Free Activism Training for Students

Seventh Generation and Greenpeace are partnering to train and empower student activists to become the next generation of leaders in the global movement for change.

We will provide 200 passionate students with full scholarships to Change It 2007, an intensive, all-expenses-paid week of grassroots training, led by the experts at Greenpeace.

Apply before May 15 at http://www.changeit07.org.

All expenses, including travel to Washington, DC, room and board, and the training itself, will be covered for 200 bold and visionary full- or part-time students.

To apply, go to http://www.ChangeIt07.org

Excellence Awards for Model United Nations Teams

In its first year, the HSU Department of Government and Politics’ Model United Nations program garnered three Meritorious Delegation awards at the 2007 Model United Nations of the Far West conference in San Francisco last weekend. The Meritorious Delegation Award recognizes academic excellence in preparation and participation at the conference. The three awards earned by HSU placed it in the conference’s top three performers.

In the five day conference, students represented four countries: Belgium, Costa Rica, South Africa, and Thailand. They debated contemporary international policies and politics with more than 40 schools and 450 delegates from the Western United States, the Philippines, Russia, and Canada.

Students participating in the Model UN program were: Michael Echeveste, Sebastian Ligeti, Michael Mariscal, Patrick Sullivan, and Patricia Whelan (representing Belgium), Carol Hurley, Erika Madison, Nick Raisch, Jason Robo, and Desiree Woods (representing Costa Rica), Lladira Baez, Skye Frison, Morrissa Hudson, Dominic Lether, Greg Paoli, and Tobin Steiskal (representing South Africa), Kristine Crow, Jed D’Abravnel, Elaine Hogan, Margot Hottmann, Paul Moss, and Red Rochte (representing Thailand). Participation in the conference was organized through Professor Noah Zerbe’s Model United Nations course, which will be offered again in spring, 2008.

For more information, please contact Noah Zerbe at 707-826-3911 or noah.zerbe@humboldt.edu.

Summer Internship Opportunity

ANNOUNCING SEVERAL SUMMER POSITIONS in Non-Profit Organizing, Sustainable Housing Construction, and Youth and Sustainable Agriculture Education in the San Juan Islands of Western Washington:

The Lopez Community Land Trust (LCLT) is looking for interns for its programs. www.lopezclt.org. LCLT requires a 35 hours per week commitment and offers a $100 per week stipend and housing on Lopez Island, Washington. Choices include: Sustainable agriculture with Kids Summer Workshops (see SARD program on website), Construction of 11 zero net energy straw bale homes of affordable housing (construction training provided), Office/web work, and combination of organic strawberry farming and any of the preceding. The LCLT needs interns for no less than two months and up to a 12 month commitment between now and March 2008.

Please contact Rhea Miller at turtle@rockisland.com for more information or send resume and email explaining areas of personal interest and experience. We are seeking to hire for summer a.s.a.p.

Note: Short term summer employment as the Youth in Sustainable Agriculture intern may transition to an exciting well-paid position in Lopez Island’s cutting edge Farm-to-School Program, as curriculum developer/environmental educator in Lopez Island Public School.

*Lisa Murgatroyd, 2005 HSU Alumni, C.C.A.T. employee, and former L.E.A.P. director currently works for the Land Trust in the public school Farm-to-School program. Feel free to contact me, at (360)468-4101 or lnm1@humboldt.edu for any place or position based questions.