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10 people are interested
Environment & Behavioral Economics Summer Projects Assistant
ORGANIZATION: Root Solutions
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10 people are interested
Projects Assistant
Root Solutions is seeking volunteers to join a team of visionaries, creators, and disruptors who want to re-shape the future of the environmental movement in North America and beyond. We are currently looking for two 2017 summer Projects Assistants to join our team. Although this is a volunteer position, you will be an active member of our team and a listed staff on our website and in correspondences. You’re vital to the success of programs that will transform the environmental movement and the planet.
Overall Function
Under the supervision of the Executive Director, the Projects Assistant will be play an active role in all of Root Solutions initiatives. Projects may include, but are not limited to:
- Researching how behavioral design can help California’s drought
- Researching material for a non-fiction book
- Drafting advice on the design of rewards and incentives in conservation
- Drafting advice on the design of pro-environmental habit formation
- Developing training material and curricula
- Developing web content, including writing blogs
- Watching and curating relevant TED talks and other videos
- Working with external partners to scale their communications and strategy using behavior design
- Developing and conducting surveys
- Measuring the effectiveness of behavior based interventions
- Helping to plan a TedX event
We work hard to pair our volunteers with projects that are interesting to them or important for their career growth.
Qualifications/skills and knowledge requirements
- Ideal candidate is a student seeking experience in the environmental field
- Strong research and writing skills required
- Must be well-organized, self-motivated and detail-oriented
- Must be able to adapt and prioritize
- Ability to meet deadlines and demonstrate initiative
Organization
Root Solutions works to provide conservationists and policy makers with tools and resources informed by the proven methods of behavioral economics and behavior design, allowing them to create more effective campaigns, policies, and strategies that reflect how people are actually motivated and make decisions. By understanding human behavior, and the factors which influence the choices people make, conservationists will be able to "nudge" people toward decisions and behavior that are good for them and good for the planet.
As a young non-profit with ambitious goals (including expanding our work to all cause movements), our existing funding is restricted to program activities. Root Solutions is primarily volunteer run.
Location
Position is based out of Root Solutions’ Emeryville office
Term
2 days per week over 12 weeks
Compensation:
This is a volunteer position
Application Materials
Interested applicants should submit a brief cover letter and resume to:
info@therootsolutions.org
Subject Heading: Behavior Design Project Assistant
More opportunities with Root Solutions
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Root Solutions
Location:
405 14th Street, Suite 164, Oakland, CA 94612, US
Mission Statement
Root Solutions is dedicated to providing environmentalists and policy makers with tools and resources informed by the proven methods of behavioral science - allowing them to create more effective campaigns, policies, and strategies that reflect how people actually make decisions that are good for the environment.
Description
Decisions are at the root of our environmental challenges and solutions
The environmental movement needs a robust arsenal of proven, cutting edge methods to help slow and eventually reverse the world’s ongoing environmental degradation. In order to encourage people and policymakers to make smarter environmental decisions and engage in actions that will contribute to environmental health, understanding human behavior and how we make decisions needs to become the environmental movement’s new expertise. Because when you come right down to it, decisions and the actions that result are at the root of all the environmental challenges we face, and the solutions we need to address them.
Behavioral Science and Root Solutions: A powerful approach and a new organization to help apply it
The good news is that for the past 20+ years, the disciplines which make up the field known as "behavioral science" have been researching what motivates behavior, how people make choices, and the factors which lead to less than optimal decision making. In fact, it’s been said that we are right now, in the "golden age" of decision science.
People working in a wide variety of sectors including business, public health, and politics have been putting this learning into action with impressive results. It’s time for the environmental movement to do the same. Root Solutions is dedicated to helping make that happen.
CAUSE AREAS
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WHERE
4600 Adeline StreetEmeryville, CA 94608
DATE POSTED
May 10, 2017
SKILLS
- Grant Writing / Research
- Psychology
- Environmental Education
- Environmental Policy
- Research
GOOD FOR
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REQUIREMENTS
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