CAEE has an opening for an Event Planning & Marketing Assistant that is self-motivated, resourceful, and detail-oriented to assist with event planning, materials design, messaging and marketing, and sponsorship acquisition for CAEE's annual fundraising, conference and award events.  This is an unpaid internship or volunteer experience with great resume building and networking opportunities in the non-profit and environmental education sectors.  Internship Information  

Denver Food Rescue Internships

Are you looking for internship credit or volunteer time with great flexibility with a wide range of skill sets to explore in a laid back yet extremely productive environment?  Look no further!  Denver Food Rescue is a 501 c 3 nonprofit focused on reducing food waste, hunger, and increasing health equity by the redistribution of surplus produce from grocery stores to organizations that work with low-income communities that often lack access to healthy food.  They have a team of 15 weekly volunteers who deliver donated food via bicycle cargo trailers to nonprofits around the city.  

They are looking for passionate, communicative, organized, career oriented, and self-directed interns to help their small staff. Internships will vary from 5-20 hours per week.

See the opportunities below and please briefly answer the following question:  Why are you interested in Denver Food Rescue?  What will you bring to DFR?  What would you like to get from this experience?  Please attach a resume. Position open until filled.  Send to [email protected]

Community Outreach and Fundraising Intern:  Find, create, and nurture relationships with like-minded organizations, events, and businesses in order to expand DFR's impact.  Responsibilities include: Educate the community on DFR's mission and programming via event tabling and public speaking opportunities; connect with events that will supply new potential donors and stakeholders; discover fundraising opportunities both locally and online; create fundraising events.  Skills: public speaking, research, networking, event planning, and fundraising experience.
 
Marketing / Media / Communications Intern: Take on a leadership role in DFR's digital discourse.  Responsibilities include: Design promotional materials (logos, handbills, posters, graphics); write and design monthly newsletters; assist with social media communications; maintain website copy and community events calendar; create marketing campaigns and media content (with community outreach intern).  Skills:verbal and written communication, social media platforms, photography, design and website software.
 
Volunteer Outreach and Management Intern:  Help our volunteer based organization to maintain a happy volunteer crew. Responsibilities include: Assist volunteer coordinator with volunteer acquisition and retention; work with community outreach intern to create volunteer acquisition campaigns; train new volunteers; be available as a substitute for food pick up shifts; manage software  to track volunteers, shifts, and rescued food statistics; maintain bike trailer locations at rescue sites and make needed repairs.  Skills: urban cycling and bicycle repair, volunteer leadership, interpersonal communication, creative schedule management, and volunteer outreach.

New Donor and Recipient Intern:  Make Denver's food system more just and less wasteful. Responsibilities include: assist Denver Food Rescue director with appropriating new food donor resources and maintaining positive relationships with existing donors; create tools for DFR staff to increase efficiency.  Skills: Vibrant professional communication, email savvy, resourceful, program management, sales experience, systems thinker, and ability to connect non-obvious dots.    

Summit to career success with the CU Buffs Professional Program!  Whether you're still exploring career options, or searching for internships or full-time jobs, this program has resources just for you.  Work at your own pace to explore 

CU-Boulder majors and connect the dots to your career.  Then find out what employers want, and seek out internships and jobs in areas of interest.  Completing the program makes your application stand out and lets employers know you have the skills and talent to be a CU Buffs Professional!   

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CU Buffs Professional Program Video 

SORCE and the Environmental Center are pleased to launch an innovative new student training in Fall 2014.  The Eco-Social Justice Leadership Program empowers student learning with the knowledge and skills to advance sustainability and social justice efforts.  The purpose of this program is to underscore the direct correlation of sustainability and social justice work which, in turn, creates an opportunity for student leadership and action surrounding this work on CU campus.  The program will build a community of change agents, explore questions of identity and place, heritage and inheritance, root causes of the global unraveling, and create community solutions.  You will examine individual actions and identities as well as global institutions and world views.  You will also meet with and learn from practitioners in the field- from Colorado and beyond.  

Our organization brings together students and faculty members who share a passion for the study of biology.  We are affiliated with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, but open to all students on campus and to the broader community interested in biology and environmental issues.  The purpose of the club is to foster interactions among students, faculty, and the broader environmental and biological communities.

Our club has a blast touring labs, hosting speakers and workshops, and going on exceptional field trips around state. Check out our Facebook page for announcements and the newest events.

We are looking for new officers for the 2014-2015 school year! This is your opportunity to boost your resume and stand apart from thousands of graduates in the biology field. It is a fantastic leadership opportunity here on campus. 

Please email Ciara, our president, at [email protected]  if you have any interest in being an officer and/or if you would like to be added to our email list!

Exploring Environmental Education: Weekly Discussion and Training Series

 The CU Environmental Center is offering a 6-hour training program for CU students to learn the principles of place-based environmental education (EE).  The 6-week series will meet once a week Oct. 6 - Nov. 10 on Mondays 12 - 1 p.m.  For more information, come to the "Exploring Environmental Education Careers" workshop on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 5 - 6:30 p.m. in Koelbel 255.  Please complete the simple application by Monday, Sept. 29 here.  

Posting of this announcement is purely for information purposes and does not constitute an endorsement of the program by ENVS or CU Boulder. Students are strongly encouraged to consult with their advisors prior to signing up for any courses offered through institutions other than CU to ensure that they will receive academic credit upon completion. 

The GREEN Program is the premiere experiential learning program for future clean energy and sustainability leaders.  The short-term immersion programs take students on adventures to the epicenters of clean tech, sustainability, and innovative industries.

• Engage in hands-on, experiential education with industry experts and professionals
• Behind the scenes access to innovative clean energy facilities and sustainability projects
• Supercharge your resume with a global perspective and unique cultural experience
• Network and develop relationships with powerhouse student leaders and professionals
• Bridge the gap between traditional textbook learning and real-time industry insight
• Participate on world-class bucket list adventure excursions
• Earn an academic transcript during our 8-10 day programs

Are you an Arts and Sciences student interested in getting your master's or PhD in Education?  The School of Education at CU-Boulder has great Education programs, and the PhD Education programs are highly ranked and highly competitive.  They fully fund every PhD student they admit for four years. Prospective students can apply to a PhD program without a master's degree; this year they admitted several students into a PhD program who have only completed a bachelor's degree.   

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School of the Environment and Sustainability Series 

Over the past two years, CU-Boulder has explored prospects for creating greater synergies and fostering collaboration among the many faculty and programs centered on themes in the environment and sustainability.  With commitments from the campus administration, we are moving forward with the creation of a new school that will further advance interdisciplinary scholarship, education, and community engagement in the environment and sustainability. 

This fall we are launching our inaugural colloquium series, which will feature forward thinking and inspiring examples of projects that integrate the many dimensions of environmental challenges and solutions.  The School of the Environment and Sustainability Colloquium Series will provide the CU and Boulder community with provocative and insightful conversations that provide compelling illustrations of innovative work in the environment and sustainability taking place in Boulder and elsewhere. 

The colloquium series will be held most Wednesdays this fall semester from 3-4:30 pm in the Old Main Chapel.  Light refreshments will be served from 3-3:30 pm, followed by the featured lecture and Q&A from 3:30-4:30 pm.

Here is the flyer advertising the event on Wednesday, September 24, which will feature a lecture presented by Kevin Krizek, Professor of Environmental Design, CU-Boulder, entitled, "The END of traffic; the FUTURE of transport; the ROLE of cycling"  

SEEC, the Sustainability, Energy and Environment Complex Coming Soon to CU-Boulder 

Wildlands Studies Information Session  October 2

4:00pm Ketchum 234  

 The posting of this announcement is purely for information purposes and does not constitute an endorsement of the program by ENVS or CU Boulder. Students are strongly encouraged to consult with their advisors prior to signing up for any courses offered through institutions other than CU to ensure that they will receive academic credit upon completion.

Wildlands Studies field projects provide students with the opportunity to join backcountry study teams as working field associates, studying environmental impact assessment, environmental policy, geologic, climatic and topographic factors that support various habitats, and the relationships between environments and culture.  Most participants are undergraduates who join us on site from all over North America and Canada.  Each program grants 4-12 units of upper division semester credit that may transfer to the University of Colorado.  Project teams consist of 8-16 participants working with a course instructor who provides onsite instruction and directs all field study activities. 

This season students can choose among eighteen wildlife, wildland and cultural ecology field studies searching for solutions to environmental and cultural challenges.  Field studies take place in:  Yellowstone, Big Sur (California), Banff (Canada), California Channel Islands, Vancouver Island, Fiji, Belize, South Africa, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Thailand, Nepal, Indian Himalaya, Costa Rica, Panama, Australia, and New Zealand.  Information on all of our programs is available on our website: www.wildlandsstudies.com.  Our email address is [email protected]. 

Please join us at the Student Information Session for PIZZA to learn how to participate.  Event Flyer