The Council on the Environment's Learn it Grow it Eat it Project will be
hiring 2 project assistants for 7 weeks this summer to work in 2 community
gardens in the Bronx supervising high school youth teams in the gardens
and doing healthy eating outreach in the community.
The job announcement is attached and copied below.
Lenny Librizzi
Council of the Environment of New York City
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Summer Internship Available
Learn it, Grow it, Eat it Project Assistant Internship
Qualifications: College graduate or commensurate experience, willing to
work outdoors with teenagers, urban horticulture, experience and/or
interest in urban gardening, interest or background in food, health and
environmental issues especially healthy eating, food access and community
organizing, computer proficient, Spanish a plus.
Job Description: The Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC)
is a privately funded citizens' organization in the Office of the Mayor.
CENYC promotes environmental awareness and solutions to environmental
problems. In Fall 2006 CENYC launched its ?Learn it, Grow it, Eat it?
(LGE) project in five high schools and 2 community gardens in the
Morrisania section of the South Bronx. The project encourages young people
to take control of their health through nutrition education and improved
food access in their schools and community. It has an in-school component
that focuses on healthy eating and the environment, and a garden component
where students learn to grow their own vegetables. This summer we are
hiring 15 high school students from our program to maintain the community
garden plots over the summer and to spread the word about healthy eating
in the south Bronx.
Under the guidance and supervision of CENYC?s LGE team, project assistant
interns will supervise five teenage interns in the community gardens and
doing outreach and education in the community. Specifically, in the
gardens they will help to plant, weed, water and harvest and other garden
upkeep projects. In the community they will help the teens to organize
education tables at farmers markets and other public spaces, disseminate
information, and conduct surveys to identify healthy eating options in the
neighborhood.
Project Assistants will also assist in evaluating the success of the
project and the performance of the teen interns.
CENYC is an equal opportunity employer.
Schedule: Monday ? Friday, 10-4PM,
July 5th to August 21st 2007,
To apply: Send cover letter and resume (e-mail preferred) by May
18, 2007 to:
Contact: Lenny Librizzi or David Saphire
Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC)
51 Chambers Street room 228
New York, New York 10007
212-788-7927 / 7930 phone
212-788-7913 fax
llibrizzi at cenyc.org
saphd at yahoo.com
Salary: $18/hour
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Lenny Librizzi
Council on the Environment of New York City (CENYC)
51 Chambers Street room 228
New York, New York 10007
www.cenyc.org
212-788-7927 phone
212-788-7913 fax
llibrizzi at cenyc.org
