Below are resources for educators and youth. Please keep scrolling to explore some of the opportunities and tools that might be beneficial for you!
Internships, fellowships, and job opportunities
Learn about internships, fellowships, and other paid opportunities for youth and adults interested in gaining experience with city departments or within environmental careers.
- SFPUC: Internships and Youth Employment (sfpuc.gov)
- Climate Careers - Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
- SF YouthWorks
- Enterprise for Youth – Empowering young people to reach their potential through transformative paid internship experiences.
- School Year Teen Internships at SFPL | San Francisco Public Library
- Jobs + Internships | Public Works
- Internships and Youth Employment
- Welcome — Opps4AllSF.org
- Youth Employment Programs | San Francisco Recreation and Parks, CA
- Sequoia Leadership Institute Youth Internships | LYRIC Center for LGBTQQ+ Youth
- MYEEP Mayor’s Youth Employment and Education Program | YMCA OF GREATER SAN FRANCISCO
- San Francisco fellowship for immigrant students.
- Friends of the Urban Forest Green Careers
- Education and Youth Programs | Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
- Brightline Defense
- Climate Careers® - Rising Sun Center for Opportunity
Volunteer opportunities
Want to volunteer? Below is a list of different volunteer opportunities to give back to our community.
- HandsOn Bay Area | Youth Volunteering Guide
- Refuse Refuse
- Agricultural Institute of Marin
- CityTeam San Francisco
- Garden for the Environment
- Friends of the Urban Forest
- Florence Fang Community Farm
- PODER
- Food Runners
- Food not Bombs
- Volunteer opportunities with SFE | San Francisco Environment Department (SFE)
Educators
If you are an educator, we encourage you to visit the links below to learn about different environmental curriculum, community science projects, and other helpful documents to empower educators.
- AB285-FinalDraft-1.pdf
- Youth Action Central - Environmental Education for Teens - Keep America Beautiful
- HigherEdClimateActionPlan.pdf
- Mycelium Youth Network | Seeding Climate Resilient Futures
- BioLink Depot
- Bay Are BioScience Education Community
- Keep America Beautiful educational resources
- Subject to Climate
- Community Science Projects:
- Buy, Use, Toss? A Closer Look at the Things We Buy - An Interdisciplinary Curriculum Recommended fo…
Miscellaneous and other helpful resources
Below is a list of other helpful resources to be able to take climate action, or to learn more about what our communities are doing!
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