Dear Environmental Studies Students,
Please find this week’s Environmental Studies Announcements
below. Be sure to note that we have several upcoming webinars on
Sustainability Careers with Eban Goodstein and two great events with David
Montgomery and Anne Biklé.
On Campus Events
1. Sustainability Careers Webinars with Eban Goodstein
2. The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
– Feb 9
3. The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood – Feb 16
Off Campus Events
1.
New Directions in Environmental Law
Internship and Job Opportunities, Site Visits, Study
Abroad Opportunities, and Travel Opportunities
1.
Isabella Welles Hunnewell
Internship at the Arnold Arboretum
2.
Intern with the Environmental
Voter Project
3.
Paid Summer Teaching
Opportunity
4.
Intern with Environment
Massachusetts
5.
Earth Leadership Cohort
6.
Study Abroad with the Green
Program
7.
Doris Duke Conservation
Scholars Program at University of Michigan
8.
Undergraduate Environmental
and Ecological Research Opportunities in Montana
9.
Summer Program on Integral
Ecology in the Peruvian Upper Amazon
10. Part-Time Writer and Researcher with Energy Sage
11. Environmental League of Massachusetts, Communications/Development
Intern
12. Environmental Voter Project Internships
13. Courses in Belize
14. Job Opportunities with Mass and US PIRG
15. Internship with Environment America
16. BC Career Center Updates
Best,
Kevin
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B. Kevin Brown
Graduate Assistant, Environmental Studies
617-552-2477
Devlin 213
Sustainability
Careers Webinars:
For BC
Alumni and Current Students
January
26 and February 28
How to Get A Job
In Sustainability: Building a Leadership Career in Business, NGOs and
Government
Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director,
Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College (MBA in Sustainability / MS
Environmental and Climate Policy)
In this one-hour webinar, Dr. Goodstein
will outline different sustainability career directions, evaluate the impact of
President Trump on sustainability jobs, discuss grad school and continuing
education options (including school now / school later), and provide listeners
with a tailored, concrete job search strategy. The webinar includes
twenty minutes of Q&A to address individual career questions.
Log-in
Information:
1/26 10:30
AM: https://bluejeans.com/803723802
1/26 Noon:
https://bluejeans.com/803723802
2/28 4:30
PM: https://bluejeans.com/376549508
Dial-in Only: 888.240.2560, codes above
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Did
you know? Bard College offers career-focused graduate degree programs in
sustainability: MS Degrees in
Environmental Policy and Climate Science and Policy, and a unique,
low-residency MBA
in Sustainability based in New York City. Both programs
emphasize experience-based education, supporting students to turn their calling
into a career.
The Hidden Half of Nature:
The Microbial Roots of Life and Health
David Montgomery and Anne Biklé
University
of Washington
Thursday, February 9
3:15 p.m.
Faculty Dining Room
A reception will following the lecture and will
feature
BC Dining’s Menus of Change with food that is
sustainable, healthy, and delicious
Prepare to set aside what you
think you know about yourself and microbes. Good health—for people and for
plants—depends on Earth’s smallest creatures. David Montgomery and Anne Biklé will tell
the story of our tangled relationship with microbes and their potential to
revolutionize agriculture and medicine, from garden to gut. They will discuss how to
transform agriculture and medicine—by merging the mind of an ecologist with the
care of a gardener and the skill of a doctor.
A book signing with the speakers will
follow this lecture.
David
R. Montgomery is a professor of geomorphology at the University
of Washington and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of The Rocks Don't Lie and
other award-winning popular science books. He lives in Seattle with his wife,
author and biologist Anne Biklé, and Loki, their guide-dog dropout.
Anne
Biklé is a biologist and environmental planner. Her career
spans the fields of environmental stewardship, habitat restoration, and public
health. The Hidden Half of
Nature is her first book.
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies
Program, BC Dining, the Institute for the Liberal Arts, & the Earth and
Environmental Sciences Department
Please
RSVP here to ensure we have enough food for everyone: https://goo.gl/forms/nK9fHkYWU12hUjFJ3
The Rocks Don’t Lie:
A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood
David Montgomery
University
of Washington
Thursday, February 16
5:00 p.m.
Higgins 300
Light Refreshments and Book Signing to follow
How
the mystery of one of the Bible's greatest stories shaped geology: a MacArthur
Fellow presents a surprising perspective on Noah's Flood. In Tibet, geologist
David R. Montgomery heard a local story about a great flood that bore a
striking similarity to Noah’s Flood. Intrigued, Montgomery began investigating
the world’s flood stories and—drawing from historic works by theologians,
natural philosophers, and scientists—discovered the counterintuitive role
Noah’s Flood played in the development of both geology and creationism. Steno,
the grandfather of geology, even invoked the Flood in laying geology’s founding
principles based on his observations of northern Italian landscapes. Centuries
later, the founders of modern creationism based their irrational view of a
global flood on a perceptive critique of geology. With an explorer’s eye and a
refreshing approach to both faith and science, Montgomery takes readers on a
journey across landscapes and cultures. In the process we discover the illusive
nature of truth, whether viewed through the lens of science or religion, and
how it changed through history and continues changing, even today.
David
R. Montgomery is a professor of geomorphology at the University
of Washington and a 2008 MacArthur Fellow. He is the author of The Rocks Don't Lie and
other award-winning popular science books. He lives in Seattle with his wife,
author and biologist Anne Bilké, and Loki, their guide-dog dropout.
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies
Program, the Institute for the Liberal Arts, & the Earth and Environmental
Sciences Department
The 2017 New Directions in
Environmental Law Conference
Environment, National Security, and
Human Rights
February 24-25, 2017 — New Haven, CT
Climate change is a “threat multiplier.” Human lives, national security, and
international peace and stability are all at risk from the effects of a
changing climate. From access to our most basic resources to refugee crises to
disaster risk and resilience, environmental change challenges conventional
notions of human rights and geopolitical security.Register today! At http://ndel.yale.edu/register. Join over 300 students and practitioners to discuss the latest topics at the intersection of environmental change and security.
Environmental law addresses some of the most complex
challenges of our time, from clean air and water, to endangered species
conservation, to environmental justice and climate change. As a relatively new
field, it is constantly expanding and evolving, reflecting our increased focus
on the impact of human activities on the natural world.
In 2010, Yale’s New Directions in Environmental Law
conference was inaugurated as a space to discuss novel approaches to the
practice of environmental law and the creation of environmental policy. By
combining academics and practitioners under one roof, NDEL brought together a
new community to together discuss -- and solve -- environmental challenges.
Now in its 7th year, New Directions in Environmental Law is
an annual student-run conference organized jointly between the Yale School of
Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Yale Law School. It is an ongoing
conversation between high-level practitioners, academics, and the next
generation of environmental and policy leaders.
The Arnold Arboretum offers paid internships in collections
management with concentrations in horticulture and landscape maintenance,
arboriculture, plant production, or collections curation. Experiences combine
hands-on training, educational classes, and visits to other botanical
institutions. Interns are accepted for 12- to 14-week appointments (typically
May through August) with the exception of a limited number of longer-term (18-
to 24-week) appointments based on available funding.
Deadline to submit an application is Feb 10, 2017.
For more information visit: http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/education/collections-fellowships-and-internships/internships/
The Environmental Voter Project is looking for highly-motivated undergraduates to join our selective Winter/Spring 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
- 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
- Hours (weekly): 12+ hours per week.
- During Business Hours?: Yes
- Nights and Weekends?: Occasionally
- Start Dates: January
- Minimum Time Commitment: 12 weeks
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.
Practice
Makes Perfect (PMP), a NYC-based organization that partners with schools to
provide academic summer programming for students in high-need communities is seeking highly motivated sophomore, junior,
and senior undergraduates and graduate students to serve as their Teaching
Fellows.
PMP’s intensive five-week program uses an
innovative near-peer mentorship model that pairs students in grades K-8 with
high-achieving role models from the same community. Our competitive fellowship
places students with an interest in education and a passion for narrowing the
achievement gap in front of these classrooms in the schools that need them the
most. Teaching Fellows will undergo comprehensive training that
prepares them for the rewarding responsibility of leading a classroom and will
receive one-on-one support from a NYC-certified teacher throughout the
summer. Teaching Fellows are instrumental in combating the summer
learning loss and narrowing the achievement gap in NYC. This is a
full-time, paid position.
If you know students who are interested in
pursuing teaching and making a difference this summer, please pass along the
attached job description and flyer. For more information and to apply,
students can visit practicemakesperfect.org/summer or email Emily Becker (fellowships@practicemakesperfect.org).
They will be attending the Boston College
Career and Internship Fair on Wednesday, January 25th. Emily Becker will also
be hosting an Information Session on Thursday, January 26th from 5:00pm-6:00pm
in Fulton 310. This is a great opportunity for students to learn more about the
Fellowship in.
Environmental
Advocacy Internships
Apply
to intern with Environment Massachusetts
Spring and summer internships
available
Deadline to apply for spring internships: Wednesday, January 25
Deadline to apply for spring internships: Wednesday, January 25
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, and we're fighting for policies to expand solar and offshore wind.
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.
Getting the lead out of drinking water: Lead contamination in our drinking water is still a major problem, as the tragedy in Flint, Michigan, has demonstrated. In Massachusetts, tests in dozens of school buildings have revealed dangerous levels of lead. We're working to protect kids from exposure to harmful lead pollution.
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 spring and fall 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 spring internship is Wednesday, January 25.
Apply today: https://goo.gl/forms/UU39NgKjPi7yvVKq2
Questions? Contact Ben Hellerstein: ben@environmentmassachusetts.org, 617-747-4368.
The Earth Leadership Cohort
&
the Work That Reconnects
The Work That Reconnects is known worldwide for empowering activists in social and
ecological justice. Developed by Joanna Macy and her colleagues, this dynamic,
interactive body of work has inspired many thousands of people to engage
wholeheartedly in a transition, a Great Turning as Joanna calls it, to a
life-sustaining society. Described in the book, Coming Ba ck to Life, it brings a new way of seeing the world, as
our larger living body, freeing us from the assumptions and attitudes that now
threaten all life on Earth.
The Earth Leadership Cohort program (ELC) is
designed to introduce young adults to the theory and practice of the Work That
Reconnects (WTR) through an experiential immersion and then to offer
opportunities to practice facilitating the work in the context of a supportive
learning community. The first Earth Leadership Cohort of young adults convened
in 2014, and a second and third cohort followed in 2015, and 2016. We are
delighted to now be gathering a fourth
Earth Leadership Cohort for the spring of 2017.
The first meeting of the cohort will include a
five-day workshop June 2-7 at Hallelujah Farm in Chesterfield, NH with a larger
group of activists, educators, and artists. This intergenerational community of
participants will be guided through the spiral of the Work That Reconnects,
opening to the planetary realities of great suffering and rapid destruction as
well as to the magnificence of the web of life. The work is personal as well as
interactive, inviting fresh insight into our role in the Great Turning and new
possibilities for collaboration.
The second meeting is a retreat June 22 – 25 just for the Cohort at Starseed Healing Sanctuary in Savoy,
MA. There, the group has the opportunity to reflect on the rich experiences of
the previous workshop, to facilitate the WTR group practices, and to begin to
integrate new perspectives into their personal and professional dreams. The
retreat is also a time for gathering resources, ideas, and support for “going forth” into the world as change agents, healers,
compassionate listeners, and empowered citizens. As a community, the members
decide how they would like to keep in touch and support one another in
realizing their short-term goals and long-term visions. Alumni from the first
three cohorts have organized several reunions and co-facilitated a number of
Work That Reconnects workshops for the public. They have also formed an “Earth Leadership Community” and welcome future ELC
alumni to join.
More information: http://interhelpnetwork.org/elc-description/
Created for students, by students, The GREEN Program has
introduced a new model for education abroad. Our
accredited, short-term model focuses on bringing transformative
experiences to students around the world and unlocking doors to
governmental, public, and private facility access, exclusive
tours, and unique bucket-list experiences around the world. We are
working with universities around the world to redefine what a classroom
should mean - from lecture halls to studying the effects of climate
change on the top of our world's glaciers.
As commitment partners to the United Nations 17 Sustainable
Development Goals, The GREEN Program exposes students to the heart and
guts of these sustainability challenges and initiatives around the world.
Our programs are catered to students who are curious about the
world and seek opportunities to adventure, break outside of their comfort
zones, and stand out amongst their peers as global citizens.
We don’t want
students to choose between a job, internship, or a study abroad experience. We
want them to do it all.
We help students maximize their winter, spring, and summer breaks
in order to allow them to get in a fulfilling educational abroad experience
within just 8-10 days. All the while, students are able to land that awesome
internship they’ve had their eye on, complete summer classes needed to graduate
on time, or challenge their idea towards global citizenship.
Currently on our 7th year, we currently operate over the spread of three continents. Our organization’s core team and company headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our full-time team of five works out of Pipeline Philly, a co-working space located in Center City, Philadelphia. As one of the founding members of the space, The GREEN Program is a part of this ever-growing community now home to more than 200 companies and organizations.
Beyond Philadelphia, we work alongside numerous indigenous educational institutions and organizations specific to our program locations. Fearless adventure leaders and passionate education gurus, our in-country guides are an integral part of what makes GREEN, GREEN. Of course, our community would not be what it is today without our extended GREEN Family – The GREEN Program Alumni. Having hosted participants from more than 300 universities around the world, we are elated to welcome more than 1800 student leaders and young professionals into our ever-growing community.
Our team and students all have one underlying mission in common: we have consciously chosen to pursue a future of possibilities, and are determined to be part of the solutions toward a better world.
Currently on our 7th year, we currently operate over the spread of three continents. Our organization’s core team and company headquarters are located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Our full-time team of five works out of Pipeline Philly, a co-working space located in Center City, Philadelphia. As one of the founding members of the space, The GREEN Program is a part of this ever-growing community now home to more than 200 companies and organizations.
Beyond Philadelphia, we work alongside numerous indigenous educational institutions and organizations specific to our program locations. Fearless adventure leaders and passionate education gurus, our in-country guides are an integral part of what makes GREEN, GREEN. Of course, our community would not be what it is today without our extended GREEN Family – The GREEN Program Alumni. Having hosted participants from more than 300 universities around the world, we are elated to welcome more than 1800 student leaders and young professionals into our ever-growing community.
Our team and students all have one underlying mission in common: we have consciously chosen to pursue a future of possibilities, and are determined to be part of the solutions toward a better world.
Visit http://thegreenprogram.com/programs to
learn about our programs.
Swan Valley
Connections is an integrated education and conservation non-profit in
Western Montana. We offer students the opportunity to study the complexities of
natural resource management through experiential learning. We specialize in
interdisciplinary, place-based education, as we believe that a deep
understanding of natural history and ecological processes combined
with empathy for human communities leads to innovative and thoughtful
stewardship.
Our programs, Landscape and Livelihood and Wildlife
in the West, are unique because we provide high-quality education (we
are accredited by the University of Montana) and we are actively engaged
in collaborative monitoring projects and community-based
conservation. This allows us to expose students to conservation
professionals as they are grappling with natural resource issues in real time.
We also invite alumni of our programs to come back as interns as part of our
mission to foster the next generation of conservation leaders.
Summer Program
July 1 – August 11, 2017
August 12-26, 2017 – optional forest retreat with focus on Amazonian medicinal plants
Sachamama Center for Biocultural Regeneration (SCBR)
Lamas, Department of San Martin, Peru
Levels: Undergraduate students, MA students, and Activists
Course Faculty: Dr. Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Professor Emerita, Dept. of Anthropology at Smith College, fmarglin@smith.edu
Application deadline: March 31, 2017
Testimonial by Aleena Glinski, Yale student: "This is a remarkable program where students experientially learn about the agroforestry techniques of the indigenous people of the high amazon in Lamas, Peru. One learns how to make terra preta and biochar in seminars and in the field while exploring the cosmovisions of the indigenous people who originally created this miraculous soil both in text and in conversations with Kechwa people. Throughout, there is an emphasis on deeply investigating the origins of the nature-culture dichotomy in a cross-disciplinary manner, which inevitably results in personal discovery into our connection to and role within the biosphere."
See the flyer:
http://fore.yale.edu/files/2017_Integral_Ecology_Program.pdf
July 1 – August 11, 2017
August 12-26, 2017 – optional forest retreat with focus on Amazonian medicinal plants
Sachamama Center for Biocultural Regeneration (SCBR)
Lamas, Department of San Martin, Peru
Levels: Undergraduate students, MA students, and Activists
Course Faculty: Dr. Frederique Apffel-Marglin, Professor Emerita, Dept. of Anthropology at Smith College, fmarglin@smith.edu
Application deadline: March 31, 2017
Testimonial by Aleena Glinski, Yale student: "This is a remarkable program where students experientially learn about the agroforestry techniques of the indigenous people of the high amazon in Lamas, Peru. One learns how to make terra preta and biochar in seminars and in the field while exploring the cosmovisions of the indigenous people who originally created this miraculous soil both in text and in conversations with Kechwa people. Throughout, there is an emphasis on deeply investigating the origins of the nature-culture dichotomy in a cross-disciplinary manner, which inevitably results in personal discovery into our connection to and role within the biosphere."
See the flyer:
http://fore.yale.edu/files/2017_Integral_Ecology_Program.pdf
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.
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.
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.
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. For more information about our
appointments versus drop-ins, please visit our website.
If
you would like to have a member of the Career Center staff come to your
classroom for a presentation or brief introduction this semester, feel free
to request a workshop here.
As always, if a specific event or event type 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
Stay tuned for much more to come in 2017!
Endeavor
Registration- Open through Dec. 1st!
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.
ONGOING OPPORTUNITIES: Career
Chats & Workshops
Public Health Internship Panel: Thursday, December 1 | 1:00 -
2:00 p.m. | Maloney 365
Student Clean Energy Symposium: Friday, December 2 | 8:30 a.m. -
3:00 p.m. | Boston University Questrom School of Business | Hariri Building,
595 Commonwealth Avenue |
Expert in Residence
Accenture (Consulting): Friday, December 2 | 9:00 - 11:55 a.m.|
Duff & Phelps (Financial Services/Consulting): Tuesday, December 6 | 1:00 - 4:55 p.m. |
INFORMATION SESSIONS
Employers host information sessions on campus throughout the
academic year. Below is just a sampling of what's coming up.
Deloitte Consulting LP: Friday, December 9 | 11:00 a.m. -
2:00 p.m. | Fulton 220
Cornerstone Research: Wednesday, January
18 | 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. | Walsh Function Room
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B. Kevin Brown
Graduate Assistant, Environmental Studies
617-552-2477
Devlin 213
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