Greenpeace Activist Summit
We’re happy to announce a new opportunity for students this summer: the Greenpeace Activist Summit. This is a 5-day gathering for people who want to learn the skills of grassroots organizing to make an impact on two key issues: protecting the Arctic from oil drilling and further climate damage and saving our oceans by pushing for sustainable seafood on campuses.
Where: Just outside Washington, D.C.
When: August 7 - 11, 2014
At the Summit, you will learn - through interactive workshops and trainings - how to launch an effective campaign to protect our climate and save the Arctic or to defend our oceans from destructive fishing. You’ll get to build connections and relationships with an inspiring nationwide network of Greenpeace activists and staff who will support you in succeeding.
More about the two focus issues at the Summit:
Protecting the Arctic: As climate change speeds up the melting of the Arctic, corporations and governments are looking to it as the final frontier for drilling and destructive industrial fishing. Greenpeace is working on a global campaign to establish a sanctuary in the uninhabited areas of the region and ban oil drilling and industrial fishing in the surrounding icy waters.
Defending our oceans: Overfishing is pushing our oceans to the edge; fish populations around the world are facing collapse in the next few decades. Greenpeace is working to change the global fishing industry to adopt more sustainable practices. In the US, that means engaging major seafood customer - universities - to adopt policies that require purchasing only sustainable seafood for the campus, thereby exerting pressure on the industry to change.
Whether you're new to activism or you've been involved on other issues, if you're ready to make a big difference for our oceans and for the Arctic, the Activist Summit is for you.
Priority application deadline: May 2, 2014 - APPLY HERE
Changes to the Greenpeace Semester
Greenpeace’s student training program, the Greenpeace Semester, is undergoing some changes we want you to know about.
We are restructuring our student training and engagement work and we won’t be using the Greenpeace Semester name anymore since it may not reflect the programs we offer in the future. However, we will continue to communicate with you a few times per year about the different opportunities for students, like the Greenpeace Activist Summit, Spring Break training, and others, so that you can pass the information along.
As always, if you have questions or suggestions about Greenpeace engaging with students on your campus, please reply here and let us know.
Sincerely,
Mary Sweeters webmaster@greenpeaceusa.org
We’re happy to announce a new opportunity for students this summer: the Greenpeace Activist Summit. This is a 5-day gathering for people who want to learn the skills of grassroots organizing to make an impact on two key issues: protecting the Arctic from oil drilling and further climate damage and saving our oceans by pushing for sustainable seafood on campuses.
Where: Just outside Washington, D.C.
When: August 7 - 11, 2014
At the Summit, you will learn - through interactive workshops and trainings - how to launch an effective campaign to protect our climate and save the Arctic or to defend our oceans from destructive fishing. You’ll get to build connections and relationships with an inspiring nationwide network of Greenpeace activists and staff who will support you in succeeding.
More about the two focus issues at the Summit:
Protecting the Arctic: As climate change speeds up the melting of the Arctic, corporations and governments are looking to it as the final frontier for drilling and destructive industrial fishing. Greenpeace is working on a global campaign to establish a sanctuary in the uninhabited areas of the region and ban oil drilling and industrial fishing in the surrounding icy waters.
Defending our oceans: Overfishing is pushing our oceans to the edge; fish populations around the world are facing collapse in the next few decades. Greenpeace is working to change the global fishing industry to adopt more sustainable practices. In the US, that means engaging major seafood customer - universities - to adopt policies that require purchasing only sustainable seafood for the campus, thereby exerting pressure on the industry to change.
Whether you're new to activism or you've been involved on other issues, if you're ready to make a big difference for our oceans and for the Arctic, the Activist Summit is for you.
Priority application deadline: May 2, 2014 - APPLY HERE
Changes to the Greenpeace Semester
Greenpeace’s student training program, the Greenpeace Semester, is undergoing some changes we want you to know about.
We are restructuring our student training and engagement work and we won’t be using the Greenpeace Semester name anymore since it may not reflect the programs we offer in the future. However, we will continue to communicate with you a few times per year about the different opportunities for students, like the Greenpeace Activist Summit, Spring Break training, and others, so that you can pass the information along.
As always, if you have questions or suggestions about Greenpeace engaging with students on your campus, please reply here and let us know.
Sincerely,
Mary Sweeters webmaster@greenpeaceusa.org
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