We’re winning real changes across the country

The results of our work include more solar and wind power in 29 states; policies to cut energy use in 22 states; caps on global warming pollution in six states, and a regional cap on global warming pollution from power plants in 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states; new clean car standards that will amount to the single biggest step this country has ever taken to end our addiction to oil; bans on plastic bags and Styrofoam containers; initial limits on the gas drilling industry to protect rivers and streams from the dangers of fracking; action to preserve, protect or expand national parks from Mt. Hood to the Everglades, from the Grand Canyon to Glacier; bans on offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coast; and stronger protections for waterways from Puget Sound to the Great Lakes to the Chesapeake Bay.

We also conducted voter education and get-out-the-vote drives in 2008 and 2010, aimed at helping to elect President Obama and pro-environment members of Congress and state legislatures across the country. We’re continuing this work this fall.

But there’s a lot more to do

Whether we’re talking about clean energy or clean water, public lands or global warming, it’s going to take a lot more work to meet and overcome these environmental challenges. We need to keep making the case for smart, effective solutions. We need to run more campaigns to better inform the public, mobilize supporters to take action, and hold politicians accountable. We need to build broader and stronger coalitions. We need to train and develop more organizers, advocates and other leaders to keep building the public support that can sweep past the opposition and create a cleaner, greener, healthier future.

That’s where you come in

Each year, Environment America hires passionate, talented and committed college graduates to join our two-year Fellowship Program. Over the last decade, fellows have worked side-by-side with our most experienced advocates and organizers to make a real difference for the environment.

You’ll make an immediate impact

If you’re hired, you’ll learn to plan and run strategic state and national campaigns. You’ll learn how to identify effective solutions to critical environmental problems and organize public support for your campaigns. You’ll organize town hall meetings and rallies; get your message out by writing opinion pieces and getting them printed in major newspapers and on key websites; set up and speak at news conferences; lobby lawmakers; and run citizen outreach campaigns to educate the public, build membership and raise money for our work. You’ll recruit interns, activists, and staff to work alongside you. Bottom line: You’ll make a real difference. 

You’ll get great training

You’ll learn by participating in classroom-style trainings throughout the year. You’ll get guidance and feedback from your staff director, and work alongside some of the nation’s top environmental advocates and organizers. Past fellows will tell you, though, that you will learn the most through hands-on experience.  

The Fellowship is only the beginning

After just two years of hard work, you’ll have the skills and experience to take on even more leadership here at Environment America – running your own program, or leading the charge in a new state or on a new issue – or elsewhere in the environmental community.

Learn More and Apply

Contact Monique Sullivan in our Recruitment Department with any questions, at (202) 683-1250 or jobs@environmentamerica.org.  Or apply now.