Kinship Conservation Fellowship, Bellingham, USA

Deadline: January 26, 2013
Open to: Mid-career conservation practitioners
Fellowship: $6,000

Description

Kinship Conservation Fellows is an innovative environmental leadership program that offers intensive, in-residence instruction in the best practices for implementing conservation projects using market-based mechanisms. During their month at Kinship, Fellows look beyond their technical and scientific capacities to understand the economic and business contexts influencing conservation worldwide.

Grounding theoretical economic, finance, and business concepts in practical and applied examples, Kinship’s curriculum features a case study approach to using market-based tools to achieve positive impact. Combined with its customized leadership component, Kinship prepares Fellows to successfully implement innovative strategies in the field.  Once home, Kinship’s active learning community continues to support Fellows through a growing network of regional chapters and affinity groups and provides access to new opportunities for engaging in collaboration and sharing thought leadership.

Location

The 2013 Kinship Conservation Fellows program will take place on the campus of Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington from June 29 through July 26, 2013. Located 90 miles north of Seattle and an hour south of Vancouver, British Columbia, Bellingham, Washington is the last major city before the Washington coastline meets the Canadian border. Bellingham can be easily reached by air, road, rail, or sea. As a Fellow in the program, you will be invited to join like-minded career conservationists for a month-long stay in this stunning Pacific Northwest city, gateway to Puget Sound’s San Juan and Orcas Islands and with majestic Mt. Baker as its backdrop. With its proximity to some of the most unspoiled environments on the globe, Bellingham holds appeal for outdoor enthusiasts and naturalists.

Eligibility

Mid-career conservation practitioners with at least five years of field experience, a bachelor’s degree, and a demonstrated desire to innovate are encouraged to apply for consideration as a Kinship Fellow.

Fellowship

At Kinship, we believe in investing in individuals with the potential to advance the future of conservation. We do this by selecting the best and the brightest and awarding them a $6,000 stipend and a month of valuable, cutting-edge training. In return, we ask Fellows to invest a month of their time with us.

Application procedure

To apply for Kinship Fellows you will need to use our online application form. When completing the form you will be required to submit the following in an acceptable format:

1) A statement in 150 words or less summarizing your leadership experience.
2) A statement in 250 words or less of why you want to attend Kinship and what you see yourself doing in five years.
2) A statement in 250 words or less of your experience working with market-based tools.
3) A project description, no more than 500 words, describing an environmental issue related to your work and your plans for developing a solution using market approaches.
4) Your resume, which should reflect at least five years of experience working in an environmental field.
5) A photo of yourself.
6) Two letters of recommendation one from your current employer and one from a colleague. The selection panel is trying to assess each applicant’s leadership capacity. Specific examples of the following would be appreciated:

  • Your ability to take action on conservation issues.
  • Your ability to mobilize and motivate others
  • Your capacity to produce innovative solutions to complex environmental problems
  • Your potential to contribute to an ongoing community of leaders

Please note: Deadline for applications is January 26, 2013. Letters of recommendation must be submitted to us directly by the recommender. They cannot be uploaded to your application. If possible, please limit letters to one page each. A signed copy of the letter—on letterhead—should be scanned into a PDF or JPEG file and emailed to: applications@kinshipfellows.org. Electronic submissions are preferred, but letters can also be mailed to:

Kinship Conservation Fellows
303 West Madison, Ste. 1800
Chicago, IL 60606

For more information visit the official website.

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