Ben oversees Green Corps’ outreach to hundreds of college campuses and
student networks to recruit and select the incoming class of Green Corps
organizers. He also coordinates our
online outreach and serves as a trainer for numerous student activist
conferences. While
still a student, Ben served as the Campaign Manager for the Bill Carriss
Campaign for State Senate, where he helped develop the campaign strategy,
implemented organizing tactics, and managed a team of volunteers. With Green Corps, Ben worked with National
Environmental Trust in Columbus,
OH. He helped build the grassroots support needed
to convince the state’s Senators to support the energy bill and increased CAFÉ
standards. Ben also worked on the
Environment America Clean Energy Future campaign and the Campaign to Protect
the Badlands with Oregon Natural Desert
Association. Ben received degrees in
Environmental Studies and Political Science from University of Vermont
in 2007 and graduated from Green Corps in 2008.
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Green Corps was launched by U.S. PIRG in 1992. The mission of Green Corps is to train organizers, provide field support for today’s critical environmental campaigns, and graduate activists who possess the skills, temperament, and commitment to fight and win tomorrow’s environmental battles.
