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GreenFacts is offering Editorial internships

GreenFacts is looking for interns (stagiaires), either full-time or part-time, to work in the field of communication on environment and health matters or to translate GreenFacts.org into other languages.

A desired candidate should be:

  • Student in a post-secondary institution, preferably related to the fields of Communications, Translation, Sciences or Environment Digests;
  • Skilled with computers and interested in Web design
    (knowledge of DreamWeaver or a willingness to learn);
  • With a good working knowledge of English and preferably French;
  • Interested in sciences and environment & health matters;
  • Capable of creative work in a small but innovative organization.

The experience the interns will be able to gain may include:

  • Editorial experience, i.e. participation in the preparation of clear impartial summaries of scientific consensus documents, providing explanatory glossary definitions, useful links specific to each topic etc.;
  • Multilingual experience, as far as possible, participation in the translation and editing process of other language versions
    (French, Spanish or German);
  • Participation in events, activities and conferences on environmental subjects;
  • Contacts with the different stakeholders of GreenFacts (from the domains of environmental and health non-profit organisations, industry and the academe);
  • Development of Web design skills;
  • Increased knowledge in the science of environment and health matters.

Duration of internship:

  • Typically 2 to 4 months

GreenFacts is a non-profit organization bringing together key players concerned with environment and health matters. It publishes, on GreenFacts.org, factual unbiased summaries of reference scientific documents in a language for the non-specialists, aiming to promote science and objectivity in the debate. The Organization is managed by a small team with offices in Brussels located within walking distance from the North Station.

Contact Ms Stephanie Mantell at