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The Following is a list of internships added to periodically.
Palo Alto Summer Internships
posted 11/30/06
Below is a list of environmentally related internships available for the City of Palo Alto, summer 2007. Most positions are full time for 8 to 10 weeks. Interns will be paid for their services based upon the assignment and skill level of the intern. The range of payment will be $12.00–$20.00 per hour.
Deadline to apply is February 28, 2007. Go to
http://www.cityofpa
Utilities Department: Customer Support Services; Resource Management; Customer Support Services
Public Works Department: Water Quality Control Plant
Annette Puskarich
City of Palo Alto Public Works
Bldg. MSC-C
POB 10250
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Ph. 650-496-5911
Fx. 650-852-9289
Annette.puskarich@
Job: Winter Student Gardener, Community Gardens
Project
posted 11/27/06
Student Gardeners will:
Care for six campus gardens. (Stern, Ricker, Lakeside, Manzanita, Wilbur, FloMo)
Work with dining hall personnel to deliver garden herbs and produce.
Work to develop the Stanford Sustainable Food System including sustainable purchasing policies and a working campus farm.
This job includes a wage and a discount on
your meal plan.
(10 hr/wk -- $12/hr)
Contact Emmett (ehopkins@stanford.edu) by December 9th for a full job description and
application.
If it is after December 9th, please feel free to inquire about the
position.
Short-term job: Sustainability Researcher Needed
posted 11/26/06
Act Now Productions, a progressive media company in San Francisco, is
seeking a researcher for an important project relating to the environment
and sustainability.
What we need: a long list of facts. These facts must be related to
sustainability, the environment and health/wellness. They must also be
presented in an accessible way, and appeal to personal values (see
examples below). They are meant to be educational and inspirational, and
will be appearing in a widely distributed publication. We hope to compile
a list of 100-200 such facts, all properly checked and cited.
The basic idea:
- Wrong: “Recycling one ton of paper saves 17 trees and two barrels of oil.”
(Who’s going to recycle a ton of paper? What’s the value of 2 barrels of oil?)
- Right: “Replace one normal light bulb with a squiggly bulb (compact fluorescent), and youll reduce your energy bills by $45 over the life of the bulb! Replace all the bulbs in your house, and you’ll be saving enough to _____.”
(Anyone can replace a light bulb, and thus save money. The results and benefit are clear.)
If interested, contact Ben Grant (’06) at ben@actnowproductions.com with a few words about yourself, your academic program and your background
in the area.
You will be able to work whenever and wherever you want (with a deadline,
of course!), and keep track of your own hours. Of course, more detailed
instructions will be given to you before you start working.
Pay will be $20 per hour of your best work.
Job Opportunity: Green Earth Recycling
A company called Green Earth Recycling is looking for students interested in helping organize e-recycling collection events in Palo Alto. This is open to anyone with any level of interest. This is a good opportunity for a paying job that helps the environment. Click here for the employee overview which summarizes the aims of the company and what they would expect from you. The first collection event is scheduled for December 16 and 17th. You need to go through a quick training before that, so if you think this is something you may be interested in either now or in the future, let Briana know right away.
Water Conservation/Environmental Compliance Internship
Posted November 14, 2006
"I am looking for a Stanford student intern position to assist with the water conservation and environmental program at Stanford Utilities. I am looking for a student with a background in science or engineering, who can spend between 8 to 16 hours a week (between the hours of 7am and 5pm, Monday through Friday), assisting with various tasks for the Water Conservation and Environmental Programs at Stanford Utilities.
Applicants are required to work independently, be well organized, skilled in researching information from various sources and completing written summaries of the research, have excellent written and verbal communication skills, and be able to complete projects by deadlines.
All candidates will need to submit a one-page sample of their writing."
Some Specific Job Responsibilities Related to Water Conservation
1. Survey water use in campus building bathroom fixtures: methods to perform work will be provided.
2. Research and technical specifications and costs for water-efficient equipment that will result in web "fact sheets" (format to be
provided) for equipment, such as:
reverse osmosis (RO) water treatment units, other water treatment units, sterilizers, glass washers, house vacuum systems, commercial dishwashers, kitchen spray nozzles, ice machines, household dishwashers, household washing machines, household ET irrigation systems, pool covers, other miscellaneous water-efficient equipment
Some Specific Job Responsibilities Related to Environmental Programs
1. Update and improve fact sheets related to the campus storm water pollution prevention plan and associated best management practices.
2. Research compliance issues using historical records and on-line databases.
3. Update and improve Environmental Compliance Division web site.
4. Some data entry and excel work.
5.
Other Related Tasks, As Assigned
Please contact Tracy Ingebrigtsen at tracyi@bonair.stanford.edu or
650-723-9747 if interested or for more information.
Imaging Environment: Maps, Models, and Metaphors
Stanford Humanities Center
Disciplines vary significantly in the ways they represent “nature.” Strategies for depicting local, regional, and global ecosystems—and their problems—range from statistics to poetics and from computer modeling to maps and paintings. This conference will bring together scholars from the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences to explore the different histories and techniques of representing the environment on a global scale, and discuss the rights and responsibilities—individual and collective—that derive from this knowledge. Do underlying assumptions about nature converge or conflict in these differing techniques? Are interdisciplinary perspectives, especially those bridging the humanities and natural sciences, giving rise to new representations of nature?
This conference will take on this challenge by reaching beyond disciplinary specificity to interrogate the very ways we figure the natural world, and the consequences of these figurations for our actions in the global environment. Link»
Internship Opportunities at the Recycling Center
http://recycling.stanford.edu/internships.html
Stanford is diverting 58% of its waste from the landfill. Help us do more!
Internship Description:
Interns will assist in promoting the source reduction and recycling program
by giving recycling presentations, performing audits of the recycling
routes, and developing at least one creative project (i.e. brochures,
flyers, skits) that focuses on waste reduction practices including reducing,
reusing, recycling, buying recycled, and composting. Training will be
provided.
The goals of the internship program are to give students an opportunity to
apply their energy to benefit their community, to gain a deeper
understanding about challenges of achieving a sustainable society, and gain
experience in the field of solid waste and recycling management. By creating
and maintaining these positions, the Stanford community will be more aware
of waste reduction and recycling methods which will hopefully lead to reduce
waste on campus as a whole. Interns will learn organization, communication,
public speaking, and other skills, which they can apply immediately to their
lives and future endeavors.
Qualifications:
All positions require a willingness to make a difference, computer
experience, knowledge about recycling, experience with project planning,
creativity, dedication, and a smile.
Peninsula Sanitary Service, Inc. (PSSI) and the Stanford Recycling Center
provide solid waste management and recycling services for the greater
Stanford University community, including collection, processing, and
marketing of recyclables and operation of the Stanford Recycling Drop-Off
Center. PSSI also acts as a clearing house for information on solid waste
and recycling.
Contact:
Julie C. Muir
Stanford Recycling Center
Peninsula Sanitary Service, Inc
339 Bonair Siding Road
Stanford, CA 94305
650-321-4236 FAX: 650-321-9749