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<h2>Internships and Employment</h2>
<p>Internship and employment opportunities appropriate for a college student to start a career in sustainability are available from a wide variety of sources in Wisconsin and across the United States. There are certainly many more out there that can be revealed with some careful searching and networking, but this page is dedicated to trying to bring as many of these opportunities together for students at UW-Whitewater to find what matches their interest or major and get started.</p>
Sustainability Office Internships
<p>The Sustainability Office offers a variety of paid and unpaid internships every semester in areas that address various aspects related to campus sustainability. Students are hired to work on the Engagement Team or Operations Team to collaboratively work on various projects in those areas. New positions are typically posted in November and August each year for hiring to work the following semester. Most of our interns end up working at least the full academic year on a paid basis. For current listings, please visit <a href="https://www.uww.edu/career-and-leadership-development/career-resources/handshake" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Handshake </a>and search "Sustainability" for jobs listed under Facilities Planning and Management, our home department.</p>
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Green Job Boards and Resources
<p><a href="https://bulletin.aashe.org/posts/job/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">AASHE Bulletin job postings</a> - Find a career in campus sustainability with postings from a variety of higher education institutions.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bwork.com/cm/candidate/search_jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">B Work</a> - The vision of B Work is to make it easy (and eventually automatic) for purpose-driven jobseekers and employers to find each other. This will make the attraction of great talent into such a competitive advantage for social enterprises that it becomes a magnet for more companies to measure their impact, and join our movement.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.backdoorjobs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Back Door Jobs - </a>Are you looking for opportunities to work, travel, play, live, learn, help, create, experience and grow? Come explore, dream, discover, do and thrive with Backdoorjobs.com! This job board highlights short-term "job adventures."</p>
<p><a href="https://www.pdx.edu/careers/careers-sustainability" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Careers in Sustainability-Portland State</a> - Comprehensive review of sustainability career options, with a focus on positions in the Portland or Oregon area.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.conservationjobboard.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conservation Job Board</a> - The world’s largest and most-visited career website in conservation, ecology, forestry, wildlife, and fisheries.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dayawaycareers.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dayaway Careers</a> - Dayaway is a renewable energy jobs board, networking platform and resource center helping college students and recent graduates find renewable energy jobs.</p>
<p><a href="https://environmentalcareer.com/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Career</a> - <span>The Environmental Career C</span><span>enter provides employers and job seekers with comprehensive career, and staffing services in the environmental, sustainability, natural resources, energy, and green jobs sectors.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ecojobs.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Career Opportunities (ECO)</a> - Features a email newsletter delivering hundreds of current jobs every two weeks.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://eeinwisconsin.org/core/item/topic.aspx?s=0.0.16.2209&tid=80300" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Education Jobs in Wisconsin</a></strong> - Positions offers throughout Wisconsin with a focus on environmental education, but varous other opportunities are available.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/greendreamjobs/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green Dream Jobs</a> - If you want your work to be green, you’ll find all kinds of green jobs here, from renewable energy jobs to green building jobs, organic industry jobs, policy, planning and scientific jobs that restore our natural resources.</p>
<p><a href="http://wisconsin.greenjobs.net/milwaukee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green Jobs Network</a> - This is a listing of resources to assist job seekers who are looking for jobs or careers in Milwaukee that focus on social or environmental responsibility. </p>
<p><a href="http://jobs.greenbiz.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GreenBiz Green Jobs and Sustainability Careers Center</a> - A business-focused website with relevant career paths highlighted in their Career Center.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.idealist.org/en/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Idealist</a> - C<span>onnected more than 130,000 organizations with tens of millions of people: posted close to a million jobs and hundreds of thousands of internships and volunteer opportunities; organized more than 250 graduate-school fairs; and built a grad-school directory to help people advance their social impact career.</span></p>
<p><a href="https://www.ihireenvironmental.com/t-environmental-s-wisconsin-c-madison-jobs.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">iHireEnvironmental</a> - This page targets jobs in the Madison area, but other opportunities are available nationally.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=sustainability&jt=internship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Indeed.com - Sustainability Internships</a> - One of the largest and most popular job boards has a number of options for sorting for entry-level or internships in sustainability.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.internships.com/environmental/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Internships</a> - Chegg Internships can help you locate an internship in a variety of career paths and geographical areas.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.jobsinmadison.com/j/c-Environmental-and-Natural-Resources-l-Madison,-WI-jobs-c1471.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JobsInMadison</a> - You can seek positions in "Environmental and Natural Resources" in the Madison area.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/sustainability-internship-jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LinkedIn - Sustainability Internships</a> - This professional social media site allows you to set up a profile as an "online resume" and see a wide variety of positions.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.milwaukeejobs.com/j/c-Environmental-and-Natural-Resources-l-Milwaukee,-WI-jobs-c1471.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MilwaukeeJobs</a> - You can seek positions in "Environmental and Natural Resources" in the Milwaukee area.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.monster.com/jobs/search?q=sustainability&where=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Monster</a> - One of the original job boards can help you find jobs for a variety of keyword and location searches.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://nelson.wisc.edu/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nelson Institute Job Board</a> - </strong>You can also sign up for a weekly email with the latest job postings by sending a blank message to nelson-envirojobs+subscribe@g-groups.wisc.edu. Emails are sent at noon every Monday.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.netimpact.org/jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Net Impact</a> - <span>Net Impact has grown a </span>grassroots, global movement of students and emerging impact leaders<span> who want to use their skills to make a positive impact for people and planet.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.backdoorjobs.com/environment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Outdoor and Environmental Education Jobs</a><span> </span>- Many of these jobs are for positions at camps and education centers. If you enjoy working with kids and love to do all sorts of outdoor activities, these jobs are for you.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.simplyhired.com/browse-jobs/titles/E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">SimplyHired</a> - This job board allows you to use various keywords related to "Environment" to find possible postings.</p>
<p><a href="http://sustainableaged.org/resources/job-listings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sustainable Agriculture Education Association Job Board</a> - SAEA is dedicated to the promotion and development of sustainable agriculture education. One way to accomplish this is to provide resources for people seeking positions in this field. </p>
<p><a href="https://www.usajobs.gov/Search?keyword=%27national%20park%20service%27" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USA Jobs - National Park Service</a> - Find a rewarding career working for the National Park Service here.</p>
<p><a href="https://sustainability.wisc.edu/jobs-and-internships/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UW-Madison Office of Sustainability</a> - The Office of Sustainability provides information about sustainability jobs and internships in the Madison area and across the country. Students, faculty, staff, and members of the larger community are encouraged to use the jobs page to find opportunities to engage in sustainability through work experience.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr-ap/schmeeckle/Pages/about/Jobs/interp.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UW-Stevens Point Environmental Education & Interpretation</a> - </strong>The following is a list of current job opportunities in wildlife education, environmental education, and interpretation sent to the College of Natural Resources. Experience is the number one characteristic employers are looking for when hiring in this field. These opportunities build off your college coursework, providing the real life experience needed to find a job after graduation.<strong><br /></strong></p>
<p><a href="https://www.wayup.com/s/internships/environment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wayup.com - Environmental Internships</a> - The phrase “change the world” is thrown around a lot, but with environmental internships, you really can do just that. And there’s no requirement as to a specific major: anyone can help save the planet. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.wnpj.org/jobs-view" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin Network for Peace, Justice & Sustainability</a> - Work for peace and justice! Here are some of the job opportunities we've heard of. Job notices are posted as they are received, and this list will be updated about once a week, so please check the application deadline before applying.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.workforgood.org/jobs/environment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Work for Good</a> - <span>Since their founding in 1999 as Opportunity Knocks, this is one of the first job boards focused exclusively on mission-driven careers in the non-profit realm that have worked with more than 30,000 organizations find the talent they need. </span></p>
National Environmental Organizations
<p><a href="http://www.usaconservation.org/apply/application/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Conservation Experience</a> -<a href="http://www.usaconservation.org/apply/application/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span> </span></a>ACE offers four programs to provide a range of experiences and entry points for volunteers: Conservation Corps, Conservation Volunteers, Emerging Professional Internship Corps (EPIC), and Corporate Volunteers.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.bsr.org/en/careers/job-openings" target="_blank" rel="noopener">BSR</a> - O<span>rganization of sustainable business experts that works with its global network of the world’s leading companies to build a just and sustainable world.</span></p>
<p><a href="http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Wildlife and Fisheries </a>- Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences Job Board</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://elpc.org/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Environmental Law and Policy Center</a> -</strong>Public interest environmental legal advocacy and eco-business innovation organization that develops strategic advocacy campaigns to improve environmental quality and protect our natural resources.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.nwfecoleaders.org/careercenter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Wildlife Federation's EcoLeaders Career Center</a> - Learn more about how to plan for a career in sustainability in a variety of career sectors and sign up for their newsletter to receive recent job postings.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thesca.org/serve/program/join-nature-conservancys-globe-program" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Nature Conservancy's GLOBE Program</a> - Growing Leaders On Behalf of the Environment (GLOBE) Program offers students summer internships working for one of the field's top organizations.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.pacificforest.org/about-us/careers/?gclid=CN2Vm_S44NACFVqewAodu-MGTA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pacific Forest Trust</a>- To sustain America's forests for their public benefits of wood, water, wildlife, and people's well-being, in cooperation with landowners and communities.</p>
<p><a href="http://powershift.org/jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Power Shift Network</a>- The Power Shift Network mobilizes the collective power of young people to mitigate climate change and create a just, clean energy future and resilient, thriving communities for all.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thesca.org/serve/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Student Conservation Association (SCA)</a><span> </span>- Join conservation leaders through hands-on service to the land. Explore green career opportunities through individual internships, team based projects, and special programs.</p>
<p><a href="http://sustainabilityleads.com/new-sustainability-jobs-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sustainability Leads</a> - A job board that highlights a wide variety of positions, but without dates or details. The links that point to various organization website career pages that may have other positions related to sustainability.</p>
Wisconsin Environmental Organizations
<p><strong><a href="http://aldoleopoldnaturecenter.org/get-involved/internship-opportunities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Aldo Leopold Nature Center </a>-</strong><span> </span>Aldo Leopold Nature Center offers many opportunities for meaningful internships for a semester, summer or longer time frames.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.cleanwisconsin.org/about-us/employment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clean Wisconsin</a> - </strong>Clean Wisconsin's mission is to protect and preserve Wisconsin's clean water, clean air, and natural heritage.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.rootedwi.org/engage-with-us/careers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Community GroundWorks</a>- Community GroundWorks is a nonprofit organization that connects people to nature and local food.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://gatheringwaters.org/gathering-waters-jobs-list" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gathering Waters</a> - </strong>Wisconsin's Alliance for Land Trusts' mission is to help land trusts, landowners and communities protect the places that make Wisconsin special.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.leonardoacademy.org/about/programs/interns-fellows-program.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Leonardo Academy</a> -<span> </span></strong> Leonardo Academy is a charitable 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing sustainability by leveraging innovative tools and information to motivate the competitive market.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/education/mackenzie/internship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MacKenzie Center Internship Program</a><span> </span>- </strong>The MacKenzie Center,just 25 miles north of Madison, is a diverse environmental education and outdoor skills center with a remarkable conservation history.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://madisonaudubon.org/employment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madison Audubon</a> - </strong>Each summer, Madison Audubon Society hires paid interns seasonally for youth education programs and restoration ecology work.</p>
<p><a href="https://madsewer.applicantpro.com/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District</a>- A passionate team of experts who work to recover resources and clean wastewater for return to nature 365 days a year through our innovative engineering, conservation leadership, and recovery expertise.</p>
<p><a href="http://midwestadvocates.org/about/jobs-volunteers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Midwest Environmental Advocates</a> - We specialize in Clean Water Act enforcement, leveraging our expertise with science, the law and effective communication to mobilize communities, inform public policy and protect healthy water.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://mosesorganic.org/farming/job-postings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service</a> -<span> </span></strong>MOSES is a nonprofit organization that promotes organic and sustainable agriculture by providing the education, resources and expertise farmers need to succeed.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mmsd.com/careers/careers-home" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District</a>- MMSD is a regional government agency that provides water reclamation and flood management services in the Greater Milwaukee Area. We serve 411 square miles that cover all, or segments of, six watersheds.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/about/#employment" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Milwaukee Riverkeeper</a> - Their mission is to protect, improve and advocate for water quality, riparian wildlife habitat, and sound land management in the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic River Watersheds.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/students-recent-graduates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Office of Personnel Management</a> -<span> </span></strong>Federal Government jobs for students and recent graduates.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.sierraclub.org/wisconsin/get-involved" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sierra Club John Muir Chapter</a><span> </span>-</strong> Volunteer opportunities are often available for those of you who want to make a difference on environmental issues. Internships can also be found in the "Get Involved" tab of the main web page.</p>
<p><a href="https://thewatercouncil.com/get-involved/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Water Council</a> - The Water Council is a non-profit organization that drives economic, technology and talent development to support the global water industry.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://fsoutreach.gdcii.com/Outreach" target="_blank" rel="noopener">USDA Forest Service</a> -<span> </span></strong>Make a long lasting impact by helping sustain the nation's forests and grasslands for future generations.<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://urbanecologycenter.org/get-involved/jobs-and-internships.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Urban Ecology Center</a> - <span> </span></strong>The Urban Ecology Center provides year-round educational programs and events for kids, families and adults of all ages to foster ecological understanding and preservation of natural areas.</p>
<p><a href="https://wiscorps.org/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin Conservation Corps</a><span> </span>- WisCorps crews complete high priority conservation and community revitalization projects across the state of Wisconsin and the Upper Midwest.</p>
<p><a href="https://dnr.wi.gov/employment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin DNR</a><span> </span>- The DNR employs a large, diverse workforce throughout our state in areas of Natural Resources, Environmental Sciences, Engineering, Law Enforcement, Business, Information Technology and Administrative Support.</p>
<p><a href="https://energy.wisc.edu/about/career-opportunities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin Energy Institute</a><span> </span>- WEI is the collaborative home of energy research and education that works to transition away from fossil fuel dependence toward new, clean energy systems and solutions.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.wisconsinenvironment.org/page/aze/work-cleaner-greener-healthier-future" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin Environment</a>- Wisconsin Environment is a citizen-based environmental advocacy project of Environment America. We believe there's something special about Wisconsin - something worth protecting and preserving for future generations.</p>
<p><a href="https://wisconsinlandwater.org/members-hub/jobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin Land + Water</a>- The Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Association is a non-profit, membership organization that supports Land Conservation Committees.</p>
<p><a href="http://conservationvoters.org/about/jobs-and-internships/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters</a>- Learn great skills, meet great people, save great places.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.wisconsinwetlands.org/jobs-board/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin Wetlands Association</a> - Wisconsin’s wetlands need great wetland professionals! Check back here often to see wetland-related job opportunities for positions located in and near Wisconsin.</p>