VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT AND REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS AND
NOMINATIONS
The Sierra Club's Sustainable Planet Strategy Team
(SPST) is currently seeking applications and
nominations to fill up to two vacancies on the
Sustainable Consumption Committee (SCC).
Please review the material below regarding the
mission, projects, qualifications and responsibilities
of the Sustainable Consumption Committee. If you would
like to apply for membership, please send the
completed application by July 25, 2005 to:
Ada Babine [log in to unmask], preferably with a cc to
Michael Beck [log in to unmask] and Sonya Guram
[log in to unmask]
THE DEADLINE TO RECEIVE COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IS JULY
25, 2005.
If you have questions about the work of the Sierra
Club Sustainable Consumption Committee or questions
about the SPST nomination process, contact Michael
Beck, [log in to unmask], (818) 246-3661 (24-hour
phone number. If you have questions about the
appointment process, contact Ada Babine at
[log in to unmask]
MISSION STATEMENT AND GOALS OF THE SUSTAINABLE
CONSUMPTION COMMITTEE
The Sierra Club's Sustainable Consumption Committee
works to educate club members and others on the
relations between individual, household, and
institutional consumption of natural resources and
larger environmental problems and to promote more
environmentally sustainable patterns of consumption.
We believe that consumption must be addressed as an
integral aspect of our efforts to preserve wilderness,
to protect human and nonhuman health, and to create
sustainable human communities.
Our long-term focus is sustainable consumption in
three areas: food and agriculture, energy use, and
forest and wood products. Our current campaign is
the True Cost of Food (TCOF), which advocates shifting
food consumption more towards organic, locally grown,
and plant based (less meat). We plan to use the TCOF
campaign as a template for future work in other areas
of sustainability.
Committee priorities include support for Club
activists working on consumption issues in their local
communities, education about consumption issues, and
networking with other Sierra Club entities. We also
reach out to other organizations concerned about the
link between consumption and environmental
destruction.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS
1. Knowledge of and interest in the relations
between consumption and environmental problems,
particularly related to food and agriculture, energy
use, and forest and wood products.
2. Understanding of the Sierra Club's overall
mission and approach to environmental problems and
experience with the Club's chapter and/or group
structure. Experience with national, regional,
and/or local club campaigns and programs is also very
helpful.
3. Willingness and ability to work cooperatively with
people holding differing perspectives on the best
strategies for the Club to follow.
4. Sufficient flexibility in time commitments to allow
full participation in this committee.
We invite applicants from all parts of the country,
and especially those with strong local connections and
experience, and those with expertise in our target
issue areas (food and agriculture, forest products,
and energy). Sierra Club of Canada members may not
apply.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS:
1. Participate in monthly conference calls.
2. Take on additional tasks such as outreach to and
support of Group and Chapter Sustainable Consumption
Committees, development of educational materials, and
coordinating our website.
3. Attend our annual meeting. (Travel costs will
be reimbursed.)
4. Work collaboratively with other Sierra Club
campaigns and programs on consumption-related aspects
of their target issues.
Note: Members are appointed to two year terms, and are
limited to no more than three consecutive two year
terms without a year off.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Michael Beck, CA (Co-chair)
Sonya Guram, CO (Co-chair)
Gordon LaBedz, CA
Bonnie Lane Webber, NY
Tom Wolper, PA
Joan Zacharias, FL
CORRESPONDING MEMBER:
Diana Artemis, VA
LIAISON FROM SPST:
Ada Babine , CA
TO APPLY TO THE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION COMMITTEE
(SCC)
Send completed form (below) to Ada Babine
[log in to unmask] with a cc to Michael Beck
[log in to unmask] and Sonya Guram
[log in to unmask]
The Subject of your message should be "SCC Application
from (Name)"
PLEASE DELETE ALL TEXT ABOVE THE
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APPLICATION FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION COMMITTEE
(SCC)
1) Name, address, phone(s), e-mail address, and best
times & means to reach you:
2) Sierra Club experience, including length of
membership, volunteer positions held, Sierra Club
campaigns worked on.
3) Other relevant experience and qualifications you
would bring to the committee related to the
qualifications for the Sustainable Consumption
Committee described above.
4) Why do you want to serve on the Sustainable
Consumption Committee?
5) What are your thoughts about the SCC?s Mission
Statement and Goals and the website (
http://www.sierraclub.org/sustainable_consumption ).
When you review the website, please give special
attention to the True Cost of Food campaign .
www.truecostoffood.org
6) Describe your general availability for conference
calls, and regular e-mail contact.
7) Names, phone, and e-mail addresses of two
references, including best times to reach them.
Please include your chapter chair as a reference.
(If you do not know your chapter chair personally,
please provide one more club leader as a third
reference.)
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