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Institute for Sustainable Communities – Internship

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The Institute for Sustainable Communities seeks candidates for 2 internships based either in ISC’s Montpelier, VT or Washington, D.C. office. Interns will support ISC’s Program Team and monitoring and evaluation staff on a range of projects, including: 1) developing a U.S.-based program on Climate and Environment; 2) compiling and editing materials for inclusion in a database about ISC’s impact; 3) updating contacts in our database; and, 4) drafting ‘performance stories’ about program successes. This is an ideal opportunity for a college or graduate student who wishes to gain exposure to international development, in the areas of civil society advocacy work and environment and climate programming in the United States and internationally, and to explore a career in the nonprofit arena.

Application deadlines are:

April 30th if seeking a position in the Montpelier, Vermont office or

May 15th if seeking a position based in the Washington D.C. office

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Bioneers Youth Program – Internship

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Internship Description
Bioneers Youth Program is seeking an intern from a high-school, college, or graduate program to assist the Youth & Conference Project Manager in creating and developing the Youth Program at the Annual Bioneers Conference as well as coordinating youth participation in the scholarship program.  At the end of the internship period, the intern will have had significant experience in event coordination and relationship building across diverse organizations. There is a lot of room for creativity and opportunities to learn about the work that Bioneers promotes. To learn more about Bioneers visit http://www.bioneers.org.

Application Deadline: May 15, 2009
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Friends of the Urban Forest – Internships

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Each year, Friends of the Urban Forest helps communities plant nearly 1,000 trees. Neighbors organize the plantings. Friends of the Urban Forest obtains permits, removes sidewalk concrete, supplies tools and materials and selects, purchases and delivers the trees. On planting day, Friends of the Urban Forest volunteers work side-by-side with residents. After the work is done, everyone celebrates over a community lunch.

For information about volunteering or interning with FUF in the San Francisco area, visit

http://www.fuf.net/getInvolved/internships.html

Save America’s Forests – Internships

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Save America’s Forests is a nationwide educational and organizing campaign working to change United States policy to protect and restore America’s last wild and natural forests. We provide support to environmental and citizens groups and business in our coalition, and represent their views to Congress, the Administration, and the national press. We promote legislation that will end logging in the last Ancient Forests on our federal forestlands, end clearcutting and restore the native biodiversity of these forests, and protect places like the Giant Sequoia National Monument.

Paid Internships are available for students with a background in ecology, forest protection, and politics.
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Project Coordinator/Coalfield Organizer, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition

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The Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition (OVEC), based in Huntington, WV seeks a full-time, highly reliable and experienced community organizer to coordinate our Sludge Safety Project and to continue building momentum for justice in the southern coalfields of West Virginia.

Application Deadline: May 22, 2009
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New Organizing Institute Summer BootCamp

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This summer, NOI will invite 60 bright, diverse graduating college seniors, recent campaign staffers, and career-change professionals to Washington, DC for an intensive week-long, all-expense-paid training. BootCamp will cover everything you need to know about campaigning, new media, online organizing, technology in order to work in the progressive movement. Participants, drawn from a highly competitive pool of applicants, will learn from the top practitioners in their field by day, then apply the lessons learned in the context of a simulated campaign in the evenings.

Application Deadline: May 20, 2009
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Welcome!

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Welcome to the Middlebury Careers in the Common Good (CCG) blog! We will use this portal in lieu of our regular newsletter to communicate with CCGers about career resources, jobs, and internships. If you haven’t done it already, be sure to create a profile on MOJO and select “Careers in the Common Good” as a special interest area. This will ensure that you are always alerted to Midd-friendly jobs and internship opportunities, and can follow the CSO events calendar.

Points of Interest:
The left hand side bar features links to websites and resources salient to Careers in the Common Good. Use these to further expand your job and internship search, as well as learn about the CCG sector.

– Use categories to ease site navigation. The categories will indicate the type of post and the general field it is associated with. For example, all job postings will be in the “Jobs” category, and if that job is in the Environmental sector, it will also be in the “Environmental” category.

– The tags indicate specific interest areas, companies, and other details.

– Feel free to leave a comment on the blog with questions, suggestions, or feedback.

Drop-In Hours at CSO are Monday – Friday 2:00 – 5:00 PM and Wednesdays 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM.