Due to its indentured status as a heavily-indebted country and moreover the structural adjustment conditions imposed by its creditors, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the Nicaraguan government has demonstrated a passive complicity with the environmental destruction carried out against its biodiverse territories by foreign interests. In response to the mounting threat against the Nicaraguan environment, the Nicaragua Network has decided to launch an environmental justice campaign which will seek to challenge the US and multinational interests who comprise the threat by educating, empowering, and mobilizing grassroots environmental coalitions in the United States and internationally. Work will include developing effective campaign strategies, compiling informational resources for US activists, communicating with US and Nicaraguan environmental movements to coordinate actions, and planning and implementing direct action and other forms of protests. A minimum commitment of 10 hours a week is necessary. Unfortunately no monetary compensation is guaranteed though a small stipend may be available from the Marsha Burnett Intern Diversification Fund.
Academic credit is also available.
Most importantly, you will gain tremendous experience and networking connections within the US and Nicaraguan environmental movements. The Nicaragua Network is located at 1247 E Street, SE in Washington, DC, two blocks from the Potomac Avenue metro stop.