Friday, January 22, 2010

For those of you who have worked at the WWF (World Wildlife Fund )?

I am considering working with them part time while I go to college to get my degree and I was wondering: How much do you pay? Are there some conservative Chirstians that work there? What are some Job openings? Whare are you located? Thank you for any info!For those of you who have worked at the WWF (World Wildlife Fund )?
How much you will be paid depends on what you do and how well you do it. I imagine some conservative Christians work at the WWF (why not), but it is not a religious organization. The headquarters are in Washington D.C, but there are also job openings in other locations. See the link for a list of job ads there.For those of you who have worked at the WWF (World Wildlife Fund )?
I work for a major climate change consultancy group and we do some heavy studies for the WWF (in Europe) concerning climate change mitigation.





It麓s a good mix of heavy macro-economics and microeconomics with a lot of energy engineering.





So no conservative christians or not. Faith isn麓t just about it. It麓s all about science and drawing a path for the future.
WWF, like all the big conservation organisations, are the same in that they'll do you head in with their bureaucracies. People who work for conservation organisations are affectionately (or condescendingly, depending on your point of view!) known as ';greenocrats';.





Your religious beliefs should have no influence on the company for whom you work. Anyone who discriminates against you on that basis is acting illegally and are morally corrupt. In the same way, you would be well advised to keep a ';lid'; upon your beliefs as the problems facing the globe transcend all religious and political boundaries.





Get out there and do it for yourself. If you're real about conservation, you'll be wanting to hook up with an on-the-ground activist organisation. If you're in the US, I'd suggest that you get in touch with Earth First! as they're at the cutting edge of forest activism in the US. If you're somewhere else, I'd be happy to help you find a good green organisation.





There's one other thing - and that's the issue of getting a wage from an organisation which has 'devoted' itself to conservation. Most of them rely on public funding; usually in the form of donations. This creates a problem in that MOST of their funds are consumed by employees and little is left to fight the good fight.





I got bitten by the ';green'; bug some 20 years ago and never worked for an organisation. I spent most of the time working as a volunteer activist in the forests...which was incredibly rewarding.





I only left the activism side of things to form a 'green' tourism company - taking people into the forests which we'd been trying to save. Had to leave that behind because a bunch of greedy so-and-so's took it over and I didn't have the energy to bother with trying to wrest control back. I reckon I'll do it again at some stage because it is an amazingly effective tool / way / vehicle for getting significant areas of forest put aside for their values, the least of which is their potential as a place for tourists to ';find'; themselves. It's also a really good selling point!





Like I said, please feel free to contact me if you need any more info!





Love and Light,





Jarrah

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