Industrial Ecology, Regenerative Design & Strategic Environmental Management Internships

Natural Logic helps companies and communities prosper by embedding the laws of nature at the heart of enterprise. Our Strategic Sustainability™ services turn advanced environmental performance into profit and competitive advantage.

Associates include ecologists, engineers, strategists, planners and change management specialists with a broad range of hands-on business experience.

CURRENT SERVICES ACTIVITIES (partial list)

• Strategic Sustainability™ services
• Environmental Management + Information Systems
• Integrated EcoAudits
• Software development
• "Building the Environmental Economy"
• Research and analysis
• Industrial & Regional Metabolism
• Natural Step™ training
• Green building
• Sustainable design

We are seeking graduate student interns to work as project assistants on software development, client engagements and other projects. Intern projects could include:

• Business development: develop value-based compensation systems; assist in development of internal and external business plan guiding company expansion; develop business systems to streamline operations.
• Software development: assist in continuing development of environmental management software tools, including Business Metabolics™, EcoAudit evaluation and analysis tools, spreadsheet & database tools, templates, charts, reports and macros.
• Data collection, analysis and compilation: collect, compile, and refine ecoefficiency and pollution prevention checklists and tools; collect and analyze client and regional "industrial metabolism" data.
• EcoAudit protocols: ongoing documentation (narrative, process flow diagrams, tables, checklists) of Integrated EcoAudit protocols.
• Industry research: develop industry-specific "best practices" database; develop industry-specific "metabolic efficiency" benchmarks and database.
• Marketing: develop and produce seminar series; develop systematic marketing program; develop syndicated radio program; graphic design and production.
• Web page maintenance: reorganize, annotate, and periodically update Natural Logic web pages to reflect new resources; develop and maintain automatic (or semi-automatic) system for updates and overall Web site management.

BACKGROUND / EXPERIENCE
In general, interns will be expected to be disciplined, responsible and energetic. Specific experience in the following areas would be welcome:

• Business: finance, accounting, operations research, strategic planning, marketing
• Engineering: industrial/mechanical/chemical/environmental engineering
• Computer: Java, SQL, Microsoft Excel, Filemaker Pro, HTML, Frontier, etc.
• Environmental studies: energy & resources, environmental economics

TIMING & COMPENSATION
We are currently offering unpaid internships for spring, summer and fall. Possible compensation for future internships to be determined. Internships "at a distance" are possible for some projects.

CONTACT
Please e-mail your CV/resume--plus a brief description of your project preference(s) and career goals to 'interns' at 'natlogic.com.' (And please make our lives a little easier by naming your files meaningfully -- eg, 'JohnDoeResume.doc' rather than 'resume.doc'.) We'll respond as soon as possible. Thank you.