Green Web Fellowship Program (€6,000 Stipend)

The Green Web Foundation is opened application for the next cohort of Green Web Fellowship: We are seeking five practitioners in digital rights and climate justice who want to build bridges across these movements. Apply today for a paid part-time online fellowship of six months. Successful fellows will be supported in a peer-learning program and deliver a community-based project that contributes to digital rights and climate justice.

Eligibility CRITERIA for Green Web Fellowship

For your application to be considered you should meet the following Criteria successful: 

• Is an active practitioner in the movements for digital rights and/or climate justice and is eager to explore how these movements can learn from and support one another 
• Has a clearly articulated project that i) serves a community that the fellow is a part of and ii) bridges the movements for digital rights and climate justice in a practical way. Some areas for projects could be: open data for climate justice; digital security for environmental land right defenders; digital sustainable infrastructures; fossil-free internet; building open source technology to tackle the climate crisis; combating climate mis- and disinformation; or countering digital and environmental extractivism. 
• Takes action towards more just and sustainable futures, holds collaborative space for their communities, and is dedicated to self reflection in their practice.
• Is affiliated with an organization or works independently

This fellowship is a remote online fellowship, so applications from across the world are welcome.

Program BENEFITS

Fellows receive:

• A stipend of €6,000 to compensate their time
• A project budget available upon request for collaborators, materials, travel and other expenses for the proposed project 
• Mentorship from experienced practitioners in greening the internet, climate justice, digital rights and facilitative leadership

RESPONSIBILITIES

Fellows will:

• dedicate 5 hours a week to their fellowship for 6 months
• design and deliver a fellowship project that contributes to digital rights and climate justice
• participate in weekly cohort calls and regular self-directed learning while documenting their experience in the open
• write monthly blog posts about their experience and learnings during the fellowship

Why Apply 

The purpose of this fellowship is to build bridges across the movements for digital rights and climate justice. Whether you are a technologist, researcher, activist or policy maker: if you are interested in this intersection, and see potentials for a project, this fellowship is for you!

What You Will Do

Fellows will dedicate half a day per week to work on their fellowship project. In weekly cohort calls, they will collaboratively learn from each other; and they will also learn from other practitioners in the field

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Application

Deadline for submission of applications is 31st October 2023

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