SPRING 2020 CLIMATE SOLUTIONS INTERNSHIP 

ONLINE, COLLABORATIVE INTERNSHIP

Social Media for Climate Activism

FIVE HOURS PER WEEK, Feb 1-April 15, 2020

Gain valuable practical experience working with a team of students from across the nation in the development, execution and assessment of a social media campaign in support of a national climate education project, Solve Climate By 2030.  This is a VIRTUAL INTERNSHIP.  You can participate from anywhere in the US.  You must be available for group strategy meetings, presentations and on-line discussion Monday evenings from 8 PM-10 PM EST every week, and commit to an additional three hours of group and individual work each week. The internship begins on February 3, 2020 and runs through April 15, 2020 for a total of 10 weeks. The internship is unpaid. APPLY HERE.

Solve Climate By 2030 is mobilizing US educators to engage over 100,000 students in dialog about ambitious action to stabilize the climate. It culminates on the evening of April 7, 2020, with 52 simultaneous, university-hosted webinars, one in every state, and in DC and Puerto Rico. These dialogs will reveal three, ambitious things that need doing in Texas and Idaho, Missouri and New Jersey, Florida and Minnesota, if we really aim to stop climate change.  Across the country, every student in an environmental studies class, every AP environmental science class, every faith group and civic organization can participate.  APPLY HERE.

Intern teams will design, deliver, and evaluate a social media campaign in support of Solve Climate.  Guest speakers and discussion will focus on the theory and practice of using social media to engage audiences in climate action. Interns who complete the program will receive a certificate, and can request letters of recommendation from Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director of the Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability.

You will be working with state host institutions including:

Alabama             Auburn                                                             Nevada                                Nevada EPSCoR

Alaska                 Eugenie                                                           New York                            SUNY Albany

Arizona               AZ State                                                          North Carolina                    Wake Forest

Arkansas        Steve Boss                                                         Ohio                                     Ohio State

California            CSU Chico                                                       Oregon                                Willamette

Colorado             CU Boulder                                                      Pennsylvania                      Penn State

Connecticut       UConn                                                              Rhode Island                       Brown

Delaware            U Delaware                                                     South Carolina                    College of Charleston

Georgia               GA Tech                                                          Tennessee                           Sewanee – U of South

Hawaii                Kapiolani CC/UH                                            Texas                                  Rice

Indiana               IU-Bloomington                                              Utah                                    Weber State

Iowa                   Iowa State                                                      Vermont                             Middlebury

Kentucky            Louisville                                                         Virginia                               George Mason

Maine                 U o ME                                                            Wisconsin                            UW Eau Claire

Michigan            MI State

This internship is sponsored by the Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College. Please direct questions to ebangood@bard.edu.