Internships in Environmental Studies add first-hand experience by getting students out of the classroom and into environmental work. Internship locations are varied (see partial list below) but all involve at least 100 hours of service (paid or unpaid), in the summer or during the school year.
To get the Environmental Studies Internship noted on your transcript:
1) Check with your Track Advisor (or the Director) to gain approval of your proposed internship.
2) Do the internship (paid or unpaid). Take some pictures that you could use in a 10-min presentation about your internship, or that we could post on the web.
3) Fill out the one-page Internship Description Form (available on line, or at Director’s office). Return the completed form to the Director (Dr. George Ellmore at TIE or at Barnum 205). Your description will be kept on file, to help other students explore options for their own internships.
4) Add Envst 99 (Internship), using the add/drop form at Tufts, after you complete step 3.
Examples of agencies that offer internships are listed below:
Alaska Center for the Environment, AK (Field Canvasser)
Vietnamese American Initiative for Development , MA (Hardwood Floor Research)
Melaver Inc., GA (Real Estate Consulting in Green Design)
Committee on the Environment, Nat. Resources, and Agriculture, MA (Program Assessments)
United Nations Association of Greater Boston, MA (Designing Educational Programs)
Integrated Regional Wetland Monitoring, CA (Restoration Assessments)
Idaho National Laboratory, ID (Glacier Growth on Mount St. Helens)
Nature Conservancy, CT (CT River Continuity)
SF Environment, CA (Recycling and K-1 Education Programs)
Gerber and Associates , OR (Landscape Architecture and Maintenance)
W. Alton Jones Earth Camp , RI (Field Teacher)
Somerville Maple Syrup Project, MA (Community Syrup Boiling Project)
Housatonic Valley Association, CT (Stream Monitoring)
New England Aquarium, MA (Tank and Animal Maintenance)
Camp Machagamee, NH (Camp Counselor)
Pickering Creek Audubon Center, MD (Camp Counselor)
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Programs funded by NSF)
Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) in Costa Rica, through Duke University
School for Field Studies (SFS) independent research projects
Student Conservation Association (SCA)
The Nature Conservancy
Mass Audubon Society
Environmental Careers Organization (ECO)
Green Corps
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
Mystic River Watershed Association
Charles River Watershed Assn.
State environmental groups
Environmental management companies
