Aldo Leopold Foundation Education and Visitor Services Intern Position - March 1st Application Deadline The Education and Visitor Services Intern will gain valuable hands-on experience working with the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s Education and Outreach Department and will:
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Work with groups to schedule interpretive tours of the historic Aldo Leopold Shack and Farm, and the green-built Leopold Center. Typical audiences include conservation professionals, land owners and managers, high school/college students, and a small number of local middle school students.
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Develop and lead interpretive tours of the Leopold Shack and Farm and Legacy Center.
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Coordinate and assign tours to per diem guides based on schedule and availability.
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Provide logistical support to meeting rental groups.
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Staff the information desk and bookstore at the Leopold Center as needed. Tasks include answering telephone inquiries about a wide range of Aldo Leopold Foundation programs and services, interacting with the general public and orienting them to visitation options, selling admission tickets and gift shop merchandise, tracking visitor geography, and promoting annual memberships with the organization.
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Performing opening/closing functions on computer-based cash register software.
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Help plan, organize, and staff large annual public events, including Leopold Center Family Day, Leopold Center Art Day, Crane Viewing, and the Brown Bag Lecture Series.
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Assist with promotion of public programs, including hosting tables at local events and presenting at local community group gatherings.
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Assist with maintaining and updating the Aldo Leopold Foundation social media accounts, including creating photographic and video content for daily posts.
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Learn about Aldo Leopold and his contributions to the conservation field as well as the Aldo Leopold Foundation’s project initiatives in education, outreach, and land stewardship.
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Assist with the creation of interpretive signage and promotional materials
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Other tasks as assigned.
The preferred internship start date is Tuesday April 14th, 2015 and will run through November 21st, 2015. The Education Intern will be paid $580 biweekly plus free on-site housing accommodations. All applicants must be eligible to work in the United States at the time they apply.
Required: Excellent presentation skills; Excellent customer service skills; Experience working with children or adults in an environmental education setting; Familiarity with Aldo Leopold and A Sand County Almanac; Dynamic personality; Ability to work independently; Ability to lead tours over a mile in length in hot, buggy conditions, Multitasking skills; Well-developed verbal and written communication skills; Flexibility and leadership ability; Ability to work flexible hours (evening work sometimes required; normal work week will be Tues.-Sat.)
Desired: Degree or equivalent experience/coursework in Environmental Education/Interpretation, Environmental Studies, Natural Sciences, Education, Parks and Recreation, Biological or Earth Sciences, or other related fields; Experience with graphic design, video production, Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Adobe applications desirable.
Application Procedure: Applicants should send a one page cover letter, resume (no more than two pages), and contact information for three references to: Anna Hawley, Public Program Coordinator (anna@aldoleopold.org)
Approximate Hiring Timeline:
March 1st Applications Due
March 4th-15th Interviews
April 14th – Preferred Start Date
Morton Arboretum Center for Tree Science Undergraduate Research Fellowship - Apply by March 1 Students in the Center for Tree Science – Undergraduate Research Fellowship (CTS-URF) program spend ten weeks at The Morton Arboretum conducting independent research under the mentorship of one of our Research Scientists or Research Associates. The CTS-URF is designed to engage undergraduate students in our research, while fostering critical thinking, independence, self-confidence, perseverance, and group skills. The program will help prepare students for graduate studies and professional careers. The CTS-URF is generally focused on urban ecology, with topics in tree biology, urban biodiversity, urban forestry, arboriculture, root biology, soil science, forest ecology, plant systematics, pathology, entomology, tree
conservation, and restoration ecology. More information on these programs can be found at: http://www.mortonarb.org/science-conservation/scientists-and-staff and students are encouraged to contact the scientist or associate directly to discuss current projects.
During the ten weeks, students will work with their mentors to identify a research question, develop a proposal, conduct their research, and prepare a final report. Students in the program participate in weekly activities, such as seminars, fieldtrips, social events, and more. At the end of the program, students will present their research in a student research symposium. More information on the Undergraduate Research Fellowship program can be found here.
The 2015 program dates will be June 15 through August 21. Successful applicants receive a stipend, an opportunity for housing, and a nominal budget for research. Applications are accepted from January 1 to March 1, 2015. To apply for the CTS-URF program, undergraduate students should submit the following to Christine Carrier at ccarrier@mortonarb.org:
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A cover letter describing (one page maximum): why you would like to participate in the CTS-URF program, your career goals and explain how participating in this program might help you meet those goals, any prior research you have conducted, and your mentor and/or research area preference.
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A curriculum vitae or resume.
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A letter of reference from an instructor or advisor from your academic institution.
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Official or unofficial transcript from your academic institution.
Contact Information:
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PI: Dr. Jake Miesbauer, Research Arborist (jmiesbauer@mortonarb.org; 630-719-2413)
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PI: Dr. Robert Fahey, Forest Ecologist (rfahey@mortonarb.org)
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PI: Dr. Andrew Hipp, Senior Scientist in Plant Systematics (ahipp@mortonarb.org)
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PI: Dr. Bryant Scharenbroch, Urban Soil Scientist (bscharenbroch@mortonarb.org)
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CTS-URF Coordinator: Christine Carrier, Research Assistant (ccarrier@mortonarb.org; 630-725-2495)
URI GreenSkills Openings: Spring 2015 Paid spring internships open to Yale students with a valid United States driver’s license; 8-15 hours/week, March 23rd- May 6th
Do you have a desire to improve the urban ecology of New Haven, an interest in working with and inspiring others, the ability to work hard, and a willingness to work with your hands?
The Urban Resources Initiative’s GreenSkills program is hiring Planting Crew Trainers and Planting Crew Supervisors to teach teams of New Haven high school students and/or at-risk adults how to plant large trees. Never planted a tree before? That’s ok! Paid training is provided. It’s a great opportunity to get outside, learn about New Haven, and impact the city in a positive way. See below for job descriptions.
Planting Crew Trainer ($14.00/hour- Level 5 Wage)
Lead a crew of adults with barriers to employment or a crew of high school students in tree planting and stewardship. You will work alongside an experienced GreenSkills supervisor or URI staff member. Job duties include but are not limited to the following:
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Teaching your six-person planting crew about urban ecology, tree planting, and stewardship;
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Leading mini-classes in the field about various environmental topics;
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Instilling and modeling a positive attitude and work ethic in your crew;
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Driving large trucks with trees and navigating throughout the City of New Haven to multiple planting sites.
Planting Crew Supervisor ($15.00/hour)
This position is open to students who have worked for the Urban Resources Initiative’s GreenSkills program or Greenspace program, have mastered the skills required to safely and effectively lead a planting crew, and who have effectively demonstrated advanced leadership and organizational skills. Job duties for this position include the above in addition to mentoring a less experienced crew leader.
Shifts to fill:
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5 openings working with adults (preference given to applicants who can work two shifts):
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Monday 6:30am-12:30pm
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Tuesday 6:30am-12:30pm, 12pm-5pm
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Wednesday: 6:30am-12:30pm, 12pm-5pm
3 openings working with Teens:
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All high school openings are on Saturdays 8:00am-4:30pm
To apply, please send your resume to the GreenSkills Manager, Margaret Carmalt, at margaret.carmaltATyale.edu. For questions, she can be reached at 203-432-6189. Applications will be processed on a first-come first-served basis and will be accepted until the positions are filled. Ideally all applications will have been submitted by February 9th so that paid training can begin during the week of February 23rd.
Global Food Fellowships - Apply by Feb. 27 With generous support from George and Shelly Lazarus, the MFUNd Award, and Helen Dubois, the Yale Sustainable Food Program’s Global Food Fellows Program supports the extracurricular study of food systems. Interested students should propose a plan of study, research or internship project which is innovative, pursuing ideas that could overturn the ecological, social, and economic deficiencies of today’s predominant food system. Priority will be given to projects which:
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engage with a non-Yale community partner, and works with them to ensure the project meets an identified need;
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allow opportunity for hands-on practice, actively working to establish or operate a sustainable food enterprise;
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could support a long-term sustainable food career goal; or
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connect with a curricular interest at Yale
Fellows will have access to YSFP’s staff and resources, but will primarily be self-directed. Social Media progress reports will be due for public posting throughout the summer months. A final deliverable will be discussed and assigned with Awardees on a case-by-case basis. Awards will not exceed $3,000.
To apply: Fellowship applications are welcomed from all Yale undergraduate and graduate students, including graduating seniors. To be considered, please fill out this form and upload supporting documentation by Friday, February 27 at 10:00 am.
Email Jacqueline Lewin with questions or for more information.
Spring Salvage Jobs Available Yale Recycling and the Office of Sustainability are seeking undergraduate and graduate students to serve as Program Assistants leading up to and during Spring Salvage in May 2015.
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Spring Salvage is an annual resource recovery program coordinated by Yale Recycling and the Office of Sustainability during undergraduate move-out. The program is run in Yale’s twelve undergraduate dorms and collects donations of soft items (e.g. clothes, shoes, towels and bedding) and hard items (e.g. chairs, bookshelves, beds, futon frames, and other large items). In 2014, over 60,000 lbs. of material were collected and donated to Easter Seals Goodwill Industries.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Program Assistants will play critical roles in Spring Salvage by hauling donated and recyclable items from student residences at the end of the semester and facilitating dormitory move-out operations.
Work will consist primarily of hauling furniture, room furnishings and other items discarded by students to specified locations for donation, recycling, and trash. Program Assistants will be expected to serve as liaisons between Facilities/Recycling and key personnel in their work zones: custodial staff, hired contractors, masters, deans, dining services, and students.
Spring Salvage will take place over two phases in May:
Phase 1: Underclass Move-Out, April 27-May 9
Phase 2: Senior Move-Out, May 18-May 21
The majority of Spring Salvage Program Assistants from Phase 1 will also be needed during the second phase of work, which takes place May 18, May 19 (Peak Day), and May 20. Please note that there will also be work in between Phases 1 and 2.
Spring Salvage Program Assistants will be managed by Facilities/Recycling and the Office of Sustainability. The Office of Sustainability will work with students to obtain post-term housing as needed.
TO APPLY: Candidates must submit a resume, one-paragraph statement of interest, and exam schedule to ryan.laemel@yale.edu with the subject line “Spring Salvage Program Assistant.”
The deadline to submit is Friday, March 6, 2015, at 9:00pm EST. Interviews will be conducted the week after spring break (March 23-March 27).
To see the full job description and to apply, visit the Student Jobs Website and search for the Spring Salvage Program Assistant position (Ref# 15779).
Bigelow Laboratory Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities Undergraduates in Bigelow Laboratory's summer REU Program spend ten weeks at the Laboratory conducting independent research with guidance from a scientist mentor. Directed by Senior Research Scientist Dr. David Fields, and funded by the National Science Foundation, the REU Program is designed to give students pursuing degrees in the sciences, mathematics and engineering a laboratory-based research experience with an emphasis on hands-on, state-of-the-art methods and technologies. REU students are immersed in the Bigelow community and participate in seminars, field trips, Laboratory outreach programs, social events, and more.
Each student in the program is paired with a Bigelow Laboratory scientist based on mutual research interests. During the ten weeks, students work with their mentors to identify a research question, develop a proposal, conduct their research, and prepare an abstract and poster. At the end of the program, students present their poster and give a talk at a student symposium.
Research areas vary year to year, but include marine microbiology, ocean biogeochemistry, optical oceanography, remote sensing, bioinformatics, sensory biology and phytoplankton ecology.
The 2015 program dates will be June 8th - August 14th and will be held at the Laboratory's East Boothbay campus. Successful applicants receive a stipend, free housing, food allowance, and funds for travel to and from Bigelow Laboratory.
For full information and application details, visit this site.
USPIRG Fellowships for 2015 - 2016 We're looking for people who agree that America has more problems than we should tolerate, but who also understand that there are plenty of solutions we should be putting to use.
We're hiring people to cast a brighter spotlight on problems like the overuse of antibiotics on factory farms, or the way that a few billionaires, Super PACs and corporations are spending more than ever to influence our elections.
Our work doesn’t stop at exposing problems. We organize the public to win practical solutions to these problems. We’ll train you how to make the biggest impact through grassroots organizing, media outreach, lobbying public officials and building coalitions.
The special interests have their lobbyists. We're looking to hire people like you to become advocates for the public interest.
Spring Application Deadline: March 1st
Responsibilities may include:
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Recruiting new groups to join a coalition
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Building relationships with legislators and VIPs
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Organizing news events and rallies, and generating the grassroots support it takes to win campaigns
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During the summer, each Fellow runs a citizen outreach office. This entails fundraising and building the organization, by canvassing and training others to canvass.
Qualifications:
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Strong work ethic
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Outstanding verbal and written communication
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Proven leadership skills
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Strong commitment to getting results
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Passion for making positive social change
Locations: We’re hiring for Boston, DC, Denver, Philadelphia, Portland and Raleigh. If you’re flexible, you can apply for multiple locations.
Salary & Benefits: Fellows earn $25,000 in the first year and $26,500 in the second year. U.S. PIRG offers a competitive benefits package. Eligible staff receive paid holidays, sick days, and vacation days; and the opportunity to enroll in our group health care, college loan assistance, and 401(k) programs. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.
Find out more: Find out more information at jobs.USPIRG.org. If you have any questions you can contact Marites Velasquez, U.S. PIRG Recruitment Director at marites@pirg.org
How To Apply: Apply online by March 1st.
Spring Internship from Green Corps Green Corps is the field school for environmental organizing. We train organizers, provide them with field support for today's critical environmental campaigns, and graduate activists who possess the skills, temperament, and commitment to fight and win tomorrow's environmental battles.
We are also committed to ensuring that as many people as possible can learn and then employ these skills to work on issues that they are passionate about. Every year Green Corps runs activist trainings across the country on campuses.
This year we are hiring On-Campus interns to help make these events a success and spread useful skills to students across the country to help run effective campaigns, learn leadership skills, and become more effective student groups! Interns are critical to the success of these events.
Interns will work 5 hours per week to set up an event where students at Yale can learn the ins and outs of organizing. Anyone interested in the program may fill out this form or contact Laurel Wolf at laurel@greencorps.org
Biomimicry Global Design Challenge - $100K Prize The Biomimicry Global Design Challenge is hosted by the Biomimicry Institute, in partnership with the Ray C. Anderson Foundation, and is open to students and professionals around the world.
We believe that, by applying nature’s design principles, we can create solutions that help support a healthy planet. The Institute’s goal is to build an artery of sustainable innovation inspired by nature and to help bring more biomimetic solutions to market.
We do this by running a Global Challenge that provides innovators who care about the planet with the tools and support they need to design creative and elegant solutions to seemingly intractable problems. We shepherd the most viable solutions to market or implementation by providing incubation support and introducing top teams to governmental, non-governmental organization, and private sector partners.
Every two years, the Biomimicry Institute selects a key sustainability issue as a broad theme and focus for the Global Challenge. Each year, we offer a design concept round followed by a prototype round. Thus, any given theme will feature two design concept rounds, over the course of two years, each followed by a prototype round.
The Global Challenge features two entry categories: an open category and a student-only category. All participants get access to our Design Challenge Toolbox and supporting resources, including sessions with mentors and biomimicry professionals. Those who submit to our design concept rounds are eligible to win substantial cash prizes, as well as additional business incubation support and the opportunity to compete in the prototype round. The winner of the annual prototype round will receive the Ray C. Anderson Foundation’s $100,000 “Ray of Hope” Prize.
Find details on the Student Category Challenge here.
Department of Energy Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis - Summer Internships for 2015 - Apply by March 31 The Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis (EPSA) is now accepting applications for its Internship Program. Over 10 weeks, interns will be working with policymakers in one of EPSA’s offices, making meaningful contributions to research, analysis and day to day office administration. This program provides a unique opportunity to learn about energy policy at the national level, and build research and analytical skills.
The Director of EPSA serves as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary of Energy on energy issues and related integration of energy systems. EPSA is a focal point for policy coordination within the Department on the formulation, analysis, and implementation of energy policy. It also coordinates related programmatic options and initiatives that facilitate the transition to a clean and secure energy economy.
EPSA covers a number of areas in energy policy, including:
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Climate, Environment, and Energy Efficiency
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Energy Security
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Energy Systems and Integration
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Water-Energy Nexus
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Critical Materials
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Energy Finance, Incentives and Program Review
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State, Local and Tribal Cooperation
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The Quadrennial Energy Review
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Responsibilities
Interns in EPSA will:
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Research discrete energy issues,
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Write content for research papers or white papers,
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Prepare memos on specific topics for supervisors,
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Staff meetings, and
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Manage other duties as required.
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Qualifications
To qualify for an EPSA internship you must:
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Demonstrate an interest in energy policy, public policy, or a related field
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Possess the following skills:
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Strong research and analytical skills,
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Quantitative reasoning skills,
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Detail oriented, and
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Ability to communicate effectively via email and in person.
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Be available to intern at our office for at least 10 weeks for the given semester (summer, fall, or spring)
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Be a third or fourth year undergraduate student, a graduate student, or have graduated from either undergraduate or graduate school in the 24 months prior to the start of the internship.
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Be a U.S. citizen
Through the EPSA Internship you can earn either a stipend or academic credit. Please ask for more details if you are selected for an interview. If you are interested in applying for an internship, please email EPSAinternship@hq.doe.gov the following items:
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A Cover Letter indicating the following things
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Your interest in energy policy
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The areas within EPSA of most interest (up to 3)
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Your research experience
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Your student status
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The desired semester (Summer, Fall, or Spring)
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Your resume or CV (in PDF format)
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2 Letters of Recommendation (professional or academic only)
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An essay of no longer than 2 pages double-spaced addressing the following question: What is the primary challenge the U.S. energy system faces over the next 2 decades?
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To apply for the Summer Semester, please submit all the materials above by March 31st, 2015 11:59PM.
If you have any questions about the program, please e-mail EPSAinternship@hq.doe.gov.
TRI University Challenge - Apply By March 20 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program is excited to continue the TRI University Challenge[epa.gov]! The TRI program publishes data on the disposal or other releases for over 650 toxic chemicals from thousands of U.S. facilities and information about how facilities manage those chemicals through recycling, energy recovery, and treatment. One of TRI's primary purposes is to inform communities about toxic chemical releases to our environment.
Since 2012 EPA has challenged the academic community to find innovative ways to use TRI data to promote more informed decision-making and action on the part of communities, manufacturers, and government. The challenge has fostered more than a dozen successful projects and partnerships over the past two years and yours could be next! Students and professors are eligible to submit project ideas ranging from one semester to multi-year research or coursework as long as the projects increase the knowledge, use, and understanding of TRI data and other related information. Each year priority topics are selected to drive the challenge; to view past topic areas please visit the
TRIU past challenge websites. The 2015 priority areas will be:
· Turning environmental data into understanding
· Community engagement
· Pollution prevention and sustainability
Institutions whose project proposals are selected will serve as 2015-2016 TRI University Challenge partners. Partners will receive direct non-monetary support from EPA TRI staff experts, and, depending on the outcome of their project, may receive national recognition for their project as well as speaking opportunities at conferences and events. Applicants who are not prepared to submit project ideas this spring are encouraged to submit project proposals during the next open application period.
More information about the challenge, this year’s priority topics, and details about upcoming informational webinars will be posted on the TRI University Challenge website.
Application Deadline: EPA will be accepting TRI University Challenge applications between February 2nd and March 20th, 2015. Applicants will be contacted regarding their application status by June 2015.
For questions not answered during the webinar or on the website, please contact Caitlin Briere at caitlin.briere@epa.gov.
