2006-2007 Environmental Leadership Training Program

Green Corps 2006-2007 Environmental Leadership Program

Full-time, paid fellowships to top student leaders to get the training they need to win urgent environmental campaigns.

Whether it's with Greenpeace, the Sierra Club, MoveOn.org, or the Alaska Wilderness Coalition, behind the top environmental organization's field campaigns, you'll find a Green Corps organizer. We give one-year fellowships to top student leaders to receive in-depth training and experience running urgent campaigns.

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

Training.Our intensive classroom training features workshops such as Global Warming Strategy, Corporate Accountability Campaigns, Community Organizing Against Toxic Threats and Effective Media: Messaging and Framing. Workshops are lead by the nation's top environmental and social change leaders, such as Adam Ruben, Political Director of MoveOn.org, Bob Bingaman, National Field Director of Sierra Club, and Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of United Farm Workers. Our field training puts you on the front lines of today's most urgent environmental campaigns.

Locations & Dates:We have positions open nationwide. The program begins in August 2006, with the Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and concludes with graduation in August 2007.

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

Career Development.Our graduates are in high demand and quickly find jobs working on issues they care about. Upon completion of the training program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations that are seeking full-time professional staff. Green Corps' graduates hold leadership positions with MoveOn.org, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, ForestEthics, and many other environmental and progressive groups.

Qualifications.We will invite 25 recent college graduates to join Green Corps in 2006-2007. 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.

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 for Green Corps' 2006-2007 Environmental Leadership Training Program, fill out our online application by our Early Submission deadline of January 13, 2006. Regional deadlines, campus interview dates, and online application are at our website.