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Communications Coordinator, World Resources Institute (Washington, DC)

The World Resources Institute (WRI) seeks a Communications Coordinator to support WRI’s Water Program’s mission by developing and implementing communications strategies, and supporting multiple communications channels, such as blogging, media relations, web presence, and events. The Communications Coordinator will work closely with the Water program team to communicate the Water Program’s powerful data, tools and analysis. The position will report to the Water Program’s Global Director, and work closely with WRI’s Communications team.

Application Deadline: ASAP
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Sustainability Manager, Rethinking Power Management (Boston, MA)

In this newly-created role, you will flex your strategic muscle. As part of our team, you will work with forward-thinking clients to define and implement initiatives to achieve their sustainability goals, focusing heavily on energy and water reduction strategies. This may include efficiency and operational improvements, load management, and/or on-site renewable energy solutions as well as organizational support and healthy living initiatives. Your ability to think strategically and be hands on will be realized in the projects you manage.

For full job description, please visit http://www.rpmpowerllc.com/careers.html
To Apply: Please send cover letter and resume to: HR@rpmpowerllc.com

Join The New England Farm and Sea to Campus Network

Attention grad and undergrad students:  theNew England Farm & Sea to Campus Network, hosted by Farm to Institution New England (FINE), has officially launched, which means that you can now sign up to get involved in the network.

The mission of this network is to build a community of higher education and food systems stakeholders who connect, share, and collaborate to develop transparent regional supply chains and educate campus communities about regional food systems.

There are two ways that you can get involved in the Network:

STEP 1. JOIN THE FARM & SEA TO CAMPUS NETWORK

Want to declare your interest in the network? Join the contact list! Members of the list will receive 2-3 emails per month with general updates from FINE as well as targeted updates for people at colleges, universities and private schools.

Join the Farm & Sea to Campus List here.

STEP 2. SIGN UP FOR A WORKING GROUP

If you would like to be more actively involved and help fulfill the network’s vision, sign up for one of the working groups.  The network anticipates that each group will come together, most likely via conference call in early June, to start to outline some priorities and action steps. At that time, the groups will determine their frequency of meetings and other details.

The steering committee hopes that participants in these groups will be active, so please consider whether you have a couple hours per month available for participation. Your involvement will help determine our collaborative impact on the regional food system.

The working groups include:

  • Outreach & Communications
  • Supply Chain Development
  • Education & Engagement
  • Evaluation & Tracking

Please follow this link to join a working group.

Thank you,

The Farm & Sea to Campus Network Steering Committee

Working Group Descriptions

We anticipate that each group will come together, most likely via conference call, in early June, to start to outline some priorities and action steps.  At that time, the groups will determine their frequency of meetings and other details. It is the steering committee’s hope that participants in these groups will be active, so please consider whether you have a couple hours per month available for participation. Apply to join a working group viathis link.  If you’d like more detail about each of these groups, please visitthis link.

Outreach & Communications

The Communication and Outreach Working Group focuses on strategies to improve connectivity and information sharing between campuses and related stakeholders who are or would like to be engaged in the campus local food movement.

Supply Chain Development

The Supply Chain Development Working Group will identify and develop supply chain models that increase the availability and accessibility of local, sustainable food for campuses. It will facilitate coordination and communication between supply chain partners (campuses, distributors, suppliers, producers, etc.) to identify and leverage opportunities to aggregate demand and improve sourcing and distribution processes.

Education & Engagement

The Education Working Group will focus on educating and activating students, faculty, staff and other stakeholders of participating institutions who are interested in initiating or enhancing the sourcing and on-campus use of local, sustainable foods.

Evaluation & Tracking

The Evaluation & Tracking Working Group will propose indicators that will help the Farm & Sea to Campus Network determine the success of their efforts, review and assess existing evaluation and metrics tools, provide recommendations for next steps around data collection and analysis, and specifically consider recommendations for improved tracking and traceability for local foods in the region.

5 Ways Students Impacted Sustainability at Tufts in 2015

5 ways

Student efforts contribute to a culture of sustainability at Tufts in many ways. Your actions are invaluable, no matter how large or small! What you do each day affects Tufts’ environmental impact — whether you are participating in a sustainability-related club, planning a  zero-waste event, conducting sustainability research, or simply recycling and composting your waste.

Although students regularly contribute to campus sustainability, we wanted to highlight several initiatives from the past year that contributed directly to Tufts’ sustainability goals. These goals are outlined in the 2013 Campus Sustainability Council Report and focus on the areas of waste, water, and energy & emissions. Progress in these areas is tracked regularly and is detailed in the annual Campus Sustainability Progress Report. The list below is by no means comprehensive, so we encourage you to check out the report on Tumblr!

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