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Job start date: February 01, 2008

Job description: The position involves work with private sector clients, primarily in the electric generating sector, and environmental organizations. Topics include, among others, assessing state, regional and federal environmental regulatory and legislative initiatives on: * air pollution control, * global climate change, * market-based regulation, * renewable energy. Beyond the assessment of these issues, the candidate will work with clients in developing strategic positions that promote the adoption of effective environmental and energy policies. The work includes significant research and writing, quantitative analysis of regulatory and legislative initiatives using databases and spreadsheets, and the design of graphic elements (e.g., charts and tables) for reports and presentations. The candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary team with expertise in economics, law, engineering and policy. This is an entry level position for a candidate with 1-3 years of experience. Skill Prerequisites: The candidate should have an outstanding academic record; excellent organizational, interpersonal communication and writing skills; strong quantitative and computer skills; and familiarity with air pollution, climate change, and/or energy issues. Creativity in graphic design and data presentation a plus. Relevant work experience required. Please submit a resume and cover letter. Candidates who receive further consideration will be required to submit references and writing sample.

Job qualifications: 1-3 years experience

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Employer website: http://www.mjbradley.com

Contact information: Please contact Darlene Ryan, dryan@mjbradley.com

Comments: M.J. Bradley & Associates is located in Concord, MA.

EOE Compliance: Yes]]>
Job start date: February 01, 2008

Job description: The position involves work with private sector clients, primarily in the electric generating sector, and environmental organizations. Topics include, among others, assessing state, regional and federal environmental regulatory and legislative initiatives on: * air pollution control, * global climate change, * market-based regulation, * renewable energy. Beyond the assessment of these issues, the candidate will work with clients in developing strategic positions that promote the adoption of effective environmental and energy policies. The work includes significant research and writing, quantitative analysis of regulatory and legislative initiatives using databases and spreadsheets, and the design of graphic elements (e.g., charts and tables) for reports and presentations. The candidate will be part of a multidisciplinary team with expertise in economics, law, engineering and policy. This is an entry level position for a candidate with 1-3 years of experience. Skill Prerequisites: The candidate should have an outstanding academic record; excellent organizational, interpersonal communication and writing skills; strong quantitative and computer skills; and familiarity with air pollution, climate change, and/or energy issues. Creativity in graphic design and data presentation a plus. Relevant work experience required. Please submit a resume and cover letter. Candidates who receive further consideration will be required to submit references and writing sample.

Job qualifications: 1-3 years experience

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Employer website: http://www.mjbradley.com

Contact information: Please contact Darlene Ryan, dryan@mjbradley.com

Comments: M.J. Bradley & Associates is located in Concord, MA.

EOE Compliance: Yes]]> http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=13 Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:09:02 -0500 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=13
There's a lot already being planned in Vermont. Check out this master schedule for the Burlington area schools. http://vtgreencampus.org/PDFs/Master_Schedule.pdf

Green Mountain College is also registered for an event.
If you would like some help planning for Focus the Nation at your school drop us a line. Admin@vtgreencampus.org]]>
There's a lot already being planned in Vermont. Check out this master schedule for the Burlington area schools. http://vtgreencampus.org/PDFs/Master_Schedule.pdf

Green Mountain College is also registered for an event.
If you would like some help planning for Focus the Nation at your school drop us a line. Admin@vtgreencampus.org]]> http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=11 Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:15:53 -0500 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=11
Departmental Title: Project Coordinator
Grade: 21

General Purpose:
Reporting to the Director of the Office of Sustainability the Project Coordinator will be responsible for coordination of the campus sustainability committees, support Yale’s participation in various national and international sustainability networks and project based research relevant to campus sustainability activities.

Essential Duties:
1. Provide administrative, research and coordination support for the campus-wide sustainability committees including coordination of conferences, schedule of services, monitor and report of budget.
2. Define and provide information in various formats by gathering data to supply departmental reports to the Director. Determine and develop monthly reports as needed by the Director. Coordinate schedules and timetables for projects in conjunction with the Director.
3. Provide project based research support. Products will include written reports, memo, internal presentations and data analysis. Subjects will range from climate neutrality to land management, transportation, waste etc
4. Oversee creation of short term granting program.
5. Maintain project status and other standards, guidelines and templates on Website.
6. Coordinate annual research assistant hiring process.
7. Manage and implement numerous special projects and overall support.

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of two years professional experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred: Master’s degree in related field.

Skills and Abilities:
1. Strong interpersonal skills. Demonstrated evidence as team player.
2. Excellent oral and written communication skills including public speaking skills.
3. Build coalitions with a diverse student, faculty, and staff population.
4. Proven leadership skills.
5. Strong analytic and strategic planning skills.
6. Ability to understand and synthesize diverse research and outreach initiatives into a cogent whole.
7. Significant working knowledge of Microsoft Office software applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
8. Proven ability to problem solve, be detail oriented and well organized.


Please apply on-line via Yale Human Resources http://www.yale.edu/hronline/ reference job posting 2946BR]]>
Departmental Title: Project Coordinator
Grade: 21

General Purpose:
Reporting to the Director of the Office of Sustainability the Project Coordinator will be responsible for coordination of the campus sustainability committees, support Yale’s participation in various national and international sustainability networks and project based research relevant to campus sustainability activities.

Essential Duties:
1. Provide administrative, research and coordination support for the campus-wide sustainability committees including coordination of conferences, schedule of services, monitor and report of budget.
2. Define and provide information in various formats by gathering data to supply departmental reports to the Director. Determine and develop monthly reports as needed by the Director. Coordinate schedules and timetables for projects in conjunction with the Director.
3. Provide project based research support. Products will include written reports, memo, internal presentations and data analysis. Subjects will range from climate neutrality to land management, transportation, waste etc
4. Oversee creation of short term granting program.
5. Maintain project status and other standards, guidelines and templates on Website.
6. Coordinate annual research assistant hiring process.
7. Manage and implement numerous special projects and overall support.

Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree in a related field and a minimum of two years professional experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred: Master’s degree in related field.

Skills and Abilities:
1. Strong interpersonal skills. Demonstrated evidence as team player.
2. Excellent oral and written communication skills including public speaking skills.
3. Build coalitions with a diverse student, faculty, and staff population.
4. Proven leadership skills.
5. Strong analytic and strategic planning skills.
6. Ability to understand and synthesize diverse research and outreach initiatives into a cogent whole.
7. Significant working knowledge of Microsoft Office software applications, including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
8. Proven ability to problem solve, be detail oriented and well organized.


Please apply on-line via Yale Human Resources http://www.yale.edu/hronline/ reference job posting 2946BR]]> http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=10 Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:10:58 -0500 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=10

Green Corps is the non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to train environmental organizers. Our program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on experience running urgent environmental campaigns, and placement in permanent positions with leading environmental and social change groups.

Classroom Training. Our intensive classroom training combines issue briefings, workshops and skills trainings to prepare you to run a grassroots campaign. Issue briefings include Clean Cars, Renewable Energy, Forests and Endangered Species. Strategy workshops include The Legislative Process, Social Change Methodology and Effective Media: Messaging and Framing.
Finally, hands-on skills trainings include Leadership Development, Training Volunteers and Running Effective Meetings. Training is run by the Green Corps Central Staff, as well as environmental and social change experts such as John Passacantando, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA, Bill McKibben, author and climate change expert, and Wendy Wendlandt, Political Director, U.S. PIRG.

Field Training. Our field training puts you on the front lines of today's most urgent environmental campaigns. With Green Corps, you will work in multiple cities nationwide, chosen for their ability to make an impact on critical environmental problems. Potential locations include, but are not limited to, San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC and Boston, MA.
You must be willing to relocate during your year with Green Corps.


Dates. The program begins in August 2008 and concludes with graduation in August 2009.

Responsibilities. Plan and implement a series of critical environmental campaigns with groups like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Greenpeace. You will secure media coverage, recruit and manage volunteers, train new leaders, and mobilize grassroots activists.

Career Development. Upon completion of the training program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations that are seeking full-time professional staff. Green Corps graduates hold positions with MoveOn.org, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Endangered Species Coalition, Global Trade Watch, Corporate Accountability International, ForestEthics, and many other environmental and progressive groups.

Qualifications. Each year we select 35 recent college graduates to join Green Corps. We are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, have demonstrated leadership experience, and want to work for change over the long haul at the grassroots level.

Salary & Benefits. Salary of $23,750. Optional group health care coverage, paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student loan repayment program for qualifying staff.

To Apply. To apply to Green Corps, fill out our online application by the Early Application Deadline of January 18th, 2nd round interview locations and our online application are at http://www.greencorps.org .

We also have internships for underclassmen in Boston and San Francisco. More information can be found on the website.]]>

Green Corps is the non-profit Field School for Environmental Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to train environmental organizers. Our program includes intensive classroom training, hands-on experience running urgent environmental campaigns, and placement in permanent positions with leading environmental and social change groups.

Classroom Training. Our intensive classroom training combines issue briefings, workshops and skills trainings to prepare you to run a grassroots campaign. Issue briefings include Clean Cars, Renewable Energy, Forests and Endangered Species. Strategy workshops include The Legislative Process, Social Change Methodology and Effective Media: Messaging and Framing.
Finally, hands-on skills trainings include Leadership Development, Training Volunteers and Running Effective Meetings. Training is run by the Green Corps Central Staff, as well as environmental and social change experts such as John Passacantando, Executive Director, Greenpeace USA, Bill McKibben, author and climate change expert, and Wendy Wendlandt, Political Director, U.S. PIRG.

Field Training. Our field training puts you on the front lines of today's most urgent environmental campaigns. With Green Corps, you will work in multiple cities nationwide, chosen for their ability to make an impact on critical environmental problems. Potential locations include, but are not limited to, San Francisco, CA; Chicago, IL; Washington, DC and Boston, MA.
You must be willing to relocate during your year with Green Corps.


Dates. The program begins in August 2008 and concludes with graduation in August 2009.

Responsibilities. Plan and implement a series of critical environmental campaigns with groups like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and Greenpeace. You will secure media coverage, recruit and manage volunteers, train new leaders, and mobilize grassroots activists.

Career Development. Upon completion of the training program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations that are seeking full-time professional staff. Green Corps graduates hold positions with MoveOn.org, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Endangered Species Coalition, Global Trade Watch, Corporate Accountability International, ForestEthics, and many other environmental and progressive groups.

Qualifications. Each year we select 35 recent college graduates to join Green Corps. We are looking for people who are serious about saving the planet, have demonstrated leadership experience, and want to work for change over the long haul at the grassroots level.

Salary & Benefits. Salary of $23,750. Optional group health care coverage, paid sick days and holidays, two weeks paid vacation, and a student loan repayment program for qualifying staff.

To Apply. To apply to Green Corps, fill out our online application by the Early Application Deadline of January 18th, 2nd round interview locations and our online application are at http://www.greencorps.org .

We also have internships for underclassmen in Boston and San Francisco. More information can be found on the website.]]> http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=9 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:09:28 -0500 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=9 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8 Tue, 27 Nov 2007 11:07:44 -0500 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=8 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=6 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:33:11 -0500 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=6 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=5 Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:19:07 -0500 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=5 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=4 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:50:32 -0500 http://vtgreencampus.org/forum/showthread.php?tid=4