IN THIS ISSUE:
- NWF EcoLeader Spotlight: Amira Odeh, Certified NWF EcoLeader
- Jobs and Opportunities: Check out career opportunities at NWF
- Take Action: Speak Out for Wildlife, Land, & Culture in the Caja del Rio
- Happenings: Join us at Power Shift 2023
NWF ECOLEADER SPOTLIGHT
Amira Odeh
Certified NWF EcoLeader
One of the first undergraduates to complete the NWF EcoLeaders Certification project, Amira Odeh served as the president of the Eco-Environmental Society at the University of Puerto Rico launching the "No Mas Botellas" campaign to ban plastic water bottles from her campus. Her work eventually led to developing a proposal to significantly reduce the sale of bottled water at the UPR Rio Piedras. Amira and her group succeeded in banning bottled water sales on campus and getting the university to install new drinking fountains. Amira graduated in 2014, but the education efforts she put in place continue.
What she’s up to now: Using the project-based leadership skills she gained through EcoLeaders, Amira served as Campus Organizing Director with NextGen Climate Action and went on to earn a Master of Science in Hydrology and Water Resources Science while supporting efforts to advance environmental leadership in the region. Amira now serves as a Gulf and Caribbean Regional Organizer for 350.org while also running her own Sustainable Living Coaching business.
Amira on her NWF Experience: I was able to see from the EcoLeaders program how many people out there were doing sustainability projects everywhere. It was really helpful to just see that I’m not by myself; there’s a whole lot of people who care about this. It helped me realize that these aren’t really isolated projects; it’s one big movement working for the betterment of our planet and our future. It helped me realize that in the future, in any occasion or in any project that I’m doing, I can always reach out to other people in the movement, and they probably have great contacts or experiences or advice, and we can help each other.
Read Amira’s full interview in our EcoLeader Top 50 Inspiration series, HERE.
What are YOU up to? We love to hear all of the exciting and inspiring things NWF alumni are investing their time in. Let us know (cochranc@nwf.org) and you could be featured in the “Alumni Spotlight.”
JOBS/OPPORTUNITIES
Be sure to check out the NWF EcoLeaders Career Center for even more career and professional development resources including career sector outlooks, employer interviews, webinar archives and more! www.nwfecoleaders.org/careercenter
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Sr. Agriculture Policy Specialist, National Wildlife Federation
Washington, DC (remote option available)
To support our mission, we are seeking a Senior Agriculture Policy Specialist to join our Land Stewardship Team at the National Advocacy Center in Washington, DC. This is a two-year position, with the possibility of becoming a longer-term position, dependent upon funding.
In this role, you will advise and assist the Senior Director of Agriculture Policy in NWF’s work on the conservation and climate provisions of the Farm Bill, and other agriculture related legislative and policy issues, working closely with the Agriculture Policy Specialist and Government Affairs team. You will also establish and maintain effective working relationships with congressional representatives and staff, and administration officials and help advance agriculture policy objectives.
Northeast Coastal Resilience Program Manager, National Wildlife
Montpelier, VT (remote option available)
The Northeast Coastal Resilience Program Manager will work to advance the practical application of natural and nature-based infrastructure to help protect wildlife, natural systems, ecosystem services and human communities from coastal impacts that are being exacerbated by climate change. While the Manager will be working in support of NWF’s Northeast Regional Center (NERC), this position will also work with the Mid-Atlantic Regional Center (MARC) to support cross-regional efforts and is part of a national team at NWF focused on addressing coastal resilience issues of regional and national significance.
More Information
Social Media Intern, National Wildlife Federation
Reston, VA (remote option available)
Our children’s publication team has an exciting opportunity within our Ranger Rick Social Media channels including but not limited to Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. We’re looking for a Social Media Intern currently working on their bachelor’s degree in digital media, marketing or communications. This person will support our Ranger Rick Children’s Publications team and will be accountable for managing the social media calendar, sourcing and aligning creative/messaging, and delivering/posting on-brand marketing. Effectively conveying our messages visually and accurately across our social media marketing channels will be critical to our growing success.
This position is very flexible within the Monday through Friday work week and will be 15-19 hours per week.
*View additional job opportunities with National Wildlife Federation HERE
*View additional job opportunities with National Wildlife Federation’s state affiliate organizations HERE
TAKE ACTION
Speak Out for Wildlife, Land, & Culture in the Caja del Rio
The Caja del Rio, located just outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, embodies the ancient and modern connections between wildlife, lands, and people. Spanning more than 106,00 acres, the Caja is home to a diversity of wildlife species and thousands of ancient petroglyphs that depict how humans have interacted with wildlife since time immemorial. The Caja is a critical piece of the wildlife migration corridor that runs from Colorado to Mexico–one of the most intact wildlife pathways in the nation.
Despite this, the Caja faces numerous threats including wildfire, mining, vandalism, illegal dumping, unregulated shooting, and habitat fragmentation. That’s why a broad coalition of Indigenous, Latino and other community leaders have come together to advocate for permanent protections for this sacred landscape.
HAPPENINGS
Join us at Power Shift 2023
April 6 – 8, 2023
Bvlbancha (colonially known at New Orleans, LA)
Power Shift 2023 will be a massive national youth convergence that will bring together thousands of young people to skill-up to mitigate pending climate catastrophe through three days of trainings, workshops, panels, and actions. There will be speakers, workshops, an action, healing spaces, and more.
Get Outdoors and Come Clean for Earth!
The National Wildlife Federation and Johnson Outdoors have teamed up to inspire people to get outdoors and take simple conservation action to help clean up our planet.
We’re calling on outdoor lovers everywhere to come together to take the Clean Earth Challenge! Join with friends, family, neighbors, classmates and co-workers in a community effort to help make our planet a healthier, happier place.
Our goal is to collect one million pieces of trash and debris that litter our beautiful land, oceans and waterways. This pollution has a devastating effect on the health of our ecosystems, wildlife and the planet. By taking the Clean Earth Challenge, you can help improve the health of our environment.
MORE JOBS/OPPORTUNITIES
Communications Assistant, Southern Environmental Law Center
Charlottesville, VA
SELC is currently hiring for a Communications Assistant. This is a full-time position based in our Charlottesville, VA. office. As a Communications Assistant for SELC, you will be part of a 22-person communications team working to engage and educate about a full range of environmental issues of particular importance to the South—climate change, clean air and water, our public lands, coastal protections, and environmental justice.
Principal, Food and Regenerative Agriculture, Forum for the Future
Remote
Are you passionate about creating a fundamental change for a just and regenerative future? Are you a strategic thinker with a vision for how different the future can be different and an ability to inspire others? As well as a track record of delivering transformational change towards sustainability at an international level in food and agricultural systems? If so, then this is a unique opportunity for you.
Lead Field Botanist / Assistant Field Botanist, California Native Plant Society
Sacramento, CA (remote)
CNPS is looking to hire one or more Lead Field Botanist and/or Assistant Field Botanist. These are full‐time positions that would be supervised by the Vegetation Field Data Specialist. The positions include at least six months of work, beginning in late March or early April 2023, and may be extended beyond a year depending on funding. The positions will survey and map California’s diverse flora and vegetation assemblages, implement different vegetation sampling methods to collect field data, identify plants to the species and subspecies/variety level, collect and process native plant seeds, and voucher plant specimens.
Block Island Maritime Institute Internships
Block Island, RI
Marine Educator and Marine Educator/Public Outreach Specialist positions are open at the Block Island Maritime Institute for Summer 2023. BIMI maintains a summer intern program that provides an opportunity to gain paid experience in public outreach, science education and aquarist duties. BIMI will assist the student if the internship will be for college credit. If you enjoy working with the public, especially children; meeting expert lecturers in a variety of fields; love the outdoors; and are looking for summer employment with a dynamic organization in a remarkable location, BIMI might be the perfect opportunity. BIMI provides housing for summer interns.
Program Manager, Healthy Food Financing Initiative Reinvestment Fund
Philadelphia, Baltimore, or Atlanta (or remote for the right candidate)
The Program Manager is a new role (an additional person on the HFFI team) that will help support the expansion of the national Healthy Food Financing Initiative by developing and implementing financing and TA programs and partnerships with organizations working to improve access to healthy and affordable food. The Program Manager will be expected to work independently and collaboratively with program staff, participants, consultants, vendors, and other constituents. This is an excellent opportunity for a self-motivated individual with both a team approach and systems-oriented thinking skills to help grow, further develop, and implement innovative programs.
Clean Energy Policy Analyst, Western Resource Advocates
Carson City, NV
Western Resource Advocates (WRA) is hiring a Policy or Senior Policy Analyst to join our Clean Energy Team in Nevada. The Clean Energy Policy Analyst or Senior Policy Analyst will be responsible for developing and advancing equitable legislative, administrative, and local policy solutions that move the region toward a clean energy economy and address climate change in Nevada. This position involves working closely with WRA’s Communications and Government Affairs staff to shape state and local energy policy and increase the state’s participation in global climate change solutions. This position will report to the Nevada Clean Energy Program Manager, with opportunities to work across the region with a variety of conservation professionals.
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