Internship, Job and Volunteer Opportunities
- Current Open Positions On Campus
- Sustainability Ambassadors Program
- Other Trainings
- Internship Opportunities
- Job Opportunities
Current Open Positions On Campus
The Phelps-Ellison Energy Competition Coordinator will motivate building occupants to take bolder actions towards energy efficiency and reducing climate change, participate in energy audits, track energy savings associated with the competition, and develop campaigns to inspire behavioral changes for a more sustainable future.
The Association for the Advacement of Sustainability in Higher Education, AASHE came out with a new method, STARS, for determining the degree to which campuses were effectively educating their students for a world within the reality of climate change and giving them the tools for long-term, holistic thinking. We are looking for someone who can help us launch a survey to collect and analyze the data and report back with the results.
The Sustainability Procurement team is seeking several interns to assist in reaching the goals as detailed in the campus Sustainability Plan.
Sustainability Ambassadors Program
UCSB’s Associate Vice Chancellor of Administrative Services, Ron Cortez will be offering a new opportunity for students to become “UCSB Sustainability Ambassadors”. As an ambassador, you will provide sustainability leadership to the campus and learn receive training from professionals throughout the Santa Barbara community on public speaking, professionalism, green business, and sustainability both as a broad context and specifically as it relates to your campus leadership role within protecting our natural resources.
For more information, please contact Katie Maynard kmaynard@geog.ucsb.edu 805-893-2003.
Other Trainings
Non-Profit Support Center
The Nonprofit Support Center (NSC) offers trainings, networking events, fundraising resources and more for people interested in doing non-profit and community organizing work. Their trainings offer essential skills and knowledge.
More information: NSC.
UCSB already has a membership so contact Katie Maynard, kmaynard@geog.ucsb.edu or 805-893-2003, for information about using the UCSB member discount for trainings.
Internship Opportunities
UCSB Campus Sustainability Internship Program
The UCSB Sustainability Internship Program helps to match students interested in working on projects related to reducing UCSB's impact on the environment with staff and faculty from the campus who are working on similar projects.
For more information, please contact Katie Maynard kmaynard@geog.ucsb.edu 805-893-2003.
Shoreline Preservation Fund, Internships
Shoreline Preservation Fund (SPF) is a student initiative to enhance the UCSB campus coastline. SPF provides funds to the local community to enhance, protect, and restore the shoreline through preservation, education, open access, research, and restoration.
They post internship opportunities from the organizations which they fund.
Sign up for UCSB's weekly Sustainability Job and Internship Opportunities Mailing List by emailing Katie Maynard at kmaynard@geog.ucsb.edu.
Environmental Studies Internship Program
The opportunity for a student to successfully complete an environmentally related internship is considered an integral part of the curriculum of the Environmental Studies Program at UCSB.
Since 1973 more than 2,800 students have earned academic credit for completed internships through the Environmental Studies Internship Program (ESIP). The ESIP is one of the largest department run internship programs on campus and is fully supported by the ES faculty. It is geared to help ES students obtain valuable professional experience in an environmental field(s) of their choice. Both past ES students and community professionals see internships as a vital bridge between academic course work and its practical applications, so don't miss this opportunity to enhance your environmental education!
Job Opportunities:
Local Non-Profit Jobs
Environmental and Sustainability Jobs:
Sign up for UCSB's weekly Sustainability Job and Internship Opportunities Mailing List by emailing Katie Maynard at kmaynard@geog.ucsb.edu.