Internship Opportunities (2011):

This is a summary of all undergraduate internship and research programs that come to our attention. It is by no means a complete list, and in some cases we may know little about the programs.

SmartWatt Energy, Inc.

SmartWatt Energy is looking for "a talented and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about the energy industry and growing their career. The right person for the position does not have to have an engineering degree; just willingness and ability to learn about our industry."
Web link: http://smartwattinc.tumblr.com/ or http://www.smartwattinc.com/
Job ad: pdf

CALPIRG Energy Service Corps' Summer Program

Internship opportunity to become a leader in the energy conservation movement through the CALPIRG Americorps Membership summer program. We are currently seeking students who are interested in an internship working to educate the local community about the importance of energy efficiency and to reduce the campus' carbon footprint. Our student interns will get the opportunity to coordinate and organize summer events that truly make a difference in the community. We have huge goals to educate 24,000 K-12 students over the summer and we are looking to fill 32 paid internship slots statewide! We are currently accepting applications (via this link). The first round of internship interviews will take place Tuesday, 5/10, and Wednesday, 5/11, at the UCSD campus.

Positions in the Student Sustainabilty Collective

The UC San Diego Student Sustainability Collective is an open space that is dedicated to serving the university community in the area of sustainability by providing resources, support, student funding, and space to foster an active culture of responsibility for sustainability on campus and in the community. The Student Sustainability Collective at the SRC (Sustainability Resource Center) furthers these goals by strategies that are geared towards student empowerment and learning opportunities. Note: These are PAID positions! Stipends range from $40-$120/week. Unpaid category internships are also always available.

For more information on applying and position descriptions refer to our website: http://studentsustainability.ucsd.edu/ under the Get Involved! Tab: http://tinyurl.com/SSCApps

The following positions are open: We are extending the application deadline to Monday, May 2 by 5:00 PM. Application can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/SSCApps

Student Conservation Association

The Student Conservation Associate has sent out an announcement about their available job openings: http://www.thesca.org/employment

World Health and Education Organization Foundation

We are looking for students interested in staying on board a 80 foot motor yacht with full accommodations in the sea of cortez while researching, documenting and writing an ongoing study on the sightings and migration of whale sharks in the sea of cortez. The whale shark is an endangered species and currently little information is available on their migration patterns. The sea of cortez is one of only several locations in the world where whale sharks are sighted.
Contact: Michele Rosati
WHEOF.ORG@gmail.com
(786) 309-4363
World Health and Education Organization Foundation
Three Rivers Provider Network

OurEarth.org, Durham, North Carolina

This summer join the OurEarth.org community and become an intern in OurEarth.org's 2011 Environmental Leadership Program. This is a rare opportunity for you to develop as a leader and learn many of the skills that are necessary if you want to create significant environmental changes in the future. In addition to leadership training, you will work on a number of diverse environmental projects that will help the OurEarth.org organization and website expand, be in a team with students from other colleges, earn course credit, connect with OurEarth.org's large network of environmental professionals, and because OurEarth.org is still a young organization this is an opportunity to join on the ground floor of many up-and-coming initiatives. Lastly, for added flexibility, all work is done remotely so you can work from your home, campus, or anywhere else, yet you will still have very frequent contact with the OurEarth.org management and other interns via conference calls, email, webinars, and other electronic mediums.

OurEarth.org is a national 501(c)3 non-profit organization and grassroots initiative that aims to aid and develop environmental leaders, in part, by transforming the way environmental programs, activities, and information are found on the internet. A more detailed program description, the internship application, and further information about the OurEarth.org organization is available here: http://www.ourearth.org/students/. Finally, the program is open to both undergraduate and graduate students. If you want to apply, act quickly since admission is done on a ROLLING BASIS and acceptances will begin to be mailed in March. If you have any questions, please contact John Ullman at (410) 878-6485 or jgu@duke.edu, to get additional information.

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