Environmental Careers and Internships
National Broad-Coverage Job/Internship Boards
 American Planning Association http://www.planning.org/jobs/search/
 Conservation Job Board http://www.conservationjobboard.com/
 Eco.org http://www.eco.org/
 ecobusinesslinks http://www.ecobusinesslinks.com/environmental_jobs/
 Ecojobs http://www.ecojobs.com/
 EElinked http://eelinked.naaee.net/n/eelink-jobs
 Environment America http://jobs.environmentamerica.org/
 Environmental Career Center http://environmentalcareer.com/
 EnvironmentalJobs.com http://www.environmentaljobs.com/
 Environmental Jobs and Careers http://www.ecoemploy.com/
 Intern Match http://www.internmatch.com/s/environment-internships
 National Council for Science and the Environment, Environmental Internship Clearinghouse
http://environmentalinterns.ncseonline.org/
 Orion Magazine http://jobs.oriongrassroots.org/
 SustainableBusiness.com
http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/greendreamjobs.main
 USAJobs Internships https://www.usajobs.gov/studentjobs/
 Wildlife and Fisheries job board http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/
Government Agencies Jobs
 Illinois http://work.illinois.gov/
 Federal http://www.usajobs.gov/
 Indiana http://www.in.gov/spd/careers/
 Missouri http://www.mo.gov/work/job-seekers/state-job-openings/
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Placement Agencies that Include Environmental Jobs
 http://www.aerotek.com/employment-agency/
 http://www.sequencestaffing.com/environmental-scientist_446.html.
Specific Internship/Volunteer Opportunities (focused on Illinois, locations with multiple online ENS
students, and more prestigious programs)
 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (Springfield)
http://www.alplm.org/education/interns.html
 Allerton Park (Monticello, IL) http://allerton.illinois.edu/volunteer-at-allerton/
 Center for Health, Environment & Justice (Falls Church, VA) http://chej.org/about/jobsinternships/
 Champaign County Forest Preserve District http://www.ccfpd.org/GetInvolved/Volunteer.html
 Chicagoland Environmental Network http://www.chicagoenvironment.org/jobintern/
 Citizens Campaign for the Environment (New England)
http://www.citizenscampaign.org/about.asp
 Dick Durbin offices (Chicago, Springfield, Rock Island, and Carbondale)
http://www.durbin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/internships-in-illinois
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Environment American Internships (nationwide)
http://jobs.environmentamerica.org/page/amr/internships-make-difference
Environmental Working Group (mainly Washington, DC) http://www.ewg.org/about-us/jobopenings
Grand Prairie Friends (east-central Illinois) http://grandprairiefriends.org/gettinginvolved.html
Hanson Professional Services http://www.hanson-inc.com/images/Vision/pdfs/PDF-intern.pdf
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities National Internship Program (nationwide, but
mainly Washington, DC) http://www.hacu.net/hacu/HNIP.asp
IDNR Volunteers (statewide, but mainly Springfield)
http://www.dnr.illinois.gov/outreach/Volunteer/Pages/default.aspx
IEPA Governor’s Environmental Corps (statewide, but mainly Springfield)
http://www.epa.state.il.us/gec/
IEPA Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Internship Program (Springfield)
http://www.epa.state.il.us/p2/internships/index.html
Illinois Chapter, Sierra Club (statewide)
http://action.sierraclub.org/site/PageNavigator/Volunteer
Illinois GIS Association (varies annually) http://www.ilgisa.org/Jobs/Internships.aspx
Illinois Governor’s Office (Springfield and Chicago)
http://www2.illinois.gov/gov/Pages/Opportunities.aspx
Illinois Green Business Association (statewide, but mainly Champaign)
http://www.illinoisgba.org/AboutIGBA/InternshipOpportunities.aspx
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (statewide)
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3307_3580_32729---,00.html
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/jobs/internships/index.html
National Aquarium (Baltimore) http://www.aqua.org/jobs/internships-baltimore
National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (Washington, DC)
http://www.nafeointernships.net/home.php
National Congress of American Indians (Washington, DC) http://www.ncai.org/aboutncai/internships-fellowships
Pathways to Science (summer, undergrad only, nationwide)
http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/programs.asp?descriptorhub=SummerResearch_Summer%
20Research%20Opportunity
Prairie Rivers Network (statewide, but mainly Champaign) http://prairierivers.org/volunteer/
School for Field Studies (global) http://www.fieldstudies.org/careers/internships
SFEnvironment (San Francisco) http://www.sfenvironment.org/about/intern
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (Maryland)
http://www.serc.si.edu/pro_training/internships/internships.aspx
Student Conservation Association (nationwide) http://www.thesca.org/serve/internships
Sustainable Springfield http://sustainablespringfield.org/internships/
Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (Chicago) http://sise.phy.uic.edu/
The Nature Conservancy http://www.nature.org/about-us/careers/index.htm?intc=nature.fnav
The Washington Center (Washington, DC) http://www.twc.edu/internships
UC Santa Cruz Environmental Studies Internships (Santa Cruz County, CA)
http://envs.ucsc.edu/internships/available-internships/index.html
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United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for North America Internship
(Washington, DC) http://rona.unep.org/internships/
US EPA (nationwide) http://www.epa.gov/careers/internships/index.html
White House Council on Environmental Quality (Washington, DC)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/internships/ceq-internships
Wilson Center Environmental Change and Security Program (Washington, DC)
http://www.wilsoncenter.org/opportunity/internships-the-environmental-change-and-securityprogram
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
http://dnr.wi.gov/employment/emp/internships.html
Wolf Hollow Wildlife Restoration Center (Washington state)
http://wolfhollowwildlife.org/volunteer/
Environmental Law & Policy Center (Midwest, mainly Chicago) http://elpc.org/category/jobs
Ohio Environmental Council (statewide) http://www.theoec.org/Careers
Opportunities can also be created by contacting environmental organizations in your state.
http://www.eco-usa.net/orgs/