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SustainUS is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of young people advancing sustainable development and youth empowerment in the United States. Through proactive education and advocacy at the policy-making and grassroots levels, we are building a future in which all people recognize the inherent equality and interdependence of social, economic, and environmental sustainability.
SustainUS is now accepting applications for a Climate Program Coordinator to support the climate change-related activities of its Agents of Change program and liaise with activities of the Energy Action Coalition. The Coordinator will work with the Agents of Change Program Coordinators and other volunteer organizers to ensure that project goals are met. In December 2009, SustainUS will send an Agents of Change delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations, Conference of the Parties (COP) in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Climate Program Coordinator is responsible for the delegation's preparation including managing logistics, training, outreach, and collaboration with other groups, both domestic and international.
This is a one-year, full time position with the possibility of extension. Salary is $28,000 to $38,000 depending on experience and will include additional funding for the purchase of private health insurance. The position will preferably be located in Washington, D.C.; exceptional applicants can indicate a preferred location.
To apply, please download the full description here and then submit a cover letter and resume to Kyle Gracey, Chair at jobs@sustainus.org before July 16th. The Coordinator will be expected to begin work between August 3rd and 15th.
How far would you peddle to fight climate change? How about 300 miles from the busy streets of Manhattan to the halls of Congress? This
September, you’ll have your chance.
Join SustainUS for Climate
Ride 2009. Over 200 people will come
together from across the country September
26 – 30th for five days of beautiful rides, great good,
in-depth discussions, interesting people, great times – and all to help raise
money and awareness for meaningful climate change and renewable energy legislation.In honor of our exciting grassroots
initiative, Countdown to Copenhagen, SustainUS will be sending a team of riders to go the distance. Each rider
must fundraise at least $2,400 – which is easier than it may sound. Plus,
as part of the Countdown to Copenhagen Team, we will all help fundraise for
each other.
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to ask- contact Jeff Gustafson at jeff.gustafson@sustainus.org and click "read more" below to learn how to sign up for the SustainUS team!
SustainUSers are wrapping up their time at Bonn II- the second interessional on the road to Copenhagen (COP-15 in December 2009) and working hard at home.
Most recently, SustainUS chair Kyle Gracey was featured as a Guest Blogger on Joseph Romm's Climate Progress Blog. Read his post here! (Joe Romm was the Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy during the Clinton Administration).
If you want to see photos of the action check out Robert Van Waarden's site, he's been capturing international youth at climate negotiations for years.
On the domestic side of climate policy, SustainUSers have been taking action on both coasts. Attending (and tweeting) about the Energy and Commerce hearings in D.C. and taking action with Greenpeace in San Francisco. Watch the news coverage of SustainUS member Dominic MacCormarck in San Francisco, where Greepeace held a press conference and delivered 30,000 petitions to Speaker Pelosi (look for the "U" and "E"). Don't forget to check out our most recent blog post in reaction to the ACES bill!
In partner ship with the International Youth Delegation, SustainUS has made submissions to the UNFCCC Secretariat on several aspects of the climate change negotiations, including forests and general principles. Check them out!
Ideas and proposals on paragraph 1 of the Bali Action Plan
Position on REDD (SustainUS, on behalf of the International Youth Delegation)
Views and proposals for further elaboration of the options, elements and issues
contained in the annex "Options and proposals on how to address definitions, modalities, rules
and guidelines for the treatment of land use, land-use change and forestry" (LULUCF).
LULUCF (SustainUS, on behalf of the International Youth Delegation)
View submissions by all non-governmental organizations here.
On Wednesday, May 20th, Amanda Fencl and Kyle Gracey discussed gender disparities of climate change impacts, and gender-specific adaptation plans, at a presentation at the University of Chicago's Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies. Women are disproportionately affected by changes in resource availability and natural disasters, and climate change is believed to make these disparities worse.
