Greenpeace Semester
The Greenpeace Semester is now accepting applications for the fall semester in Washington, DC!
You can check out the following link for more information: http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/semester
Greenpeace has trained over 300 students in the Greenpeace Semester - an incredible program that gives college students in the US and Canada the opportunity to spend a semester away from campus and dive into the most pressing environmental issues of our time, to learn the fundamentals of organizing and campaigning from experts in the field, and to receive training in creative direct action.
This is a great opportunity for students to take passion and concern for the environment, receive rigorous and dynamic training to solve real-world problems, and emerge with a life-changing experience and skills they can apply immediately in their community or down their career path.
Our deadline is approaching on May 16th, so please forward this to anyone you may know who may be interested or who may know someone who is interested.
Intern with GREENPEACE in Fall 2011
Build skills while making a difference!
Intern with GREENPEACE in Fall 2011
Who is Greenpeace? Greenpeace is the leading independent environmental campaigning organization that uses peaceful direct action and creative communication to expose global environmental problems and to promote solutions that are essential to a green and peaceful future.
Why intern with Greenpeace?
As a Greenpeace intern you can:
· Promote solutions to the global warming crisis
· Stop the destruction of the world's last ancient forests
· Empower consumers and shareholders to hold corporate polluters accountable
· And yes - save the whales!
A Greenpeace Internship is a great way to learn first-hand how an international environmental campaigning organization works. You’ll gain issue expertise, build valuable career skills and make connections. In addition to job training, you’ll have the opportunity to take part in trainings such as corporate campaigning, non-violent direct action, media relations and grassroots outreach. You’ll get to meet awesome people and work alongside experienced staff in a casual, high-energy environment.
Apply now for a Greenpeace internship! Go to: http://www.greenpeace.org/internships
Available Internships:
Global Warming, Toxics, Campaigns, Grassroots Organizing, Student Organizing, Activist Recruitment, Actions, Media, Photography, Video, Online Organizing, IT Programming, IT Support, Finance, Human Resources, and more! Visit our website for a full list and details on the specific tasks and requirements for each internship.
Locations:
Positions are available in Washington, DC, San Francisco, Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Columbus, Denver, LA, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, OR, and San Diego. Not all internships are available in all locations. Visit our website to see details on where each internship is offered.
Program Details:
Our fall internships start September 12th and end December 9th. Part time and full time positions available. We are flexible with your schedule and can help you receive class credit. All internships are unpaid. Unfortunately Greenpeace cannot provide travel or housing.
Requirements:
Applicants must be over 18, but do not have to be current students. We’re looking for people with excellent verbal and written communications skills, strong online research skills, the ability to work well independently, commitment to non-violence as a means of affecting change and enthusiasm for protecting the environment.
Diverse perspectives and experience enhance the way Greenpeace selects and approaches issues, as well as the creativity and effectiveness of our campaigns. Greenpeace strongly encourages applications from women, people of color, and other under-represented communities.
Apply now for a Greenpeace internship! Go to: http://www.greenpeace.org/internships
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Event - Agricultural Innovation in Africa
The World Bank Science, Technology and Innovation Global Expert Team
and the World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Sector invite you to:
The U.S. Launch of
The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa
by Professor Calestous Juma
April 22, 2011
10:30 am
The World Bank
Preston Auditorium, MC Building
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433
Please RSVP by clicking here.
If you cannot attend in person, join the live webcast at: mms://wbmswebcast1.worldbank.org/live
For Windows Media Streaming: http://streaming7.worldbank.org/vvflash/extlive
African agriculture is at the crossroads, with persistent food shortages compounded by new threats from climate change. But despite these challenges the lecture argues that future prospects look promising and the continent can feed itself in a decade. Drawing from his new book, The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa, the author identifies three major opportunities that can help transform Africa’s agriculture into a force for sustained economic renewal: unprecedented advances in science and technology and related investments in human capacity; rapid expansion of regional markets and private sector activities; and the rise of new crop of entrepreneurial leaders dedicated to the continent’s economic improvement and improved governance.
Using case studies from Africa and around the world, the lecture provides a basis for the book’s optimism and outlines strategies that can be used by development agencies to help contribute to Africa’s agricultural transformation.
Reviews
"A convincing analysis of the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sectors of Africa." --Elinor Ostrom, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, and 2009 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
"The New Harvest is a welcome antidote to the pessimistic view of African development of previous decades." --Nature
“The New Harvest provides a welcome relief from the gloom and despair in popular narratives about African agriculture."--Science
Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard Kennedy School. He also directs the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a high-level executive course on Innovation for Economic Development. He is a former Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and Founding Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies in Nairobi, and he also served as Chancellor of the University of Guyana. He has been elected to several scientific academies including the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, the UK Royal Academy of Engineering and the African Academy of Sciences. He has won several international awards for his work on sustainable development. He holds a doctorate in science and technology policy studies and has written widely on science, technology, and environment. His book, The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa, was published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
Excerpts from the book are available at: http://www.belfercenter.org/global/
The event has been co-sponsored by the World Resources Institute.
Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
499 S. Capitol St. SW, Suite 500B, Washington, DC 20003 | (202) 479-4501 | www.partnership-africa.org
This is an automated message; do not reply.
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and the World Bank Agriculture and Rural Development Sector invite you to:
The U.S. Launch of
The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa
by Professor Calestous Juma
April 22, 2011
10:30 am
The World Bank
Preston Auditorium, MC Building
1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433
Please RSVP by clicking here.
If you cannot attend in person, join the live webcast at: mms://wbmswebcast1.worldbank.org/live
For Windows Media Streaming: http://streaming7.worldbank.org/vvflash/extlive
African agriculture is at the crossroads, with persistent food shortages compounded by new threats from climate change. But despite these challenges the lecture argues that future prospects look promising and the continent can feed itself in a decade. Drawing from his new book, The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa, the author identifies three major opportunities that can help transform Africa’s agriculture into a force for sustained economic renewal: unprecedented advances in science and technology and related investments in human capacity; rapid expansion of regional markets and private sector activities; and the rise of new crop of entrepreneurial leaders dedicated to the continent’s economic improvement and improved governance.
Using case studies from Africa and around the world, the lecture provides a basis for the book’s optimism and outlines strategies that can be used by development agencies to help contribute to Africa’s agricultural transformation.
Reviews
"A convincing analysis of the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship in the agricultural sectors of Africa." --Elinor Ostrom, Professor of Political Science, Indiana University, and 2009 Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences
"The New Harvest is a welcome antidote to the pessimistic view of African development of previous decades." --Nature
“The New Harvest provides a welcome relief from the gloom and despair in popular narratives about African agriculture."--Science
Calestous Juma is Professor of the Practice of International Development and Director of the Science, Technology, and Globalization Project at Harvard Kennedy School. He also directs the Agricultural Innovation in Africa Project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a high-level executive course on Innovation for Economic Development. He is a former Executive Secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and Founding Director of the African Centre for Technology Studies in Nairobi, and he also served as Chancellor of the University of Guyana. He has been elected to several scientific academies including the Royal Society of London, the US National Academy of Sciences, the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, the UK Royal Academy of Engineering and the African Academy of Sciences. He has won several international awards for his work on sustainable development. He holds a doctorate in science and technology policy studies and has written widely on science, technology, and environment. His book, The New Harvest: Agricultural Innovation in Africa, was published by Oxford University Press in 2011.
Excerpts from the book are available at: http://www.belfercenter.org/global/
The event has been co-sponsored by the World Resources Institute.
Partnership to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa
499 S. Capitol St. SW, Suite 500B, Washington, DC 20003 | (202) 479-4501 | www.partnership-africa.org
This is an automated message; do not reply.
Please direct questions or feedback to Rachel Voss at rvoss@partnership-africa.org
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Chance to plant a green roof
From the AU Sustainability Office:
Hi all,
I wanted to let you know about another volunteer opportunity to be a part of AU's sustainability efforts and plant the finishing touches on our latest green roof projects in the courtyards of the Mary Graydon Center on April 21st from 9 am to 4 pm.
We are looking for up to 50 people to sign up so we are certain to have enough help to finish the project on that day. We'll also be celebrating Earth Week's Day of Service so it is the perfect way to honor the earth, help green the campus, and get some fresh air!
If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/hysZTQ. Be sure to wear long pants and close-toed shoes that day if you would like to help. These roofs are a different kind than was installed on Kogod, so will also be an opportunity to learn about a different kind of green roof.
Please circulate this widely and I hope to see everyone there on the 21st!
Hi all,
I wanted to let you know about another volunteer opportunity to be a part of AU's sustainability efforts and plant the finishing touches on our latest green roof projects in the courtyards of the Mary Graydon Center on April 21st from 9 am to 4 pm.
We are looking for up to 50 people to sign up so we are certain to have enough help to finish the project on that day. We'll also be celebrating Earth Week's Day of Service so it is the perfect way to honor the earth, help green the campus, and get some fresh air!
If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up here: http://bit.ly/hysZTQ. Be sure to wear long pants and close-toed shoes that day if you would like to help. These roofs are a different kind than was installed on Kogod, so will also be an opportunity to learn about a different kind of green roof.
Please circulate this widely and I hope to see everyone there on the 21st!
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Important: Climate Communication presentation TOMORROW
CLIMATE SHIFT:
CLEAR VISION FOR THE NEXT DECADE OF PUBLIC DEBATE
Matthew C. Nisbet, Ph.D.
Thursday April 7
11:30 am to 1pm
WARD 302
For more than 20 years, environmentalists, scientists and philanthropists have worked together to mobilize action in the United States on climate change and to implement policies that address the undeniable, human causes of the problem. For the better part of the last decade, this alliance focused on passing cap and trade legislation – a policy goal that defined virtually every aspect of strategy from philanthropic investments to communication initiatives.
The effort to enact cap and trade legislation may have been the best-financed political cause in U.S. history, yet the bill’s failure in 2010 has left climate advocates without a clear agenda for moving forward. With major policy action stalled, some environmental leaders and scientists have called for new alliances and approaches to communication. Several groups have launched campaigns against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Koch Industries, blaming conservatives and their industry patrons for political inaction.
However, contrary to prevailing assumptions, as this report details, the era of being out-coordinated, out-spent, out-lobbied and out-communicated by conservative and industry opponents on climate change is over. The era of false balance in news coverage of climate science has come to an end. In comparison to other factors, the impact of conservative media and commentators on wider public opinion remains limited.
But major questions remain: What went wrong in the effort to pass cap and trade legislation? What lessons should be learned? And where should the longstanding alliance of environmentalists, scientists and philanthropists go from here? As leaders and groups consider next steps in the policy debate over climate change, this report examines several dimensions that remain at the center of discussion.
The comprehensive study is the first to systematically analyze the financial resources, strategies, communication activities and impacts of those advocating for action on climate change and to draw comparisons to those opposing action among conservative groups and industry.
CLEAR VISION FOR THE NEXT DECADE OF PUBLIC DEBATE
Matthew C. Nisbet, Ph.D.
Thursday April 7
11:30 am to 1pm
WARD 302
For more than 20 years, environmentalists, scientists and philanthropists have worked together to mobilize action in the United States on climate change and to implement policies that address the undeniable, human causes of the problem. For the better part of the last decade, this alliance focused on passing cap and trade legislation – a policy goal that defined virtually every aspect of strategy from philanthropic investments to communication initiatives.
The effort to enact cap and trade legislation may have been the best-financed political cause in U.S. history, yet the bill’s failure in 2010 has left climate advocates without a clear agenda for moving forward. With major policy action stalled, some environmental leaders and scientists have called for new alliances and approaches to communication. Several groups have launched campaigns against the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Koch Industries, blaming conservatives and their industry patrons for political inaction.
However, contrary to prevailing assumptions, as this report details, the era of being out-coordinated, out-spent, out-lobbied and out-communicated by conservative and industry opponents on climate change is over. The era of false balance in news coverage of climate science has come to an end. In comparison to other factors, the impact of conservative media and commentators on wider public opinion remains limited.
But major questions remain: What went wrong in the effort to pass cap and trade legislation? What lessons should be learned? And where should the longstanding alliance of environmentalists, scientists and philanthropists go from here? As leaders and groups consider next steps in the policy debate over climate change, this report examines several dimensions that remain at the center of discussion.
The comprehensive study is the first to systematically analyze the financial resources, strategies, communication activities and impacts of those advocating for action on climate change and to draw comparisons to those opposing action among conservative groups and industry.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Power Shift 2011 (Registration deadline Sunday 3/27!)
Power Shift is absolutely crucial this year and it's going to be amazing. In 2009 the political climate was really optimistic following Obama’s election and with it looking like we’d get federal climate legislation. This year we’re on the opposite end of the spectrum. For example, Congressman Upton passed a bill through the house budget committee that would derail the EPA and its authority to regulate greenhouse gases. It's a battle right now and we need to all be there together.
Register today - www.powershift2011.org!
Some highlights about this year's Power Shift:
· EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson is coming! She has outright stated that she needs our support in standing up to Congress. Be there!
· Keynote speakers include Al Gore, Bill McKibben, and Van Jones
· More focus on training, with much more intimate, personalized workshops and seminars to give you the skills you need to make a difference on the issues you care about most.
· 4 tracks so that you can customize your Power Shift experience to suit your interests and needs.
· Monday the 18th is shaping up to be the largest action and lobby day ever!!
· Job & Organizational Fair.
Let's make this year bigger and better than before!
Register today - www.powershift2011.org!
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Will Allen keynote speaker at UDC Earth Day event
The University of the District of Columbia’s College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) celebrates Earth Day by hosting
@ UDC’s Van Ness Campus (4200 Conn. Ave., N.W., WDC 20008)
UDC’s 2011 International Urban Sustainability Action Summit
on “Food--Sovereignty, Security and Justice”
Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 8:00 am – 5:30 pmon “Food--Sovereignty, Security and Justice”
@ UDC’s Van Ness Campus (4200 Conn. Ave., N.W., WDC 20008)
The Summit will bring together experts, grassroots leaders and members of the community to share information about food deserts, sustainability in the urban environment and equal access to healthy food choices. The land-grant university is the ideal setting for thoughtful discourse exploring the issue and identifying cutting-edge and best practices.
The keynote speaker for the occasion is “Green” innovator and 2008 MacArthur Fellow, Will Allen, founder of Growing Power - a model urban sustainability program.
Will Allen is an urban farmer, who is transforming the cultivation, production and delivery of healthy foods to underserved, urban populations.The day-long event will feature a collective of expert speakers, presenters and exhibitors to inform, engage and empower attendees to act. Be part of the discussion and part of the solution . . . REGISTER TODAY.
WWF Nature Seminar Series - Dr. Jerry Glover speaks about agriculture
World Wildlife Fund’s
Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Seminar Series
Farming’s Perennial Future
Dr. Jerry Glover
Science and Technology Policy Fellow, AAAS
*National Geographic Emerging Explorer
*Named one of the "Five Crop Researchers Who Could Change the World” by Nature
Please join us as we celebrate WWF’s 50th anniversary!
Date: Thursday, April 21st, 2011
Time: 4:30-5:30 p.m. (lecture); 5:30-6:30 p.m. (reception)
Admission: FREE
Registration: http://www.worldwildlife.org/
Location: World Wildlife Fund Headquarters
1250 24th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
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What if farm fields hold the keys to saving biodiversity, polluted ecosystems, and starving people? According to the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment survey, agriculture is now the number one human threat to global biodiversity and ecosystem function. Seventy percent of the Earth’s farmland is planted with annual crops (wheat, corn, rice), which provide nearly seventy percent of the calories that sustain the world’s populations. The problem is that annual crops must be planted from seed every year. According to agroecologist Jerry Glover, “Preparing the farm fields every year for planting requires tremendous amounts of time, effort, and expense. Because they have relatively short growing seasons and tap into only shallow soil layers, annual crops often allow more than half of the nitrogen fertilizer farmers spread over fields to escape below the root zone or run off the soil surface.” Every year the same wear and tear takes place. The result is seriously depleted soil, excess agricultural run-off, and a looming food crisis.
Ecologists also increasingly recognize the off-farm impacts of annual crops. A prime example is the link between the U.S. "corn belt" and the Gulf of Mexico. After the yearly harvest, millions of acres of farmland have no living plant cover. Nitrogen fertilizer from that exposed soil is carried into waterways, creating an annual dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico more than 1,000 miles downstream. “We cannot cordon off our agricultural fields from cherished areas of biodiversity,” Glover warns. “Focusing more of our conservation attention on farmland could transform our ability to preserve sites we all treasure.”
On April 21st, Glover will take us on a journey from the birth and flowering of agriculture through a global snapshot of today’s stressed agricultural ecosystems, and then look into the not-too-distant future when our finite and depleted soil may become unable to sustain the projected increases in human population. Glover and his team of researchers believe they have the solution to a silent but looming catastrophe—perennial crops, especially perennial grains. These crops would have the power to drastically reduce wear and tear on the lands that sustain them, while providing a more nutrient rich and cost-effective answer to the world’s long term food security.
About the Speaker
Dr. Jerry Glover is a Science and Technology Policy Fellow working with the US Agency for International Development’s Bureau for Food Security in Washington, D.C. Prior to his work with USAID, Jerry directed The Land Institute’s ecosystem research program studying natural ecosystems and no-till, organic, integrated, and conventional agroecosystems with particular emphasis on perennial cropping systems. The cultural and ecological conditions on a High Plains farm in eastern Colorado fueled Jerry’s passion for farming and the environment.
Acknowledging the complex relationship between human behavior and ecological limits, he earned undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and Soil Science. Jerry then completed his Ph.D. in Soil Science at Washington State University in 2001. From his dissertation, he published a cover story article in the journal Nature, which subsequently placed the paper on its list of “Classic” science articles.
In 2008, Nature recognized Jerry as one of "Five Crop Researchers Who Could Change the World.” In 2010, the National Geographic Society inducted him into its Emerging Explorers program. He has published articles on perennial cropping systems in Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Scientific American and other journals and magazines intended for the general public. Jerry has given more than 100 invited presentations on natural and managed ecosystems, energy use, and sustainability issues to national and international audiences.
Missed a talk? Check out the Science for Nature Summaries to watch interviews with past Fuller Seminar speakers.
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