Jess, our first intern, is first up this week in the blog relay - a whistle-stop tour of Greenpeace staff here in the UK. Click here to catch up on the other entries.
Like many of you exploring the Greenpeace website, I have been concerned about environmental issues from a fairly young age. I have my parents to thank for that. But I've never been 100% sure exactly what I want to do about it. So when I graduated last year I decided as good a place as any to start was to look for some internships, to get an idea of what kind of jobs are out there. So here I am - an intern at Greenpeace. Their first one in the UK no less.
I work in the Policy and Solutions department. It's difficult to say in a few sentences exactly what I do as I don't have a definitive job title, but I spend most of my days trying to keep tabs on our lovely politicians. Not always a very inspiring task, but important nonetheless. I monitor what goes on in parliament, keep an eye on submissions for committee inquiries and generally try to avoid the usual scandalous decisions slipping under the proverbial political radar.
One of those infamous sayings that has stuck with me in life is ‘you must be the change you want to see in the world'. It seems to encapsulate the small scale change motto. The faster the climate crisis approaches, the more certain it becomes that larger change needs to be made to have any great affect. But working here has shown me that the efforts of a few can create the right kind of action. So here I am, trying to be, and hoping soon we will start, erm, seeing.
So for any of you keen to get involved, an internship at Greenpeace comes highly recommended.
