Have an interest in conserving and enhancing Vermont’s natural resources? Apply to be  Water Quality Monitoring Assistant at the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.

The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources’ mission is to preserve, enhance, restore, and conserve Vermont’s natural resources, and protect human health for the benefit of this and future generations.

Responsibilities of this internship includes : recruit volunteers, participate in and provide volunteer training, organize and distribute program supplies, maintain and update volunteer contact information and laboratory data, perform water quality sample collection, transport samples to testing laboratories when needed, perform data entry and data management tasks and provide other ongoing program support. May create and present public outreach programs on water quality issues if time allows.

Expected time commitment: 15 – 25 hrs/week. Stipend offered by watershed associations and  mileage reimbursement

Application deadline is May 1. To apply go to go/mojo !

The Redford Center is committed to transforming social and environmental issues into films that inspire positive change. We engage where there’s a pressing need for awareness and hope, and where public engagement and good timing can make all the difference. We design engagement campaigns for the films we produce so that awareness can truly be the spark that moves people to act. In every step of our process we rely on collaboration—with artists, activists, philanthropists, change agents—and at the end of it, our hope is that we empower masses of people to take part in doing something important and greater than us all. Founded by Robert Redford and his children—James, Shauna and Amy—the Redford Center is an extension of their tireless activism and their faith in creativity, humanity, and positive change.

There are two (2) summer internship positions: Watershed Documentary Film Campaign Intern and a Marketing and Fundraising Intern.

Both positions start date May 28, 2013 and end September 8, 2013 with flexible work hours, 35 hours per week. Position location is San Francisco, California – plans are underway to open an office in the Presidio however it’s not clear when we will get to move in so intern will need to be comfortable telecommuting some of the time.

Apply for EIA summer internship funding to help you with expenses associated with this unpaid internship! Visit go/summerfunding for details. PLEASE NOTE: April 15 is the funding deadline, so you must be offered the internship by then in time to apply for funding–explain the situation in your cover letter and perhaps the internship sponsor can move quickly on making a decision.

GO TO MOJO to review entire position description.

Join Michael McGinnis, Associated Professor at the Monterey Institute, and Charlotte Tate, Associate Director of Middlebury’s Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs for their career conversation on International Environmental Policy . McGinnis has fifteen years of professional and academic experience in the area of large-scale environmental policymaking and planning in diverse cultural and socio-economic settings. His edited compendium Bioregionalism (Routledge, 1999) is the primary text in the field. Cosponsored by EIA Career Services and Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs

If you have any  questions contact: Tracy Himmel Isham , thimmel@middlebury,edu

Location: Adirondack EIA Library

Time : Thursday, March 14, 2013, 1:30 – 2:30

  Every Tuesday in March, Good Food Jobs gives away  tickets to the Just Food Conference. Respond to our contest for a chance to   win a pair of tickets to the Just Food Conference in NYC on March 29th & 30th.  How can you win them? Simply respond to a question on Good Food Jobs facebook page.

The answer with the most likes by 8 AM on every Thursday in March wins the tickets.

For food related jobs and internship opportunities visit : http://www.goodfoodjobs.com/jobs/22160/internship.ht

Want to deepen your knowledge of food systems and sustainable development  that is essential to a healthy society?

 Come to an overview and information session about the Middlebury FoodWorks summer internship program, now being offered in Louisville and Middlebury for the summer of 2013.

 For students interested in food systems and sustainable development, but appealing to diverse majors and career goals! Work four days a week and learn more about food systems on the 5th day each week with your peers. Stipends, housing, and mentors provided. Positions available in city government, microenterprise and economic development, health and nutrition, retail,publishing, with non-profits, AND yes, on farms and restaurants.

 Thursday, March 7^th,   McCardell Bicentennial Hall Room 104,  7:00 p.m.    AND

Friday, March 8^th ,  Ross: Room B11 ,  12:15 pm

Job postings available on MOJO.  Application deadline Monday, March 18.

For more information, contact Amy McGlashan at EIA (x5103) or check go/mfw.

The Fund for the Public Interest is a national non-profit organization that works to build support for progressive organizations across the country. Fund for the Public Interest runs campaigns for USPIRG, Environment America, the Human Rights Campaign, and Environmental Action. Currently, there are paid positions open on campaign staff in each of the organization locations.

Strong candidates are hard workers and have excellent communication skills. As a member of Fund for the Public Interest staff, you will fund raise, build membership for our partner groups, and educate and activate citizens on pressing issues. You will also have the opportunity to organize press conferences and build coalitions with other non-profit organizations. Positions are open to all classes. The pay rate is $9-15/hr (varies by location).

To find out more, join the information table inMCCullough Grille Foyer !

Monday, March 11 or Tuesday, March 12, 2013, 9:30am – 6pm

If you have any question about this event contact Quesnel, Becky p., bpidgeon@middlebury.edu.

Every year Wild Gift recruits outstanding new leaders to its Leader Network. Through a rigorous application process, Wild Gift recruits dynamic young individuals (ages 21-35) with innovative, entrepreneurial ideas. Successful applicants exhibit a deep passion and commitment to wilderness and sustainability and the capacity to bring better world projects to fruition.

If selected to join the Network, you will receive The Wild Gift, which consists of:

• a deep wilderness trek in the Idaho wilderness to refine your vision,
• up to $350.00 for travel expenses to Sun Valley, Idaho,
• the opportunity to receive up to $10,000 as a grant to further your work,
• access to professional mentors to help translate your vision to reality,
• a network of talented peers offering support, guidance and an entrepreneurial community, and
• continued growth through annual retreats and trips to the wild.

Recruits become part of a dynamic and growing community of new leaders determined to have a significant impact in promoting peaceable community development in balance with the resources and values of wild nature.

The Wild Gift website has detailed information about the current members of the Network and their leadership initiatives, which may be helpful for potential applicants to review: www.wildgift.org<http://www.wildgift.org>. The application is available at wildgift.org/apply<http://wildgift.org/apply>

You can see some of our recent Wild Gift Fellows featured here:

http://wildgift.org/news/wild-gift-fellows-win-prestigious-awards

Midd alum Ruth Kelty ’95 with NOAA’s National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science is pleased to announce more than 50 wide-ranging internships open to Middlebury students in a variety of majors and interests. Through this internship program, opportunities will be available in NOAA labs and offices nationwide, working in fields such as applied ocean and atmospheric science, policy, and science communication. Each student’s summer activities will be overseen and mentored by a NOAA staff member.

Internships are in the natural and social sciences and last approximately 10 weeks. Start dates are flexible, but most internships begin in June and end in August. Interns will be selected on a competitive basis. While these are unpaid internships, the Center for Education in Action is committed to providing funding for up to three of these opportunities (current seniors are not eligible for funding but may still apply for the internships).

See here for list of internship descriptions : 2013 NOAA internship opportunities

Students – Is law school in your future? Then check out:

Vermont Law School Information Session
WHERE: Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard
WHEN: 4:00p

Eat pizza and learn about opportunities for Midd students at VLS. Tim Clark from VLS Admissions will provide info about their law and graduate programs, including the accelerated two-year JD and the one-year Master programs in either Environmental Law & Policy, or Energy Regulation and Law.

Hear more about the Middlebury and Vermont Law School articulation agreements and the Middlebury-VLS Environmental Scholarship for JD or Masters.

There are currently two Middlebury alums attending VLS on a FULL SCHOLARSHIP, so if you have been involved in environmental endeavors and are considering law school, you may be interested in hearing this information.

Join them for a joint open house hosted by, Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment, Yale University’s School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. This is your opportunity to learn about graduate opportunities in the environmental field from the Nation’s top environmental schools. Each school will make a brief presentation and will be available to answer all of your questions throughout the gathering. You will receive information on  degree programs, prerequisites, the application and admissions processes as well as financial aid and career services.

 New York, NY : October 17,2012

Washington, DC : October 16,2012

https://apply.environment.yale.edu/register/?id=a8320b1f-c5bd-43de-bb1f-2b7f142937a1