Sustainable Living Students are required to earn 4 internship credits. Once the required 4 credits of internship are completed, an additional 12 credits of internship experience can be applied to the Electives requirement.
We work individually with each student, access their interests and career goals, and tailor each internship to those goals. The Internship Program is a student’s opportunity to receive on-the-job training, get an idea if this is the career they are truly interested in pursuing, and in some cases, to earn a salary. We have placed interns all across the U.S. and in many industries, including sustainable agriculture, building, energy, and other venues that provide practical experience in selected areas of interest.
Here are several organizations for which Sustainable Living students have interned:
Sustainable Agriculture
Ecology Action: teaches people to better feed themselves while building and preserving the soil and conserving natural resources, featuring the Grow Biointensive method. Student experience
Soil FoodWeb: a way of improving the soils we work with now and keep them in a healthier state without damaging any other ecosystem.
Burr Oak Center for Durable Culture: directed and self-directed studies ranging from seed to seed agronomy, organic permaculture, animal husbandry, and marketing.
Energy and Sustainability
Ideal Energy: using specialized diagnostic equipment to assess current energy usage of an existing building and locate areas of energy loss or over usage—and staying abreast of available rebates, incentives, and grants for improving efficiency.
City Repair Project: organized group action to educate and inspire individuals and communities to creatively transform the places where they live.
California Institute of Earth and Architecture: using earth and ceramic architecture technologies to empower people to create their own homes and communities—particularly in poor or disaster-stricken areas.
Eco Nest: building hand-crafted homes of clay, straw, and timber.
Sustainability as an Engine for Change
Bonnell building project: a nonprofit organization that provides physical space, infrastructure, and resources for community members to engage in a variety of learning activities, and to start and grow organizations (for-profit or nonprofit).
