Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory
Site refers to itself as the Earth’s Biggest Environment Search Engine. You can research by topic area including energy, sustainable development, forestry, water resources, wildlife, pollution, arts and more. There is also an employment section.
Careers, Internships, and Scholarships with the EPA
Lists job openings and internships with the EPA. It also provides a link to the U.S. Geological Society website that lists student jobs with USGS.
Cyber-Sierra’s Natural
Resources Job Search
Offers jobs for various environmental fields in non-profit, consulting, government, and education.
Environmental Career Opportunities
Includes job listings sorted by environmental fields and by regions of the US.
Environmental Careers Organization
Founded in 1972, the Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) is a national, non-profit organization that develops professionals for the environmental field through paid environmental internships that provide highly professional, on-thejob learning experiences for bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral students and recent graduates.
Idealist.org
“Action Without Borders” offers a database of over 37,000 non-profit and community organizations in 165 countries, thousands of volunteer opportunities, job opportunities and volunteer work, and the ability for organizations to post job and volunteer opportunities.
Student Conservation Associations (SCA)
Advertises volunteer positions and internships (paid/non-paid) with the SCA. Their program includes conservation internships, positions with AmeriCorps and internships with the Conservation Career Development Program.
US Dept of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division
The Division, which is organized into nine sections (environmental crimes, environmental enforcement, environmental defense, natural resources, wildlife & marine, Indian resources, land acquisition, law & policy, and appellate), has offices in D.C., Anchorage, Boston, Denver, Sacramento, San Francisco and Seattle, and a staff of over 600 people. It currently has over 6,000 active cases, and has represented virtually every federal agency in courts all over the US and its territories and possessions.
Environmental Construction Engineering Architectural Jobs Online
Contains job listings for numerous environmental fields, with the option to post your resume online.
TOP 5 GREEEN INTERNSHIPS
Internship Program for City Youth Organization
212) 381-2186 or email
bgriswold@tnc.org.
Nature Conservancy Students are divided into groups of three and paired with trained mentors for a four-week field season in July, when they live and work on nature preserves. Students assist with land management, educational outreach and scientific research in a safe and supervised natural environment. Students learn about career opportunities in conservation, complete four 40-hour paid work weeks, and visit three colleges.
Bronx Zoo Teaching Fellowships
Spring and fall fellows team teach in onsite school programs for elementary aged children. Spring and fall fellows just be able to work 20 hours a week (mornings) for approximately 18 weeks. Summer fellows work in the Zoo’s camp programs and must be able to work 35 hours a week for 11 weeks.
American Geographical Society Internship Program
(212) 422-5456
Interns are welcome at the AGS at any time of the year, part-time as well as full-time, for a minimum of ten weeks. Most assignments are for work in the AGS office in New York on Wall Street, but there are a few projects that could be carried out elsewhere.
Rainforest Relief Internship
Dozens of intern positions are available organized into four main categories: working directly on Rainforest Wood campaigns; interning with the ForestBanana – Project; research internships; and internships in non-profit administration. Administrative internships are done in the US and can range from helping with outreach to research to bookkeeping.
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
(212) 360-8212
Internships range from administrative to architectural/ engineering, to history/culture, environmental/field work and recreation.
