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Welcome to the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute's website!   Celebrating seventeen years of 'connecting people, place and community'.
Our main program areas include Watershed Restoration, Environmental Education, Transportation, Community Food Systems, and Energy.  Check them out!
Find out about upcoming events, links to useful websites, local issues, and answers to some of your pressing questions.
Vist the issues and events surrounding some special places around the palouse...
Make a donation, become a PCEI member, sign up to volunteer, or learn about fellow supporters of this rapidly growing organization! Learn about our history, download and read our past newsletters, and find out about possible internships or job openings. Get directions to our office, or contact our board or staff members.
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2011-2012 Positions currently filled

Click on the "meet our members" tab to the left to learn about our AmeriCorps Members.





The Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute (PCEI) is celebrating 25 years in 2011. Located in Moscow, Idaho, PCEI works on projects in watershed restoration, education, sustainable living and service learning. Through community organizing and education, PCEI assists members of our communities in making environmentally sound and economically viable decisions that promote a sustainable future. PCEI is committed to promoting the ecological health and social welfare of the Palouse-Clearwater region as well as actively participating in the conservation, preservation, and restoration of environmentally sensitive lands, natural areas, and unique ecosystems.

About our AmeriCorps Placement Centers:
The Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute also has an AmeriCorps program that currently serves communities in the Moscow and Lewiston areas as will as the greater Portland region through the confluence Environmental Center. Through 30 partnerships with schools, community-based organizations and government agencies, PCEI addresses critical environmental and equity issues in the areas of healthy watersheds, energy and resource conservation, environmental education and outreach, as well as sustainable community development.

The Confluence Environmental Center (CEC) is a program of the Palouse-Clearwater Environmental Institute (PCEI). The CEC is a new initiative in Portland, OR with a focus on building environmental leadership and catalyzing a healthy and equitable environment for the region.

National and Community Service programs (www.nationalservice.gov) meet critical needs in areas such as education, public safety, health and the environment through partnerships with public agencies, non-profits, faith-based and other local organizations.

About our AmeriCorps Program:
The Confluence Environmental Center was recently awarded a three-year AmeriCorps grant (Fall 2011-2014) through Oregon Volunteers. The grant will deploy and engage twenty AmeriCorps members in three areas: Energy and Resource Conservation, Healthy Watersheds, and Environmental/Garden Based Education, with a focus on engaging low-income and ethnically diverse communities.

What is AmeriCorps?
Launched in 1994, AmeriCorps programs provide opportunities for Americans to make an intensive commitment to service. The AmeriCorps network of local, state, and national service programs engages more than 70,000 Americans in intensive service each year.

AmeriCorps members serve through more than 3,000 nonprofits, government agencies, and schools, helping meet critical needs in education, public safety, health and the environment. Members may tutor and mentor youth, build affordable housing, teach computer skills, restore parks and streams, lead after-school programs, or help communities respond to disasters.



Joining our AmeriCorps Program:
When you choose to participate in one of our AmeriCorps Placement Programs, you become part of a nationwide family of AmeriCorps members, community volunteers, and agencies that are called to action.

Member Benefits:
$12,100 annual stipend (before taxes)
Health Insurance, Child Care and Food Stamps (if qualified)
300 hours of Member Development (i.e. workshops, trainings, volunteering, conferences)
Experience in the field, networking, ample opportunities for professional development
$5,550 Education Award (to use towards repaying a qualified loan or continuing education)



last update: 11/14/2011

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