Avaaz.org CLIMATE ACTION FACTORIES

1st June 2009:

We are currently not accepting applications for the Avaaz Action Factories, as we have already recruited our team.

Applications may be re-opened in August. Please check back here then.

If you would like to contact the Facilitators, please email coor

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1st May 2009:

So you want to be a Youth Climate Fellow in the Action Factory?

We'd love to have you along!

Please let us know who you are by filling out this application form.  (Copy and paste into a word document.) No need to spend hours making it grammatically perfect and stressing about it - keep it brief and send it in ASAP! :)

Once you're done, please read over the Fellowship Agreement and then email the application form and as a word-document to climate@avaaz.org and we'll get in contact with you.

Application form:

Name:
Date of Birth:

Which Action Factory do you want to be part of? Germany (May 18 to August 18) or Washington DC (June 1 to August 31)

Note your availability to live in the action factory during these time periods:

* Please note that the German Action Factory has already opened, as of May 18, but is starting with a small team of 9 Fellows - we are accepting applications on a rolling basis until the 25 Fellowships are filled. Please note the dates when you will be able to join.

Phone:
Email:
Residential address:

Nationality:

Gender:

Other parts of your identity you wold like us to know (race, class, student status, geography, etc.):

Languages spoken/written:

Current Occupation (if any):

Activist skills (Please mark any that are relevant and add a few words of explanation if appicable):

• Communications and messaging

• Spokesperson/Public Speaking

• Media outreach – newspapers, radio, TV etc

• Actions planning and execution - logistics, coordination
  

• Mass mobilisation

• Youth-produced media (blogging, video clips etc)
  

• Graphic design

• Web-design/online skills
  

• Art/painting

• Administration
  

• Music

• Other ___________

Climate Politics knowledge (Mark if relevant):

• Following the UNFCCC negotiations

• EU climate policy

• National climate politics (In which countries/regions?) ______________

• Any key areas of interest/knowledge? _________________________________________

What elements of climate policy are the most important to you?

Briefly outline your experience (if any) in climate activism (Dot points are fine – 100 words max as a guideline).

To what active groups and organisations, from the local level to the international, are you already connected, and how? 

What unique perspective or skill will you bring to the fellowship?

Do you have any experience in group living? 

*Fellows will probably be housed in a bunk room or at least 2 people per room.  We will share all cooking and cleaning responsibilities and will have to agree on how we govern the house/warehouse.

Why are you interested in participating as a Fellow in the Avaaz Youth Climate Action Factory project?

What challenges do you think you will have as an Avaaz Action Fellow?

If accepted as a Fellow, I will sign the Fellowship Agreement : Y/N

Any other comments or things you would like us to know?

Would travel to the fellowship city be a barrier to your participation?  If so, please let us know what your circumstances are and why you will need travel funds. 

*Travel funds are only available to the fellowship location closest to where you live.

Thank you for your interest!!!

"What we do now could determine the fate of billions of people.
These could be the most important years in history."
    - Peter Madden, author of the October 2008 study "Climate Futures"