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Sustainable Life Media, Inc./San Francisco, CA

Executive Assistant, Special Projects Intern
Who you are:
• Masters graduate in sustainable business with undergraduate degree in international business, communications, or related field. Some work experience preferred
• Highly motivated self-starter, exceptionally well organized and detail-oriented, able to juggle many activities with grace and good humor
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; able to generate the trust and respect of all, whether interacting with a global corporate executive, a supplier, or an administrative assistant
• Willing and able to bounce between fairly mundane administrative support and project management of special projects that are of strategic significance to the business
• A team player who communicates well across the organization and views their personal success as integrally connected with the success of the team and the performance of the organization against its goals
• Proficient with all types of information technology and current business software
• Ethically driven, with impeccable personal integrity, able to maintain confidentiality, looking for a high level internship with a high impact, purpose driven, entrepreneurially run organization – strong potential for intern to hire for the right candidate
General Description:
Personal Assistance to Founder/CEO:
• Manage CEO Calendar
• Assist with design and coordination of SB’12 conference program
• Liaise with key partners on international conference expansion
• Assist with, and potentially lead other special tasks and projects which may or may not include: oversight of the 2012 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open, and/or helping to kick start new lines of business
• Other duties on behalf of the executive as needed
• Potential exists to move into paid leadership position depending on results of special projects activities

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Mana Gardens LLC/PAHOA, HI (Telework or in the rainforest.)

Limited liability company in Hawaii seeks intern. Negotiate a lease or purchase of real estate for renewable energy development. Or, perform commercial leasing law research, accounting, project analysis, policy research, onsite security, LLC law enforcement or consensus-building. Must have an entrepreneurial spirit. Must have credentials in any of those fields to assist in this project. Credentials could be a certificate, license, college course or experience in the electricity sector, such as working at a utility company. Telework or work onsite in the Hawaii rainforest.
Mana Gardens LLC is a Hawaii-registered business that owns a preferred property for geothermal-type energy development. There are thousands of trees available for biomass energy production. Currently, income is from selling agricultural products. Managing members are entitled to dividends.

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Rainforest Alliance/New York, NY

Title: Development Intern
Location: New York City
Ideal internship period: February – Mid May
Minimum Commitment: 3.5 months, 2-3 days per week

Internships Available: 1

The Rainforest Alliance encourages a wide-range of interesting and challenging opportunities that will promote the professional growth of the Membership Intern. Broadly, the Membership Team’s focus is to develop cultivation, stewardship and fundraising opportunities with individuals, primarily using online and mailing communications. This internship will provide exposure to important development tools such as, Raiser’s Edge, Luminate and Convio Marketing and Development Software.

Responsibilities:

The internship will develop skills with research, databases and software, and communications. An ideal candidate would demonstrate strong writing and research skills, proficiency with document development, familiarity or interest in analytical inquiry and a high level of enthusiasm for the objectives of the organization and team.

• Research content for donor appeals and campaign content
• Write reports on environmental, social, and economic issues
• Compose and track acknowledgement letters
• Assist membership team’s daily, weekly and monthly operations:
o Data entry
o Donor support (info requests, sending packages, etc.)
o Cultivation, stewardship and fundraising mailings
o Other administrative tasks, as assigned

Qualifications:
Ideal for undergraduate students with strong academic background; students receiving academic credit for the internship is preferred. We are seeking a self-starter who has strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities in a time sensitive manner, sound research skills, understanding of Microsoft Office and the ability to interact professionally via the phone and e-mail. Minimum commitment of two days per week.

Note: This is an unpaid internship

To Apply
Send resume and cover letter to personnel@ra.org

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Responsible Purchasing Network/Oakland, CA

Internship with the Responsible Purchasing Network

Location: Oakland, CA. Our office is in Preservation Park – about a ten-minute walk from the 12th St Civic Center-Oakland BART stop.

Background Information: The Responsible Purchasing Network (RPN) is an international network of buyers dedicated to socially responsible and environmentally sustainable purchasing. Our membership program and consulting services provide institutional purchasers with cutting edge procurement tools and resources designed to save money, conserve resources, reduce waste, and improve efficiency.

We work to promote and practice responsible purchasing by identifying best practices, developing effective purchasing tools, educating the market, and using our collective purchasing power to maximize environmental stewardship, protect human health, and support local and global sustainability.

Timeframe: This is a winter position to occur between early/mid January until late April or May, ideally for 2-3 days (12 – 20 hours) per week. The scheduling for this internship is flexible.

Compensation: While this is an unpaid position, interns will be reimbursed for commuting via public transportation (telecommuting is an option for those interested). We will also work with you to receive college credit, when applicable.

Description: RPN is looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual to contribute to our team. Applicants should have a genuine interest in learning more about sustainable purchasing for large organizations such as city, state, and local governments, colleges and universities, and businesses.

Responsibilities will likely include:
• Researching the environmental and social consequences of specific product categories (such as office supplies, computers, cleaning equipment, passenger vehicles, deicing solutions, etc.)
• Investigating state and local-level “green†purchasing policies and programs
• Developing case studies on successful green purchasing initiatives
• Administering and drafting RPN’s annual survey and Responsible Purchasing Trends Report
• Helping with general administrative work (approximately 25% of time) and other tasks as required.

Qualifications:

• Expert level written and verbal communication and writing skills
• Strong decision making ability
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Outstanding organizational skills
• Previous experience working in an office environment
• Working knowledge of the Microsoft Office
• Self-motivated, positive attitude and flexible nature
• Excellent research skills with a focus on the ability to aggregate large amounts of information, sometimes technical, and create succinct, user-friendly tools (e.g. fact sheets and case studies) from findings
• Previous internships in the sustainability field a plus
• Knowledge or experience in procurement or eco-labels is preferred, but not required.

How to Apply: Planned start date will be in early-mid January 2012. Applications may be submitted immediately.

Please send cover letter and resume to Phillip Kobernick to info@responsiblepurchasing.org. You may also submit a brief (2-3 page maximum) writing sample in your application.

Please include in your cover letter:
• How much time are you able to commit per week?
• What do YOU hope to get out of this internship?
Deadline to Apply: Applications will be rolling until filled. We hope to fill the position by December 31, 2011.
No calls, please.
To learn more visit www.responsiblepurchasing.org

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Kind Media Foundation/Los Angeles, CA

Kind Media Foundation strives to be the leading media non-profit organization to support and empower meaningful social projects.

Our primary goal is to contribute to the tremendous work involved in social activism by harnessing the power of media to increase a given NPO’s awareness and online presence, engage the community, thus driving donations. In order to accomplish this we produce affordable and high-end video, print, interactive and social media.

This is an ambitious goal and for that reason, we require equally ambitious team members passionate about creating a positive change in the world. We are a young organization seeking a graphic and web design intern to help us build the Kind Media Foundation.

Internship Details
- Interns will have the opportunity to work hands-on with the company leadership and
get involved in substantive projects.
- We are looking for interns to develop identity, print, and web materials, with a strong
understanding of web 2.0.

Qualifications
- Creative and organized with a passion for socially conscious media.
- You need to own your own computer and be proficient in Illustrator and Photoshop
(CSS knowledge is a plus)
- Comfortable working independently to meet group goals.
- Ability to complete projects on deadline with little supervision
- A positive attitude and ability to thrive in dynamic small business environments

Additional Details
Time Commitment: 16-20 hours a week for 3 months. Schedule is flexible.
Location: Virtual and available tower in Hollywood.
Remuneration: This is an unpaid position.

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Rainforest Alliance/New York, NY

Title: Database Intern
Location: New York City
Minimum Commitment: 3 Months
Proposed Start/End Dates: December 1st 2011 – February 29th 2011 (flexible)
Internships Available: 1

The Rainforest Alliance Development staff raises funds from private foundations, corporations, government agencies, individuals, and its members to support the conservation programs of the organization.

Responsibilities
The intern will work closely with the Database Associate to improve the quality of data that is used by the Development team. Qualified and motivated candidates will have the opportunity to learn about implementing information system rules and protocols for the fundraising department of a large nonprofit organization.

Responsibilities will include:
• Reviewing and documenting existing business systems;
• Developing and testing new business systems;
• Migrating data from existing databases into central fundraising database;
• De-duplicating data; and,
• Other projects, as assigned by Database Associate.

Qualifications
This internship is ideal for undergraduate students interested in mathematics, computer science or information systems. Self-starter, resourceful and detail-oriented individual with great analytical skills needed. Sound quantitative skills, adeptness with relational databases and advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Minimum commitment of 10-15 hours a week required. Start and end dates are flexible.

To Apply
Send resume and cover letter to efano@ra.org.

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Great Forest/New York, NY

Today more than ever, individuals and companies are asking more questions and intelligent questions about their waste diversion numbers. How are the numbers calculated? Can they be audited? Are they accurate?

Great Forest, as a leading expert in sustainability and waste reduction, is looking for an enthusiastic candidate to support our waste auditing programs.

Duties include:
Reviewing, organizing and aggregating data
Support on-line data management
Consolidate waste audit procedures and generate procedural documents
Conduct waste audits

Ideal applicant will be enthusiastic about waste reduction, have a science or technical background and an analytical mind, interested in field work and thrive working independently with minimal supervision. Must have proven experience with excel and data management.

Full time paid internship
Minimum three month commitment
Potential for employment once internship concludes

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Confidential/New York, NY (Lower Manhattan)

Exciting, fast-paced internship with full-service branding communications firm specializing in wellness, natural health products, sustainability, organic
foods and women’s health.

Need jack-or-jill of all trades who possesses a can-do attitude and drive to meet the demands of multiple clients. The intern responsibilities will fall under public relations, marketing and social media and will include such tasks as:

• building followers and content for social media campaigns
• competitive research
• building of media lists
• writing media pitches
• compiling placement reports
• assisting in PR mailings
• supporting office admin

Excellent opportunity for a dynamic marketing/PR student to gain real-world, career experience and build a portfolio. MUST be active in and have knowledge of popular social media networks and online media. Please have working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Mac computers.

This is a non-paid intern opportunity. College credit can be applied where permitted.

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Eco Brooklyn Inc. /Brooklyn, NY (United States)

This position teaches you how to perform media outreach for a green building company by producing, directing, filming, editing and publishing videos for a green building company. Duties include posting blogs on our site, doing video pod casts, doing book reviews and organizing tours of the show house.

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Greenstart/San Francisco, CA

About Greenstart

Greenstart is a startup accelerator for cleantech. We help the most promising cleantech startups achieve greater success, faster. The companies we select receive seed funding, three months of mentoring in our gorgeous downtown San Francisco office, resources to help them go faster, valuable connections, and access to leading angel investors and venture capitalists.

Check us out at: www.greenstart.com and follow us @greenstart.

About The Internships

If you've got passion, smarts, creativity, gritty determination and a boundless desire to see the early-stage cleantech space explode with awesome new companies, this is the place for you.

Internship commitments range from 15-40 hours per week, for 3 months minimum. Small stipends are available. Greenstart's green loft space is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, at 22 Battery Street (at Market).

What do you get? Exposure to the best young cleantech startups, dynamo mentors, serial entrepreneurs and cleantech industry players. A great letter of recommendation, a thrilling work environment, and the satisfaction of tackling the energy challenge in a tangible way. Did we mention unlimited coffee?

Cleantech Policy and Grant Intern (1)

Do you live, breathe, eat and drink government cleantech policy and programs? Be sure to save some room in your tummy for Greenstart, because we need you to devour every relevant cleantech program / grant / resource and digest it for our startups. You'll be in charge of distilling loads of information and making it useful for startup CEO's who will use your expertise to shape their grant proposals. Interest or experience in government grant writing is a must.

Operations & Logistics Intern (1)

Is your middle name "Chuck Norris"? Greenstart needs you to apply a hearty roundhouse kick-to-the-face of whatever challenge is facing our accelerator on a given day. Whether we’re hosting a social event, solving an in-house IT issue, or prepping for investor pitch day, you're leaping to tackle the tasks at hand and keep the ship running smoothly.

Startup Recruitment Intern (1-2)

Do you know where the next great cleantech startup is hiding? How about the next 500? Help us find them by leading the charge on our January 2012 program recruitment. Work with leading cleantech venture capital firms, universities, national laboratories, NGO's, and everyone you can think of to rustle up our best dealflow yet. Applications open October 2, so you’ll have your work cut out for you.

Partnerships & Resources Intern (1)

Greenstart loves making friends – and we hope you do to. We want to be friends (aka Partners) with all the right companies, universities, government offices, non-profits, venture capital firms and crazy magicians that we can. These partners have countless resources (ranging from machine shop space to professional expertise to free yummy food) that our startups really need. Your job is to go out and secure these partnerships – with a smile. No good friendship is only goes one way, so you’ll also be in charge of figuring out what our Partners need from Greenstart, and making sure they love us like syrup loves waffles.

Video Intern (1-2)

We know you’ve been dying to apply your rockstar video skills to the energy challenge – and now there's a way! Film Greenstart's companies and accelerator content; create videos that help startups explain their incredible work, attract investors, and gets the right community excited about Greenstart.

Social Media Intern (1)

The world needs to know about Greenstart and our fabulous entrepreneurs – and you’re going to tell them. Apply your skills to startups that lack a social media strategy, help Greenstart amplify its message, and play a creative role in defining Greenstart to the world. Creativity, imagination, and technical know-how are a must.

Graphic Designer Intern (1)

You know that Design (Big D and little d) is more than just a pretty logo – and you’re psyched to unleash hella magic from those nimble fingers of yours. Assess the design needs of our companies, and create an exciting scope of work you’ll be proud of. You can even tell Grandma you're solving the energy challenge while you're at it! Killer typography, layout, general design skills, and proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign are required. Some development/coding (JavaScript, CSS and HTML) is a bonus.

Copywriter Intern (1)

Does your writing snap, crackle and pop? Can you translate technical jargon into a compelling business case? Your help is needed to develop website copy, pitch materials, press releases and even grant proposals. You get to translate the exciting developments of Greenstart and our companies into communication with the broader world. Please send a few diverse writing samples with your resume.

Web Development Intern (1)

In addition to your nunchuck skills, computer-hacking skills, and llama-feeding skills, you've got mad web development skills. You feel comfortable working with UI/X folks to create a great web project plan, and then execute like a pro. Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript are required; Ruby, Python and Adobe Creative Suite are a plus.

UI/UX Intern (1)

User experience is baked into your DNA, and you want to make sure its baked into Greenstart’s startups too. Structure, simplicity, visibility, feedback, tolerance and reuse are your middle names (man you had weird parents), and your goal is to ensure the products and digital presence of every Greenstart company reflects these principles. You’ve built awesome User Interfaces in the past, and you’re excited to deploy your skills to a group of hungry startups.

How To Apply:

Please send us your resume, relevant sample work and a brilliant cover letter. Be sure to specify the specific role you’re interested in by writing "Greenstart Internship – ROLE X" in the subject line of your email.

We will interview and place interns on a first-come basis. All interns must be able to work out of our SF offices 15 hours / week minimum.

Internship start date is Monday, Sept. 12.

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