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INTERNSHIP SUMMARY:
A student internship
opportunity is being offered through the CMN SDI Place-Based Opportunities for
Sustainable Outcomes and High Hopes (POSOH) project to work on the emerging
permaculture and garden area by the Water Tower Greenhouse area. The POSOH project is intended to create
opportunities for learners to develop understandings, knowledge, and skills in
place-based concepts founded in science and culture, using sustainability
education strategies. CMN Sustainable Development Institute is in the midst of
several exciting projects and is seeking to create more place-based
sustainability education projects connected to the broader community. As CMN
continues to expand its efforts to become more environmentally sustainable, one
of the areas in which it is expanding is in food resilience, agroforestry and
permaculture. The intern will be
responsible for working with the Sustainability Education Coordinator to maintain
the garden area, help with MTE Greenhouse project, keep garden records, and
work with high school permaculture project.
INTERNSHIP DESCRIPTION:
Internship
activities cover a wide range of permaculture and garden projects and
activities. Duties include, but are not
limited to:
·
Work
collaboratively to maintain and expand garden area—including greenhouse, beds,
compost, orchard, in watering, cultivation, seeding, and transplanting.
·
Actively participate as a member of the
SDI POSOH 8th grade curriculum design team June 18-21.
·
Assist
in designing and developing place-based sustainability projects and lessons
with high school students.
·
Travel
to Tsyunhehkwa to learn from their agriculture system on a weekly basis.
·
Document
daily activities and establish record keeping system for planting.
·
Research
sustainable food and medicine systems related to Menominee culture.
·
Attend
Project Team meetings and summits.
·
Perform
general office duties (data entry, filing, mailings, photocopying, etc.)
·
Assist
with tours, research, special projects, and other duties as assigned.
·
PROGRAM
REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS:
·
College
of Menominee Nation Student. (Required to be enrolled for Fall 2012).
·
Experience
in gardening, permaculture, agroforestry, and/or sustainable food and medicine
systems.
·
Interest
in community food resilience, agriculture, ethnobotany, greenhouse management,
and permaculture.
·
Experience
in working with high school students a plus.
·
Must
be a self-starter, willing to work in all kinds of weather.
·
Must
be able to work collaboratively as a team member with various interests and age
groups.
·
Must have reliable
transportation to travel to Tsyunhehkwa in Oneida once per week.
TIMEFRAME AND SALARY:
The internship is from
June 4, 2012 to August 24, 2012.
Starting and ending dates are flexible to accommodate the intern’s
schedule. The internship is $12.00 per
hour for approximately 12 weeks for 32 hours per week for Summer 2012.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Submit
a completed application, resume and letter of interest addressing your reasons
for wanting the internship, your goals, and the skills you would bring to the
internship. Submit application material in person to College of Menominee
Nation Sustainable Development Institute, attention Maggie Escalante, Glen
Miller Hall Room 215 or email application material to mgescalante@menominee.edu Internship application material is due by THURSDAY,
MAY 17, 2012 at NOON. No late applications will be accepted.
If you have questions about the position, please contact Kate
Flick at 715-799-5600 ext. 3243 or kflick@menominee.edu.
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