*Global CA-CoP* *CONSERVATION AGRICULTURE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE*
*for sustainable agriculture and land management*
Dear Subscribers,
Please see herebelow a self-explanatory message from Chad Frischmann,
Vice-President and Research Direct, Project Drawdown regarding the latest
Fellowship opportunity at Project Drawdown. Chad has indicated that they
are still open to receiving more applications.
Apologies for any cross-posting
*Amir Kassam *
*Moderator*
*Global CA-CoP*
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*Conservation Agriculture is an ecosystem approach to regenerative
sustainable agriculture and land management based on the practical
application of context-specific and locally adapted three interlinked
principles of: (i) Continuous no or minimum mechanical soil disturbance
(no-till seeding/planting and weeding, and minimum soil disturbance with
all other farm operations including harvesting); (ii) permanent
maintenance of soil mulch cover (crop biomass, stubble and cover crops);
and (iii) diversification of cropping system (economically, environmentally
and socially adapted rotations and/or sequences and/or associations
involving annuals and/or perennials, including legumes and cover crops),
along with other complementary good agricultural production and land
management practices. *
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From: Chad Frischmann <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 19:53
Subject: New opportunities at Project Drawdown
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
I am writing to tell you about the latest fellowship opportunities at
Project Drawdown!
Over the past six years 80+ researchers from around the world have taken
part in the Drawdown Research Program. Together this global team developed
integrated global models and assessments of the world’s most effective
climate solutions and determined if, when, and how the world can reach
“drawdown,” the point in time when the concentration of atmospheric
greenhouse gases begins to decline on a year-to-year basis. This work was
featured in the 2017 New York Times bestseller *Drawdown*, and most
recently in the 2020 publication of *The Drawdown Review*. See our website
at https://www.drawdown.org/ for the latest results.
As our research continues to expand in scope and depth, we are recruiting
more sector experts and data modelers to contribute to the ongoing
research. This year we are targeting our recruitment efforts to bring on up
to 5 new fellows to the team in the following solution areas: Health &
Education, Food Systems, Avoided Methane, Transportation, and Engineered
Sinks.
*We are asking for your assistance in recruiting the right candidates to
fill these roles. *If there are specific individuals who you think might be
the right candidates for our fellowships, we would appreciate your direct
recommendations. Details about the research program and these
opportunities, can be found on the Project Drawdown website
https://www.drawdown.org/programs/drawdown-research.
*Please feel free to forward the information below to colleagues, graduate
students, or others in your network who might be interested and qualified.*
Thank you for any assistance with this. I look forward to your reply.
Best wishes,
Chad Frischmann
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*Chad Frischmann* • Vice President & Research Director
Drawdown.org <https://www.drawdown.org/> • @ProjectDrawdown
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*PROJECT DRAWDOWN*
*The world's leading resource for climate solutions.*
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*FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT:*
*Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world
reach “Drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases
in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.* Since the
2017 publication of the New York Times bestseller Drawdown, the
organization has emerged as a leading resource for information and insight
about climate solutions. Cities, universities, corporations,
philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more
turn to Project Drawdown, as they look to advance effective climate action.
We aim to support the growing constellation of efforts to move climate
solutions forward and move the world toward Drawdown—as quickly, safely,
and equitably as possible
After three years of research and analysis, we published the *New York
Times* bestseller, *Drawdown: The most comprehensive plan ever proposed for
reversing global warming*. The book was the #1 best-selling environmental
book of 2017, and is being translated into ten languages. The research
within this book has influenced university curricula, city climate plans,
commitments by businesses, community action, philanthropic strategy, and
more. In March 2020, we published the Drawdown Review (click here to access
<https://www.drawdown.org/?inline=true#colorbox-content>). The Drawdown
Review is our organization’s second seminal publication and the first major
update to our assessment of solutions to move the world toward
“Drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the
atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline.
As the Project Drawdown research continues to expand in scope and depth, we
are recruiting more sector experts and data modelers to contribute to the
ongoing research. To assist us in these efforts, we are recruiting up to
five additional Research Fellows (more details below).
*Detailed information and application instructions for all Fellowships can
be found on our website: *
https://www.drawdown.org/careers/research-fellowship-program
*Research Fellowship*
*(For current post-graduate students and alumni, post docs, professionals
with five or more years in their subject area)*We are looking for fellows
with knowledge and expertise in the following areas:
· *Avoided Methane:* technologies or agricultural practices that
reduce methane from entering the atmosphere.
· *Health & Education*
<https://www.drawdown.org/sectors/health-and-education>: rights-based
solutions that can reduce estimated future demand through access to health
resources and education.
· *Demand-Side Food Systems*
<https://www.drawdown.org/sectors/food-agriculture-land-use>: supply-chain
solutions that prevent food loss and waste from occurring; and, shifts in
diets and behaviors that limit the production and consumption of
high-emitting commodities.
· *Engineered Sinks*
<https://www.drawdown.org/sectors/engineered-sinks>: technological
solutions that sequester carbon from atmosphere.
· *Transportation*
<https://www.drawdown.org/sectors/transportation>: mobility
solutions that reduce fuel combustion and/or reduce demand from passengers
and shipping.
*Drawdown research fellows will analyze solutions, drawing upon their years
of advanced study, experience, and their backgrounds.* They will review
extensive literature and data describing the potential scale, impact, and
cost of each technology or practice they are assigned to investigate. They
will then build analytical models to estimate how many gigatons of carbon
dioxide (or equivalent amounts of other greenhouse gases) a given solution
could avoid and/or remove over time, as well as the cost of implementing
and operating it.
We provide Drawdown Fellows with speaking and professional development
training during the fellowship period and continue to offer resources,
connections, and opportunities for Fellows to become spokespeople and
change agents in the drawdown solutions movement.
The 2020 Research Fellowship program is a full-time or part-time, six-month
commitment running from November 1, 2020 – May 31, 2021.
Click here to learn more about the Research Fellowship and apply
<https://www.drawdown.org/careers/research-fellowship-program>.
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