Green Corps is a one-year program that prepares recent college graduates for a career in environmental organizing by providing hands-on experience running campaigns in the field, and helping to connect us with jobs in the social change movement afterward.
Audrey Beedle graduated from UNL in 2017 and started Green Corps the following year. She spent her first yearin New Orleans, Philadelphia, and more working on real environmental campaigns. Now she's in her third year with Green Corps and have a ton of experience early on in her career.
Audrey wants to ensure that students at UNL hear about this opportunity so she's working to spread the word far and wide! Students interested in applying for Green Corps should contact Audrey at audrey@greencorps.org.
More about Green Corps:
Green Corps is the country’s most respected training program for environmental organizers, with nearly 400 of our graduates at work today on the most urgent environmental issues of our time. If you’re passionate about the environment and ready to learn and practice the craft of organizing, our year-long program is the best place to start.
Our program includes intensive classroom training with prominent guest trainers like Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org. You'll get hands-on experience working on campaigns with groups working on issues ranging from conservation to climate change. You’ll learn how to recruit and train volunteers, develop strategic campaigns, build strong coalitions, organize events, gain media coverage and more.
More about Green Corps at https://greencorps.org/