programs.
Application Deadline: April 16, 2012
Posted on: March 16, 2012
Organization Overview
As the largest non-profit organization supporting “citizen science,” in its 40-year history, Earthwatch has sponsored over 1350 field research projects in 55 countries across the globe. Earthwatch expeditions and field research centers link volunteers with international scientists working within four Priority Research Areas: Climate Change, Oceans, Ecosystem Services, and Cultural Heritage. Since 1971, Earthwatch-sponsored research projects have contributed more than 10 million hours of field research time.
Description
The Americas Program team is responsible for stewardship of the relationship with our Earthwatch Scientists and ensuring a safe, inspiring, and educational experience for the public, youth and educator volunteers. The Americas Stakeholder Program Intern will assist members of the Americas Program team in a variety of projects related to expedition management, fellowships management, and the development of outreach and curriculum support materials.
Responsibilities
- Research information for web site, outreach and recruitment to educators;
- Review and process fellowship reports and evaluations;
- Assisting with project management, including developing project emergency response plans, country-level threat assessments, and risk assessments;
- Assisting with program content, materials and logistics for field programs;
- Collating and evaluating volunteer feedback in order to apply lessons learned to improve the volunteer experience on EW projects;
- Capturing the Measures of Success data and the evaluation/Common Measure response data.
- Support in the communications with applicants/participants.
Qualifications
- Work experience in an office or educational setting is a plus;
- Highly organized, keen attention to detail and a strong ability to multitask and meet deadlines;
- Ability to work independently and as part of a cooperative international team;
- Flexibility and adaptability in order to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment;
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and abide by the data protection guidelines;
- Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and web research;
- Interest in science, environmental issues and experiential education;
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
How to Apply:
nterested applicants are welcome to send the following materials:
- A current resume, detailing relevant experience
- A 1-page Cover Letter illustrating your qualifications, why you are interested in this internship, and what you are looking to gain from this internship.
- Your availability (days per week, and months of availability).
- Full contact information for three personal and/or professional references.
Please send materials to [email protected] ; fax 978-897-0935; mail HR Earthwatch Institute, 114 Western Ave, Boston, MA 02134, U.S.A
Organization: Earthwatch Institute
Job Title: Research Associate
Location: Boston, MA
Hours and Compensation: Earthwatch interns can take part in the Intern Credit Program in which they receive credits to use towards a qualified Earthwatch expedition and are invited to participate in all Earthwatch activities. We require a minimum commitment of 120 hours over a minimum of 1 month. We also encourage use of the internship for academic credit, thesis, or practicum work towards degree or certificate programs.
Application Deadline: April 16, 2012
Posted on: March 16, 2012
Organization Overview
As the largest international non-profit organization supporting “citizen science,” since 1971 Earthwatch has sponsored over 1000 field research projects in 55 countries across the globe. Earthwatch projects produce cutting-edge science that contributes to long-term monitoring efforts, conservation and policy agendas, management plans, educational initiatives, and builds local partnerships to sustain research and conservation agendas. Earthwatch expeditions and field research centers link public and corporate volunteers, educators, and community trainees with international scientists working to conserve biomes, species, and cultures.
Description
Research Associate Interns will assist the Research Department in a variety of tasks relating to the outcomes and impacts of field research projects Earthwatch supports in four Research Areas: Climate Change, Ecosystem Services, Oceans, and Cultural Heritage. Interns will evaluate projects’ achievements relating to conservation, education, publication, environmental impacts, long-term legacy, capacity building, and partnerships.
Responsibilities
– Assessing the impacts of field-based research projects on local ecological systems, socio-cultural systems, management plans, and on regional, national, and international policies.
– Evaluating links between scientific results/recommendations with on-the-ground application, effective partnerships, and community-based initiatives, including ecotourism.
– Evaluating the increase of scientific knowledge through of scientific peer reviewed journal articles and other media.
– Writing the scientific outputs and outcomes of Earthwatch projects in a way that is accessible to the public on the web.
– Experience with ArcGIS is a plus.
Qualifications
We are only able to accept Massachusetts based applicants into the program, or those with a confirmed place to stay within commuting distance to Boston. Applicants must currently be eligible to work in the United States. All interns are required to have individual health insurance. Placement will be subject to qualifications and availability.
How to Apply:
Interested applicants are welcome to send the following materials to the internship coordinator [email protected]
1. A current resume, detailing relevant field and/or office experience
2. A 1-page Cover Letter illustrating your qualifications, why you are interested in this internship, and what you are looking to gain from this internship.
3. Your availability (days per week, and months of availability).
4. Full contact information for three personal and/or professional references.
5. A recent writing sample excerpt.
Organization: Food and Water Watch
Application Deadline: May 15
Amount and Duration: 20 hrs/ wk, fall and spring
Overview:
Food & Water Watch is inviting applicants for the 2012-13 International Fellowship Program. One fellow will be selected to commit 20 hours per week through the fall and spring semesters to support global campaigns for water justice and food sovereignty. This is a paid position.
Funding Opportunity Description:
Responsibilities may include:
Research corporations, government and international financial institutions to help craft reports, briefing papers, and articles for the general public, media, NGOs, elected officials and government agencies;
Assist researchers with data collection, synthesis, and analysis;
Research emerging issues to move campaigns forward;
Write popular education blogs about our international campaigns;
Lobby Congress on foreign affairs legislation;
Some administrative support (approximately 10%).
Requirements:
Strong interest in Food & Water Watch issues and demonstrated commitment to social change; strong verbal and written communication and time management skills; sense of humor and ability to work both independently and in a team. Experience in academic and corporate research is a plus, as is a background in any of the following: international development, environmental science and policy, agriculture and natural resources management, food and nutrition, economics, political science. Students currently pursuing a master’s degree are strongly preferred. Spanish proficiency is mandatory, French is also an asset.
More Information:
We operate in a relaxed office environment in Washington, DC, metro accessible. This fellowship may be undertaken for class credit.
TO APPLY
Please send cover letter, resume and 3-5 page writing sample to: [email protected] (Subject: International Policy Fellowship, Fall 2012)
Website URL:
http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/take-action/volunteer-or-intern-at-food-water-watch/international-policy-fellowship-program-washington-d-c/
Organization: Environment America
Application Deadline: unavailable
Amount and Duration 1st year:$23,750, 2nd year: $24,250
Overview
With nearly 100 professional staff and 1 million members, activists and allies in 29 states and Washington, D.C., we make the case and build the support necessary to overcome the opposition and achieve results for the environment. We win changes at the state level and use them to build momentum for regional and national solutions to America’s biggest environmental problems.
The results of our work include more solar and wind power in 29 states; policies to cut energy use in 22 states; caps on global warming pollution in six states, and a regional cap on global warming pollution from power plants in 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states; new clean car standards that will amount to the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end our addiction to oil; bans on plastic bags and Styrofoam containers; initial limits on the gas drilling industry to protect rivers and streams from the dangers of fracking; action to preserve, protect or expand national parks from Mt. Hood to the Everglades, from the Grand Canyon to Glacier; bans on offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coast; and stronger protections for waterways from Puget Sound to the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay.
We also conducted voter education and get-out-the-vote drives in 2008 and 2010, aimed at helping to elect President Obama and pro-environment members of Congress and state legislatures across the country. We are continuing this work this fall.
Funding Opportunity Description
Each year, Environment America hires passionate, talented and committed college graduates to join our two-year Fellowship Program. Over the last decade, fellows have worked side-by-side with our most experienced advocates and organizers to make a real difference for the environment.
You’ll make an immediate impact
If you’re hired, you’ll learn to plan and run strategic state and national campaigns. You’ll learn how to identify effective solutions to critical environmental problems and organize public support for your campaigns. You’ll organize town hall meetings and rallies; get your message out by writing opinion pieces and getting them printed in major newspapers and on key websites; set up and speak at news conferences; lobby lawmakers; and run citizen outreach campaigns to educate the public, build membership and raise money for our work. You’ll recruit interns, activists, and staff to work alongside you. Bottom line: You’ll make a real difference.
You’ll get great training
You’ll learn by participating in classroom-style trainings throughout the year. You’ll get guidance and feedback from your staff director, and work alongside some of the nation’s top environmental advocates and organizers. Past fellows will tell you, though, that you will learn the most through hands-on experience.
The Fellowship is only the beginning
After just two years of hard work, you’ll have the skills and experience to take on even more leadership here at Environment America – running your own program, or leading the charge in a new state or on a new issue – or elsewhere in the environmental community.
Qualifications
We are seeking candidates who are ready to commit their time, skills and passion to political action on behalf of the environment. We’re looking for people who understand that we need to build and wield political power if we’re going to make a real difference for the planet. Our Fellowship Program is not for everybody. It’s tough, demanding and the challenges never stop coming at you. We look for smarts, academic excellence, leadership experience, top-notch written and verbal skills, and an eagerness to learn. If you’ve worked with an environmental or political group before, even better.
Placement
Environment America is accepting applications for Fellowship positions in dozens of states across the country. If you want to work in a particular city, you can indicate that on your application. If you’re open to more than one city, you can tell us all of the cities you’re open to. If you’re wide open and ready to go anywhere, you can tell us that. It’s up to you. You’ll find a list of states we’re working in on our website.
More Information
As a Fellow, you’ll earn $23,750 in your first year and $24,250 in your second year of the Fellowship. You’re eligible to opt into our group health plan. You accrue two weeks of paid vacation over the course of your first year, and an additional three weeks in your second year. You’re eligible to apply for college loan assistance after your third month, and to participate in our 401(k) plan at the end of your first year. Salary and benefits vary in Connecticut, California and New York.
Website URL
http://jobs.environmentamerica.org/jobs/amr/fellowship-program
Organization: Atlantic Council of the United States
Job Title: Energy and Environment Intern
Location: Washington, DC
Hours and Compensation: unpaid
Application Deadline: unavailable
Posted on: March 20
Organization Overview
The mission of the Atlantic Council is to renew the transatlantic relationship for 21st century global challenges. Energy and Environment Program addresses critical issues in international energy challenges relevant to the United States and its allies and partners. This includes a particular focus on research and development of new low-carbon technologies, energy relations with China, strengthening the U.S.-India energy relationship, increasing ties with the European Union on emerging technologies, and the make-up of the U.S. energy portfolio.
The Program conducts research and project activities on these and other topics, which include holding high-level meetings with leaders from government, the private sector and non-profit agencies; research and writing for publications and the New Atlanticist policy analysis blog; drafting proposals for fundraising efforts; monitoring program costs and fees; and other associated activities.
Description
The program seeks well-organized, highly reliable, motivated candidates who thrive in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate initiative. While this position is non-paid, candidates gain valuable skills, experience, knowledge, and contacts in the Washington, DC policy community.
Interns for the Energy and Environment Program provide important research and logistical support to assist these efforts and support program staff. Interns work closely with the Program Director and his deputies in supporting the activities of the Program. Interns are also encouraged to pursue their own research projects and to write and publish their own policy briefs or blog posts.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research to support the activities of the Director and his deputies.
- Produce the daily Energy and Environment News Brief.
- Manage program contacts and knowledge.
- Draft correspondence and take notes at Council roundtables and strategy sessions for program archives.
- Handle logistical issues for program events and activities.
- Write analytical pieces for publication on the New Atlanticist blog.
- Help draft policy briefs and task force reports.
Qualifications
- Must be at least a college junior in good standing. Graduate student or a recent graduate preferred.
- Must demonstrate proven interest in international affairs and energy and/or environmental policy.
- Must work well with others and have a strong work ethic.
- Must have at least a 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale), or equivalent from a non-U.S. institution.
How to Apply:
To be considered for this position, please email a resume, cover letter, and writing sample to: [email protected]. In the subject line, please indicate which program you are applying to
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