Dear Environmental Studies Students,
Please find this week’s Environmental Studies Announcements
below. For those looking for a part-time job, be sure to see the job posting
from EnergySage sent to us from a BC alumnus.
For those who are interested in Environmental Law, be
sure to stop by our event on Friday, October 21 with BC Alumnus Marc Rollo ’87,
who will be speaking about science in the courtroom. LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED.
On Campus Events
1. Science in the Courtroom: From Clarence Darrow to NCIS
2. An Ethics for the Coming Storm: A Theological Reflection on
Climate Change
3. Merging Environmental Science with Health Science: How does the
environment impact our health?
4. Earth and Environmental Sciences Fall 2016 Seminar Series
5. Political Climate Survey from the Heights
Off Campus Events and Conferences
1. Book Release: A Healing Landscape
2. ReUse Conex Conference
3. From Sea to Shining Sea: A Science Symposium about Oceans
Graduate School Opportunities
1. Master’s of Public Health in Sustainability at Harvard
Internship and Job Opportunities, Site Visits, Study
Abroad Opportunities, and Travel Opportunities
1.
Part-Time Writer and
Researcher with Energy Sage
2.
McGillycuddy-Logue Fellows in Global
Studies
3.
Communications Internship,
Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources
4.
Environmental Advocacy
Internship with Environment Massachusetts
5.
Environmental League of
Massachusetts, Communications/Development Intern
6.
Study Tropical Marine Ecology
in Costa Rica and Nicaragua or Sharks and Rays in Florida
7.
Internship with Impact
8.
Mass Clean Energy Center
Internship
9.
Environmental Voter Project
Internships
10. Courses in Belize
11. Job Opportunities with Mass and US PIRG
12. Internship with Environment America
13. BC Career Center Updates
Best,
Kevin
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B. Kevin Brown
Graduate Assistant, Environmental Studies
617-552-2477
Devlin 213
SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM:
FROM CLARENCE DARROW TO NCIS
Marc Rollo ’87 and Bill Stack
Environmental Law Partners
Archer and Greiner
Friday, October 21
12:00 noon
Devlin 201
Lunch provided
The presentation will address the role of “Science in the
Courtroom” aimed at demonstrating the connection between the legal process and
several different scientific disciplines. Specifically, this will include a
discussion of the unique and pivotal role of scientific evidence in proving
claims in environmental litigation, and also a discussion of the criteria for
admission of sound expert and scientific evidence and opinions at trial.
Relatedly, the presentation will also include a discussion of the judge’s power
as the “gatekeeper” to exclude “junk” science from a jury’s consideration of
“junk” or “bad” science at trial.
Marc Rollo ’87 is Chair of Archer & Greiner’s Environmental Law
Department. He concentrates his practice on environmental litigation.
Bill Stack is a partner in Archer & Greiner’s Litigation
Department, where he concentrates primarily on environmental litigation and
complex trial work.
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program
An
Ethics for the Coming Storm: A Theological Reflection on Climate Change
The 16th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture
Laurie Zoloth
Northwestern University
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
6:00-7:30 pm
Fulton Hall, Room 511
http://www.bc.edu/centers/boisi/publicevents/f16/laurie-zoloth.html
The 16th Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture
Laurie Zoloth
Northwestern University
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
6:00-7:30 pm
Fulton Hall, Room 511
http://www.bc.edu/centers/boisi/publicevents/f16/laurie-zoloth.html
Joseph G. Allen, DSc, MPH (BC ’98)
Monday, November 7
7:30 p.m.
Stokes South 195
Light refreshments will be
served
In this lecture,
Dr. Allen will talk about the role of the environment through a health lens. He
will discuss the role of the built environment on human health, the impact of
green buildings on cognitive function, and chemicals of concern in the indoor
environment. There will be time for discussion on these topics, as well as time
to discuss public health as a career path and Harvard’s new Master of Public
Health degree track that focuses on Sustainability, Health and the Global
Environment.
Dr. Allen graduated from BC in 1998 with a major in Biology
and concentration in Environmental Science. He went on to receive a Master of
Public Health degree and Doctor of Science from Boston University’s School of
Public Health, before joining the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in
2014. Prior to joining the Harvard faculty, he worked in consulting where he led teams of scientists and engineers investigating,
and resolving, hundreds of indoor environmental quality issues, from ‘sick
buildings’ to cancer clusters to all types of chemical/radiological/biological
hazards. Dr. Allen has extended
this line of research by flipping the question; instead of asking how do we fix
problems after they occur, his research team is asking – “how do we optimize
indoor environments for health, well-being and productivity?” This effort is
highlighted by their recent work on the impact of green buildings on cognitive
function. More information on his research can
be found at www.ForHealth.org.
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program
and Global Public Health Program
My name is Heidi Dong, and I
am an editor for The Heights newspaper. I am very excited to be doing a piece
exploring and analyzing the political climate here on Boston College's campus.
To do so, The Heights has made a climate survey to gauge student sentiment. To
have the most representative data possible, we are hoping to send the survey
out to all students in all majors.
Please fill out the survey at
this link
Best Regards,
Heidi Dong
For
any AESS people in the Boston area, I'd like to invite you to
a public event and illustrated presentation celebrating the
release of the Second Edition of A
Healing Landscape: Environmental and Social History of the Site of Mass
Audubon's Boston Nature Center.
When? Saturday, October 15, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Where? Boston Nature Center, 500 Walk Hill St., Mattapan, MA 02126.
Books
will be available (for a small donation), and light refreshments will be
served.
An
interdisciplinary exploration of a specific urban site, A Healing Landscape tells
the stories of the people who have lived and worked on the land that is now the
Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary over the past two centuries and
more – including early farming families, pioneering birdwatchers, and the
residents and staff of the Boston State Hospital. In these pages, you can meet
a Revolutionary War soldier and a resilient woman named Elizabeth, explore the
changes that have taken place in the land over time, and learn about the
creation of the Clark Cooper Community Gardens and of the Boston Nature Center
itself. This expanded Second Edition features new material on the geological
origins of the land, 10,000 years of Native American history, and the
lives and work of farmers at the Boston State Hospital.
You
can learn more about A
Healing Landscape at the project website, www.MassAudubon.org/Boston/About/A-Healing-Landscape
(though we haven't yet updated it with the free PDF of the new edition - I'll
let you know when that's available).
For
directions to the BNC, call them at 617-983-8500
or visit
their website: www.massaudubon.org/boston. Feel free to
contact me with any questions about the book or the event.
Cheers,
Steve
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Steven Pavlos Holmes, Ph.D.
Scholar-in-Residence at the Boston Nature Center, Mattapan, MA
Home: 21 Eldridge Road, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 USA
Cell: 617-285-2832
stevenpavlosholmes@gmx.com
sholmes@massaudubon.org
Steven Pavlos Holmes, Ph.D.
Scholar-in-Residence at the Boston Nature Center, Mattapan, MA
Home: 21 Eldridge Road, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 USA
Cell: 617-285-2832
stevenpavlosholmes@gmx.com
sholmes@massaudubon.org
Subject: ReuseConex conference coming to Boston
October 17-19 at Holiday Inn Boston Bunker Hill
The ReuseConex conference October a once-in-a-generation chance to meet and learn with and from others in the reuse business from near and far, without having to travel, since it’s being held right in our back yard.
The ReuseConex conference October a once-in-a-generation chance to meet and learn with and from others in the reuse business from near and far, without having to travel, since it’s being held right in our back yard.
Here’s
a link to the most recent e-newsletter about the plenary on reuse as part of a
circular economy:
For
more information:
Deb Beatty Mel
Boston Building Resources
100 Terrace Street, Boston, MA
02120-3418
RADCLIFFE
INSTITUTE CONFERENCE
From Sea to
Changing Sea: A Science Symposium about Oceans
Friday, October 28 | 9 AM–5 PM
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced
Study, Harvard University
10 Garden Street, Cambridge MA
This symposium
will focus on the changing nature of the world’s oceans and the questions that
arise from that change. The program will begin with a study of new data about
the formation of oceans and the origins of early life. Speakers will then
examine how oceans have transformed over climate epochs as water temperatures
have fluctuated and ice sheets have formed and melted. Leading scientists and
policymakers will also consider how human behavior is affecting the seas, and they
will explore the impact of these shifts on marine life, islands, coastal areas,
and climate change overall. The symposium will conclude by asking what role the
scientific community and others can play in understanding and stewarding this
critical global resource.
Please register
by visiting www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/event/2016-from-sea-to-changing-sea-symposium.
Speakers:
- Chris
Bowler RI ’17, CNRS Director of Research, Institut de
Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure
- Tony de
Brum,
former minister of foreign affairs, Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Christopher
W. Clark, I.P. Johnson Director of the Bioacoustics Research
Program; senior scientist, Neurobiology and Behavior; senior scientist,
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, College of Agriculture and Life
Sciences, Cornell University
- Anne L.
Cohen, associate scientist with tenure, Woods Hole
Oceanographic Institution
- David
Emerson, senior research scientist and associate director for
bacteriology, Provasoli-Guillard National Center for Marine Algae and
Microbiota, Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
- Peter
R. Girguis, professor of organismic and evolutionary biology,
Harvard University
- John
Huth,
faculty codirector of the science program, Radcliffe Institute; Donner
Professor of Science, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
- Richard
J. Lazarus, Howard and Katherine Aibel Professor of Law, Harvard
Law School
- Amala
Mahadevan RI ’15, senior scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution
- John W.
Mandelman, vice president, Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean life,
chief scientist, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, New England Aquarium
- Andrew
Pershing, chief scientific officer, Gulf of Maine Research
Institute
- Steven
D. Poulin, commander, First Coast Guard District, United States
Coast Guard
- Maureen
E. Raymo, Lamont Research Professor and director,
Lamont-Doherty Core Repository, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia
University
- Lynne
D. Talley, distinguished professor, Scripps Institution of
Oceanography, University of California San Diego
- Rebecca
Woodgate, senior principal oceanographer and associate
professor of oceanography, University of Washington
The event
is free and open to the public. We encourage you to share this invitation with
people you know who may be interested in attending.
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The Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study at Harvard University is dedicated to creating and
sharing transformative ideas across the arts, humanities, sciences, and social
sciences. Learn more about the people and programs of the Radcliffe Institute
at www.radcliffe.harvard.edu.
EnergySage is seeking a college senior, recent graduate, or graduate student with familiarity in energy and sustainability to help develop 10-15 articles for new content on the EnergySage website. This is a contract/freelance position and will be paid per article completion.
Location: Boston, MA or remote worker
Duration: Part-time, project-based
Compensation: Commensurate with the experience and education of the
candidate
How to Apply: Send your resume and two writing samples (500-1500 words
each) to Sara at: sara@energysage.com
Key
Responsibilities
- Research energy efficiency measures that homes and
businesses can take to reduce their electricity costs
- Develop helpful, consumer-friendly articles that
explain every stage of the energy efficiency process for homes
- Identify helpful, impartial academic and government
resources that support all articles
Required Skills
& Experience
- Familiarity with energy efficiency, sustainability,
and/or renewable energy
- Experience researching and developing educational
content
- Excellent written communication skills
- Experience writing for web and/or a consumer audience
preferred
- A self-starter with a strong drive to achieve
About EnergySage,
Inc.
EnergySage is the "Kayak.com
of Solar", the industry's first and only online marketplace for turnkey
solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The EnergySage Marketplace transforms the
complex Solar Photovoltaic (PV) shopping process into a simple online comparison-shopping
experience that enables consumers to compare quotes from multiple pre-screened
installers in an apples-to-apples format across all financing options. The
unique, innovative platform provides unprecedented levels of choice,
transparency, and information at no cost to consumers.EnergySage’s benefits extend to providers such as manufacturers, installers, financiers and other professionals involved in the solar PV sales process as well, through increased consumer awareness, knowledge and demand for their services. By creating efficiencies in the buying and selling processes, EnergySage slashes the time and effort required by consumers and installers, significantly reducing customer acquisition costs, boosting consumer confidence, and ultimately accelerating mass-market solar adoption. EnergySage has been awarded two prestigious SunShot Awards by the U.S. Department of Energy. www.energysage.com
EnergySage is an affirmative action-equal opportunity
employer.
First launched in 2010, with the original title of the Global Service and Justice Program, the McGillycuddy-Logue Fellows Program is designed to prepare a small cohort of undergraduate students to develop into thoughtful and fully engaged global citizens, who are prepared to act with humility, and in solidarity with others. Fellows are expected to gain three primary attributes upon completion of the program: a greater awareness of their intellectual, social, and intercultural development and skills; a deeper understanding of their place in an ever changing and increasingly interdependent world; and the development of tools for becoming agents of change.
The program structure combines rigorous academic preparation, personal experiences and guided reflections that will, in turn, facilitate an evaluation of deeply-rooted assumptions and foster a more comprehensive understanding of global issues. Upon successful completion of the program, students will receive a certificate and transcript documenting their academic and service accomplishments and will emerge as more informed activists and better-prepared, global leaders.
Application due October 15
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Kevin
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Communications
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Communications
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This
represents an opportunity to work in clean energy communications for the
state agency leading energy efficiency and renewable energy policy and
program development. The intern will have an opportunity to create blog
posts, web pages, case studies, tweets and more. S/he will also learn about
clean energy and contribute to the understanding of energy savings and
actions that businesses and residents can take to reduce greenhouse gas
production. Communications interns will work with the Communications team in
a variety of ways: attend policy meetings, develop communication strategies,
organize events, work with social media, engage communities and stakeholders.
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part-time
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Dates (if ongoing, just say ongoing):
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Fall
2016
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required/preferred:
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Communications
and/or education background and experience with social media preferred.
Experience with graphic design, good writing, research, and interviewing skills
are a plus.
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(if none, please say none):
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Send resume/cover
letter to Karin.pisiewski@state.ma.us
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Environment
Advocacy Internships
Apply
to intern with Environment Massachusetts
Fall, spring, and summer internships
available
Deadline to apply for fall internships: Friday, September 30
Deadline to apply for fall internships: Friday, September 30
Apply today: https://goo.gl/forms/UU39NgKjPi7yvVKq2
Environment Massachusetts is a statewide, grassroots environmental organization working to tackle our biggest environmental challenges and fight for a greener future.
Our interns make a big impact on our campaigns, while gaining valuable skills in political advocacy and grassroots organizing.
As an intern, you’ll work on campaigns like:
Repowering Massachusetts with 100 percent renewable energy: We can get all of the energy we need from clean, renewable sources like solar and wind. But too much of our power still comes from dirty fossil fuels that contribute to climate change. We’re campaigning for a goal of 100 percent renewable energy for Massachusetts.
Protecting the Charles River: Every summer, pollution in the Charles River leads to toxic cyanobacteria blooms, which turn the water green and make it unsafe for swimming or boating. These blooms release chemicals that are linked to neurological, kidney, and liver damage. We’re working to reduce pollution in the river and protect the health of nearby communities.
As an intern with Environment Massachusetts, you’ll work hard and take on real responsibility. Our interns organize press conferences, write op-eds and letters to the editor, build powerful coalitions, meet with state officials, and mobilize grassroots support for our campaigns.
We’re hiring interns for the fall and spring semesters and for the summer. Interns typically work 10-15 hours per week during the academic year and 20-40 hours per week during the summer. The position is unpaid.
The deadline to apply for a fall internship is Friday, September 30.
Apply today: https://goo.gl/forms/UU39NgKjPi7yvVKq2
Questions? Contact Ben Hellerstein: ben@environmentmassachusetts.org, 617-747-4368.
Environmental League of Massachusetts, Communications/
Development Intern
Development and Communication Interns play a key role assisting with fundraising, communications, events, general administration, and special projects at ELM. The position offers an opportunity to develop and hone professional skills, gain exposure to best practices in fundraising and communications at an advocacy organization, and help strengthen the reach and effectiveness of the environmental community in Massachusetts.
Development and Communication Interns play a key role assisting with fundraising, communications, events, general administration, and special projects at ELM. The position offers an opportunity to develop and hone professional skills, gain exposure to best practices in fundraising and communications at an advocacy organization, and help strengthen the reach and effectiveness of the environmental community in Massachusetts.
If interested
send resume and cover letter to Anne Meyer (BC, 2014) at ameyer@environmentalleague.org.
Tropical Marine Ecology in Costa Rica
and Nicaragua
Course description:
This course is focused on marine organisms and marine
ecosystems in a tropical environment, as well as both local and global marine
conservation issues. Students will learn about and experience local
marine organisms on the northern Pacific coast of Costa Rica and the southern
Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Lectures and field experiences will be
conducted on a daily basis. We will cover biology, physiology,
identification, and conservation information for the following: Local marine
vertebrates, local marine invertebrates, sea turtles, and a lecture
specifically on elasmobranchs. We will also cover local marine ecosystems
(intertidal zone, rocky reefs, coral reefs, estuaries, mangroves, sandy bottom,
pelagic zone), their inhabitants, and conservation issues concerning those
ecosystems. Non-marine related lectures will include local geology and
the unique cloud forest of Monteverde. Field experiences will include
scuba diving (for those certified), snorkeling, tide pool exploration, a
mangrove estuary tour, and a sea turtle night walk. Students are expected
to actively participate in lectures, group discussions, and species
identification in the field.
Course dates: December 26, 2016 -
January 4, 2017
Course fee: $1,799
What's included: Course tuition,
all lectures, all housing, all breakfasts, all dinners, all transportation, 3
days diving or snorkeling, tide pool exploration, mangrove tour, sea turtle night
walk, surfing, zip-lining.
What's NOT included: Round trip
airfare to San Jose (SJO), Costa Rica, lunches, snacks and drinks, and any
optional activities you choose during free time.
Deadline for course sign-up: October 30,
2016. There are currently only 10 spaces remaining in this course!!
For further information or to sign up for this course please
go to http://www.coastalmera.com/costa-rica---nicaragua.html
Summer 2017 Shark and Ray Research in
Clearwater, FL
Program description:
This program is focused on a hands-on, field
curriculum. We conduct a 1 - 2 hr. lecture or class discussion each
day and spend the rest of the day for 6 - 8 hours in the field conducting
research on sharks and rays. Most lectures are focused on elasmobranch
biology, physiology, ecology, identification, and conservation. Other
lectures will include biology, physiology, identification, and conservation of
sea turtles and manatees; fisheries, aquaculture, and ecotoxicology; the
concept of a species; aquarium controversy; and how to develop a research
project and communicate the results effectively. To make this program as
hands-on as possible, our students conduct all research activities under the
supervision of one or more staff members or instructors. This means
that our students set and retrieve gear, handle any captured animals,
collect data from any captured animals, tag elasmobranchs, and release all
captured animals. No previous research experience or animal handling
experience is necessary. This program is excellent for any student
interested in the natural sciences, any student wanting to gain research
experience, and any student interested in attending graduate school.
Program dates: Our summer program
runs at 1 week intervals (Sunday - Saturday) from May 7, 2017 - August 26,
2017. Students may attend as many weeks as they would like. Any
student who attends 4 weeks or more will be acknowledged in any scientific
paper published from the data collected that summer. There are tuition
breaks for students who attend 3 or more weeks as well as for groups of 6 or
more students attending together.
Deadline for early enrollment benefits: December
31, 2016
Deadline for program enrollment: March
30, 2017
For pricing and program availability please visit the summer
program page as well as the tuition page of our website http://www.coastalmera.com/summer-program.html
If you have any questions regarding the above courses and
programs please contact us at info@coastalmera.com or (843)246-0750.
Internships with Impact
Make Your Impact for Our Environment, Our
Democracy and Our Future
If you are interested in joining a team of passionate people to make an impact on issues like global warming, clean water, big money’s influence over our democracy and other issues that matter to our future, consider an internship with Impact.
Impact is a project of leading advocacy organizations, including Environment America and U.S. PIRG, that runs grassroots campaigns. The internship allows you to work for our environment, our democracy and our future.
Impact is now accepting applications to join our team this fall! Our internship application deadline is September 25th. Click here to apply.
You can make a big difference through an internship with Impact.
Learn more and apply on our website, or reach out to our Recruitment Director, Katie Otterbeck at jobs@weareimpact.org.
We are pleased to announce that the fall 2016 session
of MassCEC’s Clean Energy Internship Program is now open for enrollment and
employer engagement! Please let your students and recent graduates know
that this resource is available to them. Attached is a Student FAQ containing
new program information which will help to answer many questions they may have.
All majors are welcome to participate.
The link to the electronic student application, along with a
copy of the frequently asked questions and other general information on the
internship program, can be found here:
While it is ultimately up to employers with who they end up
selecting for an internship, students are encouraged to be proactive and
reach out to clean energy employers in their area to let them know
about the program and that they would like to intern with them for the session.
This will greatly improve their chances of being selected for an internship. We
have compiled a map of previously participating clean energy employers in our
program to assist in their outreach.
Important Fall 2016 Session
Dates
August 1st: Open
enrollment for students begins
September 1st: Fall
session begins
October 1st: Deadline
for employers to send signed offer letter submissions to MassCEC
December 15th: Fall
session ends
Lastly, we have an ever-growing Jobs Board for clean energy specific part or full-time (non-internship)
positions that are looking to be filled. We also have a Resume
Board which will allow
individuals to submit a resume directly and then be viewed by clean energy
employers looking to fill open non-internship positions. Individuals will need
to create an account on our website in order to post a resume and this resource
is separate from our internship program.
If you have any further questions regarding the program
after reviewing the documents hosted on our website, please do not hesitate to
contact internships@masscec.com
and someone from our team will respond to you as quickly as possible. Please
email jobsboard@masscec.com
if you have any questions about the Jobs or Resume Boards.
Overview
The Environmental Voter Project is
looking for highly-motivated undergraduates to join our selective Fall
Internship Program. Interns will work closely with the Field Director and the
CEO to learn about subjects such as field campaigning, nonprofit communications
and data analytics. Interns will be expected to devote time to field outreach,
senior staff support, event planning, research, and drafting of membership
communications, blog posts, and stakeholder presentations. In addition to
gaining valuable nonprofit advocacy skills, interns will become talented
organizers and political operatives by learning the nuts and bolts of nonprofit
work and electoral campaigning from an exciting and innovative organization.
We are seeking responsible, motivated candidates who can commit to 12+
hours per week for this program. This is an unpaid internship in Boston, MA.
Main Job Responsibilities
- Recruit and cultivate
volunteers
- Manage and participate
in voter registration and canvassing
- Track field operations
and enter information into databases and dashboards
- Participate in community
events
- Research and draft memos
- Draft membership emails,
stakeholder memos, and blog posts
- Attend professional
seminars
- Research public relations
opportunities
- Outreach to college and
university groups
- Support Senior Staff in
preparing for important events
Requirements
- Candidates must submit a
resume and cover letter
- An interest in
environmental issues or politics
- An outgoing and friendly
demeanor
- Strong attention to
detail
- Ability to represent the
Environmental Voter Project in a professional manner at all times
Time Commitment
- Hours (weekly): 12+
hours per week.
- During Business Hours?:
Yes
- Nights and Weekends?:
Occasionally
- Start Dates: Early
September
- Minimum Time Commitment:
12 weeks
Training Provided.
Interns will receive significant
training in all aspects of field work, organizing, voter outreach, issues
research, and membership communications.
Please email a resume and cover
letter to Peter Polga-Hecimovich at peter@environmentalvoter.org.
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Looking for a job that makes a difference? U.S.PIRG is
hiring college seniors to work as Campus Organizers on college campuses across
the country. On issue after issue, we see powerful interests corrupting the
democratic process, twisting public policy to serve their own ends. U.S. PIRG
takes action by documenting the problems, finding practical solutions,
informing the public and making the case for change directly to
decision-makers. We work on fighting climate change, restoring democracy, and
protecting public health. Apply online atwww.uspirg.org/jobs
or email wellington@masspirgstudents.org
for more details.
PIRG stands for the Public Interest Research Group. We take on
issues where the public needs a champion—someone to stand up to powerful
interests when they push the other way. We know that smart policy solutions and
real change won’t just happen. You need to organize, advocate and fight for
them.
Fellows
Our fellows don’t just sit behind a desk. You’ll be out in the real world—recruiting new groups to join a coalition, speaking in a church basement or town hall to win a new endorsement, organizing a news event or rally, meeting with an editorial board, or doing whatever else it takes to urge our public officials to do the right thing. This is a two-year program, expressly designed to prepare future leaders within PIRG. We look for smarts, leadership experience, top-notch written and verbal skills, and an eagerness to learn. We value experience organizing, including building campus groups.
Digital Campaigners
Our digital campaigners help us design and win campaigns on some of the most important issues affecting the public today. This position is an exciting way to organize and motivate people online. Our online campaigns reach tens of thousands of people and spread the word about making change. This is a position for professionals who are ready to turn online skills into political action. We’re looking for people with sharp writing skills, savvy strategic ability, and a talent for using social media.
To learn more and apply, visit jobs.uspirg.org.
U.S. PIRG is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status.
Fellows
Our fellows don’t just sit behind a desk. You’ll be out in the real world—recruiting new groups to join a coalition, speaking in a church basement or town hall to win a new endorsement, organizing a news event or rally, meeting with an editorial board, or doing whatever else it takes to urge our public officials to do the right thing. This is a two-year program, expressly designed to prepare future leaders within PIRG. We look for smarts, leadership experience, top-notch written and verbal skills, and an eagerness to learn. We value experience organizing, including building campus groups.
Digital Campaigners
Our digital campaigners help us design and win campaigns on some of the most important issues affecting the public today. This position is an exciting way to organize and motivate people online. Our online campaigns reach tens of thousands of people and spread the word about making change. This is a position for professionals who are ready to turn online skills into political action. We’re looking for people with sharp writing skills, savvy strategic ability, and a talent for using social media.
To learn more and apply, visit jobs.uspirg.org.
U.S. PIRG is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, handicap, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status.
What do interns with Environment America interns do?
You’ll help us educate and engage more students and citizens on the most
critical environmental issues of our time. You’ll help us get our issues into
the media, build coalitions, organize events and lobby decision-makers.
Ultimately, you’ll help us build the kind of public support it takes to win.
Campaigns
We’re working to stop global warming: We took a big step forward last summer when President Obama directed his Environmental Protection Agency to develop standards that would cut carbon pollution from power plants, the nation’s largest contributors to global warming pollution. This historic step won’t be enough to fully solve the problem, but it’ll be an important start. But standing in the way, at every step, is one of the most powerful special interests in the world: the fossil fuel industry. That’s where we come in. We’re working to rally millions of American citizens, along with local elected officials and other powerful voices to back the President’s plan.
We’re making sure we don’t frack our future: Dirty and dangerous fracking could soon put some of America’s most spectacular places at risk. And we know that this especially destructive method of drilling for gas contaminates water and turns forests and rural landscapes into industrial zones – making nearby families sick and contributing significantly to global warming as well. Now, we’re working to offset the outsized influence of the oil and gas industry and keep our remarkable special places protected.
We’re working to protect our rivers, lakes and streams: To protect our waterways from pollution and destruction we need to crack down on factory farm pollution, sewage and other threats. And we know it won’t be easy because of big opposition from the Farm Bureau, giant agribusiness and others. Now, we’re working to harness grassroots support for clean water and turn it into the political power we need to have a lasting direct impact on our waterways.
Becoming an Environment America intern
Campaigns
We’re working to stop global warming: We took a big step forward last summer when President Obama directed his Environmental Protection Agency to develop standards that would cut carbon pollution from power plants, the nation’s largest contributors to global warming pollution. This historic step won’t be enough to fully solve the problem, but it’ll be an important start. But standing in the way, at every step, is one of the most powerful special interests in the world: the fossil fuel industry. That’s where we come in. We’re working to rally millions of American citizens, along with local elected officials and other powerful voices to back the President’s plan.
We’re making sure we don’t frack our future: Dirty and dangerous fracking could soon put some of America’s most spectacular places at risk. And we know that this especially destructive method of drilling for gas contaminates water and turns forests and rural landscapes into industrial zones – making nearby families sick and contributing significantly to global warming as well. Now, we’re working to offset the outsized influence of the oil and gas industry and keep our remarkable special places protected.
We’re working to protect our rivers, lakes and streams: To protect our waterways from pollution and destruction we need to crack down on factory farm pollution, sewage and other threats. And we know it won’t be easy because of big opposition from the Farm Bureau, giant agribusiness and others. Now, we’re working to harness grassroots support for clean water and turn it into the political power we need to have a lasting direct impact on our waterways.
Becoming an Environment America intern
If you agree that it’s time to solve these big environmental
problems, the best thing you can do to get involved is to apply to be an Environment America
intern today.
We’re looking for students who care deeply about the environment and are ready to make a difference now.
As an intern:
We’re looking for students who care deeply about the environment and are ready to make a difference now.
As an intern:
- You’ll learn how to
analyze environmental problems, push for smart solutions, and build the
public support it takes to win
- You’ll work side-by-side
with one of our organizers, learning the ropes.
- And you'll attend
briefings and trainings to learn even more about environmental issues and
gain organizing skill
- And if you’re thinking
you might want to make a career out of solving big environmental problems
like global warming – interning with Environment America is one of the
best ways to get started. Not only will you get the training and
experience you need, but we hire our most talented and committed interns
to join our Fellowship Program when they graduate.
We’re hiring interns in Boston and 29 states nationwide. Email Madeline Page, Environment America’s Global Warming Outreach Director at mpage@environmentamerica.org with questions or to apply!
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Below
is a list of upcoming programs in which your students may be
interested. Please
share this email with faculty colleagues and students in
your
department
. To
view more of our programming, you can also visit bc.edu/careerevents.
If
you know of students that have questions or need assistance with exploring
career options, figuring out summer or post-grad plans, or other
career-related matters, please also feel free to refer them to the Career
Center for a one-on-one
advising appointment or drop-in. .
If
you would like a member of the Career Center staff come to your classroom for
a presentation or brief introduction this semester, please request a workshop.
As always, if a specific
opportunity catches your eye as particularly relevant to your
department, please don’t hesitate to reach out; we’d love the opportunity to
work with you to ensure that this event reaches the students for whom it will
be the most beneficial.
COMING UP
A
three-day career exploration program, Endeavor will bring together sophomores
pursuing degrees in the liberal arts with alumni, faculty, and friends.
Through lively conversations, hands-on activities, and career treks into
Boston, participating students will explore, reflect, and learn how to act on
their career interests and goals, while connecting the value of their liberal
arts education to their future.
Info
session:
October
4 | 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. | Walsh 7th Floor Lounge
October
19 | 10:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. | Heights Room
This customized event will feature organizations with
full-time and internship opportunities in diverse STEM industries and/or job
functions, including: Biotechnology, Healthcare, Life Sciences, Scientific
Research, Technology, Computer Hardware/Software, Environment, Energy,
Physical Sciences, and Big Data.
"Insight
Into Diversity" Virtual Diversity Career Fair
Wednesday,
October 19, 2016 9am-6pm (online)
This
virtual Career Fair provides students with the opportunity to connect with
potential employers from across the nation in a variety of industries. The
Fair is hosted by CareerECO, and is open to all Boston College students.
Please
register for the event here and get detailed instructions on how to
participate.
ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES: Career
Chats & Workshops
Expert in Residence: Epsilon (Marketing): Tuesday,
October 4 | 1:00 - 4:55 p.m. | Career Center
Science Resumes and STEM Career and Internship Prep: Tuesday,
October 4 | 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. | Gasson 306
Professors, Professions and Pastries: Life Sciences: Wednesday,
October 5 | 3:30 - 5:00 p.m. | Stokes S139
Boston Law Schools Panel: Tuesday, October 11 | 6:00
- 7:00 p.m. | Gasson 306
INFORMATION SESSIONS
Employers host information sessions on campus throughout the
academic year. Below is just a sampling of what's coming up.
Visit EagleLink (Events > Information Sessions) for a
full list, more details, and to RSVP.
Wayfair,
October 4, 4:30 PM (Industry Cluster: Consumer Products, Retail,
Manufacturing)
FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS, October 4, 6:00 PM (Industry
Cluster: Business Services, Consulting, Management)
Venture for America, October 7, 12:00 PM (Industry
Cluster: Education, Non Profit, Social Services)
Google, October 6, 5:30 PM (Industry
Cluster: Technology, Start Ups, Entrepreneurship)
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B. Kevin Brown
Graduate Assistant, Environmental Studies
617-552-2477
Devlin 213
Spring 2016 Office Hours: Monday 10:00am-1:00pm, Tuesday
10:30am-3:00pm, Wednesday 10:00am-1:00pm, and Thursday 10:30am-3:00pm
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