Links to Environmental Career and Internship Opportunities

Association for Experiential Education 
(AEE) develops and promotes experiential education in all settings.  The Association is committed to support professional development, theoretical advancement, and evaluation in the field of experiential education worldwide. Their site includes a database of jobs within the field of Experiential Education, many with a natural focus.

Campaign to Save the Environment  
Campaign to Save the Environment is a project of the Fund for Public Interest Research, a national, nonprofit organization. We run campaigns with progressive groups like the Sierra Club and the state PIRGs to make an impact on environmental and public interest issues.

CyberSierra's Natural Resources Job Search
Cyber-Sierra's offers a variety of links to job sites related to the field of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, including the government and private sector.

E Jobs-Environmental Jobs and Careers
E-Jobs provides links to environmental opportunities in the USA and Canada. Employment includes careers such as environmental engineers, nature and wetlands scientists, GIS, technicians, chemists, earth sciences / geologists / geotechnical, policy and law, wildlife conservation, planning, education, wastewater treatment and operations, program and project management, etc.

Environmental Careers Bulletin
(ECB) allows you to search their Environmental Job Listings by specifying the fields, states and, time frame. You can also submit your resume to potential employers and request automatic notification of new jobs.

Environmental Careers Organizations
(ECO) is a national, non-profit, educational organization. ECO's mission is to protect and enhance the environment through the development of professionals, the promotion of careers, and the inspiration of individual action. This is accomplished through paid internships, career advice, career products, career conferences, publications, research and consulting.

Environmental Careers World
(ECW) provides a variety of environmental and natural resources job listings, information, and career news.

Environmental Career Opportunities
(ECO) publishes a monthly newspaper with a wide variety of job listings around the United States and a handful of international opportunities. Job listings are divided into the areas of Environmental Advocacy, Environmental Policy, Conservation & National Resources, Environmental Education, Environmental Engineering and Environmental Internships. **There is a cost of about $7.00 an issue.

Environmental Education Link
(EE-Link) maintains a searchable database where they post current Environmental and Outdoor Education positions. Their site also contains grant opportunities and classroom resources for both students and professors.

Environmental Employment Directory 
This directory lists numerous web sites with potential job opportunities in environmentally related fields. Included are links to job banks for the Environmental Protection Agency, Geographic Information Systems, and the National Wildlife Federation.

Environmental Protection Agency
This page provides links to positions, internships, fellowships at the EPA.

Global Volunteer Network
It is a non-profit organization. Volunteers are placed in community projects in China, Ecuador (Amazonian rainforest), Ghana, Nepal, New Zealand (harbour conservation), Romania, Russia, Thailand (wildlife rehabilitation), and Uganda. Volunteers have the opportunity to participate in a variety of educational, environmental and community aid programs.

GreenCorps
Each year Greencorps hires twenty recent college graduates to participate in their one year, full time, paid Environmental Leadership Training Program. GreenCorps prepares their participants to lead social and environmental campaigns, through which they gain valuable leadership and organizing experience.

Idealist
A project of Action Without Borders, Idealist offers a comprehensive list of updated jobs, internships, and consulting opportunities with social and environmental non-profit organizations. In addition, Idealists offers a searchable database of 17,00 organizations in 130 countries, volunteer opportunities world wide, publications, event and training lists.

Jobs in National Parks, Preserves, Monuments, Recreation & Wilderness Areas National Parks
This site provides links to numerous National/ State Park sites that list seasonal job openings at their camps, resorts, parks, and ranches.

Jobs in Sustainable Development
The "SD Gateway Jobs Bank" maintains a searchable database where they post new positions, within and outside of the United States, related to the field of Sustainable Development.

Land Trust Alliance
Offers a listing of  job opportunities with the national land conservation organization and other nation-wide land trusts.

National Wildlife Federation
One of the largest environmental non-profits, NWF has a good selection of job opportunities located in offices around the country.

Southface
The Southface Energy Institute a non-profit organization conducts research, educational programs and technical services involving sustainable energy, technologies, and communities.

Student Conservation Association
(SCA) provided various opportunities to work in the environmental and conservation arenas. Typical opportunities range from expense paid internships, including interpretative services, ecological restoration, endangered species protection, trail building and maintenance, and natural resource management; to one day service events. In addition to opportunities with its program partners, SCA's Earth Work Career Network, including Jobnet and Earth Work magazine, is your introduction to thousands of conservation jobs and internships, with a wide variety of employers. ** There is a cost for using Jobnet and Earthworks.

The Nature Conservancy
This large environmental non-profit lists their job openings by region of the country and often has a variety of interesting opportunities.

Wildlife and Fisheries Jobs
The college of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University has put together a web site with an assortment of employment opportunities within the field of Wildlife & Fisheries and Environmental Sciences.

If you know of any other web sites that should be added to this environmental jobs resource page, please let us know.

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