Business Climate Leaders
Internship Program
Welcome! We are looking for students who are enthusiastic about working for a more sustainable future and who represent the diversity of our nation.
INTERN APPLICATION...apply here
Intern Training Manual...your starting point to BCL
Intern Training Program 2020...schedule and recordings
As an Intern You Will Receive:
Professional mentoring
Business skills including project management, networking and teamwork
Hands on education on climate and corporate advocacy
Understanding how the corporate world operates and how to engage them
Support for college credits, references and future career
Flexibility and independent responsibility
Past Internships Entailed:
Engaging the wind-energy industry in Iowa to influence an Iowa Senator
A research project to determine the effect of the Energy Innovation Act on the electrification of transport
Working on BCL's wine industry campaign across the US
Developing a program to engage farmers and Ag companies
Engaging meteorologists to talk about the impacts of climate
Helping develop a strategy to engage Hispanic businesses
ABOUT US:
Business Climate Leaders (BCL) is an Action Team of Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) working to engage, connect and empower companies to advocate for non-partisan climate solutions, most specifically The Energy Innovation Act. BCL is entirely volunteer driven and one of the most effective advocates for corporate engagement on climate and carbon pricing.
Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL)’s mission is to create the political will for a sustainable climate and to empower individuals to have breakthroughs in exercising their personal and political power. To solve the climate crisis our methods include education on the science, economics, politics, and public awareness surrounding climate change. CCL works by training citizens in the skills needed to affect change. We meet with Congressional leaders, write letters to the editors of national and local newspapers and attend monthly national conference calls. Most importantly we are action-oriented. Our goal is to match what scientists tell us with practical solutions that can be enacted legislatively.