From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Thu Dec 2 09:59:19 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:59:19 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: [Job]Environ.Research/Washington DC Message-ID: >Research Assistant > >The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) >seeks a Research Assistant for its >Washington, DC office. > >EIA is an independent, international non-profit organization committed to >investigating and exposing environmental crimes >around the world and working to >stop these crimes. EIA works undercover to expose international environmental >crime?such as the illegal trade in wildlife, illegal logging and trade in >timber species, and the worldwide trade in ozone depleting substances. EIA >achieves increased protection for numerous >depleted, threatened, and endangered >species by instigating effective action to counter the activities of >environmental criminals, including promoting changes in international laws and >governmental policies, and increased enforcement measures. > >The Research Assistant is an entry-level position that will provide support to >EIA?s forest campaigns, and other campaigns as necessary. > >Additional Qualifications: >? Experience working at a nonprofit organization, preferably in an >environmental or wildlife field; >? Excellent research skills; >? Demonstrated strong writing and editing skills; >? Ability to produce high quality outputs >under tight deadlines with minimal >supervision; >? Strong organizational and interpersonal skills; >? Self-motivated and self-directed with the >ability to work independently and >as part of a team; >? Ability to manage multiple high-priority tasks simultaneously; >? Demonstrated commitment to environmental conservation and advocacy; >? Ability to advocate and communicate effectively at a high level with >corporate business management a plus; and >? Experience working with the media and generating press coverage a plus; >? A Bachelor?s degree is preferred; >? All applicants must either be a U.S. >citizen or possess a valid U.S. work >visa. > >How to Apply: >Please submit a cover letter and resume via e-mail or fax to (please reference >?Research Assistant? in the subject line of your e-mail or on your fax): >Catalina Boggio >E-mail: catalinaboggio at eia-international.org >Fax: (202) 986-8626 > >We will respond only to those candidates who are eligible for an interview. No >phone calls or office visits please. Deadline for submission of resumes is >January 2, 2005. > >For more information on EIA and its campaigns, >visit www.eia-international.org. > >Type: Full time >Salary: $22,000 >Last day to apply: January 02, 2005 >Organization: Environmental Investigation Agency >Location: Washington, District of Columbia, 20009 > > > > >_______________________________________________ >CorcJobSeekers mailing list >CorcJobSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu >http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcjobseekers -- Vanessa ><(((?>`.???`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>?`?.????`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>? Vanessa Paulman Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Thu Dec 2 14:41:42 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 14:41:42 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: Summer job opportunities at the Natick Community Organic Farm Message-ID: > >We are a non-profit, diversified organic farm >situated on 22 acres providing productive open >space, food to the public and hands-on education >for all ages, year round. >we are looking for teachers (under-graduate and >graduate students) with farm experience, a love >to work with children and enthusiasm to teach >about healthy living in an hands-on approach. >our programs reach out to children age 4 - 18. > >Job Posting 1: Vacation program teachers >The Natick Community Organic Farm is looking for >enthusiastic teachers for our vacation programs >(February Vacation: February 22 to 25, 2005, >April Vacation: April19 to 22, 2005 and Summer >vacation: June 15 to August 19, 2005). >Through these programs we connect 4 to 16 year >old children to agriculture, environmentally >sound living skills and open their eyes to the >natural world around them. >Teachers are involved in developing curriculum >and are welcome to bring their personal teaching >style and experience. Please contact Regina at >ncorganic at aol.com. For more information on the >Natick Community Organic Farm please visit our >website at natickfarm.org. > >Job Posting 2: >The Natick Community Organic Farm is looking for >a Teen Work Crew Coordinator for the summer of >2005 (June 15 through August 25). This will be >the second year of a paid Teen Work Crew >consisting of 6-8 high school students on the >Farm. Last years projects included developing a >nature trail, building a platform for an outdoor >classroom, building rabbit hutches, extending a >stone wall, splitting wood, mowing and tilling. >The coordinator will be responsible for managing >a small work crew of 6-8 high school students. >He/she will be involved in the development and >planning of projects. Good carpentry skills, >experience in maintenance of small machines and >team work skills are required, farm experience >is a plus. Please contact Regina at >ncorganic at aol.com . For more information on the >Natick Community Organic Farm please visit our >website at natickfarm.org. > > > > >if you have any questions, please contact me at >ncorgnic at aol.com or 508.655-2204 (i work monday, >wednesday and thursday mornings). >Thank you so much, Regina -- Vanessa ><(((?>`.???`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>?`?.????`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>? Vanessa Paulman Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Mon Dec 6 08:25:47 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:25:47 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: LIVING WITHOUT OIL: video screening, author presentation, and panel discussion Message-ID: >LIVING WITHOUT OIL: video screening, author presentation, and panel >discussion > > The production of petroleum is peaking across the globe, and oil and its >byproducts are no longer abundant or cheap. America needs to begin >transititioning out of the Petroleum Age. We all will need to be involved >in managing the transition. > >How will living without oil impact our daily lives? >What can we do to ease the transition? >Where & When: > > Jones Library, Large Meeting Room, Amherst, Tuesday December 07, 2004 at >04:00PM > >Schedule: >4:00 pm The Story of Energy: a presentation by Kai Wu followed by Q & >A. >5:00 pm Video screening, THE END OF SUBURBIA, > with introduction by Chris Riddle, LEED-certified architect. >6:30 pm Book signing with Michael Klare, author of "RESOURCE WARS" & > "BLOOD AND OIL" Amherst Books will sell his books. >7:00 pm Mr. Klare will discuss matters addressed in BLOOD AND OIL. >7:30 pm Panel discussion: Mr. Klare, Mr. Riddle, reporter Stephanie > Kraft, & others; > facilitated by Lois Barber, executive director of EarthAction. > > >More Info At: > > http://pvsn.org/Members/mriddle/event.2004-12-04.2074387980 > > >Contact: > > Karen Jones > -- Vanessa ><(((?>`.???`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>?`?.????`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>? Vanessa Paulman Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Mon Dec 6 08:44:32 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:44:32 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: [Job]Green Corps Environmental Fellowship Message-ID: >This is a year-long job/fellowship. Nomination by a faculty member is >recommended. If interested, consider taking the initiative to ask a faculty >member to nominate you. Contact information appears below. > >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. > >GREEN CORPS ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP TRAINING PROGRAM > >Each year, Green Corps offers one-year paid fellowships to recent >college graduates, providing them with the hands-on training and >experience they'll need to launch their social change or >environmental organizing careers. Fellows in the program spend a >year participating in a rigorous classroom training program and >coordinating field campaigns with national environmental groups. >Our recent campaigns have included working to protect the Arctic >National Wildlife Refuge with the Alaska Wilderness League, >educating the public about global warming with the World Wildlife >Fund, and protecting communities from toxics with the Toxics >Action Center. > >At the end of the year, Green Corps fellows can go on to start >their own non-profit groups or run the field operations of leading >state, local or national groups. In the past twelve years, Green >Corps has trained over 180 young people who have held leadership >positions in environmental and social change groups like Sierra >Club, Rainforest Action Network, and Corporate Accountability >International. > >MOST GREEN CORPS FELLOWS ARE NOMINATED BY FACULTY OR OTHER STUDENTS. > >Ask one of your professors to nominate you by contacting Hampshire recruiter >Saerom Park at saerom at greencorps.org, or >(718)757-0352. Saerom will also answer >any questions you may have. Your professor should provide contact information >for you (such as an email or phone number) so Green Corps can reach you. > >Early application deadline is January 14th, 2005. > >***************************************************** >MORE INFORMATION: > >We're looking for the next generation of environmental leaders. > >Can you imagine yourself running a campaign to defend old growth >forests from corporate logging companies, protecting local >communities from pesticides, or starting your own environmental >group? Green Corps' one-year, full-time, paid Environmental >Leadership Training Program gives you the best training available >to launch an organizing and advocacy career. > >Organization: >Green Corps is a non-profit Field School for Environmental >Organizing, founded by leading environmentalists in 1992 to >identify and train the next generation of 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 groups. > >Training: >The Introductory Classroom Training, held in Boston, Mass., >exposes you to the environmental movement and teaches you to >mobilize grassroots support, train community leaders, and work >with the media. You will learn about issues you care about >including global warming, corporate accountability, toxic threats, >and sustainable development. You will learn from environmental >leaders who have real-life experience fighting to protect our >environment like Bob Bingaman, National Field Director of Sierra >Club, and Dolores Huerta, Co-Founder of United Farm Workers. Four >subsequent week-long classroom training sessions held throughout >the year teach you additional skills and hone your ability to plan >and implement effective campaigns. > >Locations & Dates: >We place Field Organizers in cities across the nation, which >may include Washington, D.C., and cities in California, Colorado, >Connecticut, Georgia, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, >New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington and >Wisconsin. The program begins in August 2005, with the >Introductory Classroom Training in Boston, and concludes with >graduation in August 2006. > >Responsibilities: >As a Green Corps Field Organizer, you'll plan and implement >a series of environmental campaigns conducted on behalf of groups >like Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club and World Wildlife >Fund. Your responsibilities will include recruiting, training, and >supervising volunteers, interns, and staff; working with the >media; fundraising; and mobilizing grassroots support. > >Job Placement: >Our graduates are in high demand and quickly find jobs >working on issues they care about. After you complete the training >program, Green Corps will connect you to organizations with open >positions and other opportunities for full-time social change >work. Green Corps' graduates have held positions of leadership in >organizations such as the Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Global >Exchange, Rainforest Action Network, U.S. PIRG, Natural Resources >Defense Council, Environmental Defense, ACLU, United for a Fair >Economy, and Friends of the Earth. > >Qualifications: >We will invite 25 people to participate in the 2005-2006 >Environmental Leadership Training Program. We are looking for >people who are serious about saving the planet, have experience >working with environmental or social change issues, and have >demonstrated leadership experience. > >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' 2005-2006 Environmental Leadership >Training Program, fill out our online application by the Nation >Early Submission deadline of January 14th, 2005. Regional >deadlines, campus interview dates, and online application are at >http://www.greencorps.org>www.greencorps.org. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >CorcJobSeekers mailing list >CorcJobSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu >http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcjobseekers -- Vanessa ><(((?>`.???`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>?`?.????`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>? Vanessa Paulman Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Mon Dec 6 08:45:49 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:45:49 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: [Intern] Summer Naturalist, Paid +, MN (fwd) Message-ID: > >-- >Position: Summer Program Naturalist >Organization: River Bend Nature Center >Contact: Elaine Loranz >Email: loranz at rbnc.org >Description: Work as part of a friendly, dynamic >staff dedicated to helping people discover, >enjoy, understand and preserve the incredible >natural world that surrounds us. Gain extensive >experience developing and teaching programs for >youth environmental day camps serving children >from pre-school through age 17. Programs use the >outdoors for experiential activities, taking >advantage of 700 acres of wetland, woodland, and >restored tall-grass prairie habitats. In >addition, develop and teach public weekend >programs for all ages including youth, families, >seniors, and special needs groups. Summer >naturalists welcome and interact with visitors, >assist with facility and habitat management, >design and create displays, contribute to the >newsletter, and assist with the creation of >brochures, flyers, and press releases. >Qualifications: Minimum of three years college >study. Applicants should demonstrate a genuine >interest in children and enthusiasm for learning >and teaching about nature in an outdoor setting. >Must have a general familiarity with the natural >environment, experience working with children, >preferably in an outdoor setting, and be able to >relate with people of all ages and abilities in a >positive manner. Well-developed written and oral >communication skills, willingness to work >cooperatively and flexibly as part of a small >staff team, willingness to work flexible hours as >needed. Experience working with pre-school age >children a plus. First Aid and CPR training a >plus. >Location: Faribault, MN >Duration: May 31 - August 20, 2005 >Start Date: May 31, 2005 >Hours: 40 hours per week including some Saturdays >Compensation: $185 per week stipend and housing. >Two weeks of paid training provided May 31 - June >10 prior to the start of day camp programs. >Training includes program design, leadership, >natural history topics, group dynamics, public >interactions, and general operations of a >day-use, non-profit nature center. Ongoing >training continues throughout the summer. Free, >shared housing in a fully equipped, off-site >house within biking distance of the nature center >is provided. Paid time off at the Fourth of July. >Summer naturalists are covered under Workers' >Compensation. >Application Procedure: Cover letter, resume and >listing of 3 references by mail or email: > >River Bend Nature Center >P.O. Box 186 >Faribault, MN 55021 > >Email: loranz at rbnc.org > >Please say that you saw this job posted at Orion's website. Thank you. > >Deadline: February 15, 2005 > >_______________________________________________ >CorcInternshipSeekers mailing list >CorcInternshipSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu >http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcinternshipseekers -- Vanessa ><(((?>`.???`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>?`?.????`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>? Vanessa Paulman Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Mon Dec 6 08:56:01 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 08:56:01 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: Undergraduate Research Experiences in Ecology at IES - Summer 2005 program Message-ID: >>Ecology in Context: A Summer Program of >>Independent Research in Ecology for >>Undergraduates >>Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, New York >>www.ecostudies.org/reu.html >> >>The Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES) is >>pleased to announce its 18th summer of >>undergraduate research opportunities through >>our "Ecology in Context" program. In 2005, 10 >>students will join the unique IES research >>community to carry out cutting-edge >>investigations of their own design, working >>closely with a mentor scientist. The program >>emphasizes the community nature of the >>scientific enterprise. As participants design >>and complete their independent research >>projects they consult with other scientists, >>present their plans for critique, and then >>speak in our annual Undergraduate Research >>Symposium and write a paper for a peer-reviewed >>IES Occasional Publication. The program >>provides students many opportunities to reflect >>upon and think about the process of science and >>its place in the world. Seminars and informal >>meetings provide for training in many facets of >>the process. Through a case study of a regional >>environmental issue, a career forum, and a day >>spent teaching high school students from a >>nearby city; students explore the social, >>political, intellectual and personal dimensions >>of being an ecologist. >> >>The twelve-week program for 2005 begins May 31 >>and runs through August 22. Undergraduate >>freshmen, sophomores, juniors or first semester >>seniors are eligible to apply. Applicants must >>be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. >>or its possessions. Participants receive a >>$3,600 stipend for the twelve-week program, and >>free housing in an Institute dormitory. Some >>assistance is available for travel to and from >>the program. >> >>Projects for 2005: >> >>? The mystery of mystery snails. Dr. David L. Strayer. >>? Microbial processes in urban >>ecosystems. Dr. Peter M. Groffman. >> >>? Plant interactions with their environment. Dr. Valerie T. Eviner. >>? Community ecology of a "hub" species, >>the white-footed mouse. Drs. Richard S. >>Ostfeld and Felicia Keesing. >>? Ecological functions of Hudson River >>marshes, shallows and tributaries. Dr. Stuart >>E. G. Findlay. >>? Impacts of introduced trout in Mirror >>Lake. Drs. Gene E. Likens and Darren Bade. >>? Changes in nutrient limitation on >>Mirror Lake. Drs. Gene E. Likens and Darren >>Bade. >>? Ecosystem impacts of an introduced >>aquatic plant in the Hudson River. Drs. Nina >>M. Caraco and Jonathan J. Cole. >> >>? The effects of plant population >>dynamics on soil nitrogen and carbon cycling. >>Dr. Valerie T. Eviner. >>? Investigating people's ideas about >>earthworms. Dr. Alan R. Berkowitz, Ms. Mary E. >>Ford, and Ms. Lori Quillen. >>? Invasive species and soil >>biogeochemical cycling in urban and rural >>forests. Drs. Katalin Szlavecz and Richard >>Pouyat. >> >>About the Institute of Ecosystem Studies (http://www.ecostudies.org): >>The Institute of Ecosystem Studies (IES) >>combines research and education in fulfillment >>of its scientific mission. Central to the >>Institute's mission >> >>is the creation, dissemination, and application >>of knowledge about ecological systems. A >>society with a basic understanding of >>ecological systems and an appreciation of their >>role in the quality of human life is essential >>if natural areas are to be sustained. >> >>IES is a highly interactive, research-oriented >>environment with a staff of 250. Students will >>exchange ideas with each other, staff >>scientists and educators, and visitors and >>speakers working in public policy and >>academics. The Institute occupies the >>800-hectare Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum, >>approximately 117 km north of New York City, in >>rural Dutchess County, N.Y. The modern >>laboratory and greenhouse facilities, library, >>computers and other resources of the Institute >>are available to program participants. >> >>For more information and to apply (applications >>must be postmarked by 15 February 2005): >> >>See our website at: www.ecostudies.org/reu.html >> >>Or contact: >> >>Ms. Heather L. Dahl >> >>Undergraduate Research Coordinator >> >>Institute of Ecosystem Studies >> >>P.O. Box R, Millbrook, NY 12545 >> >>(845) 677-7600 x326 >> >>Fax: (845) 677-6455 >> >>E-mail: dahlh at ecostudies.org >> >> >> >> >> >>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >>Alan R. Berkowitz, Ph.D. >>Head of Education >>Institute of Ecosystem Studies >>PO Box R (181 Sharon Turnpike) >>Millbrook, NY 12545 >>Phone: (845) 677-7600 ext. 311 Fax: (845) 677-6455 >>Email: berkowitza at ecostudies.org >>* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >> >> >> >>-- >> Charlene >> >>******************************************* >> >>Charlene D'Avanzo >>Professor of Ecology >>Dean, School of Natural Sciences >>Hampshire College >>Amherst, MA 01002 >> >>Voice 413-5595569 >>FAX 413-5595448 >>Email - cdavanzo at hampshire.edu >> >> website: http://helios.hampshire.edu/~cdNS/ >>TIEE: tiee.ecoed.net/ >>Course website: http://ns.hampshire.edu/ns207/ >> >>********************************************** -- Vanessa ><(((?>`.???`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>?`?.????`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>? 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Box 1000 >Collegeville, PA 19426 >(610) 409-3000 x 2645 >(610) 409-3660 (fax) >rwallace at ursinus.edu -- Vanessa ><(((?>`.???`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>?`?.????`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>? Vanessa Paulman Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Mon Dec 6 14:10:43 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 14:10:43 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: Call to action! Mt Holyoke Trees being CUT! Message-ID: >Please forward this widely and apologies for cross-postings. > >The Mt. Holyoke Range State Park is currently being cut by the >state of Massachusetts and a private, Connecticut >corporation--Moosewood. The sixty acres of Bachelor Brook in >Granby, on the south side of Norwottuk, is the area of current >deforestation. It also happens to be the third most popular >hiked area of the park, known for its beaver habitats and its >mountain biking paths, which were only carved out a few years >ago. > >Through Moosewood, the State claims the cuts are solely for >forest management, terming it a "shelterwood cut," which >usually leaves 30% of the trees. However, when this particular >process is completed, only 14% of the trees will remain. The >State claims that this cut would eventually help to regenerate >white pines in the area, yet the Mt Holyoke Range is home to >hemlocks, white pines, white oaks, and birch trees. The State >has no written or stated public goals or forest management plan >and seem to have little knowledge of forest regeneration. > >Govenor Mitt Romney's office is pressuring state parks to >generate some revenue, but this project will only make between >$6,000-8,000 for the state. (There are no estimates for >Moosewood profits.) > >Please come to a public meeting at the Notch Visitor Center, on >Rt 166 between Hampshire and Mt Holyoke Colleges, on December >9, 2004, at 7pm. > >For mor information, contact Erin at 302.279.2120 or >erin_mariel at riseup.net > > >To view more information about the parks and see maps refer to: >http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/hksp.htm >Please forward this widely and apologies for cross-postings. > >The Mt. Holyoke Range State Park is currently being cut by the >state of Massachusetts and a private, Connecticut >corporation--Moosewood. The sixty acres of Bachelor Brook in >Granby, on the south side of Norwottuk, is the area of current >deforestation. It also happens to be the third most popular >hiked area of the park, known for its beaver habitats and its >mountain biking paths, which were only carved out a few years >ago. > >Through Moosewood, the State claims the cuts are solely for >forest management, terming it a "shelterwood cut," which >usually leaves 30% of the trees. However, when this particular >process is completed, only 14% of the trees will remain. The >State claims that this cut would eventually help to regenerate >white pines in the area, yet the Mt Holyoke Range is home to >hemlocks, white pines, white oaks, and birch trees. The State >has no written or stated public goals or forest management plan >and seem to have little knowledge of forest regeneration. > >Govenor Mitt Romney's office is pressuring state parks to >generate some revenue, but this project will only make between >$6,000-8,000 for the state. (There are no estimates for >Moosewood profits.) > >Please come to a public meeting at the Notch Visitor Center, on >Rt 166 between Hampshire and Mt Holyoke Colleges, on December >9, 2004, at 7pm. > >For mor information, contact Erin at 302.279.2120 or >erin_mariel at riseup.net > > >To view more information about the parks and see maps refer to: >http://www.mass.gov/dcr/parks/central/hksp.htm -- Vanessa ><(((?>`.???`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>?`?.????`?.\|/?.???`?.?><((((?>? Vanessa Paulman Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu From vpaulman at HAMPSHIRE.EDU Tue Dec 7 16:21:52 2004 From: vpaulman at HAMPSHIRE.EDU (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:21:52 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] FW: environmental Anthropology/Sociology at Florida International University- recruiting graduate students In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > ANNOUNCING!! > > > > Environmental Anthropology and Sociology at FIU > > > > The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Florida International > University (FIU) in Miami has recently become home to one of the > largest > concentrations of environmental anthropologists in the country. We > invite > students to take advantage of this new opportunity to study with a > growing > community of scholars. The breadth of expertise in the department and > across the university allows students to work on research projects > that draw > upon a wide array of environmental anthropology and sociology > approaches, > and to engage with the politics of nature as they are contested on > multiple > sociospatial scales from the local to the global. FIU's geographical > location in Miami, next to the Everglades and as gateway to Latin > America > and the Caribbean, provides a uniquely stimulating research laboratory > for > studying issues of place, space, power and identity. Moreover, the > faculty > in our department and at FIU in general constitutes one of the richest > concentrations of Latin American and Caribbean scholars anywhere. > > > > The Department of Sociology and Anthropology coordinates environmental > study > and research with FIU's Department of Environmental Studies, which > emphasizes interdisciplinary environmental problem solving, > sustainability > of social and ecological systems, and natural resources management and > policy. Together we offer students with interests in the environment a > vibrant community of scholars and fellow students. Integral to our > programs > is an inter-departmental initiative to offer a Certificate in > Sustainable > Communities for graduate students and professionals who wish to gain > familiarity with social science methods and theories as they apply to > the > environment. We are currently recruiting graduate students who wish to > carry out research in environmental anthropology/sociology for MA and > PhD > degrees, as well as non-degree seeking professionals who wish to > obtain a > Certificate in Sustainable Communities. > > > > Our program considers human interactions with the environment at local, > regional, national and global scales, and seeks to integrate knowledge > from > social and natural sciences. Faculty engage in research on a wide > variety > of issues including natural resource management, conservation and > development, environmental bureaucracies, environmental politics and > environmental activism; medical anthropology, ethnoecology, and > ethnobotanical knowledge; landscape history and historical ecology; > environmental values, environmental journalism, risk and disaster > studies, > and public perceptions of environmental risk. The department's > environmental faculty members have active research projects in the U.S. > (especially the Everglades), Mexico, Belize, and Peru. > > > > For additional information including lists of courses and faculty > biographies, > > please see below and for application information please consult our > webpage: > http://www.fiu.edu/orgs/socant/home/home.htm > > > > For questions and inquiries please contact the > > Director of Graduate Studies, Professor Sarah J. Mahler at > > socantgr at fiu.edu > > > > > > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: > > > > Courses Offered in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology: > > Migration and Environmental Change SYD 6901/ EVR 5935 (Zarger) > > Environmental Anthropology ANT 3403/ANG 5403 (Mathews) > > Everglades Cultural History ANT 4211 (02)/EVR-4934 (05) (Ogden) > > American Culture and Society: Landscape and Power: ANT 5318 (Ogden) > > Anthropology of Food: ANT 4211.02 (Mathews) > > Environmental Conflicts and Political Ecology ANT 4211.01 (Mathews) > > GIS and Social Research SYD 6901 (Gladwin, Tardanico) > > American Indian Ethnology ANT 4312-U01 (Wiedman) > > Applied Anthropology SYD 6901-U01 (Wiedman) > > Graduate Medical Anthropology ANT 6469 (Wiedman) > > Native American Religions ANT 4211/IDS 4920/ REL 3380 (Wiedman) > > > > Courses currently being developed: > > Development and Indigenous Peoples (Greene/Mathews) > > Historical Ecology/Landscape History (Ogden/Mathews) > > Eco-Capitalism and Cultural Politics (Greene) > > Latin American Social Movements (Greene, Mathews) > > Ethnoecology (Zarger) > > Conservation, Communities and Globalization (Zarger) > > > > Relevant Courses in Other Departments: > > Department of Environmental Studies: > Population and Environment Issues EVR 4415C (Zarger) > > Principles of Sustainable Development EVR 4934 (Scattone) > > Human Organizations and Ecosystem Management EVR 4415 (Bray, Zarger) > > Restoration Ecology EVR 4934 (Hartley) > > Deep Ecology EVR 4934 (Pliske) > > Political Economy of the Environment EVR 5935 (Scattone) > > Tropical Ecosystems Management EVR 5330 (Bray) > > Protected Areas Management EVR 5360 (Heinen) > > Department of International Relations: > > Space, Place and Identity, INR/GEO 6473, (Neumann/Hollander) > > Global Food System GEO 4354 (Hollander) > > > > > > Faculty And Research Interests: > > > > Hugh Gladwin, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology. > > Prof. Gladwin directs FIU's Institute for Public Opinion Research. His > main > interest is the application of survey research and cultural analysis to > understand culturally and demographically diverse urban settings. His > particular interest is in modeling interactions between the human > population > and natural systems such as the South Florida ecosystem and extreme > natural > events like hurricanes. As someone who is both an anthropologist and > survey > researcher, he finds geographic information systems (GIS) the most > useful > research tool, one that enables ethnography to communicate with > statistical > sampling in studying regions inhabited by millions of people. He is a > co-editor of Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender, and the Sociology of > Disaster. > > > > Shane Greene, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology. > > Prof. Greene does research on indigenous rights movements, ethnic > politics, > environmental-indigenous alliances, and biodiversity prospecting > issues in > Latin America, focusing particularly on the Amazonian and Andean > regions of > South America and Peru. His recent publications analyze indigenous > peoples > claims to consider their traditional medical knowledge a form of > cultural > property deserving of legal and economic recognition by states, > international organizations, and transnational pharmaceutical > interests. > His research and teaching interests are broadly informed by > contemporary > work on globalization, political-economy and political ecology, and > critical > development studies. > > > > Andrew Mathews Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology. > > Prof. Mathews is interested in the ways in which states construct > knowledge > about nature and society, and in how this knowledge is modified or > altered > by popular resistance to state making. His current research focuses on > forestry and conservation institutions in Mexico, exploring the > development > of state and community forestry institutions over the last century, and > investigating how state interventions transformed local understandings > of > the role of fire in agriculture and forest management. His areas of > interest > include international conservation and development institutions, the > history > of state-making in Latin America, as well as anthropology of science, > environmental history and historical ecology. He is working on a book > on the > construction of forestry in Mexico, tentatively titled Forestry > Culture: > Knowledge, Institutions and Power in Mexican Forest Management > 1926-2001. > Dr. Mathews teaches courses in Environmental Anthropology, > Environmental > Conflicts, and the Anthropology of Food. > > > > Laura Ogden Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology. > > Prof. Ogden is interested in how people invest "natural" landscapes > with > cultural significance. Her current research is with gladesmen in the > Florida > Everglades, white settlers who traditionally supported themselves by > alligator hunting and commercial fishing. In her research, she > documents how > the gladesmen's Everglades resonates with economic, historic and mythic > associations. She also explores how these "local" landscape > constructions > intersect with and diverge from ecological or scientific > understandings. She > is the co-author (with Glen Simmons) of an oral history Gladesmen: > Alligator > Hunters, Moonshiners, and Skiffers and is currently working on a > manuscript > entitled The Ashley Gang: A Landscape Poetics. Her areas of interest > include > the history and theory of ethnography, experimental writing, and > environmental anthropology (particularly political ecology and > landscape > approaches). In addition, she works with state and federal agencies > involved > in Everglades Restoration initiatives to develop social science > research > planning and public engagement strategies. > > > > Dennis Wiedman Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology. > > Prof. Wiedman is the department's coordinator of undergraduate > studies. His > interests include medical anthropology, North American Indians, > organizational culture, applied anthropology, and ecological > anthropology. > His special research interest is the increase of diabetes with > modernization. His fieldwork extends from the Seminole of South > Florida, to > the Delaware, Apache, and Cherokee of Oklahoma, to the Inupiat of > Alaska. > Publications include Ethnohistory: A Researcher's Guide, as well as > articles > in Human Organization, Medical Anthropology, and the Journal of the > American > Dietetic Association. He was co-general editor of the NAPA Bulletin, > and > treasurer of the Society for Applied Anthropology. He is on the > executive > board of the American Anthropological Association. > > > > Rebecca Zarger Assistant Professor, > Sociology/Anthropology/Environmental > Studies. > > Prof. Zarger is a cultural anthropologist who conducts research on > environmental knowledge, ethnographies of childhood, and land use > change and > conservation in Central America. She has a joint appointment with the > Department of Environmental Studies. Her work has focused on how > subsistence > knowledge is learned, taught, and transformed in Q'eqchi' Maya > communities > in Belize. She co-edited the book, Ethnobiology and Biocultural > Diversity > and is currently working on a manuscript titled, Situating Practice, > Transforming the Landscape: Social Reproduction of Q'eqchi' > Environmental > Knowledge. Prior to coming to FIU, Dr. Zarger worked with the Human > Dimensions of Global Change Committee of the National Academies of > Science > in Washington, D.C. on public participation in environmental decision > making. Dr. Zarger teaches courses in Ethnoecology, Population and > Environment Issues, Migration and Environmental Change; and > Conservation, > Communities, and Globalization. > > > > Affiliated Faculty: > > > > David Bray Professor , Department of Environmental Studies. > > Prof. Bray conducts research on community natural resource management > in > Latin America, particularly southern Mexico. He is carrying out applied > research on grassroots organizational dynamics, policy processes, and > forest > and agroforestry management with a community organization in central > Quintana Roo, Mexico. The organization has been sustainably managing > nearly > 500,000 hectares of dry tropical forest and related ecosystems for > over 15 > years, but are facing major challenges in managing their mahogany > (swietenia > macrophylla) resources as well as many lesser-known tropical species. > He > also conducts research on sustainable agriculture, particularly the > social > dimensions of organic coffee production and is writing up a four-year > study > of the social and economic impact of organic coffee production in > Chiapas, > Mexico. > > > > Rod Neumann Associate Professor, Department of International > Relations. > > Prof. Neumann's interests include social theory and human-environment > relations as well as African studies and political ecology. He travels > frequently to Africa, especially Tanzania, studying the cultural and > historical roots of political conflict between peasantries and > conservation > advocates, landscape representation and social constructions of nature > in > European colonialism, contemporary development initiatives, and the > introduction of modernity in Africa. His research has been published > in > Antipode, Society and Space, and Development and Change, among others. > In > 1994-1995, he was a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University in James > Scott's > Program for Agrarian Studies, where he wrote Imposing Wilderness: > Struggles > over Livelihood and Nature Preservation in Africa (University of > California > Press, 1998). In 1997, the National Science Foundation awarded him a > research grant for a three-year study of the relationships among > property > rights, environmental conservation, and social change in Tanzania. > Before > joining the FIU faculty, Prof. Neumann worked for seven years as a > wilderness ranger with the U.S. Forest Service; he also holds a > graduate > degree in forestry and international development from the University of > Idaho. > > > > Gail M. Hollander Assistant Professor: Department of International > Relations > > Prof. Hollander's research and theoretical interests include: Economic > Geography, World Food System Theory, Geography of Florida and the > Caribbean, > Feminist Geography, Regional Development, Agro-Environmental Conflict. > > > > Emeriti Faculty > William T. Vickers, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology > Prof. Vickers has conducted ethnological fieldwork in Ecuador, Peru, > and > Mexico, focusing primarily on the human ecology of indigenous > communities, > native land and civil rights, and frontier development. He is > particularly > interested in studying the interrelationships among people, nature, and > culture and how these evolve through time. Issues include the > sustainability > of hunting around native Amazonian settlements, the dynamics of > shifting > cultivation, forest resource use and ethnobotany, and the determinants > of > settlement patterns in Amazonian societies. He has written on frontier > expansion and how it affects indigenous societies, including their > social > and political responses to externally-imposed pressures. Professor > Vickers' > books include Los Sionas y Secoyas: Su Adaptaci?n al Ambiente > Amaz?nico, > Useful Plants of the Siona and Secoya Indians and Adaptive Responses of > Native Amazonians. He been a Fulbright Fellow in Ecuador, a National > Endowment for the Humanities Fellow at the School of American Research > in > Santa Fe, and a Doherty Foundation Fellow. > > > > Janet R. Chernela Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Sociology/Anthropology > > Prof. Chernela has taught in the graduate faculty of Florida > International > University, and as Adjunct Professor at Columbia University and > Georgetown > University. In addition, she served as Assistant to the Curator of > South > American Ethnology of the American Museum of Natural History in the > preparation of a permanent hall on South American Indians and as > Research > Professor at INPA, the National Institute of Amazonian Research in > Brazil. > She joined the faculty of the University of Maryland in 2003. Prof. > Chernela has conducted fieldwork among indigenous peoples in the > Brazilian > Amazon for over twenty-five years and is author of the book, The Wanano > Indians of the Brazilian Amazon: A Sense of Space as well as sixty > articles > on issues of indigenous peoples, conservation policy, gender, and > language. > Recent publications by Chernela discuss a grassroots community > development > project among riverine peoples at Silves, in the central Brazilian > Amazon, a > site to which Dr. Chernela has also led an overseas study program. > Prof. > Chernela has served as a consultant to NGOs, including Cultural > Survival, > the Nature Conservancy, Ford Foundation, and the Coolidge Center for > Environmental Leadership. Projects she proposed for international > conservation NGOs include a restoration plan for lands devastated by > gold > mining in the Yanomami regions of Brazil; a resource management and > tourism > plan for seven indigenous groups on the Venezuela-Brazil border; and a > study > abroad program among the Kayapo Indians of Brazil. With indigenous > women > living in the urban center, Manaus, Brazil, Chernela was founder of > AMARN, > the Association for Women of the Upper Rio Negro, the first Amerindian > women's association in Brazil and its longest-lived Brazilian > indigenous > organization. Prof. Chernela serves as Chari of the Committe for Human > Rights of the American Anthropological Association (AAA); member of the > Executive Committee of the Brazilian Studies Association, and is > President > elect of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America. > She is > former member of the AAA Task Force to look into allegations regarding > research activities among the Yanomami of Venezuela and Brazil and was > appointed to the Association's newly formed Commission on Indigenous > People. > She is on the editorial boards of the journals Hemisphere and the > Journal of > Latin American Anthropology. > > > > > > > > Andrew S. Mathews > Assistant Professor, Anthropology > Department of Sociology & Anthropology > DM 342C, Florida International University > University Park Campus, Miami, FL 33199 > Tel: 305-348-2247 > e-mail: mathewsa at fiu.edu > Home Page: http://www.fiu.edu/~mathewsa/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > EL CONTENIDO DE ESTE MENSAJE ES DE ABSOLUTA RESPONSABILIDAD DEL AUTOR. > FUNDACION CHARLES DARWIN > WWW.DARWINFOUNDATION.ORG > ------ End of Forwarded Message From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Tue Dec 14 10:26:23 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:26:23 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] FW: [Job]Appalachian Trail Job Opportunities In-Reply-To: <1103035125.41befaf5a5ce7@webmail.hampshire.edu> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: noOO at hampshire.edu Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004 09:38:45 -0500 To: corcjobseekers at wonka.hampshire.edu Subject: [Job]Appalachian Trail Job Opportunities Alum David Schilling, F96, forwarded the following information about two job openings with the Appalachian Trail Conference. David is ATC Associate Regional Representative - Central and Southwest Virginia. Job: Associate Regional Representative-Mid-Atlantic Region Under the general supervision of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, the Associate Regional Representative implements Trail and land management programs within the region, including Trail crew and ridgerunner programs, skills training,and volunteer development. The incumbent works with Trail-maintaining clubs, agency partners, and others, hires, trains, and supervises seasonal ridgerunners and Trail-crew staff in the region, and serves as ridgerunner coordinator for the entire Trail. Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in environmental science, resource management, or similar field; 2-4 years related experience; strong communication and computer skills; ability to manage multiple tasks with minimal supervision; familiarity with the Appalachian Trail, hikers, and volunteering on the A.T. Salary: $28,000-32,000, excellent benefits. To apply, send cover letter, r?sum?, and three references to Karen Lutz, ATC Regional Office, PO Box 625, Boiling Springs, PA 17007, or fax to: 717-258-1442. Application deadline: January 7, 2005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job: Boundary Program Manager Under the general supervision of the Regional Director, the Boundary Program Manager maintains 1,400 miles of survey lines of Appalachian National Scenic Trail corridor, develops and implements programs to remediate encroachments, organizes and leads corridor monitoring and boundary maintenance workshops for volunteers, trains and supervises seasonal assistant survey technicians. Position is based in Boiling Springs, Pa., with travel to various locations from Maine to Virginia. Qualifications: Education, experience, or training in natural resources or related field; ability to work with little supervision: excellent time-management and communication skills; ability to work with and maintain good relations with neighbors, landowners, agency partners, seasonal employees, and volunteers; proficient map and compass skills. GPS/GIS familiarity and survey experience desirable. Must be able to hike over rough terrain for long distances; frequent travel and irregular work hours are required. Must have own transportation (personal vehicle use is reimbursed at $0.375/mile). Must spend extended periods of time, including nights, in the backcountry on a routine basis. Salary: $29,000; excellent benefits. To apply, send cover letter, r?sum?, and three references to Karen Lutz, ATC Regional Office, PO Box 625, Boiling Springs, PA 17007, or fax to: 717-258-1442. Application deadline: January 7, 2005 _______________________________________________ CorcJobSeekers mailing list CorcJobSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcjobseekers ------ End of Forwarded Message From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Fri Dec 17 09:17:10 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 09:17:10 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] FW: [Job]Web Design job with Enviro org In-Reply-To: <1103207420.41c19bfc4fff9@webmail.hampshire.edu> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: noOO at hampshire.edu Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 09:30:20 -0500 To: corcjobseekers at wonka.hampshire.edu Subject: [Job]Web Design,Environ.Activism/VariousLocations Web Organizer Located in Washington, DC, Boston, MA, Seattle, WA or Denver, CO ONLINE ORGANIZER EnviroCitizen seeks a motivated Online Organizer to use online and virtual methods to organize student activists on environmental and environmental justice issues. The Online Organizer works with the Technology Director and Program staff to develop leading edge, creative online campaigns that support program goals and build EnviroCitizen?s activists. EnviroCitizen is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to educating, organizing, and training a diverse national network of young leaders to protect the environment. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES * Undertake and complete web design projects in consultation with the Technology Director; * Maintain daily updates to website, including jobs, events, action alerts, weblog, and overall content updates; * Develop long-term strategies to improve online activism, increase number of site visits, and create interactive sections of the website * Assist in Web and database programming on projects utilizing Active Server Pages with online databases, CGI, Javascript and Flash; * Assist in the editing and posting of site graphical and text content; * Promote website through search engine and directory submissions, and other methods. * Oversee weekly e-newsletter EarthNet News - distribution, subscriber database, action alerts. QUALIFICATION of IDEAL CANDIDATE * Experience programming in one or more of the following (we are willing to train, if you are willing to learn) HTML, CGI, Perl, JavaScript, Active Server Pages (ASP), or other similar languages/technologies; * Experience with Dreamweaver, HomeSite, or other site design software; * Experience with Fireworks, Photoshop, or other graphic software; * Experience with Access or FileMaker Pro databases; * Desire to work for a unique organization dedicated to utilizing technology to organize young leaders to protect the environment. POSITION DETAILS Work 40 hours per week based on a flexible schedule. Training, casual eco- friendly workplace, and immeasurable job satisfaction. Located in Washington, DC, Boston, MA, Seattle, WA or Denver, CO How to Apply: TO APPLY, SEND COVER LETTER & RESUME TO: Anthony Sanchez, Technology Director EnviroCitizen Attn: Online Organizer Position 1609 Connecticut Ave, NW Ste 400 Washington, DC 20009 Fax: 202.986.1656 anthony at envirocitizen.org Job posted on: December 13, 2004 Job Category:Activism & Organizing, Database management Type:Contract Salary:Low to Mid 20s Last day to apply:February 11, 2005 Organization:EnviroCitizen Area of Focus:Consumer Protection, Energy Conservation, Environment, Race and Ethnicity, Voting and Location:Washington, District of Columbia, 20009 _______________________________________________ CorcJobSeekers mailing list CorcJobSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcjobseekers ------ End of Forwarded Message From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Wed Dec 22 10:53:41 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:53:41 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] FW: [Job]Rainforest Action/San Francisco In-Reply-To: <1103728532.41c98f94505b1@webmail.hampshire.edu> Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message From: noOO at hampshire.edu Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:15:32 -0500 To: corcjobseekers at wonka.hampshire.edu Subject: [Job]Rainforest Action/San Francisco ? Job Title: Old Growth Organizer Supervisor:Campaign Director Status: Full-time, salary Application deadline:January 14, 2005 Position Description: Rainforest Action Network campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through grassroots organizing, education and non-violent direct action. RAN operates hard-hitting campaigns designed to challenge the U.S. logging industry to end its trade in old growth wood products, get off U.S. public lands, and embrace truly sustainable forestry practices. RAN's Old Growth Campaign eliminates the consumption of wood products derived from the logging of the planet's remaining primary/old growth forests thereby bringing to an end all industrial logging of old growth forests. The campaign galvanizes the public's existing belief that cutting old growth forests to turn them into 2x4's and pulp is simply unethical and that a mature, modern society has outgrown such practices. RAN's Old Growth Organizer will work as part of a campaign team, and within the old growth organizing team with an additional Old Growth Organizer, the Old Growth Campaign Director and Markets Campaigner to change the way business is done in the logging industry. Qualifications: The Old Growth Organizer position requires demonstrated written and verbal communication skills, coalition building skills, and networking skills. Prioritizing tasks, volunteer coordination, the ability to engage with corporate and municipal wood and paper buyers, and the ability to empower and motivate grassroots activists in carrying out campaign tactics are necessary. The position requires good decision-making skills, professional initiative and results-oriented behavior. Previous successful campaign experience is required; nonviolent direct action experience is an asset. Responsibilities and Priorities: ?Grow grassroots pressure to move corporate America (and the logging industry in particular) out of endangered forests and into sustainable alternatives; ?Maintain communications with RAN activists through periodic correspondence and monthly e-mail updates and online action alerts; ?Directly engage major wood and paper buyers through written, verbal and other creative communications to shift them away from purchases from destructive logging companies; ?Strengthen, broaden, and diversify the network of grassroots indigenous rights, rainforest conservation, and climate change activists and groups; ?Build capacity within local and regional groups through organizing training, resources, materials and collaborative planning; ?Recruit for, facilitate, and participate in regional trainings; ?Coordinate annually (and as needed) with the old growth campaigns team to design the strategic plan and budget for the Old Growth Campaign; ?Represent RAN at environmental conferences and provide motivation and tools to grassroots constituencies. Act as a public spokesperson for RAN as needed; ?Co-coordinate RAN?s intern program, supervise interns and volunteers working on campaign activities, including research, execution of outreach, etc, and facilitate intern recruitment and assignment within RAN; ?Participate in RAN's organizational planning and training sessions. Share office responsibilities to maintain a healthy and safe work place; ?Report to Campaign Director regularly on accomplishments and plans of action. ?Participate in semi-annual performance reviews with the Campaign Director as well as weekly campaign team meetings; ?Conduct as-needed research and writing that further RAN?s campaign objectives. RAN is an equal-opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship, military service status, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law or local ordinance. How to Apply: Please send r?sum? and letter of interest to: HR/FM, Rainforest Action Network, 221 Pine St., Suite 500, SF, CA 94104, fax 415/398.2732, or e-mail: oldgrowthsearch at ran.org. No phone calls, please. Job posted on: December 21, 2004 Education:Bachelor (BA, BS, etc.) Organization:Rainforest Action Network Area of Focus:Environment Location:San Francisco, California, 94104 _______________________________________________ CorcJobSeekers mailing list CorcJobSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcjobseekers ------ End of Forwarded Message From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Wed Dec 22 10:54:00 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:54:00 -0500 Subject: [ESSP] FW: [Job]Research Scientist/NY In-Reply-To: <1103730081.41c995a16b2bd@webmail.hampshire.edu> Message-ID: Job Title: Research Scientist Employer: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals-Pearl River? ? Location: Pearl River, NY ? Date Posted: 12-22-2004 ? Company Information: Leading the Way to a Healthier World. One important accomplishment leads to another at Wyeth. At Wyeth, we discover, develop, manufacture and market innovative medicines that are leading the way to a healthier world. Our world-class pipeline is fueled by the superior research and development that is critical to introducing the most effective new pharmaceuticals. In a career at Wyeth, you will be an important part of a leading research and manufacturing organization. Responsibilities: In this position, you will actively participate in several ongoing drug discovery programs in Oncology. You must have strong in vivo pharmacology experience including handling, dosing, and conducting drug efficacy studies with mice. You will maintain cell lines in tissue culture, prepare reagents and dosing solutions, administer test agents by oral, intravenous, intraperitoneal, and subcutaneous routes, and perform tumor measurements. Preference will be given to those who can design and implement new in vivo protocols, including pharmacodynamic/biomarker studies. You must have prior experience with minor animal surgery. You will write study protocols, conduct studies, collect data, and report results. Requirements: You must have a BS or MS in biology or other life science field with a minimum of 4 to 6 years of relevant academic or pharmaceutical laboratory experience. Excellent organizational and record keeping skills, experience with spreadsheet, graphics and word processing applications, the ability to multitask and strong oral presentation and interpersonal skills required. You must have the ability to work independently and as part of a highly integrated team. Response Information: We offer a competitive compensation package including comprehensive benefits, stock options, child-care subsidies, educational assistance and professional development programs. For consideration, please forward your resume and salary requirements to: Wyeth, Source Code: * OISCI, P.O. Box 1262, Findlay, OH 45893. Fax: 419-429-3201. Email: Wyeth at TrackCareers.com Only resumes that include the Source Code will be considered. No phone calls. Principals only. An Equal Opportunity Employer fostering diversity in the workplace. M/F/D/V Wyeth http://www.wyeth.com/careers _______________________________________________ CorcJobSeekers mailing list CorcJobSeekers at lists.hampshire.edu http://lists.hampshire.edu/mailman/listinfo/corcjobseekers ------ End of Forwarded Message