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2017
SESSIONI
June24–July14
SESSIONII
July16–August5
“JuniorFellow”
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International Service-Learning
Enroll in the Renewable Nations Summer Institute and earn distinction by
representing your country of origin as a United Nations Sustainable Energy
for All (SEforALL) Junior Fellow.
Here is how it works:
•  You start your journey as a “Pledge Candidate” at a 3-week intensive
program at Norwich University in the beautiful Green Mountains of
the State of Vermont.
•  While at the Institute, you will choose an area of study: i.e. Sustainable
Energy Development, Climate Science, International Public Policy,
Environmental Economics . . . and more!
•  You will acquire knowledge and skills in Systems Dynamic Modeling,
Geospatial Analysis, Earth Systems Science and/or Sankey Macro
Analysis of national energy systems, etc.
•  Upon completion of a summer term, you will be designated a “United
Nations SEforALL Pledge Candidate” and commit to a minimum of
160 hours of community service during the school year.
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Sustainable Energy for All
The primary goals of the United Nations SEforALL Initiative are to: (1)
Achieve universal energy access; (2) Double annual global investments in
energy efficiency; and (3) Double world production of renewable energy.
Benefits of Becoming a Junior Fellow
•  Upon completion of community service, you will be awarded with the
title “United Nations SEforALL Junior Fellow,” and you will be
provided with an Institute-generated Service Portfolio and Letter of
Recommendation for admission to a U.S. college or university.
•  Your designation as a United Nations Sustainable Energy for All
Junior Fellow will be recognized internationally, and will distinguish
you throughout your academic and professional career.
Apply to the Renewable Nations
Summer Institute
TODAY!
learn more online at:
http://www.renewablenations.us
COMMITMENT TO SERVICE
Your Service Mission
Pledge Candidate Commitment
More than one billion people worldwide have no access to electricity. In
Sub-Sahara Africa alone 90% of schools lack access to power. Energy
poverty limits economic development and traps millions of people into
extreme poverty. In the wake of the historic Paris Agreement, your service
mission as a United Nations SEforALL Pledge Candidate is to motivate
your school and community to support actions that lead the world on a
pathway to stabilize Earth’s climate while lifting billions of people out of
energy poverty by delivering the promise of Sustainable Energy for All. The
Institute will support your every step to achieve success and become a
United Nations SEforALL Junior Fellow. Make your pledge today!
SEforALL Pledge Candidates are probationary Junior Fellows and agree to
a minimum of 160 hours of community service during the school year.
Community service activities may include, but are not limited to, providing
leadership on school- and community-based outreach designed to
encourage multi-stakeholder engagement in the goals and objectives of the
SEforALL Initiative. Pledge Candidates are expected to develop an online
portfolio on their Service-Learning activities throughout the commitment
term. Candidates completing community service are awarded designation
as a Junior Fellow and may be eligible to earn advanced placement college
credits through Norwich University upon completion of a 2nd summer term.
Certificate in Sustainable Energy
Development
One-Year Undergraduate Residency
Undergraduate Work-Learning-Service
High school graduates and currently enrolled undergraduate students that
successfully complete the Summer Institute in good standing may apply for
enrollment in a one-year, credit-bearing Certificate in Sustainable Energy
Development as Undergraduate Junior Fellows In-Residence.
(i) 
Undergraduate residencies are conducted off-campus at locations to be
determined based upon Work-Service-Learning engagements of the
Institute. Locations may be domestic and/or international, and will be
announced prior to the beginning of each academic year. All Junior Fellows
In-Residence will participate in Work-Learning-Service internships.
(ii)  Interns provide SEforALL member nations and their affiliated public
and private stakeholders with technical assistance and human
capacity building services for transparent, inquiry-based predictive
modeling, decision support and investment-grade project proposals for
national-scale transition planning to a low-carbon economy.
Interns provide an integrated set of Commitments and Deliverables in
Enabling Action Areas in Energy Planning and Policies, and in
Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing, to 81 low- and mediumincome member nations of the United Nations; and
MAKE YOUR RESERVATION ONLINE TODAY
Complete applications will be available online beginning January 1, 2017
Sustainable Energy for All
Renewable Nations Institute
Norwich University
The SEforALL Initiative is a collaboration among
The Institute operates under a “Work-College” model
Founded in 1819, Norwich University is a private, non-
(U.S. Department of Education Title 34, Subtitle B,
Chapter VI, Part 675, Subpart C, §675.41), which
profit educational institution and home to the first
collegiate civil engineering program in the United
requires at least one-half of all students who are
enrolled on a full-time basis to participate in a
States. Norwich University, accredited by the
Northeast Association of Schools and Colleges
comprehensive Work-Learning-Service program for at
(NEASC) Commission on Institutions of Higher
least five hours each week, or at least 80 hours during
each semester of enrollment. The Institute is a
Education (CIHE) is ranked 80th in the Regional
Universities (North) category by U.S. News & World
commitment of service to the UN SEforALL Initiative.
Report (2016).
government, industry, academic and civil society
stakeholders working in partnership with the United
Nations to stimulate a global transition to a lowcarbon economy; and a USD 1 trillion investment
program of the United Nations (UN) established by
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to stimulate USD 1.3
trillion annually in new investments in energy
efficiency and renewable energy through 2030.
learn more online at:
http://www.renewablenations.us