Career Development

Many new job and volunteer opportunities are sent by email once to twice a week. If you would like to start receiving these emails, please email Sayaka Yamaki at syamaki@bu.edu.

New Opportunities : Internship Agencies : Job Links : Volunteer Opportunities

New Opportunities

Recent Geography/CEES Student Internship Agencies

The following are sites where undergraduate Geography/CEES students have completed paid and unpaid internships.

Office of Technical Assistance for Toxic Use Reduction (OTA) - Boston, MA
Montgomery County Department of Permitting Services - Montgomery County, MD
Massachusetts Water Resource Authority - Boston, MA
Susquehanna River Basin Commission - Harrisburg, PA
Merrimack Valley Planning Commission - Haverhill, MA
New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission - Lowell, MA
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management - Boston. MA
New England Aquarium - Boston, MA
Alternatives for Community and Environment - Roxbury, MA
Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institution) - Washington, DC
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection - Boston, MA
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management - Boston, MA
White House Council on Environmental Quality - Washington, DC
Center for Oceanic Research and Education - Gloucester, MA
Ecologic Development Fund - Cambridge, MA
US Senate-Washington, DC
Senator Kerry’s Boston Office - Boston, MA
Senator Max Baucus, MT - Washington, DC
New York State Parks - Long Island, NY
The Climate Institute -Washington, DC
Environmental Futures, Inc. - Boston, MA
The Nature Conservancy - Boston, MA
The Wilderness Society - Boston, MA
Deep Portage Conservation Reserve - Hackensack, MN
Environmental & Energy Study Institute - Washington, DC
Environmental Protection Agency - Washington, DC

Environmental Jobs/Internships web sites

EcoEmploy: Job Postings http://ecoemploy.com/jobs/
Environetwork http://www.environetwork.com/
Environmental Careers Organization http://www.eco.org/
Environmental Careers Web Site http://www.environmental-jobs.com/
Environmental League of Massachusetts: Env. job postings in New England http://www.environmentalleague.org/jobs/jobs.html#boards
Jobs in Great Places - Jobs in National Parks, Ski resorts, etc. http://www.coolworks.com/
New England Board of Higher Education: Internships in New England http://www.nebhe.org/
SustainableBusiness.com: Green Dream Jobs http://www.SustainableBusiness.com/jobs/

Policy web sites

Moving Ideas: Policy Action Network Jobs http://www.movingideas.org/jobs/

State web sites

Commonwealth of Massachusetts http://www.mass.gov/portal/index.jsp

GIS-related web sites

GIS Jobs Clearinghouse http://www.gjc.org/gjc-cgi/listjobs.pl
GIS Job Links http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~envjobs/env9.htm#gisjobs
Geosearch: GIS Recruiting Services http://ecoemploy.com/posts/
Massachusetts Dept. of Environmental Protection - GIS http://www.state.ma.us/dep/bspt/gis/gishome.htm

Energy web sites

U.S. Department of Energy http://www.eren.doe.gov/
Renewable Energy Policy Project & Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology http://www.crest.org/
http://www.energyjobsnetwork.com
http://www.energycentraljobs.com/

Environmental Career Exploration web sites

Environmental Career Descriptions http://www.ag.ohio-state.edu/~envjobs/env5.htm Resources for Exploring Environmental Careers http://offices.colgate.edu/career/environmental/default.html

The Federal Job Search

http://www.pratt.lib.md.us/slrc/job/fedgov.html

Volunteer Opportunities

The Boston Harbor Association http://www.tbha.org/
Global Volunteer Network: Volunteer opportunities world-wide, in env. and other sectors http://www.volunteer.org.nz

*If you have had a CEES/Geography-related internship, please fill out a Student Internship Record and return to Sayaka Yamaki in STO 143.