EnergySage is seeking a current college senior with familiarity in energy and/or sustainability to help develop new articles for the EnergySage website. This is a contract/freelance position with the potential to transition into a full-time position in summer 2017. Applicants can work remotely or locally at our Boston office, and will be paid per article completion.
For more information, visit: https://www.energysage.com/about/careers#writer_researcher Send applications to [email protected].
Feathers over Freeport is a program put on by Wolfe’s Neck Wood State Park in Freeport. The program is aimed at providing and highlighting birding opportunities in the greater Freeport area to the public
They are seeking volunteers to help run the event. Please contact Zeb at (207) 865-4465 if you are interested. Visit http://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/discover_history_explore_nature/activities/feathers_over_freeport.shtml for more information.
Frontier Group is hiring college seniors to work as Policy Associates next year. Frontier Group uses the power of ideas and information to achieve a cleaner environment and a fairer and more democratic society.
We produce timely, high-quality research reports on the nation’s pressing challenges: environmental protection, sustainable energy, good government and more. We help shape effective public policy strategies that address those problems. And we work to make sure the public and decision-makers hear our message through the media.
As a policy associate, you will:
Locations in Denver, CO, Boston, MA and Santa Barbara, CA
Go to http://workforprogress.org/apply/?pos=Policy+Associate&org=Frontier+Group&id=101 to submit a resume, cover letter and writing sample. In your cover letter, please be sure to mention where you saw our job advertised and what location you are interested in.
The Nature Conservancy in Maine is seeking candidates for our Director of Science position. This position will play a critical leadership role in using an evidence-based, scientific approach to inspire and guide the conservation strategies of The Nature Conservancy in Maine This position is central to ensuring that our conservation strategies are based on robust scientific grounding and have positive outcomes for nature and people.
We are looking for a proven leader and problem solver to serve as a science convener and a subject matter expert to ensure conservation science and planning best practices are applied throughout TNC Maine’s work in forests, freshwater, oceans, and climate. Leading and managing a team of science and planning staff in Maine, this candidate applies existing and cutting-edge solutions to major conservation challenges and is responsible for leading collaborative enterprises that create a body of scientific work that build on and expand how conservation is carried out for the benefit of nature and people in Maine and beyond. The candidate helps to lead strategic planning to determine TNC Maine’s priorities, and is responsible for fostering effective and innovative partnerships to develop and implement key projects. We appreciate collaborative approaches and encourage innovative ideas and recommendations.
External applicants MUST apply via www.nature.org/careers by referencing job #45145. All applications are due by March 15 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time.
U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) is hiring Digital Campaigners at Bowdoin to work on big problems, like checking the influence of big money in our elections and promoting smart transportation options for the 21st century. PIRG is a nonprofit, nonpartisan advocacy organization and our digital campaigners are responsible for creating content for our running our online campaigns that reach tens of thousands of our supporters every week.
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.
U.S. PIRG is hiring graduating seniors to start in August 2017. To learn more about the position or apply, visit: jobs.uspirg.org
Earth Economics is a global leader in science-based economics. We work with leaders from government, industry, and NGOs to identify and place a dollar value on the benefits nature provides. Our organization is dedicated to the proposition that only with a full understanding of nature’s value can decision makers truly make the best policies and investments. Internships are unpaid.
Our team of economists and analysts focus on the world’s most urgent challenges to healthy ecosystems including working lands, forests, freshwater, and oceans to support resilient communities.
Student interns have an opportunity to apply their knowledge of economics to natural capital valuation projects while working to expanding our ecosystem valuation database.
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Please submit a resume and a brief statement on your interest in natural capital valuation and ecological economics to [email protected] . Applications are due April 1.
Northeastern’s Three Seas Program in marine biology delivers a unique combination of inquiry-based study, fieldwork, research, and workplace experience. It is a program in which students learn science by doing science and emerge as capable, confident marine biologists.
• Students spend a full academic year immersed in the study of marine biology in three distinctly different marine ecosystems
• The program’s rigorous, inquiry-based curriculum in marine science is completed with laboratory, lecture, and fieldwork studies
• Students are guided and challenged by a faculty comprised of some of the world’s most prestigious marine researchers and educators
• Graduates of the program have a proven record of acceptance in the top marine biology graduate programs across the country, as well as success in a variety of marine-related careers
Visit www.northeastern.edu/threeseas to apply.