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Environmental Policy
Internship Opportunity with the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group
Wanted:
Interns willing to work for free, two days a week or more for at least a few months.
Interns will be doing a wide variety of policy-related activities, which may include:
- Legislative and Regulatory Issue Tracking
- Preparation of Issue Briefs and Comments
- Dialogs with Legislators, Agency Leaders and Staff regarding current legislation or regulatory development
- Coordinate and staff SVMG Committee meetings
- Collaborate in event planning
- Research and write environment-related reports on current issues in Silicon Valley and California
- Assist SVMG members through issue or information resource research
Offered:
Interns with great resume's! This is a great opportunity to network within the local and state government and policy-making communities and the environmental communities (corporate, NGO, and regulatory). Interns will get hands-on experience with policy research, writing, communications, event organization and planning, and up-close and personal interaction with current environmental regulatory and policy issues impacting Silicon Valley and the state - and the people working on those issues.
Anyone interested should contact Margaret Bruce, Director of Environmental Programs, Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group 408/501-7858
Margaret Bruce
Director, Environmental Programs
Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group
408/501-7858
[email protected]
Env/Ecol Anth Summer Internships
National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods
Hole, Massachusetts. The Social Science Branch is seeking 2 interns for
summer 2004. See below for details:
Human Dimensions of Marine Resource Use and Conservation
One of the objectives of the Social Science Branch is to better understand
the human dimensions of marine resource use and conservation through primary
and secondary data collection and analysis. Two summer interns are needed to
assist in the development of information related to these social and cultural
aspects. A broad range of possible tasks is associated with these positions.
Final choice of tasks will depend on the interests and qualifications of the
individual interns. Tasks may include but are not limited to: 1) Carry out
literature reviews and enter them in a bibliography database (Endnote or
Procite), 2) Develop and design a web page for the unit, 3) Assist in development and
design of a community profiles database and associated web page, and 4) carry out
fieldwork on fishing communities in the Northeast region: interviewing,
transcription, text analysis. Interest in and coursework completed in the
social sciences (e.g., anthropology, sociology, marine policy, human geography but
not economics), particularly the relationship between resource users and ocean
resources is essential. Also, experience with word processing, spreadsheets,
web editing is required. Graduate student preferred, but advanced undergraduate
possible with appropriate coursework and references.
Project Leaders:
Dr. Patricia Pinto da Silva, (508) 495-1252
[email protected]
Dr. Lisa Colburn, (508) 495-2199
[email protected]
For general information on how to apply see:
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/sstudent/
or contact Janeen Quintal.
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