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Chapter 5, Section 4:
Internships

Environmental internships are jobs that are meant to teach. Interns work on projects related to their specific interest in order to determine if the activity would be a good career choice. Most internships are for a limited time and usually do not pay a great deal of money. Housing and meals are often provided, and participants live and work with environmental professionals in the field. Internships provide an excellent opportunity to establish long-lasting networks with other students and with career environmental professionals.

The Student Conservation Association has a searchable database that contains Resource Assistant internship jobs, Conservation Associate internships and volunteer opportunities at their web site: www.sca-inc.org/vol/vol.htm Their motto is: “Changing lives through service to nature.”

Other internship web sites include:

• www.thesca.org/ Student Conservation Association's Earth Work Northwest
• www.epa.gov/epapages/epahome/intern.htm Environmental Protection Agency internships.
• www.envirocitizen.org/enet/jobs/ EarthNet internship links.
• http://environment.harvard.edu/lists/archives/envjobs%2Dl/msg02228.html Electronic mail discussion list about environmental internships and jobs.
• www.envirocitizen.org/enet/jobs/index.asp Center for Environmental Citizenship.
• www.colleges.org/~enviro/career/ Associated Colleges of the South has good links.

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Last updated: May 27, 2005