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2 people are interested
Grant Writer
ORGANIZATION: Long Branch Environmental Education Center
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2 people are interested
We are seeking a grant writer to help us with pursuing and writing grants to fund our education programs, plant our gardens and orchards, and restore the structures on our property. Long Branch has been relatively quiet in the past several years as our former Executive Director is stepping down and retiring for health-related reasons and we are in the process of bringing our center back as an active model of environmental and ecological education, conservation, and stewardship in the Southeast Bioregion.
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About Long Branch Environmental Education Center
Location:
278 Boyd Cove. Rd. POB 369, Leicester, NC 28748, US
Mission Statement
To deliver educational services to the public on matters of sustainability, conservation, ecology, design, demonstration, advocacy, research, and restoration.
Description
The Long Branch Environmental Education Center, Inc. is a small educational institute in Buncombe County's Newfound Mountains, about 18 miles northwest of Asheville, North Carolina. Set aside in 1974 as an ecological sanctuary and land trust, it has developed into an educational center for sharing positive strategies of local self-reliance in the areas of environmental design, organic food production, renewable energy, shelter design and construction, appropriate technology, resource conservation, recycling, wildlife protection, and improved environmental quality. The Land itself is 1400 acres of rugged wilderness and farmland ranging in elevation from 3,000 to 5,152 feet. Over 1375 hundred acres are mostly eastern hardwood forest, bisected with several mountain springs and streams where rare, threatened, and endangered native plant species are conserved. Twenty-five acres are managed in a Permaculture design of small scale organic gardens, crops, orchards, vineyards, and rainbow trout aquaculture in an integrated edible landscape. Structures on the land include three passive solar staff residences with three attached solar greenhouses, three composting toilets, one passive solar conference center, a traditional 1917 farm house, an old tobacco barn converted into a rustic dormitory, and miscellaneous out buildings, including a secluded retreat shelter.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
October 16, 2024
SKILLS
- Executive Admin
- Administrative Support
- Reading / Writing
- Environmental Science
- Fundraising
- Grant Writing / Research
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 18
- 2-4 hours per week to start, open to more
- Strong writing skills, ideally possess previous experience with non-profit work, excellent communication both written and verbal, your own computer and internet access