Internships

Explore opportunities to change the world

We encourage students to work for one of the many companies and organizations that include environmental issues as an important component of their work. Students can pursue an internship anywhere in the world during the summer, and can receive academic credit for a local internship during the fall or spring semesters.

Daniella Smith ‘20 is a 2018 UC Santa Cruz Doris Duke Conservation Scholar. This program is dedicated to the integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of conservation. Daniella spent the summer conducting multiple rapid research studies in a range of UC Natural Reserve ecosystems and National Parks.

Daniella Smith ‘20 is a 2018 UC Santa Cruz Doris Duke Conservation Scholar. This program is dedicated to the integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of conservation. Daniella spent the summer conducting multiple rapid research studies in a range of UC Natural Reserve ecosystems and National Parks.

Internships for Environmental Studies course credit

Students who wish to incorporate experiential learning  directly into their Environmental Studies major or minor can register for a 1-credit, graded internship (ENVS 1901).

Goals

An Environmental Studies internship allows  students to apply theoretical and technical information learned in the classroom by working directly with an organization in an environmental field.

Process

Under the supervision of a faculty sponsor, students are expected to spend 50 hours throughout the semester working on a defined project with an approved outside employer, which may include educational, non-profit, for-profit, and government organizations. Through a midterm check-in with the faculty sponsor, a final paper, and an evaluation from the internship supervisor, the Environmental Studies Internship combines work experience with reflection and critical analysis, providing students an opportunity to gain valuable insights on potential career pathways.

Registration & Evaluation

To register and apply the 1-credit (graded) course to their degree, students must submit an Internship Approval Form, approved by a faculty sponsor and the Director of Environmental Studies to the program office in Devlin 213 or envstudy@xyschool.net.

At the conclusion of the internship, the intern’s supervisor at their placement will complete the Internship Evaluation Form and return it to the faculty sponsor.


List of Recurring Internships


Students  are not limited to programs listed here and are  encouraged to do their own research on possible internships. Please share information about internships you have discovered or participated in by emailing the program office at envstudy@xyschool.net


A Better City

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Urban Planning, climate change resilience


ABM Industries

Location: Seattle, WA
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Corporate sustainability (In-house) and communications


Atlantic White Shark Conservancy

Location: Harwich, MA
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: No
Topics of Interest: Marine conservation, marine wildlife, educational outreach


BC Center for Corporate Citizenship

Location: Chestnut Hill, MA
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Corporate social responsibility


Bethlehem Farm

Location: Alderson, WV
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: YesTopics of Interest: Sustainable agriculture, community outreach, construction


Boyer Sudduth Environmental Consulting

Location: Brookline, MA
Offered: Winter, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Consulting, corporate sustainability


Canopy

Location: Palo Alto, CA
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Urban planning


Ceres

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Corporate sustainability, climate change, energy


Charles River Watershed Association

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Watershed conservation, community outreach, policy


Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Location: MD, VA, PA, D.C.
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Watershed conservation, educational outreach, policy


Citizens’ Climate Higher Education

Location: Remote
Offered: Spring, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Educational outreach, government and policy, carbon pricing


Clean Water Action

Location: CA, CO, CT, D.C., MD, MI, MN, NY, PA, RI, TX, VA
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Government and policy, educational outreach, watershed conservation


Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (Office of Climate Change, Technology & Research)

Location: Hartford, CT
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Energy, conservation, government and policy


Conservation Law Foundation

Location: Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Conservation, policy, law


E2SOL

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Winter, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Energy, infrastructure


Earthjustice

Location: State chapters nationwide
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Law, policy, environmental justice, conservation


Enviromental Defense Fund

Location: Austin, Boulder, Boston, Chicago, Houston, LA, New Orleans, NY, Remote
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Law, policy, conservation


Enviromental Voter Project

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Government and policy, community outreach


Enviroment America / Massachusetts

Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Conservation, climate change, community outreach


Enviromental Protection Agency

Offered: Year-round
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Government and policy, law, resources, conservation


Groundwork Somerville

Location: Charlestown, MA
Offered: At availablity
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Urban planning, community outreach, environmental justice


Indigo Agriculture

Location: Charlestown, MA; Memphis, TN
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Sustainable agriculture


Isle Royal Wolf-Moose Study

Location: Isle Royal National Park, MI
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Wildlife conservation and research


Lake Forest Open Lands

Location: Lake Forest, IL
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Land conservation, community outreach, educational outreach


Massachusetts Clean Energy Center

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Energy, climate change


Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Government and policy, law, energy


Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection

Location: Boston, MA & statewide
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Conservation, policy, environmental justice


Mass Audubon

Location: MA
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: No
Topics of Interest: Wildlife, land and coastal conservation, policy


Nashua River Watershed Association

Location: Groton, MA
Offered: At availability
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Watershed conservation, educational outreach


National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Location: Varied
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Marine conservation and research, resources, policy


National Wildlife Federation

Location: MA
Offered: Spring, Summer Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Marine research and conservation, marine wildlife, educational outreach 


New England Aquarium

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Marine conservation and research, marine wildlife, educational outreach, marine animal husbandry


New England Coastal Wildlife Alliance

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Marine conservation and research, marine wildlife, educational outreach, marine animal husbandry


New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission

Location: CT, ME, MA, NH, NY, RI, VT
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Watershed conservation, policy


New Entry Sustainable Farming Project

Location: Beverly, MA
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Sustainable agriculture


North and South Rivers Watershed Association

Location: MA
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Watershed Conservation, marine conservation


Northeast Clean Energy Council

Location: Somerville, MA
Offered: Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Energy, business


Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts

Location: Florence, MA; remote
Offered: At availability
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Agriculture, policy


NYC Department of Environmental Protection

Location: NYC
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Government and policy, water


Pennypack Farm and Education Center

Location: Horsham, PA
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Sustainable agriculture, educational outreach


Santa Clara Valley Water District

Location: San Jose, CA
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Watershed conservation, infrastructure, policy


Save the Bay

Location: Providence, RI
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Conservation, climate change, clean water


Sierra Club

Location: Boston, DC, San Francisco (Local chapters in every state)
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Conservation, environmental justice, policy


Small Planet

Location: Cambridge, MA
Offered: Spring, Fall
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Policy, community outreach


Soul Fire Farm

Location: Rensselaer County, New York
Offered: At availability
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Sustainable agriculture


Sustainable Harvest International

Location: Boston, Central America
Offered: At availability
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Sustainable agriculture, rural climate change resilience


The Island School

Location: Eleuthera, The Bahamas
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Marine conservation, sustainable agriculture, educational outreach


The Nature Conservancy

Location: Varied
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Conservation, government and policy


U.S. Department of Agriculture

Location: Varied
Offered: Spring, Summer, Fall, Year-round
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Unknown
Topics of Interest: Agriculture, government and policy


Vineyard Power

Location: Martha's Vineyard, MA
Offered: Summer
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Energy, community outreach, policy


World Wildlife Fund

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Summer, Fall, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Wildlife conservation, climate change, policy


Zoo New England

Location: Boston, MA
Offered: Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
Have ENVS Students Gone Here?: Yes
Topics of Interest: Wildlife conservation, animal husbandry, educational outreach