The Jackpot for Procrastinators

I am about to give you the motherload of summer internship opportunities. So prepare yourself.


Here are the last of the few energy and utilities related internships still out there. If you are still procrastinating, I suggest you take a deep breath and fill out a couple of these applications. It certainly can't hurt, and may provide you with a nice little extra to put on your resume.

1. Try finding internships at Entergy - an engineering and utilties corporation (and a Fortune 500 company) who are hiring a few interns. They are looking for largely engineering majors with a GPA of over 3.0 They also seem, at first blush anyways, to be a socially and environmentally responsible company. If you care. Check out

2. Another, similarly minded utilities company - FirstEnergy. They have a bunch of internship opportunities *(paid) at the following website:


3. This is the real jackpot - especially for you guys who are interested in environmental issues. I just copied and pasted the following opportunites made available this summer by the Energy Action Coalition.

Description:
Energy Action Coalition Summer Opportunities
Ongoing Summer Internships & Opportunities:

Chesapeake Climate Action Network internships in Washington, DC -
mid-May to mid-August (flexible)
**to apply send resume, cover letter & (optional) writing sample to
internships@chesapeakeclimate.org
Internships available with our National, State, and Campus programs. In
your application please indicate your preferences.
More info - http://www.chesapeakeclimate.org/pages/page.cfm?page_id=78

Climate Summer
This summer we will awaken the conscience of our nation by calling for
transformative change to address the defining issues of our generation
- global warming and a clean and just energy transition. The 2008
presidential nomination process in Iowa and New Hampshire provides a
national platform to engage, shape, and elevate this vital public debate
on clean energy and global warming and the Sierra Student Coalition, the Sierra Club and partners from the Energy Action Coalition and the Carbon Coalition in Iowa and New Hampshire will do so by organizing statewide marches for change. Find out more and apply to join us at
http://www.climatesummer.org/

Mountain Justice Summer
Join the movement to fight Mountaintop removal coal mining and protect
the land and people of Appalachia this summer. There are volunteer
opportunities in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee from
door-to-door listening projects to water testing, GIS mapping,
distribution of materials and more! If you can't come to Appalachia
this summer, you can also support MJS from home.
http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/intake.php

Campaign to Save the Environment
Are you ready to roll up your sleeves and make a difference on
environmental issues? Do you want to stand up to the corporations that
are compromising the integrity of our democracy? Apply for paid positions with the Campaign to Save the Environment today (
http://www.jobsthatmatter.org/jtm.asp?id2=23293).

(Side note by Me - Don't do the internship listed above unless you are truly desperate and not afraid to work really, really hard. It is almost entirely fundraising efforts and I have heard some horror stories..)

Greenpeace internships in Washington DC and San Francisco
**to apply send resume, cover letter & writing sample to
interns@wdc.greenpeace.org interns@wdc.greenpeace.org
Internships available with the Greenpeace actions team, Grassroots dept, Greenpeace Organizing Term, Global Warming, Forests, Oceans, or Toxics campaigns, web and comms team, and others. Many positions filled by April, but send your info anyway!http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/about/jobs/internship

Summer Research Fellows - Sustainable Endowments Institute - June -
August, 2007

To apply send resume and cover letter to mark@endowmentinstitute.org.
Paid Summer Research Fellow positions available at the Sustainable
Endowments Institute office in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Research Fellows will play a critical role in producing the 2008 College
Sustainability Report Card.
http://www.endowmentinstitute.org/

Summer Trainings & Events


Mountain Justice Summer Camp - May 20-27
Join the movement to fight Mountaintop removal coal mining and protect
the land and people of Appalachia this summer. Come to the MJS Training Camp to learn about Mountaintop Removal, learn skills, meet others who will be participating in MJS from around the country, and have fun! Then stay and be part of Mountain Justice Summer volunteer opportunities in Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, and Tennessee from door-to-door listening projects to water testing, GIS mapping, distribution of materials and more! http://www.mountainjusticesummer.org/intake.php
Greenpeace Organizing Term summer semester - applications due March 16, semester starts June 4

The Greenpeace Organizing Term is an action-packed semester of training and travel. Get the skills to protect the planet and get trained by the experts. You'll learn grassroots organizing, leadership, media skills, and campaign strategy. You'll climb, drive Greenpeace boats, and travel abroad to work with international activists. Apply online! Only a few spots are left for the Summer & Fall 2007 semesters and early applications deadline is approaching- February 28th. The semester is based in both the Washington D.C. and San Francisco Greenpeace offices. To contact program staff with questions, email got@wdc.greenpeace.org or call Diana Silbergeld at Greenpeace: 415-255-9221 x342. Summer semester starts June 4. http://www.greenpeace.org/got

Change It 2007 - July 20-26
All expenses paid, including travel and housing, week-long skills
training in Washington, DC. Accepted students will receive free travel to D.C. for training on campaign strategy, message development, lobbying,
recruitment, and event planning. Students will travel offsite to participate in a campaign event and will emerge from the program with the skills and tools they need to become effective leaders in the environmental and social justice movements. Last year's website: http://www.changeit06.org/ - 2007 site underway http://www.changeit07.org/ will go live on April 10. For more info, write to changeit@wdc.greenpeace.org or call Charlie Fredrick at 202-319-2468.

Energy Justice Summer-South - At the least June 20-25th
A week long training camp designed to build skills and leadership, and
plug youth into anti-nuclear community organizing in the southeast. We
also hope to bridge the gap between an aging generation of anti-nuclear
activists and the youth of today. This is a collaboration between the
Southern Energy Network, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, and the Energy Justice Network. For more information, please see http://www.energyjustice.net/ejs and/or contact south[at]energyjustice.net.

Energy Justice Summer-Ohio - All summer long, concentrated in a more
intensive skills and organizing camp at the end of June.
Come fight coal where coal needs fighting! Join Elisa Young and the
Meigs Community Action Network in a community with the densest patch of proposed coal-fired power plants in the nation, a proposed power line, and an active coal-mining operation that is destroying people's water and land. For more information, please see http://www.energyjustice.net/ejs and/or contact Matt - matt[at]energyjustice.net 215.743.4884.

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Comment:
There is not set application dead lines for these applications so please apply as soon as possible.

Contact Information:
Tom Owens
Email: tom@chesapeakeclimate.org

And, just because this is my blog, and I can do what I want - here is a picture of my favorite salad dressing. It is so incredibly delicious, it deserves a place here.