US-Denmark Workshop on Renewable Energy

US-Denmark Workshop on Renewable Energy July 29-August 23, 2013

Join us this summer in Denmark!
The U.S. - Denmark Summer Workshop takes place annually in California and Denmark alternately, with the 2013 edition in Denmark. The four-week workshop starts with one week of online preparation and continues with three weeks of lectures, seminars and field trips to renewable energy sites and facilities in Denmark; providing students with real-world experience of the technological and social aspects of RE implementation at a local level. The faculty is composed of U.S. and Danish professors, as well as, external professionals and researchers with
proven experience in their field. Students will work on team-based projects related to renewable energy solutions to specific problems.

Applications Due 3/8/2013
For details on how to apply go to: http://pire.soe.ucsc.edu/2013/summer

Course Fees: $1,897 (Based on 2012 rates)
Estimated Airfare: $1,500
Estimated Lodging, Food, and Travel: $1,200
This course is worth 7 credit units and is offered
through UC Santa Cruz Summer Session.  Financial aid
fellowships are available for current qualified students who are
U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

For more information contact:
Sheryl Robertson
Program Coordinator, UC Santa Cruz
Center for Sustainable Energy & Power Systems
831-459-2921
sherylr@soe.ucsc.edu
U.S.-Denmark Workshop on Renewable Energy
July 29-August 23, 2013
         Funding provided by NSF–PIRE Award #1243536

Internship with David Gardiner & Associates, LLC

Immediate internship opportunity with David Gardiner and Associates, LLC.  DGA is looking for an intern to assist with projects on diverse energy policy issues including:

• Electricity markets

• Electricity regulation

• Renewable energy financing and policy

• Commercial building retrofit financing

• Industrial energy efficiency

• Clean Air Act rules

For more information, go to: http://dgardiner.com/doc/Fall%202012%20intern%20description.pdf

Pew Environment Group seeking Clean Energy Program Associate

https://jobs-pct.icims.com/jobs/2870/job

The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life.

The mission of the Pew Environment Group is to promote policies and practices that protect the global environment, preserve healthy forests and marine ecosystems. For the past two decades, the Environment group has been a major force in driving conservation policy in the United States, and increasingly internationally. The group’s work is focused on reducing the scope and severity of three major global environmental problems:

    * Transition to a clean energy economy from one based primarily on the burning of fossil fuels;
    * The erosion of large wilderness ecosystems that contain a great part of the world’s remaining biodiversity; and,
    * The destruction of the world’s marine environment, with a particular emphasis on global fisheries.

The Clean Energy Program is working to accelerate the clean energy economy for its national security, economic and environmental benefits. The Program promotes the adoption of key changes to U.S. energy policy in four sectors: industry, utilities, transportation and research.

Specifically, Pew will build support for:

    * Increasing fuel economy and encouraging the adoption of electric vehicles.
    * Ensuring that the U.S. electric and industrial sectors are cleaner and more efficient.
    * Fostering U.S. innovation through expanded energy research and development.

The Associate, Clean Energy Program will both help advance the overall policy goals and strategy of the program by supporting campaign, research, communications, field and government relations efforts and will work closely with the Director and Manager to support operations and campaign management. This position is non-exempt.
Responsibilities:

    * Undertake special projects and research related to the portfolio’s goals as requested;
    * Draft campaign materials such as advocacy alerts, fact sheets, Congressional correspondence, web content and more;
    * Work with government relations, communications and grassroots outreach to produce and obtain input and track approval of external materials, as needed;
    * Assist in the organizing and planning of events both in Washington, DC and in states;
    * Work with the contracts coordinator and the Director to refine work plans and other related material for new and existing program consultants;
    * Assist Director in organizing and tracking consultant budgets.  

Requirements:

    * A bachelor’s degree;
    * A minimum of 1 year of relevant professional experience (Experience working in a large organization preferred);
    * Exhibited professionalism and willingness to liaise with senior staff;
    * A strong commitment to producing measurable results;
    * Strong written and oral communications skills; and
    * Ability to manage and complete projects in a timely fashion.

Travel: Travel as required.

Feb. 29: Mongolia: Mining Challenges a Civilization

Waking the Green Tiger - March 19 @ AU

RSVP by 1/24: Offshore Oil & Gas in the Arctic: The Next Five Years

WHEN:	January 26, 2012, 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
WHERE:	Environmental Law Institute 2000 L Street, NW, Suite 620 (Sixth Floor) Washington, DC Click here for directions.
RSVP:	The event is free and open to the public, but you must RSVP. To do so, please email Marcia McMurrin at mcmurrin@eli.org by Tuesday, January 24, 2011. Please indicate whether you will be attending in-person or by teleconference; teleconference information will be emailed one day prior to the event.

U.S. demand for energy resources continues to increase, along with growing concern about the short- and long-term impacts of domestic oil and gas development and consumption. In few areas is this tension so clearly exemplified as in the U.S. Arctic. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) recently published a mean estimate that the Alaskan outer continental shelf contains 26.6 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and 131.45 trillion cubic feet of such gas. Yet there are significant concerns about how drilling will impact surrounding marine environment and subsistence harvest by Alaska Native communities, including the ramifications of an oil spill in this extreme environment that lacks infrastructure to allow for immediate response and clean up.
These issues are central to the discussion of U.S. plans to enable further exploitation of offshore oil and gas. On Nov. 10, 2011, BOEM disseminated a draft five-year leasing program for oil and gas on the outer continental shelf. As required by the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, the plan must balance potential oil and gas discovery with potential impacts to the environment and coastal zone. The draft 2012-2017 leasing program (open for public comment through Feb. 8, 2012) includes multiple sites in the U.S. Arctic that will be made available for leasing.
In this seminar, panelists will discuss the draft leasing program and aspects such as science needs and availability, expected activity impacts, and how the program may align with other ongoing ocean management processes, such as coastal and marine spatial planning
PANELISTS:

• Eleanor Huffines, Manager, U.S. Arctic Program, Pew Environment Group
• Jessica S. Lefevre, Counsel, Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission
• Shoshana Lew, Senior Advisor, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Department of the Interior
• Stacy Linden, Managing Counsel, American Petroleum Institute

MODERATOR:

• Peter J. Schaumberg, Principal, Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.

MATERIALS:

• Speaker Biographies (PDF)

The 2011 Ocean Seminar Series is generously supported by the
Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation.

Wilson Center Events - January 25

Is a Food Crisis Brewing in the Sahel?

January 25, 2012 // 9:00am — 12:30pm

  

While African nations and the donor community struggle to mitigate famine in the Horn of Africa, concern is growing that drought in the Sahel will trigger a food crisis of comparable proportion in West Africa by the spring of 2012. However, experts caution against misdiagnosing food insecurity in the Sahel, for fear that excessive band-aid treatments of emergency food assistance will squander energy and scarce resources that would be better utilized in treating pockets of severe food shortages and building resiliency in the region. With input from American and African experts on the Sahel, this event will explore the true nature of the emerging crisis in the Sahel and seek to identify effective responses, including regional trade and resilience-building through agricultural development.

To RSVP: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/rsvp?eid=21325&pid=25

Sustainable Solutions for the Planet’s Energy Challenge

January 25, 2012 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm

The environmental challenges of climate change, energy demands, and natural resource loss continue to mount. World population hit seven billion on Halloween and is projected to go to ten billion if not more. The first decade of the 21st century was the warmest in 130 years of recorded global temperatures and 2010 was the warmest year yet recorded. Extinction rates are 1000 times base rates. The Amazon had the greatest drought in recorded history in 2010. Droughts, floods, wildfires, and probably intense tropical storms are becoming more frequent. These challenges call for action at a planetary scale.
 The “Managing Our Planet” seminar series – developed jointly by George Mason University and the Wilson Center’s Environmental Change and Security Program and Brazil Institute -- addresses planetary scale problems and solutions.

Please RSVP to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org with your name and affiliation.

Mountain Justice Spring Break in VA and WV

Friends of the Appalachian Mountains,

What are you doing for spring break?

Come to Appalachia and join the fight against mountaintop removal coal mining and hydrofracking for natural gas!  Meet awesome community activists and student leaders organizing in their communities to save their beloved Appalachian Mountains from blasting!  Have fun while while learning about coal mining, fracking, Appalachian music, culture and heritage - do community service work - go hiking in the mountains - see mountaintop removal and hydrofracking and learn about the death cycle of coal - hang out with other concerned, aware young people supporting local communities in their struggles against extractive industry.


This year, Mountain Justice is offering two Mountain Justice Spring Break weeks:

Virginia Mountain Justice Spring Break March 3-11, in Appalachia, Virginia - a historic town in the beautiful mountains of far western Virginia that has mountaintop removal coal mining very nearby.  Residents of the town and the community group SAMS (Southern Appalachian Mountain Stewards)  are fighting to protect Ison Rock Ridge from mining.  You will see mountaintop removal up close, and meet with local residents who have lived in the mountains for a lifetime.  Workshops, organizing skills, trainings, site tours, mountain music and dancing.

To learn more and to register for Virginia Mountain Justice Spring Break, go to http://mjsb2012.wordpress.com/

From March 21-28, Mountain Justice Spring Break (MJSB) will be in northern West Virginia near Clarksburg, in the middle of the Marcellus Shale geological formation.  Driving in you will see dozens of active natural gas drill sites and hundreds of hydrofracking tanker trucks going up and down the highway.  This is a scenic and remote area of West Virginia that is getting drilled to death.

To learn more about hydrofracking, check out Steven Colbert's explanation of the issue.

Our West Virginia MJSB site is in a very comfortable and modern heated building with bunk beds, warm showers, and great home-cooked food lovingly prepared by volunteers.  The week will offer workshops, trainings and community-led presentations that focus on building bridges between the anti-hydrofracking and the anti-mountaintop removal campaigns.  Everyone is welcome and we have some awesome local West Virginia speakers lined up. 

We will offer site tours to see hydrofracking in nearby Wetzel County, West Virginia, and see mountaintop removal at Larry Gibson's famous Kayford Mountain.

Please note that the West Virginia MJSB begins and ends on a Wednesday - There will also be lots of activities and site tours (and possibly housing) before and after the camp.

MJSB is high-energy, youth-led and it's always exciting.  Check out this video from MJSB in 2007, when community members and college students entered the office of WV Governor Joe Manchin, demanding that a safe new school be built for the children at Marsh Fork Elementary, whose school was beneath a giant lake of toxic coal waste:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jqENyow0cQ

Registration for Mountain Justice Spring Break includes all food, workshops and lodging - it's low cost and no one is turned away for lack of ability to pay.

To register and for more information on the West Virginia MJSB, go to
http://www.mjsb.org/index.php

Jobs Available at ITIF

The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is looking to hire two positions for its *Clean Energy Innovation Policy* platform: a full-time *Clean Energy Policy Analyst* and a 1-year contracted *Clean Energy Research Assistant*.  Both position descriptions can be found here.

As many of you know, ITIF is a non-profit, non-partisan policy think tank in Washington, D.C. committed to advancing a pro-innovation agenda as we believe innovation is central to boosting productivity, spurring economic growth, and addressing key societal challenges. Our Clean Energy Policy program is no different as it aims to make innovation central to climate and energy policymaking in order to address global energy issues and anthropogenic climate change. ITIF’s work ranges widely and includes convening high-level stakeholder meetings, producing high-impact policy reports and recommendations, holding public events like the annual Energy Innovation Conference series, curating public energy innovation data and analysis through the Energy Innovation Tracker project, and advising decision makers on implementing innovation-oriented policies.

The 1-year *Research Assistant *position would be perfect for new college graduates looking to get their foot in the door to D.C. policymaking.  Not only will this position directly support clean energy policy research and reports, it will staff the further development of the Energy Innovation Tracker project. 

The *Policy Analyst* position best fits folks with more experience (BA/BS + Experience or MA/MS) and a deeper knowledge of energy and climate policy. In particular, this position will directly support key report projects and stakeholder meetings planned for 2012.

ITIF is looking to fill both positions by the beginning of 2012. Please pass this information along to anyone that may be interested and also contact me with any questions regarding the job openings.

Matthew Stepp

Clean Energy Policy Analyst

Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

1101 K Street, NW Suite 610

Washington, DC 20005

RFF Event - Dec 7: Greenhouse Gas Regulation for Power Plants under the Clean Air Act

Greenhouse Gas Regulation for Power Plants under the Clean Air ActAn RFF First Wednesday Seminar
December 7, 2011
12:45 - 2:00 p.m.A light lunch will be available at 12:30 p.m.
Resources for the Future
First Floor Conference Center
1616 P Street NW
Washington, D.C.

This seminar will also be webcast live beginning at 12:45 p.m.
Have a question for the panel while watching the live webcast? Simply tweet your question of fewer than 140 characters and include the hashtag #AskRFF. Watch the Q&A at the end of the event to see if it is selected.

Registration is required. To RSVP for this event, please visit RFF's event registration page.

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is intended for guests attending this event in person. If you plan to watch the webcast of this event, there is no need to register.
About the Event
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may soon propose Clean Air Act rules regulating the largest class of greenhouse gas emitters: coal-fired power plants. With climate policy off the congressional agenda, these and other rules under the act have taken center stage in the formulation of U.S. policy for limiting carbon emissions. But what will the rules for coal plants look like? Will they include market-based mechanisms? How expensive will they be, and on whom will those costs fall most heavily? How will they work with existing state-level programs like those in California and the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic? These questions have been the focus of research at RFF and elsewhere over the past year that has aimed to both understand what EPA may do and provide input into the agency’s decisionmaking process.
This RFF First Wednesday seminar will present some of the results of this research, along with a broader discussion of the Clean Air Act as a pathway for climate policy.

moderator:
Nathan Richardson, Resident Scholar, Resources for the Future

Panelists:

Joshua Linn, Fellow, Resources for the Future
Art Fraas, Visiting Scholar, Resources for the Future
Dallas Burtraw, Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Discussants:
William L. Wehrum, Partner, Hunton and Williams, LLP

Brian McLean, former Director, EPA Office of Atmospheric Programs

Wilson Center Event - Dec. 14

Government Leadership in Sustainability

December 14, 2011 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm

As the Administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), Martha Johnson is responsible for annual government purchases of over $65 billion and more than 360 million square feet of federal real estate. She will discuss GSA’s initiative to aggressively pursue a zero environmental footprint (ZEF) that will reduce waste, support innovation, and boost efficiency across federal buildings, operations, and acquisition.
Administrator Johnson will explore the opportunities for partnership among government, business, and academia to support sustainable design and efficiencies with the goal of supporting a clean, green 21st Century American economy.
Please RSVP with your name and affiliation to ecsp@wilsoncenter.org.

 

Location: 6th Floor, Woodrow Wilson Center

MTR Event: Tomorrow, Tuesday Nov. 29, 8pm

ramps at au

RFF: Managing the Risks of Shale Gas - Nov. 14

Managing the Risks of Shale Gas:
Identifying a Pathway toward
Responsible Development

Hosted by Resources for the Future (RFF)
November 14, 2011

For decades, natural gas has played an important role in electricity generation, industrial uses, and heating in the United States—and with recent improvements in horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") of shale formations, drillers can now access a vastly greater amount of gas at lower cost than in the past.
The rapid growth in drilling and extraction, however, has resulted in tensions—from the community level to the federal policy level. Questions about the risks and safety of shale gas development continue, even as industry has improved disclosure, shared best practices, and assured the public that hydraulic fracturing techniques are safe.
Given these challenges, this year RFF's Center for Energy Economics and Policy (CEEP) launched an initiative to identify the priority risks associated with shale gas development and recommend strategies for responsible development. The CEEP research team will survey expert opinion and public perceptions to deter­mine the most significant risks and the behaviors of industry and regulators that influence those risks. Pairing these findings with analysis of existing state and federal policies and voluntary industry actions will lead to recommendations for how to improve the management of shale gas development.
Please join us on Nov. 14th for the public launch of this project, featuring members of the CEEP team and our expert advisors who specialize in petroleum engineering, geochemistry, and hydrology. The group will provide a context for the interest in shale gas, an overview of the shale gas development process, a drill-down on several potential risks, and a presentation of the initial stages of our work.
RFF is grateful to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for their generous support of this initiative and event.

A full agenda is available here.

To RSVP for this event, please visit RFF's event registration page.

This seminar will also be webcast live beginning at 9:00 a.m.

Student Leadership Development/ Community Service Opportunity with the Sierra Club

From the Sierra Club:

Tar Sands are a really toxic form of oil extracted from Canada, and a company called TransCanada has proposed a pipeline that would bring it through America’s heartland to be refined along the gulf coast of Texas.

The fight to keep tar sands in the ground and stop the pipeline, called Keystone XL, is in full swing!  We must be sure our voice is heard during the next few weeks- we have the greatest chance of influencing the decision on KSXL right now, and in the near future.

There are many ways to be involved and be sure that we make our message clear: We do not want dirty fuels like tar sands oil in our future! Keystone XL is a step in the wrong direction. We need to invest in a clean energy economy, not allow foreign companies to keep us dependent on oil, and pollute our communities!

TransCanada wants profits; we need a healthy and sustainable future!

Here is what you can do:

Photo Petition Drive
-Between now and November 21st we will be collecting photo petitions that will be dropped off at the White House on December 1st. Young Americans will send a message directly to President Obama:  If he permits the KSXL pipeline to be built, he places our future in jeopardy. Table on campus or in your community and ask people to take a stand against KSXL by taking a photo with a sign! Examples of possible slogans can be found here Tips for Planning a Photo Petition.   Check out what students in Michigan did with their photo petition. Example!
-Post your photos on our flickr page so we can print them out and get them into the right hands. Sign up here I want to Stop Tar Sands & KSXL! for the log in and password info!

November 6th White House Protest

-Our goal is to recruit 5,000 people to circle the White House in a peaceful, legal demonstration of our opposition to this atrocious plan. We will join hands around the White House to send a message to President Obama that he should not allow the KSXL pipeline to be built. This event will be historic- nothing like this has ever been done before!  Join us.
Visit the Sierra Club website to RSVP, or for more information.
http://www.sierraclub.org/

Students need to be represented! For help recruiting people for the event on your campus, e-mail me at Jackelintrevino@sierraclub.org, or sign up above to help us stop tar sands!

Thank you!

2011 Water Research Symposium at Virginia Tech - November 15th

Help Spread the Word about the “2011 Water Research Symposium.”

Coal and Water in Central Appalachia: The Challenge to Balance

November 15, 2011

The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center

Blacksburg, Virginia

http://www.wvwaterconference.org

Please forward this announcement to your friends and colleagues with an interest in policies and scientific information associated with water resources and coal mining in the central Appalachians.

Please post the attached flyer about the symposium on your office or department bulletin board.

About the Symposium

Invited speakers will provide perspectives on water-protection policies that affect mining operations. Technical presentations will address the influences of coal mining practices on total dissolved solids, selenium, aquatic biota, and hydrology of rivers and streams in the region. Symposium participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and contribute to group discussions.

Registration

Registration allows for participation in all symposium activities, including refreshment breaks and lunch. Standard registration is $110.00.  Currently enrolled students are eligible to participate in the symposium at the student registration rate of $80.00. To register, go to http://www.wvwaterconference.org.

Professional Development Opportunity
A certificate of attendance will be awarded for 5 contact hours to registered attendees who participate in the full symposium.

Lodging – Special Rates in Effect until October 14, 2011

Rooms have been reserved at the Holiday Inn, across from The Inn at Virginia Tech and Skelton Conference Center, at the special rate of $95 plus tax per room for the evening of November 14, 2011. To make your room reservation, call (540) 552-7001 and request the "Water Research Symposium" rate. The special rate only applies while rooms are available in our block and only until October 14, 2011.

For more information

To learn more about the symposium, see http://www.wvwaterconference.org.  If you have questions, please contact Ms. Jane Walker at (540) 231-4159 or janewalk@vt.edu.

Hosted By

Virginia Water Resources Research Center

West Virginia Water Research Institute

Kentucky Water Resources Research Institute

Tar Sands Action: Next Steps

Tar Sands Action: Phase Two
Monday, September 26, 2011 Butler Conference Room 7:30 PM

Eco-Sense and SIS Global Environmental Politics Program
presents:

Join students and faculty as they share their experiences taking direct action against the Keystone XL pipeline, educate the campus community about the issues involved with Tar Sands Oil, and the next steps to stop the Pipeline!
For access questions and disability support contact au_eco_sense@yahoo.com

Amazon Watch Forum: Friday, September 23, at AU

AMAZON IN PERIL: INDIGENOUS STRUGGLES AGAINST HYDROELECTRIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE SHEYLA JURUNA HEART OF THE AMAZON 

Friday September 23rd 5:00 to 6:30PM 
Ward Building, Room 1 

SHEYLA JURUNA

The Brazilian Government is moving ahead “at any cost” with plans to build the third-largest dam in the world and one of the Amazon’s most controversial development projects- the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu River in the state of Para.

Mega-projects like these confront indigenous communities with massive displacement, disease, loss of food and clean water sources, cultural disintergration and serious human rights abuses. Sheyla Juruna has been active in the struggle to defend the Xingu River since the landmark victory in 1989 that stopped the Kararao Dam Complex. She has since become an important leader in the indigenous rights movement, working to insure “health, culturally appropriate education, land demarcation, and respect for indigenous rights” for her people.

Arlington County Green Games Internship

Below is a description for an internship we are announcing today.  It is a temporary position and is paid.  Please feel free to pass along.  We also have a PDF announcement that I can email upon your request.  Application due date is Oct 7.

Arlington County Internship

Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management 

Background

The Arlington Green Games (www.arlingtongreengames.com), through the Arlington County AIRE program, announces a temporary position in the County’s Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management.  The successful candidate will provide a combination of professional and administrative assistance to the research and implementation of activities related to a variety of energy and sustainability topics, including: energy and water conservation, transportation alternatives, waste diversion and recycling, and education and outreach.  Specific duties for the temporary position are detailed below.

The Arlington Green Games (AGG) program is a year-long program first launched in January 2011 for the commercial office sector and commercial office buildings.  AGG is a friendly competition focused on energy and environmental actions that are measured through online data collection tools and an online green action scorecard.  The program includes a robust marketing campaign and training schedule.  To date, there are 170 competitors in the commercial office sector program representing over 15 million square feet of office space.

Duties:

Primary duties and responsibilities under the direction of the Energy Program Specialist and Energy Outreach Coordinator:

·         Assume primary responsibility in assisting companies and buildings participating in the Games with benchmarking energy use data and other sustainability actions utilizing a combination of online ENERGY STAR tools and the AGG website. 

·         Assist in receiving final data from 2011 competitors and assist in a large-scale awards ceremony in March of 2012.

·         Assist in the expansion of the program to other sectors including retail, restaurants, and multifamily.  This will include…

·         Research actions and resources to help develop sustainability scorecards for these sectors.
·         Prepare for and attend recruitment meetings and presentations along with the Energy Program Specialist and/or Energy Outreach Coordinator.
·         Assist in the development of the new websites for these sectors.
·         Assist in the planning and implementation of technical assistance and workshop training programs for participants.

•     Research and provide information to competitors on practices and policies such as green purchasing, renewable energy credits, office composting, green teams, recycling, etc.

•     Assist in the development of best practice case studies from participating companies and buildings to be published online.

•     Assume primary responsibility for development of an online newsletter to provide resources, facts, and news updates from the program and competitors.

•     Assist in the continued maintenance of both the Fresh AIRE and AGG websites and social media pages by posting content and updating data.

•     As time permits, assist in the deployment of a social media campaign to be determined at a later date.

•     Provide general organizational and administrative support as necessary.

•     Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Completion of at least 2 years of undergraduate work with a major in fields concentrated in environmental science, communications, or public administration. This position requires a high level of independent work and interaction with key stakeholders. 

The successful candidate must possess the following:

...strong verbal and written communication skills

...strong organizational skills

...ability to work well in a political environment

...ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure

...experience in a Windows software environment and preferred experience with websites

Supervisor:         Kelly Zonderwyk, Energy Program Specialist

Position:              Temporary Student Assistant II

Salary Range:     $10.44 to $12.64 an hour

Hours:                   20 to 30 hours per week.  Scheduling is flexible between the hours of 8am and 5pm Monday through Thursday.  The expected duration of this assignment is up to 6 months with a possible extension to be determined at that time.

               

Persons interested in this position should submit a cover letter, resume, brief writing sample and three references by Friday, October 7 to climate@arlingtonva.us.   

Saturday, September 3rd: Tar Sands Action at the White House

As many of you know, Bill McKibben spoke last night about the two-week action at the White House in protest of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline.

The last day of action is tomorrow, Saturday September 3rd.

For those of you would like to take part without risk of arrest, there will be a rally at Lafayette Square Park beginning at noon. You will be part of "aerial art," so the organizers are asking that rally-goers wear black shirts and bring water bottles. For more information about the rally and the pipeline see http://www.tarsandsaction.org/