Minnesota GreenCorps is now recruiting hosts and AmeriCorps members for the upcoming program year.
Minnesota GreenCorps is an AmeriCorps program that the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) started in 2009. AmeriCorps is a national service program that helps communities with a wide variety of challenges. Its goals include reducing solid waste and increasing recycling in communities, reducing greenhouse gases and other air pollutan, reducing storm water runoff and improving water quality, and training new environmental professionals.
In the first four years of the Minnesota GreenCorps program, over 100 AmeriCorps members were placed in positions with cities, counties, school districts, universities and nonprofit organizations. These AmeriCorps members successfully increased recycling and reduced waste at participating sites and K-12 schools, benchmarked energy data and implemented energy-saving measures in government owned buildings, and educated citizens on ways to reduce their impact on the environment. They also mobilized hundreds of volunteers in community service projects that helped improve or protect the environment.
The next Minnesota GreenCorps program year will begin this September. Available positions are in the areas of energy conservation, waste prevention, living green, and green infrastructure. Applications to be a host site are due May 6, and applications to become an AmeriCorps member are due June 7.
For more information on Minnesota GreenCorps, email karen.solas@state. mn.us.
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