<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please share with the climate-concerned students and young people in your life.</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b>Virtual Internship: Social Media for Climate Activism, Winter/Spring 2023<br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><br></b></p><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Gain valuable, practical experience working with students from across the world in the development, execution and assessment of a social media campaign in support of, </span><span style="text-decoration-line:underline;font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><a href="https://gps.bard.edu/world-wide-teach-in-2023?utm_campaign=World-Wide-Teach-In&utm_source=Custom-URL" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none">The Worldwide Teach-in on Climate and Justice</a>, </span><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">a global climate education project</span><span style="font-family:Arial;white-space:pre-wrap">. This project seeks to engage half-a-million students and teachers in serious dialog about the climate crisis on or around March 29th, 2023. Participants in this internship will learn critical social media and organizing skills during weekly meetings. Interns will become part of a network of young climate leaders and will develop close partnerships with sustainability and education professionals in their region.  </span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">This is a virtual internship that takes place</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> January 23 - April 3 2023</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Interns can participate </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">from anywhere</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on the planet and must be available for group strategy meetings, presentations and online discussion </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">every Monday</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for 90 minutes, either from </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">6:00 - 7:30 AM Eastern (New York) time or 4:00-5:30 PM Eastern (New York) time</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Interns must commit to at least three additional hours of group and individual work per week, for a total workload of </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">5 hours of work per week</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. As part of the program, interns are strongly encouraged to attend an online </span><a href="https://actionnetwork.org/events/worldwide-youth-climate-summit" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:700;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Youth Climate Summit on Saturday February 4th, 10 AM - 1 PM</span></a><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> Eastern (New York) time where they will meet with a global network of youth climate activists.</span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;font-style:italic;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Note: This is a global internship, please consult a</span><a href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-st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d.edu</a>. </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applications for the internship are <b>due by December 20, 2022.</b></span></p><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"><b><u><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3aKRyaJFgW_E2n3s5xXtGD56OC51axCiplSKRWFDpn57JAQ/viewform" target="_blank">Please Apply Here Now</a></u></b></span></font></p></div></div><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"></div></span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px"><table style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;overflow:hidden"><div style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"></div></td></tr></tbody></table><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="119"><col width="311"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:18pt"><td colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dr. Eban Goodstein</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">he/his)</span></p></td></tr><tr style="height:78pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:96px;height:97px"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/XcAf92pUhGeGoxcMh4TJq0EKCkMRxZ_cIbRtct6m-pJRmF1JIfKStNQOEuIH3oJhfl6aMFuodv1QbLdPFYOsINhkN2ZlYaG0Mqj-qs5Dqevmqd2RBSUtYXCakzWlI8agKjx2uIlA" width="96" height="97" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></span></span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;overflow:hidden"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Poppins, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap">Director</span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="http://gps.bard.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,128,123);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Bard Graduate Programs in Sustainability</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://leadthechange.bard.edu/blog/bards-mba-in-sustainability-ranked-one-green-mba" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,128,123);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">#1 Green MBA</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,128,123);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">|</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,128,123);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><a href="https://leadthechange.bard.edu/blog/bards-mba-in-sustainability-ranked-one-green-mba" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,128,123);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Princeton Review</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://meetings.hubspot.com/ebangood" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,128,123);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Schedule a Call</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,128,123);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Poppins,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">| </span><a href="mailto:ebangood@bard.edu" t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