Jobs & Volunteer Opportunities

Boulder County & Beyond

Short-Term Contract Botanist, The Watershed Center

The Watershed Center is seeking a short-term contract botanist to assist with vegetation monitoring across Boulder County at river and forest management project sites. Forest sites are located across ponderosa pine, lodgepole pine, and aspen forests and meadows between 7000-9000 feet in elevation. River sites are located near Lyons, CO, and Allenspark, CO. Ideal start date is mid-July to early August (can be flexible). Field work will last approximately 80 hours and data entry and QA/QC is expected to approximately 20 hours.

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Agricultural Program Manager, City of Boulder

Under general supervision to implement, evaluate, and assist with the development of agricultural resources and grazing management plans, policies, projects, and infrastructure management practices. Develop broad or specialized expert strategies and resolution of issues in agricultural stewardship and protection; to provide design, research, analysis, consultation, technical assistance, and management to protect and enhance agricultural resources and local food production operations and activities on OSMP properties.

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Senior Natural Resources Technician – Plant Ecology, City of Longmont

Assists in planning and development of the maintenance of Natural Areas, Greenways, City Open Space and City owned lands with natural features. Acts as lead worker for natural resources technician and temporary employees. Performs a wide variety of semi-skilled tasks related to vegetation and wildlife management and grounds maintenance of open space, greenways, nature areas and other City-owned lands with natural resource values.

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Food Justice Courier with Boulder Food Rescue

Get involved with direct climate and social justice action. As a courier volunteer, you will go to a grocery store donor, sort out perishable food they have set aside for us, compost what is non-edible, and bike or drive the quality food to the designated recipient site. We have over ten shifts per day, including weekends. A shift typically takes 1-2 hours. visit our website today, and take direct action in helping Boulder Food Rescue create a more just and less wasteful food system today.

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Yellow Barn Farm “Guardian”

We are searching for our next Yellow Barn “guardian”! This new community member would be invited to live and work at the Yellow Barn, helping to hold the container of the farm as an incubator, demonstration site, and community center. Interviews are underway, and we have so many incredible candidates. For now, the job application is still open. Get yours in soon if you think you might be the right fit.

Help us spread the word!! Our application form is linked below. Feel free to apply or share it with your network. We will be doing rolling interviews and trial days on-site until we find the right fit.

All job, payment, rent, and living details are listed in the application form. We can’t wait to welcome our next teammate!

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NREL | Graduate (Year-Round) Intern – Environmental Justice Business Model Reviewer

This position will be under the Project Development & Finance in the Accelerated Deployment and Decision Support Center at NREL. The mission of the group is to inform the direction of future technology and policy research at NREL by helping clients meet ambitious energy goals in today’s marketplace. The group provides analytical support, business case assessment, and market intelligence on energy efficiency, resiliency, and renewable energy options to inform client decision making.

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People and Pollinators Action Network | Community Engagement Coordinator

We seek an energetic and outgoing advocate with strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to work independently to increase the organization’s capacity for outreach and education. This person will help make Colorado a safer place for pollinators!

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350 Colorado  |  Open Positions & Internships

Our team is looking for passionate and talented applicants for positions and internships to help build Colorado’s grassroots movement to keep fossil fuels in the ground and promote just & equitable solutions!

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CU Environmental Center | Various Student Jobs!

The Environmental Center is hiring for several positions to start before the end of the Spring semester. Most positions continue into the fall semester, some have summer work potential. We are seeking students with a passion for sustainability, climate action and social justice. Students with experience or interest in hands on work, peer outreach, or community organizing should apply.

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Earthjustice HQ | Various Positions

Earthjustice is the nation’s premier nonprofit environmental law organization. We take on the biggest, most precedent-setting cases across the country. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health; to preserve magnificent places and wildlife; to advance clean energy; and to combat climate change. National

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Eco-Cycle | Various Positions

Eco-Cycle is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and workplace. We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool to better serve our mission of bringing Zero Waste to all communities.

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Garden to Table | Various Positions

This is a pair of 9-month positions that will launch two qualified candidates careers in outdoor, experiential education with an emphasis on gardens, sustainable food systems, and hands-on education! Our two AmeriCorps members will teach garden-based lessons for students in Prek-5th grade, help to maintain school gardens, and assist in operating a grassroots nonprofit organization.

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Kilt Farm | Various Positions

Are you passionate about amazing food? How about regenerative agriculture? What about having fun while working hard, sometimes really hard? All of the above? Well, we are looking for you. Kilt Farm manages over 80 acres spread across three properties in Boulder County growing over 60 different varieties of vegetables with a focus on soil health and nutritional density. We have many positions available for the 2023 Season. Take a look at the list below and start down the path to become a part of the Kilt Farm Family.

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National Wildlife Federation Headquarters | Various Positions & Internships

As the nation’s largest member-supported conservation organization, which is at the forefront of global warming issues, reconnecting our children with nature, and protecting America’s wildlife and habitat, we’re offering you every advantage to reach beyond your potential.

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Resource Central | Various Positions & Internships

We believe that in order for us to take care of the environment, we must take care of ourselves and support each other. Resource Central is looking for conservation heroes to join our team. If you want to join forces with one of the top environmental nonprofits to work in Colorado, apply to our open positions here:

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Rocky Mountain Field Institute | Field Instructor, Surveyor, Coordinator and Internships

Do you love working outside? This is an exciting opportunity to join the RMFI team as an Environmental Leadership Intern for the 2023 season! These positions will work in some of the Pikes Peak Region’s most outstanding natural areas, as well as leading community volunteers, youth corps crews, and students in completing ecological protection and restoration projects.

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Rocky Mountain Field Institute | Field Instructor, Surveyor, Coordinator and Internships

Do you love working outside? This is an exciting opportunity to join the RMFI team as an Environmental Leadership Intern for the 2023 season! These positions will work in some of the Pikes Peak Region’s most outstanding natural areas, as well as leading community volunteers, youth corps crews, and students in completing ecological protection and restoration projects.

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Western Resource Advocates | Various Positions

Western Resource Advocates is a legal and policy conservation non-profit working in the western states to protect land, water, and air quality.

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Wild Bear | Teen Naturalist Team

The Teen Naturalist Team is open to teens ages 13 to 18 interested in environmental sciences, ecology, and nature. The club will meet once a week for an activity focused on nature, art, environmental stewardship and policy, professional development, or other related topic. Team members will also have the opportunity to explore topics that interest them through working on an individual project that may include research and/or volunteer work.

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Wildland’s Restoration Volunteers | Volunteer Opportunities

Wildlands Restoration Volunteers seeks volunteers who are passionate about
WRV’s mission to heal the land and build community to join our team for the 2022 season. Have fun restoring Colorado’s wild places!

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XO Earth | Sustainability Coach + Manager

A Sustainability Coach + Manager encourages and honors businesses, neighbors and others for taking environmental actions, and helps them take those environmental actions. If you would like a job that pays you to help keep our exquisite Earth cool and livable [past 2035?], you are a pretty good communicator and you are a pretty good problem solver, then a Sustainability Coach + Manager [SCM] might be the job for you.

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