What is the HLS Green Living Program?
The Harvard Law School (HLS) Green Living Program is in its seventh year (2011-2012) as a peer-to-peer education program that promotes sustainable living in the Harvard Law School dorms. Six Green Living Representatives connect with fellow residents about energy and water conservation, recycling, and waste reduction through activities and information sharing. They also suggest infrastructure and policy improvements that will remove barriers to student conservation.
The program is supported by the HLS Facilities Management and is coordinated through the Office for Sustainability. Visit the Green Living Program section of the HLS Sustainability web site for information about the 2011-2012 Green Living Program and student Reps.
Apply to be a Green Living Representative!
Join a team of HLS students working to engage dorm residents and the entire student community in Harvard’s Greenhouse Gas Commitment and Sustainability Principles. Green Living Program Representatives (Reps) work through peer-to-peer education to encourage energy conservation, water conservation, recycling, and waste reduction. Four students are Residence Reps (for the Gropius complex, Hastings, North, and the HLS Apartments) and two At-Large Reps work specifically on student-wide and administrative projects.
| Application Deadline | 11:59 PM, Sunday April 30, 2012 |
|---|---|
| Hours per week | 3 (average) |
| Pay | 18$/hr |
Download the application here.
Please email completed application to HLS Sustainability Engagement Manager Kate Cosgrove, kathryn_cosgrove@harvard.edu by 11:59 PM, Sunday April 30, 2012.
FAQs
What do Reps do?
Life as a Rep varies a lot from week to week. Activities include hosting study breaks and other events (film screenings, workshops, etc), developing and sending e-mails to residents, tabling in the Hark, attending bi-weekly meetings, postering, meeting with members of the HLS administration, and developing materials for campaigns or administrative projects. Reps take part in move-in events, conduct semi-annual Waste Audits, and run the HLS Earth Day Fair. There will also be opportunities for you to develop and implement independent dorm or HLS wide sustainability projects of your own choosing.
What if I am not sure if I can always devote 3 hours a week to Green Living work?
Work loads vary from week to week; often Reps work less than 3 hours, and sometimes more in preparation for large events such as Earth Day. Outside of a biweekly hourly meeting, much of the work of being a Rep is done on a Rep’s own time.
What are start and end dates for this job?
Work typically begins during student move-in in the fall, and is mostly completed by the beginning of exam period, although a few move-out efforts continue through spring move-out.
Sounds great. How do I apply?
To apply, fill out the above application and email it to HLS Sustainability Engagement Manager Kate Cosgrove, kathryn_cosgrove@harvard.edu by 11:59 PM, Sunday April 30, 2012. Interviews, which can be conducted by phone, will take place soon after.
Calling all members of the JD Class of 2015!
We are looking for members of the JD Class of 2015 who are interested in becoming 1L Green Living Section volunteers; please contact us in late August or September 2012 at sustainability@lists.law.harvard.edu if you are interested in helping spread the word about Green Living efforts to your section!
Other questions about Green Living? Contact sustainability@lists.law.harvard.edu.
