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Environmental Job & Internship Sites

Research environmental career opportunities by exploring these job and internship search sites:

1) General Job Sites
2) General Environmental Job/Internship Sites
3) Environmental Internship Opportunities
4) Climate Change & Energy
5) Conservation/Ecology/Natural Resources/Wildlife
6) CSR/SRI/Sustainable Development/Business
7) Economics/Policy
8) Environmental Consulting
9) Forestry
10) GIS
11) International
12) Planning
13) Water
14) U.S. Government

2. General Environmental Job/Internship Sites

*BlueGreenWorld--Environmental Jobs and Best Practices Search Engines
Action Without Borders / Idealist.org - nonprofit jobs (idealist.org)
*Chronicles Careers: Jobs in Higher Education (chronicle.com/jobs)
*Community Career Center – non-profit jobs (nonprofitjobs.org)
*Cyber-Sierra - environmental, natural resource, ecology (cyber-sierra.com/nrjobs/)
*Earthworks-jobs in environmental sciences (earthworks-jobs.com)
*EcoEmploy (ecoemploy.com)
*EnvironmentalCareer (environmentalcareer.com)
*Environmental Education Directory (enviroeducation.com)
*Environmental Expert (environmental-expert.com)
*HigherEdJobs (higheredjobs.com)
*New England Jobs: Nonprofit Jobs Cooperative (nonprofitjobscoop.org)
*Non-profit Career Network (nonprofitcareer.com)
*North American Association for Environmental Education (eelink.net/eejobsdatabase.html)
*Opportunity Knocks - nonprofit jobs (opportunitynocs.org)
*Orion Grassroots Network (orionsociety.org)
*University of Wisconsin's Environmental Job Website (ies.wisc.edu/alumni/ejo)

3. Environmental Internship Opportunities

The CDO provides a list of environmental organizations and environmental internship opportunity sites to assist our students in searching and locating internships or interest. Many organizations may list paid and unpaid internship offerings. We are listing some sites here, however, that we believe may be helpful to our students who are seeking internship opportunities.

*Alaska Conservation Foundation - Conservation Intern Program (akcf.org)
Internships (generally 12 weeks) in AK available with non-profit groups, agencies, Alaska Native groups, and other interested organizations that have identified assignments complimenting ACF's mission - stipends provided for interns. Must be a U.S. Citizen and currently enrolled in an undergraduate/graduate degree program. Deadlines are usually around early February annually.

*Ceres Summer Internships (ceres.org)
Ceres is a national coalition of investors, public pension trustees, foundations, labor unions, and environmental, religious and public interest groups, dedicated to increasing corporate environmental accountability and usually has multiple summer internship position available in both their Investor Program and Corporate Accountability Program.

*Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program (theihs.org)
The Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program offers internships in Washington, D.C., in the fields of public policy and non-profit management, as well as placements at State-Based Policy Networks across the country. The internship also includes: Career Workshops; Seminars and Speakers; $1,500 Stipend; Housing and Airfare. The deadine is usually January 31st.

*National Academies Christine Mirzayan Internship Program
The Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Graduate Fellowship Program of the National Academies is designed to engage graduate science, engineering, medical, veterinary, business, and law students in the analysis that informs the creation of science and technology policy and to familiarize them with the interactions of science, technology, and government. Winter, summer, and fall fellowships are available with the summer time frame being from June-August (10 weeks). Fellows receive a stipend and the deadline for the summer is usually March 1st.

*Environmental Careers Organization (eco.org)
The Environmental Careers Organization (ECO) is a national, non-profit organization that develops professionals for the environmental field through paid environmental internships at government agencies, nonprofit organizations, and companies across the United States and its territories. The length of these internships can range from three months to two years.

*US EPA Intern Program (epa.gov/ohr/eip)
The EPA Intern Program (EIP) at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is a comprehensive, entry-level, professional, full-time employment and career development program. As a program participant, you will join an intensive two-year program to help you "jump-start" your career and develop your potential for future advancement within the Agency. U.S Citizenship is required. Application materials are made available annually in January with start dates for interns around August.

*Everett Public Service Internship Program (everettinternships.org)
Annual summer internship program lasting 10 weeks where undergraduate/graduate students enrolled in a U.S. institution work on substantive projects in the areas of the environment, social justice, health advocacy, art, education, or social change for one of the organizations affiliated with Everett in either New York City or Washington, DC. Each Everett Intern is given a stipend, and deadlines to apply are usually between March-April.

*Genentech Summer Internship Program (gene.com/careers/college/internships)
The Genentech Internship Program is an intensive 10-12 week program during the summer. Interns participate as members of project teams in research, development, manufacturing or business areas that complement their college curricula with relevant hands-on experience. In the past, F&ES students have interned Genentech working on an Environmental Health and Safety-related project. The application deadline is usually early-mid February (annually).

*International Environment & Development Internships (iedonline.net/jobs_interns)
This is an excellent site to find internships in policy, economics and trade, international development, environment, African-focused issues, and Latin American-focused issues.

*Overseas for Private Investment (OPIC) (opic.gov)
OPIC offers a summer internship program every year where our students typically work in the Office of Investment Policy/Environmental Group. The environmental department looks at the potential environmental impact of the OPIC proposed projects and categorizes them according to severity of impacts.

*Orion Grass Roots Network (orionsociety.org)
The Orion Grass Roots Network is a source for U.S. jobs, internships, and apprenticeships with grassroots organizations working on issues such as conservation, education, social justice, sustainable agriculture, and etc.

*Resources for the Future Summer Internship Program (rff.org)
RFF has annual paid summer internships for outstanding undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of Energy and Natural Resources (ENR), Quality of the Environment (QE), and Risk, Resource, and Environmental Management (RREM). Priority consideration is given to graduate students. The program is open to both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens if enrolled at a U.S. university. Deadlines are usually in mid-March.

*U.S. State Department Summer Internships (careers.state.gov)
The Department is looking for students with a broad range of majors, such as Business or Public Administration, Social Work, Economics, Information Management, Journalism, and the Biological and Physical and Engineering Sciences, as well as those majors more traditionally identified with international affairs. The majority of all internships are UNPAID but Pending the availability of funding, a limited number of PAID internships are available to students who can demonstrate financial need. The application deadline for summer internships is usually November 1st.

*Stone Barns Summer Internships (stonebarnscenter.org) Stone Barns welcomes interns who are dedicated to our mission to celebrate, teach and advance community-based food production and enjoyment. Interns will focus on one component of Stone Barns Center: livestock, four seasons growing, education programs, public programs, or development/nonprofit management. Internships are unpaid.

*Walter O. Spofford, Jr. Memorial Internship Program (rff.org)
RFF offers a paid internship for graduate students with a special interest in Chinese environmental issues to spend time at RFF in Washington, DC. Chinese students are particularly encouraged to apply. Students will earn a stipend and deadlines are usually at the end of February.

*Washington D.C. Internships in Conservation, Policy, Legislation & Law
This is an excellent site to find internships in organizations that work on conservation, policy, legislation & law related issues.

*World Bank Summer Internships (web.worldbank.org)
The Internship Program is open to students who are nationals of the Bank's member countries. To be eligible for the Internship Program, candidates must possess an undergraduate degree and already be enrolled in a full-time graduate study program (pursuing a Master's degree or PhD with plans to return to school in a full-time capacity). The Bank pays an hourly salary to all Interns and, where applicable, provides an allowance towards travel expenses. Most positions are located in Washington, DC. The application period for the Summer Program is December 1 - January 31 each year.

4. Climate Change & Energy Job Sites

* NEW!! Cool Climate Change Jobs (coolclimatejobs.com)
*Clean Air-Cool Planet (cleanair-coolplanet.org)
*Green Energy Jobs (greenenergyjobs.com)
*Professional Energy Jobs (professionalenergyjobs.com)
*Airtricity (airtricity.com/america/careers)
*Alliance To Save Energy (ase.org)
*American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (aceee.org)
*American Wind Energy Association (awea.org/employment)
*BP Global (bp.com)
*British Energy (british-energy.com)
*Cambridge Energy Research Associates (cera.com)
*Center for Resource Solutions (resource-solutions.org)
*Chevron Corporation (chevron.com)
*Chicago Climate Exchange,® Inc. (chicagoclimatex.com/info/careers)
*The Climate Group (theclimategroup.org)
*Climate Investment Network for Carbon Sequestration and Sustainable Energy (CINCS) (cincs.com)
*Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (ctcleanenergy.com)
*Consolidated Edison Company of New York (Con Edison)
*Consumer Energy Council of America (cecarf.org)
*PPM Energy (ppmenergy.com)
*Distibruted Energy Systems, Inc. (distributed-energy.com)
*D&R International (drintl.com)
*Duke Energy (duke-energy.com/careers/search)
*Ecofys (ecofys.com)
*Energy Trust of Oregon (energytrust.org)
*Environmental & Energy Study Institute (eesi.org)
*Evolution Markets LLC (evomarkets.com)
*ExxonMobil (exxonmobil.com)
*Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (ferc.gov)
*GE Energy (gepower.com)
*MidAmerican Energy (midamericanenergy.com)
*National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (nrel.gov/hr/employment)
*New Energy Finance (newenergyfinance.com)
*Northeast Utlities Systems (nu.com/jobs)
*Pacific Gas & Energy (PGE) (pge.com/careers)
*Pew Center for Global Climate Change (pewclimate.org)
*Shell (shell.com)
*Tamarack Energy (tamarackenergy.com)
*The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) (teriin.org)
*Trexler Climate + Energy Services, Inc. (TC+ES) (climateservices.com)
*United Illuminating (resourcehire.com/clients/uinet/publicjobs)

5. Conservation/Ecology/Natural Resources/Wildlife Job Sites

*Alaska Conservation Foundation weekly events on behalf of Alaska Women’s Environmental Network (AWEN), Alaska Center for the Environment (ACE), and Alaska Conservation Alliance (ACA) (akcf.org)
*The Ecological Society of America (esa.org/opportunities)
*Land Trust Alliance (lta.org/resources/ltjobs)
*Massachusetts Land Trust Coalition Newsletter (massland.org)
*Natural Resources Council of America (naturalresourcescouncil.org/jobs/alljobs)
*American Fisheries Society Job Board (fisheries.org)
*The Society for Conservation Biology (conbio.org/Jobs/search)
*Society for Ecological Restoration (ser.org)
*Soil and Water Conservation Society (swcs.org)
*The Conservation Fund (conservationfund.org)
*Conservation International (conservation.org)
*Defenders of Wildlife (defenders.org/employ)
*Ducks Unlimited (ducks.org/jobs)
*Earthwatch Institute (earthwatch.org)
*IUCN The World Conservation Network (iucn.org/en/about/vacancies)
*National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) (npca.org/jobs)
*National Wildlife Federation (nwf.org/careergateway)
*Natural Resources Conservation Science (nrcs.usda.gov)
*The Nature Conservancy (nature.org/careers)
*NatureServe (natureserve.org/aboutUs/jobs)
*Piedmont Environmental Council (pecva.org)
*Pinchot Institute for Conservation (pinchot.org)
*QLF/Atlantic Center for the Environment (qlf.org/employment)
*Rainforest Alliance (rainforest-alliance.org)
*RARE (rareconservation.org)
*Sierra Club (sierraclub.org/jobs)
*The Student Conservation Association (thesca.org/conservation_careers)
*The Trust for Public Land (TPL) (tpl.org)
*Wildlife Conservation Society (wcs.org/careers)
*The Wildlife Habitat Council (wildlifehc.org/about/careers)
*The Wildlife Society (wildlife.org)
*The Wildlife Trusts (TWT) (wildlifetrusts.org)
*World Wildlife Fund (WWF) (worldwildlife.org/about/jobs)

6. CSR/SRI/Sustainable Development/Business Job Sites

*NEW!! Environmental Business Council of New England
*NEW!! Reuters Carbon Market Community Free registration required.
*Boston College's Center for Corporate Citizenship (bcccc.net)
*Business for Social Responsibility (bsr.org/jobs/csr/index)
*CSR Europe (csreurope.org)
*CSRJobs - Opportunities in Corporate Social Responsibility (lifeworth.com/jobs)
*Ethical Corporation (ethicalcorp.com)
*Ethical Performance (CSR & SRI jobs – UK based) (ethicalperformance.com)
*GreenBiz (GreenBiz.com)
*Green Jobs (sustainablebusiness.com/jobs) - Great Site!
*Anavo Group, Inc. (anavogroup.com/employment)
*Arborus Consulting (arborus.ca)
*Canadian Business for Social Responsibility (cbsr.ca)
*Cherokee Investment Partners (cherokeefund.com/careers)
*Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) Ltd (eiris.org)
*FINCA: Village banking (villagebanking.org)
*Forum for the Future (forumforthefuture.org.uk/jobs)
*Future Considerations (futureconsiderations.com)
*Green Century Funds (greencentury.com)
*GreenOrder (greenorder.com)
*ifPeople (ifpeople.net/about/work)
*Innovative Resources Management, Inc. (irmgt.com)
*Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (ires.ubc.ca)
*International Business Leaders Forum (iblf.org/about_us/jobs)
*International Institute for Sustainable Development (iisd.org)
*Investors’ Circle (investorscircle.net)
*J. Ottman Consulting, Inc. (greenmarketing.com/employment)
*SustainAbility (sustainability.com/about/careers)

7. Economics/Policy Job Sites

*American Agricultural Economics Association (aaea.org)
*American Economic Association (aeaweb.org)
*Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) (aere.org/jobs/index)
*Center for Economic and Policy Research (cepr.net)
*Care 2 Politics (movingideas.org)
*Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (oecd.org)
*Women's Environment and Development Organization (wedo.org)
*The Brookings Institution (brook.edu)
*Center for Clean Air Policy (ccap.org/jobs)
*Earthjustice (earthjustice.org)
*Environment Northeast (env-ne.org)
*Environmental Defense (environmentaldefense.org)
*Environmental Law Institute (eli.org)
*Environmental Law & Policy Center (elpc.org)
*Institute for European Environmental Policy (ieep.org.uk)
*League of Conservation Voters (lcv.org)
*National Council for Science and the Environment (ncseonline.org/Jobs)
*Natural Resources Defense Council (nrdc.org)
*Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use (nescaum.org)
*Pacific Institute (pacinst.org)
*Redefining Progress (rprogress.org)
*Resources for the Future (rff.org)
*Rocky Mountain Institute (rmi.org)
*Union of Concerned Scientists (ucsusa.org)
*U.S. PIRGs (pirg.org/jobs)
*World Resources Institute (wri.org)
*Worldwatch Institute (worldwatch.org)

8. Environmental Consulting Job Sites

*Abt Associates, Inc. (abtassociates.com)
*Arthur D. Little (adl.com/careers)
*Arcadis (arcadis-us.com)
*Booz Allen Hamilton (boozallen.com)
*The Cadmus Group, Inc. (cadmusgroup.com)
*Cameron-Cole (cameron-cole.com)
*Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc. (cascadiaconsulting.com)
*CDM (cdm.com/careers)
*CH2M Hill (ch2m.com)
*Clark Group, LLC (clarkgroupllc.net)
*ICF consulting (icfi.com)
*Ecology and Environment, Inc. (ene.com)
*Entrix (entrix.com)
*ENVIRON (environcorp.com/careers)
*Environmental Science Associates (esassoc.com)
*ERM (erm.com)
*First Environment, Inc. (firstenvironment.com)
*Haley & Aldrich (haleyaldrich.com)
*Industrial Economics, Inc. (IEc). (indecon.com)
*Integral Consulting Inc. (integral-corp.com)
*Malcolm Pirnie (pirnie.com)
*McLane Environmental, LLC (mclaneenv.com/career)
*Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants (nbenvironmental.com)
*PA Consulting Group (paconsulting.com)
*PRIZIM Inc. (prizim-inc.com)
*Tetra Tech, Inc. (ttwater.com)
*Weston Solutions, Inc. (westonsolutions.com)
*Woodward & Curran (woodwardcurran.com)

9. Forestry Job Sites

*The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (iatp.org)
*Forestry Careers and Employment (forestryusa.com)
*National Association of State Foresters (stateforesters.org/jobs)
*American Forest & Paper Association (afandpa.org)
*American Forests (americanforests.org)
*American Lands (americanlands.org/employment)
*Casey Trees Endowment Fund (caseytrees.org)
*Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) (cifor.cgiar.org)
*Ecotrust (ecotrust.org)
*The Forest Guild (forestguild.org/employment)

*Greenleaf Forestry and Wood Products, Inc. (greenleafforestry.com)
*Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (lpcorp.com)
*New England Forestry Foundation (newenglandforestry.org)
*Pacific Lumber Company (PALCO) (palco.com)
*Pinchot Institute for Conservation (pinchot.org)
*Rayonier (woodwardcurran.com)
*The Rainforest Alliance (rainforest-alliance.org)
*Treelink (treelink.org)
*Urban Forest Ecosystems Institute (ufei.org)
*Weyerhaeuser (weyerhaeuser.com)

11. International Job Sites

*International Jobs and Internships (ihipo.com)
*DevelopmentEx (developmentex.com)
*Environmental Jobs and Volunteering in the UK (environmentjob.co.uk)
*International Development Jobs (devnetjobs.org)
*Eldis (eldis.org/news/jobs)
*Environmental Jobs Network (Australian) (environmentaljobs.com.au)
*EuroBrussels (eurobrussels.com)
*Foreign Policy Association Job Board (fpa.org)
*International Environment & Development Links (iedonline.net)
*List of Development Organizations
*ACDI/VOCA (acdivoca.org)
*African Wildlife Foundation (awf.org/about/careers)
*ARD (ardinc.com/careers)
*Ashoka (ashoka.org)
*Asian Development Bank (adb.org)
*CARE (care.org)
*Centre for Science and Environment (India-based) (cseindia.org)
*Chemonics International (chemonics.com/career)
*Counterpart International (counterpart.org)
*Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) (dai.com)
*Esquel Group Foundation (Latin America and Caribbean) (esequel.org)
*International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (iclei.org)
*Japan International Cooperation Agency (jica.go.jp)
*Jubilee USA (jubileeusa.org)
*New American Dream (newdream.org)
*Organization of American States (oas.org)
*Winrock International (winrock.org)
*World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) (worldagroforestry.org)
*World Trade Organization (WTO) (wto.org)

12. Planning Job Sites

*NEW! GeographyJobs.com
*American Planning Association (planning.org)
*Planetizen (planetizen.com/jobs)
*AKRF (akrf.com)
*Cannon Associates (cannonassoc.com)
*EDAW (edaw.com)
*Envicom Corporation (envicomcorporation.com)
*Environmental Science Associates (esassoc.com)
*Gannett Fleming (gfnet.com/careers)
*Michael Baker Corporation (mbakercorp.com/careers)
*Parsons Brinckerhoff (pbworld.com)
*PCR Services Corporation (pcrnet.com/careers)
*URS Corporation (urscorp.com)
*Wilbur Smith Associates (wilbursmith.com/careers)

13. Water Job Sites

*American Fisheries Society (fisheries.org)
*American Rivers (americanrivers.org)
*American Water Resources Association (awra.org)
*American Water Works Association (awwa.org/careercenter)
*Aquatic Network (aquanet.com)
*Clean Water Network (cwn.org)
*River Network (rivernetwork.org)
*Water Jobs (bcwaterjobs.com)
*Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fisherman’s Association (ccchfa.org)
*Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education (coreocean.org)
*Deschutes River Conservancy (deschutesrc.org)
*Estuarine Research Federation (erf.org/jobs/jobs)
*International Rivers Network (irn.org)
*Marine Conservation Biology Institute (mcbi.org)
*National Ground Water Association (careers.ngwa.org)
*National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (noaa.gov/jobs)
*NOAA Coastal Services Center (csc.noaa.gov)
*Ocean Conservancy (oceanconservancy.org)
*Oceana (oceana.org)
*SeaWeb (seaweb.org)
*Surfrider Foundation (surfrider.org)
*Waterkeeper Alliance (waterkeeper.org)
*Watershed Agricultural Council (nycwatershed.org)
*Wild Salmon Center (wildsalmoncenter.org/jobs)
*World Water Council (worldwatercouncil.org)

14. U.S. Government Job Sites

*Federal Jobs Digest (jobsfed.com)
*FedWorld (fedworld.gov)
*StudentsJobs (studentjobs.gov)
*United States Federal Government Official Job Site (usajobs.gov)
*Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) (cia.gov)
*Congressional Budget Office (CBO) (cbo.gov)
*CT Department of Environmental Protection (dep.state.ct.us)
*Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) (ferc.gov)
*National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (noaa.gov/jobs)
*National Science Foundation (NSF) (nsf.gov)
*Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) (opic.gov)
*Peace Corps (peacecorps.gov)
*US Agency for International Development (AID) (usaid.gov/careers)
*USDA Forest Service (fs.fed.us/fsjobs)
*US Department of Energy (energy.gov)
*US Department of the Interior (National Park Service, US Fish & Wildlife Service, U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management) (doi.gov)
*US Environmental Protection Agency (epa.gov/careers)
*US General Services Administration (GSA) (gsa.gov)
*US Government Accountability Office (GAO) (gao.gov/jobopp)
*US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) (nrc.gov)
*US State Department (careers.state.gov/student)

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