1 Hotels Fellowship at E2

1 Hotels Fellows will work in partnership with NRDC’s Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2) program to identify pressing environmental issues and needs across the country, and then organize and execute projects that help communicate and amplify the business and economic case for smart policies to address these issues.

Fellowships are restricted to early or mid-career professionals. Fellows will be chosen by a committee of seasoned entrepreneurs and environmental leaders, including members of E2’s national network of business leaders and NRDC’s environmental experts. Some preference may be given to location-specific projects where E2 operates, and to projects that help E2 expand its reach in new regions.

Project Examples:

New projects are encouraged to be creative, but below are some favorite examples:

• Organization & Partnerships
• Organizing business roundtables or other business-focused community events in key states to communicate the economic benefits of regenerative agriculture policies to the public.
• Creating peer-to-peer communications programs for emerging leaders to share ideas about how to push changes in their cities or regions.
• Documenting how local clean energy projects in conservative and politically diverse areas can better cultivate public support for climate action in ways more traditional approaches cannot.
• Research & Publications
  
• Measuring the jobs creation and economic impacts that result from investments in local energy and water infrastructure or climate resiliency programs.
• Creating databases of investments in clean energy, clean water, and related infrastructure and companies in different cities and/or states.
• Creating an online cleantech marketplace for small commercial buildings, connecting eligible energy efficiency and distributed solar projects with qualified energy service contractors and crowd-sourced investment capital.
• Advocacy & Communications
• Addressing the threat of federal budget cuts to programs for cleantech and clean energy innovation by creating a multimedia platform to share the stories of successful environmental entrepreneurs.
  
• Developing of a state-based Clean Energy Leaders group to assist in expanding a vital network of young business leaders and dedicated clean energy advocates who can aid in advocating smart state clean energy policies with lawmakers.
  
• Creating “story banks” and video projects that profile and tell the stories of businesses at the intersection of the environment and the economy and the policies that impact their success.
  
• Designing targeted social media campaigns to communicate the economic benefits of sustainable industries jobs.