Cal Enviro

Here’s a great list of resources for those of you who would may want to get involved in careers dealing with the climate.

SustainLane: www.sustainlane.com/green-jobs
It contains hundreds of job listings from across the country, targeting employment opportunities that enhance sustainability. These include green jobs in traditional organizations and traditional jobs in green organizations — from alternative energy specialists and LEED building construction workers to landscape architects and administrative positions at green companies and environmentally-focused non-profits.

In addition to hundreds of job openings, SustainLane’s green job board features tips and in-depth articles on:
·         Breaking into the growing green job sector;
·         Greening the job you have;
·         Emerging trends in the green collar economy.

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Here’s a list of every kind of job, fellowship, and opportunity around getting employed in the climate sector.

Have at it!

Rachel

Resources list for attendees of the “Career Opportunities in the Climate Movement” panel
by Juan Reynosa, Allison Rogers, and Jared Duval

Job Boards/ listservs/ or websites

National –
Energy Action Jobs Board - http://groups.google.com/group/eac-jobs-board
Idealist.org
Change.org
Green Jobs Network - http://www.greenjobs.net/
Green Jobs (another one) - www.greenjobs.com
Green Professionals- http://greenprofs.com/green-jobs/
Treehugger Job Board – http://jobs.treehugger.com/
Sustainable Business (under Green Dream Jobs) - www.sustainablebusiness.com/jobs/
Bright Green - brightgreentalent.com
Environmental Careers Organization - http://www.eco.org/
Renewable Energy Jobs - http://www.renewableenergyjobs.net/
Renewable Energy World -
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/careers/jobseekers
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) - http://www.aashe.org/ (sign up for their bulletin, which quite frequently lists sustainability positions in universities across the country)
American Council of Engineering Companies Job Board –
http://www.acec.org/jobbank/index.cfm
ASHRAE Careers Resources
http://www.ashrae.org/students/page/726

DC – Young Nonprofit Professionals Network, http://www.ynpn.org
DC – EcoWomen: http://ecowomen.org/ (This is a monthly EcoHour event in DC for women, usually with a guest speaker. It is a great place to exchange information and look for jobs (jobs are often announced), to share your resume, and to make connections.)
CA - California Green Solutions- http://www.californiagreensolutions.com/cgi-bin/gt/tpl.h,content=1947

International – Green Drinks (a monthly gathering in cities across the world; another great setting to exchange information, make contacts, and network to find a potential job or to recruit) - http://www.greendrinks.org/

Training Opportunities
Sierra Student Coalition - http://www.ssc.org/sprog/index.php
Also see, http://www.ssc.org/resources/opps.php
Center for Progressive Leadership’s New Leaders Program (deadline is Mar. 13th!) - http://www.cplnewleaders.org/
Greenpeace Organizing Term – http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/getinvolved/greenpeace-organizing-term
Green Corps
http://www.greencorps.org/
Power Pathway Program in CA
http://www.pge.com/careers/powerpathway/
Wind Training Program in NM
http://mesalands.edu/wind/default.htm
Chicago Organic Gardening, Non-profit Business
http://www.growinghomeinc.org/
Environmental Leadership Program
www.elpnet.org
Enviropreneur Institute
www.perc.org/enviroprog/enviropreneur/
SustainUS Agent of Change
(Apply to be a youth delegate at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development; or participate in the Citizen Science Competition)
http://sustainus.org/

Washington, DC Internships
Center for Progressive Leadership’s New Leaders Program (deadline is Mar. 13th!) - http://www.cplnewleaders.org/
Campus Progress: http://www.campusprogress.org/about/1849/internship-program
Sierra Club: http://www.sierraclub.org/jobs/internships_dc/
The Washington Center: http://www.twc.edu/

Green Education
Earth Day Network- Green Schools
http://www.earthday.net/greenschools
North American Alliance for Green Education
http://www.naage.org/
National Environmental Education Foundation
http://www.neefusa.org/
University Leaders for a Sustainable Future
http://www.ulsf.org/
U.S. Partnership for Education for Sustainable Development http://www.uspartnership.org/main/view_archive/1
Beyond Grey Pinstrips (rankings for environmentally- and socially-conscious MBAs)
http://www.beyondgreypinstripes.org/index.cfm
Clinton Global Initiative University
http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?pid=1871&srcid=3112
Teaming Up for Campus Sustainability: Programs that Cultivate Student-Staff Cooperation
http://greencampus.harvard.edu/greenteams/

Scholarships & Fellowships
Brower Youth Award – http://www.broweryouthawards.org/
Morris K. Udall Scholarship – http://www.udall.gov/OurPrograms/MKUScholarship/MKUScholarship.aspx
Harry S. Truman Scholarship – http://www.truman.gov/
Echoing Green Fellowship – http://www.echoinggreen.org/
Young People For (YP4) Fellows Program - http://www.youngpeoplefor.org/programs/fellowship/apply
Breakthrough Fellowship (deadline Mar. 15th!) http://www.thebreakthrough.org/BTgen.shtml
Center for Progressive Leadership’s New Leaders Program (deadline Mar. 13th!) http://www.cplnewleaders.org/
Wild Gift Fellowship (deadline April 1)
www.wildgift.org
Take Flight Microgrants
http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=12153
National Wildlife Federation Campus Ecology Fellowship
http://www.nwf.org/campusecology/fellowships/
Robert & Patricia Switzer Foundation Fellowship
http://www.switzernetwork.org/
American Consulting Engineers Council Scholarships
http://www.acec.org/awards/index.cfm
ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers Grants-In-Aid)
http://www.ashrae.org/students/page/750
(Check out their scholarships page too: http://www.ashrae.org/students/page/704)
American Meteorological Society/Industry Graduate Fellowships and Undergraduate Scholarships
http://www.ametsoc.org/amsstudentinfo/scholfeldocs/index.html
Electrical Women’s Round Table, Inc. Fellowships in Electrical Energy
http://mandm.engr.wisc.edu/faculty_pages/crone/Flwps_for_WISE.html
Garden Club of America Scholarships and Fellowships
http://www.gcamerica.org/scholarships.php3
Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships
http://www.act.org/goldwater/
Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program Scholarships
http://education.jax.org/summerstudent/program/funding.html
National Physical Science Consortium Graduate Fellowships for Minorities and Women
http://www.npsc.org/
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowships
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=6201
Tibor T. Polgar Fellowships for Hudson River Research
http://www.hudsonriver.org/polgar.htm
Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Scholarship
www.bsces.org/downloads/2008_SGH_Scholarship.pdf
Smithsonian Institution Fellowships
http://www.si.edu/ofg/fellowopp.htm
e8 Scholarships
http://www.e8.org/index.jsp?numPage=195
Hudson River Graduate Fellowships
http://www.snre.umich.edu/node/6331
Roscoe Hogan 2009 Environmental Law Essay Contest
http://www.publicjustice.net/Essay%20Contest/essaycontest.htm
Davis Putter Scholarship Fund
http://davisputter.org/apply.html
Gloria Barron Wilderness Society Scholarship
http://wilderness.org/content/gloria-barron-scholarship
Social Science Research Council Fellowships
http://fellowships.ssrc.org/overview/
U.S. Department of Energy Fellowships and Internships
http://www1.eere.energy.gov/education/internships.html
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Fellowships and Traineeships
http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=8060
Backpacker Outdoor Scholarships
http://www.sonoma.edu/scholarship/external/external_listing/BackpackersOutdoorScholar.html

Organizing opportunities abroad –
Foundation for Sustainable Development
http://www.fsdinternational.org/
Convergence: Experiential Environmental Programs for an Emerging World (India)
www.thepointofconvergence.org
World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms (WWOOF)
http://www.wwoof.org/
Me to We (Volunteer trips abroad)
www.metowe.com
The Otesha Project (Canada)
www.otesha.ca