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Humber Natural History Society (HNHS) memberships

Happy New Year HNHS membership and friends!

Humber Natural History Society (HNHS) memberships come up for renewal each fall. If you have not yet renewed your membership, you can pay at our next scheduled meeting, or by contacting Julia Briffett at 634-8938/640-4926. Individual or family membership is $10 for the year.

While anyone is welcome to attend our events and receive our notices, becoming a member not only supports the activities of the HNHS but offers direct perks for you such as waiving participation fees for some events and receiving members-only notices.

The HNHS is always seeking new event/presentation ideas. If you have any suggestions, feel free to share with us.

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CPAWS-NL 11th AGM

Join us for our 11th Annual General Meeting.

Guest Speaker: Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee, Department of Geography, Memorial University of NL.  Title: Marine Spatial Planning as ‘new’ Governance: Lessons & Challenges.

7 PM, The Lantern, 35 Barnes Rd., St. John’s

Election of New Board of Directors

If you have an interest in the environment, and would like to become more involved in the protection of our natural resources, please join us for the evening and maybe even join our board.

 

For more information please contact nlcoordinator@cpaws.org.

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Volunteer Opportunity: Great Meals for a Change

The Western Environment Centre is seeking volunteers to help with our upcoming Great Meals for a Change fundraiser to be held in November. Great Meals for a Change involves a delicious dining experience created from local and ethically sourced ingredients as well as interesting conversation about sustainable food choices in a relaxed atmosphere. Tickets are sold in advance of the event.

Please contact info@wecnl.ca for more info!

For more background on the origins of Great Meals for a Change see:
http://www.greatmealsforachange.ca/great-meals-origins.php

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Volunteer Opportunity: Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium

The Petty Habour Mini Aquarium is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering curiosity about marine life. 

Are you interested in joining the Mini Aquarium volunteer team for fall 2014? If you are chatty, enthusiastic, positive, reliable and team-oriented, we are looking for you to join our team!

Responsibilities 
• Engage and excite kids of all ages about local marine life
• Assist with our programming for schools, birthdays and other groups
• Assist in maintaining exhibits with live specimens 
• Inspire guests to conserve our marine ecosystems through education and sustainable 
action 
• Communicate animal handling protocols to guests 
• Maintain appearance of building, interpretive panels, props and materials 
• Learn and help with tank cleaning (siphoning, acrylic cleaning, etc)

Must be available for a three hour training on Wednesday September 3rd at 6pm.

Interested? Contact maggie@miniaqua.org or see our webpage http://www.miniaqua.org/jump-in.html.

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Job Opportunity: Energy Efficiency Program Coordinator

Employment Opportunity
Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador (CCNL) is a non-profit organization with a mandate to provide young people with meaningful work, training and educational opportunities in the areas of environmental and cultural heritage conservation and enhancement. CCNL is now accepting applications for the following position.

Energy Efficiency Program Facilitator
In partnership with the Office of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Newfoundland Power, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and the Department of Education:
The successful applicant will have primary responsibility for facilitating an energy efficiency program, designed for grades K-6, through presentations in schools throughout Newfoundland and Labrador.

Duties/Responsibilities:
• Initiate contact with schools to promote energy efficiency presentations and resources;
• Deliver energy efficiency presentations to schools throughout the province;
• Participate in outreach events that help raise awareness of the Office of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Newfoundland Power, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro and CCNL;
• Maintain a detailed database of outreach activities, including numbers of people reached;
• Perform a variety of administrative support duties as required including evaluation and reporting.

Qualifications:
The successful candidate will have:
• Ability to deliver presentations in French an asset;
• Excellent facilitation and presentation skills;
• Strong organizational ability;
• Experience working with youth, educators and schools;
• Strong writing and public speaking ability;
• Media and public relations experience would be an asset;
• Experience/knowledge of energy efficiency would be an asset;
• Applicant must hold a valid class five driver’s license and have access to a vehicle with appropriate insurance;
• Successful candidate for this position will be required to provide a Criminal Records Check and/or Vulnerable Sector Check.

Location & Salary:
Position is based in St. John’s with travel throughout the province. Salary for the above position is based on $35,000 per annum for 35 hours per week for approximately 36 weeks. Anticipated start date of September 15, 2014. Funding approval for this position is pending. As such, CCNL reserves the right to cancel this position, should funding approval be declined.

How to Apply:
Please apply with cover letter, résumé and three references before September 5, 2014. Applications to be forwarded by mail, fax, or email to:

Hiring Committee, Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador
Suite 103, 10 Austin Street, St. John’s, NL, A1B 4C2
Phone: (709) 729-7266, Fax: (709) 729-7270
Email: applications@ccnl.ca Website: http://www.ccnl.ca or http://www.climatechangeeducation.ca

Due to the large number of applications anticipated, only those considered for an interview will be contacted.

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Volunteer Opportunity: Canadian Environment Network

VOLUNTEER POSITIONS

Position: Special Project Volunteers
Organization: Canadian Environmental Network (RCEN) http://rcen.ca
Locations: anywhere in Canada

Background

The Canadian Environmental Network was founded in 1977, as a non-profit, non-partisan environmental network that links environmental organizations from across Canada. After loss of federal funding, the organization has become totally volunteer based and is going through a period of renewal to rebuild its membership base, extend its networking capability and re-examine its services and programs.

The Canadian Environmental Network is looking for additional volunteers to help build the new virtual organization through work on a number of projects and programs. As a volunteer you will have a very direct role, working with Board members and other volunteers in determining the future of the organization and will be able to network with individuals and environmental organizations from across Canada. It will also provide you with an opportunity to put into practice your knowledge, expertise and skills.

For more information about the Canadian Environmental Network please see our website at rcen.ca .

What areas are we seeking volunteer help?

We are looking for creative enthusiastic volunteers that can either act as team members or take an active leadership role. More specifically, at this moment, RCEN is seeking volunteers with a knowledge, interest and preferably experience in Canadian environmental issues and/or the specific areas below.

  • Website Management (knowledge of the Drupal website content management system and website development would be highly desireable);
  • Media Services (including writing / editing; experience using internet media for social marketing highly desirable);
  • Membership Development and Services (developing a strategy to build a new membership base and identifying and building programs to serve them;
  • Support in Material Translation (English-French);
  • Support for RCEN Caucus Activities (e.g., the Health Caucus); and
  • A Co-ordinator for the Biodiversity Caucus (training will be available for this position)

Applications will be held for a year and applicants will be considered for other volunteer positions, as the need arises.

Commitment

Suggested commitment is at least 1-3 volunteer hours per week. Volunteers should also attend a monthly 1 hour conference call.

As RCEN has become a totally volunteer based virtual organization “without walls”, it makes extensive use of teleconferencing to link members and volunteers together. Consequently, as previously noted, volunteers should have access to a computer and the internet. You must be at least 18 years old. Please also indicate whether you will be available for volunteer activities over the summer period and/or available to start volunteering in September 2014.

If you are interested please send an email to us including your resume and indicating positions of interest to:
secretary@rcen.ca

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Job Opportunity – Conservation Corps

Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador is a non-profit organization with a mandate to provide young people with meaningful work, training and educational opportunities in the areas of environmental and cultural heritage conservation and enhancement. Conservation Corps is now accepting applications for the following internship position.

Project Coordinator Intern

In partnership with the City of Mount Pearl

The Intern will work with communications staff to develop and implement a communication strategy designed to prevent littering through education and awareness. The Intern will engage corporate partners to take ownership of corporate grounds and ensure they are free of litter.  The Intern will work with municipal enforcement staff to develop an enforcement strategy and monitor results.  In addition, the successful candidate will organize community clean up events and promote them to encourage participation by residents, with a goal of creating a sustainable community commitment toward a clean and green city. Candidates for this position should have strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills; strong public relation skills and leadership ability; project coordination skills; the ability to work with minimal supervision; a demonstrated interest in environmental conservation and waste management issues would be considered an asset. Valid driver’s license and access to own vehicle with appropriate insurance considered an asset. Position based in Mount Pearl.

Salary for the above positions is $15.00 per hour for 35 hours per week for 27 weeks with an anticipated start date of June 16th, 2014. CCNL is a youth serving not-for-profit, therefore successful individuals to the above positions must be between the ages of 16 and 30.

Please apply with cover letter, resume and three references. For more information on Conservation Corps Newfoundland and Labrador please visit www.ccnl.ca

Application Deadline is Monday June 9th, 2014.

Applications should be forwarded to:

Selection Committee, Conservation Corps Newfoundland & Labrador

Suite 103, 10 Austin Street

St. John’s NL, A1B 4C2

Tel: (709) 729-7266

Fax: (709) 729-7270

Email: applications@ccnl.ca