Internships
New internship opportunities for EPC students
The Program on Environmental Policy and Culture invites students to apply for an internship at one of three different adjacent sites in Northbrook--the Somme Prairie Nature Preserve, Somme Prairie Grove, and Somme Woods, for fall quarter. These three forest preserve sites include prairie, savanna, and woodland communities. This is a great opportunity for EPC students to get involved in an important local environmental project.
Each internship requires about 10 hours per week, additional readings, and a paper for course credit.
The internships may combine indoor and outdoor work, and may include one or more of the following assignments, depending on the student's interests and Somme priorities:
1. Trails: mapping the boundaries and existing trails of the site (and the management units) using GPS equipment. The student will be trained to use the equipment. Some eroded trails need to be resurfaced in some way. The intern will research the best ways to do this in a dedicated Illinois nature preserve. Somme Prairie.
2. Restoration: The goal for these sites is to restore natural processes so that the area will become as self sustainable as possible. The work involves removing invasive species, gathering and sowing seeds, and documenting changes. All sites.
3. Weekday work days -- manage school and other groups who wish to visit and work at the preserve during the week. For the fall season these groups would collect the seed of the rare wildflowers and grasses. All sites.
4. Coordinate the preserve's butterfly, bird, and dragonfly monitors. Help them organize monitoring data into an easily accessible form. Arrange a meeting of the monitors to share findings, examine the effects of restoration efforts on various populations, help establish new goals. Somme Prairie.
5. Create a map of all the big old trees (especially the bur, white and swamp white oaks -- the key trees of this ecosystem). Somme Woods.
6. Complete the work of chipping the trail to "the Mighty Acorns opening." (a conservation project for grades 4-6). Somme Prairie.
7. Construct and install wire cages for protecting rare plants from deer. All sites.
8. Create a data base of the various studies that have taken place at the Somme Natural Preserve, possibly a website for monitoring current studies and findings. Somme Prairie.
9. Create an outreach program, work with neighbors, local groups, and on the Northwestern and other schools campuses to develop awareness of Somme and its needs, and bring more volunteers to help with restoration and monitoring activities. All sites.
10. Research the history of ownership and management of Somme and and write a more complete history of the preserve. All sites.
11. Shrubland restoration. Learn to distinguish among eight species of shrubs (some pests; some natural). Map, plan for, execute and document shrubland restoration (an emerging discipline).
12. Photography (for a student who has equipment, skills, and interest.) Somme Prairie.
Requirements: Sophomore, Junior, or Senior year student, responsible and independent. Independent transport to and from location (around Dundee Rd. and Western Ave. in Northbrook, about 13 miles from campus).
To apply please e-mail Professor Wolinsky: y-woli@northwestern.edu
Other Opportunities
http://www.eco.org/ (forum)
http://www.thesca.org/ (Student Conservation Association)
http://www.internships-usa.com/BigGreen/green0506.htm (internship database)
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/vip/vvi.htm (Alaska Dep. Of Natural Resources Internship program)
http://www.geocities.com/rainforest/8974/env7.htm#su (env. Internship page)
http://www.epa.gov/epahrist/careers/stuopp.html (EPA)
http://www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid58.php (Rocky Mountain Inst.)
http://www.sierraclub.org/careers/internships/dc/index.asp
http://www.nature.org/?src=t1 (The Nature Conservancy)
http://www.ecojobs.com/index.php
http://www.ecojobs.com/environmental-internships.htm
http://www.chicagoenvironment.org/jobintern/index.cfm
http://www.serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/internships.jsp (Smithsonian program)
http://jobs.oriongrassroots.org/internships/
http://career.ucsd.edu/sa/EnvironmentalInternship.shtml
http://www.ciel.org/Join/Join_Internships.html
http://www.climate.org/internships/index.html
http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagid=371&jobID=430 (Env. Defense Fund)
http://www.enviroeducation.com/careers-jobs/#intern
http://www.railstotrails.org/whoweare/careers/intern_Development_082007.html
http://www.mmo.org/subcat.php?cat_id=19&subcat_id=72&art_id=245 (Nantucket)
http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_opportunities/internships/enviro_intern.html
http://www.earthworks-jobs.com/
http://www.environmentalcareer.com/
http://www.akcf.org/_pages/programs_amp_initiatives/conservation_internship_program.php/
http://www.iedonline.net/jobs_interns.htm
http://www.ceres.org/Page.aspx?pid=417#internships
http://www.nwf.org/careergateway/internships.cfm (National Wildlife Federation)
FELLOWSHIPS
Deadlines for several fellowships for students with a strong background on environmental issues are coming up. These fellowships include:
Udall Scholarship: http://www.udall.gov/
Hollings Scholarship: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov/Hollings_info.html
Woods Hole Scholarship: http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=8063
National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates:
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/reu/reu_search.cfm
For more information about the fellowships and deadlines, please visit:
Office of Fellowships http://www.northwestern.edu/fellowships/
INTERNSHIPS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES
The Public Policy & International Affairs (PPIA) Fellowship Program at
the University of California, Berkeley, Goldman School of Public
Policy is accepting applications for the summer of 2010.
Intensive seven week academic training program for college juniors,
with benefits. The summer institute prepares undergraduate students
for graduate studies in public policy and international affairs.
Participants complete course work in economics, statistics, and policy
analysis; and visit local, state and federal government agencies and
non profit organizations. Each year we select thirty students to
participate in the program from across the country.
The application deadline is November 1, 2009.
For more information, please visit our website at:
http://gspp.berkeley.edu/ppia/index.html
The Fund for the Public Interest is seeking motivated, talented students
who are interested in working for positive social and environmental change.
We are hiring summer campaign staff to work on grassroots campaigns for
Environment Illinois and Illinois PIRG. This is an excellent opportunity to
work on issues that matter and earn money for the school year! All
interested applicants should call 847.424.1639 and ask for Julian, or apply
online at www.jobsthatmatter.org.
Internships at the Chicago Botanic Garden:
Conservation and Land Management (CLM) Intern CLM internship
National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates
The EPA has several internships, job opportunities, and a summer program.
Learn more about it at: http://www.epa.gov/Education/NNEMS/
Lincoln Park Zoo Internships and Opportunities:
http://www.lpzoo.org/info/employment/index.html
Green Corps Field School for Environmental Organizing
Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the biggest environmental challenges of our day.
In Green Corps' year-long paid program, Green Corps' begins in August 2009 with Introductory
Classroom Training in Boston, and continues with field placements in multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.
For more information, visit www.greencorps.org
or contact Katy Kiefer, Green Corps Field Organizer
katy@greencorps.org or (484) 347-4401.
Lake County Forest Preserves summer internships and other jobs
Engineering intern, Forestry intern, Nature camp counselors, Nature camp instructor, Wildlife biologist intern, Youth conservation corps crew leader, Youth conservation corps member
http://www.lcfpd.org/involved/index.cfm?fuseaction=job.view
The Nature Conservancy, May 26-August 21, 2009. Seasonal Preserve Assistant Responsibilities: conduct various stewardship and ecological monitoring activities. She/he will be located at Cross Ranch but may travel extensively to other North and South Dakota.
https://careers.nature.org/psp/P89HTNC_APP/APPLICANT/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL
The Nature Conservancy, June 1-August 28, 2009. Two summer field staff
are required to support two distinct but related projects that address ecosystem restoration on the Tug Hill plateau. The first project involves mapping existing populations of invasive plant species on the Tug Hill plateau, New York. June 1-August 28.
nature.org/psp/P89HTNC_APP/APPLICANT/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL
The Greenpeace Organizing Term, Fall 2009
Semester long training program includes travel and training.
www.greenpeace.org/got
Seattle Audubon Society, Volunteer internships
http://www.seattleaudubon.org/who-we-are.cfm?id=447
GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SUMMER 2009 LIVE. LEARN. INTERN
These programs award a significant number of scholarships funding
Please visit www.dcinternships.org
Fall 2009 Job Opportunities Making Social Change
The Fund for the Public Interest (aka “the Fund”) is hiring for fall 2009 to help progressive organizations in the country work on issues such as clean energy, equal rights, and health care reform. Currently hiring Citizen Outreach Directors to run our grassroots campaign offices across the country next fall -- working on behalf of groups like the Sierra Club, Environment America, the Human Rights Campaign and US PIRG. We are looking for smart, motivated students who want to get their hands dirty and make a real impact on some of the most critical issues facing our society.
If you are interested in applying, visit our website at www.fundjobs.org, or contact me directly – 312.291.0349 ext. 206, mayala@fundstaff.org.
ENTRY LEVEL JOB: TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
Junior Financial Analyst
http://www.tpl.org/tier2_cl.cfm?folder_id=176
