Opportunities

Employment and Volunteer offerings among the Earth Island Community…

Current Job Openings

Intern and Volunteer Oportunities

  • Support bold young leaders: intern with the New Leaders Initiative

    Help us recruit talented emerging environmental leaders for the Brower Youth Award. You will help us execute our web 2.0 marketing plan using social networking sites and blogs, reach out via phone and email to our grassroots environmental partners in the call for youth entries, and help us plan an exciting mix of activities for the 2008 Award recipients. In addition, you will become familiar with the Bay Area environmental movement and empower youth making a difference! Send a resume and short cover letter to Sharon Smith at bya@earthisland.org to apply or for more details.

  • LIVE! MAGAZINE! INTERNSHIP!


    Want to write? Edit? Learn page layout? Earth Island Journal, the award-winning quarterly magazine of Earth Island Institute, is seeking volunteer interns for 2005. This is a flexible yet extensive learning experience. Our interns receive hands-on training in diverse aspects of magazine production, from research to proofreading and all stages in between. This is a unique opportunity for budding writers looking to build clips or more established writers who want to learn what goes on behind the scenes at a magazine, while gaining a better understanding of environmental issues. Come work in a friendly, intelligent environment in the fabulous North Beach neighborhood.
    Send cover letter and writing sample to
    EIJ Internships
    300 Broadway, suite 28
    San Francisco, CA 94133
    or email editor@earthisland.org.

  • Earth Island Network Services

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    Be a part of the fundraising and membership team for a small and energetic office that supports more than 36 citizen activists’ projects around the world. See our project directory for a complete list of our current projects. Lend your talents and learn new skills while helping with:
    • foundation research,
    • PowerPoint or slide presentations,
    • special events planning,
    • photography at events,
    • tabling at environmental fairs,
    • Brower Youth Awards event,
    • donor research,
    • writing, and
    • participating in critical behind-the-scenes nonprofit office support work.
    Basic computer skills (mail merge, database, layout/design, photo) helpful, but not required. Ongoing, short-term and occasional positions available. Send resume listing specific skills, cover letter, and availability to ellenm@earthisland.org

  • Life-Changing Summer Programs and Vacations:


    Serve and Live with Local Families! Change your Life. And Others’ Lives too! See a country like you never will as a tourist. Live with welcoming families, work side-by-side with locals, and enjoy excursions into the countryside.
    Choose from projects in HIV/AIDS, sustainable agriculture, teaching English, and international health. Immerse yourself in a whole new culture. Make new worldwide friends, and have the experience of a lifetime!
    Sign up for Summer Programs with Global Service Corps NOW! Visit www.globalservicecorps.org.
    • New Family Volunteer Vacations  - Kids go Free!
      Global Service Corps (GSC) is now offering a special family package on its Thailand volunteer vacations and programs. Kids under the age of 15 may accompany their parent(s) participating on a variety of projects, and the kids will not be charged a program fee. Families have the option of staying with a Thai host family or in the Little Creek resort in Kanchanaburi. Now a volunteer vacation can be a service experience for the entire family to share... Find out More about Family Programs!
    • Global Service Corps Internships: Global Service Corps is a non-profit organization that facilitates service-learning projects for adults in Tanzania and Thailand. Global Service Corps is looking for a volunteer/intern to help with general administrative tasks at our headquarters in San Francisco. No experience is necessary. The ideal person will be able to commit to this position for three months. Come join our inspiring team and learn about the non-profit world! Call 415.788.3666 ext.128
  • GSC Headquarters Internship Announcement: Seeking a Tanzania Program Intern, a Office Assistant/Special Projects Intern, and an Accounting Assistant.
  • Baikal Watch: Many volunteers for the Great Baikal Trail might want to see more of the lake, and hike along some of the trails that have already been built. You will find a list of 9 different tours that are available for anyone, both volunteer and tourist alike. Contact Gary Cook at baikalwatch@earthisland.org, Phone 415.788.3666 x109.
  • Bay Area Wilderness Training (BAWT): Learn about outdoor leadership AND help urban kids enjoy the outdoors! BAWT needs your volunteer energy. We train adults who work with youth to lead outdoor trips, and provide free access to gear year-round so they can take kids on trips. It takes a lot of behind-the-scenes work to make this happen. Be a Program Support Intern to help coordinate and run our training courses and workshops. Or, be our Gear Room Intern to help manage our library of camping and backpacking equipment which is loaned out to classes and youth groups. Small, fun office and staff at Earth Island in SF. Flexible schedule, short term possible. Will train, but must be reliable, organized and able to work independently. Gear Room Intern must be somewhat agile, able to lift boxes and climb a little. Thanks!
  • Center for Safe Energy: Be a part of a small Berkeley team working with Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakhstan activists. Flexible hours. Organizational and people skills needed to host a Russian environmental activist delegation, Computer troubleshooting person needed. Please send us your resume to cse@igc.org and then call 510 644-1519.