internships related to development, environmental conservation, or sustainable living
For the past semester I have worked with the San Marcos River Foundation or SMRF as it is more commonly known. The experience of working with SMRF has allowed me to view the process by which environmental conservation methods are implemented: how cities are planned and organized: the political, economic and human interests battling… Continue Reading Kyle McHenry, San Marcos River Foundation
Saving the Rainforest one Community at a Time Introduction I conducted an internship at Rainforest Partnership (RP), a non-profit organization in Austin, Texas from May to December 2017. RP is dedicated to ending the effects of deforestation in the Amazon basin by partnering with indigenous communities to develop their own sustainable products from their environment… Continue Reading Anna Provenzano, Rainforest Partnership
Introduction In Spring 2017, I was an intern for the San Marcos River Foundation (SMRF), a non-profit here in San Marcos with the mission to protect and preserve the beauty, flow, and purity of our local river—and, indirectly, the Edwards Aquafer that is its source. The San Marcos River is a beautiful body of water… Continue Reading Annie Shupp, San Marcos River Foundation
FARM-BASED EDUCATION INTERNSHIP Farming is an inherently human process, and it is, in my opinion, one of the best ways to reconnect with the natural world in a society that is currently largely disconnected from it. During my semester of interning at Green Gate Farms, an urban farm in Austin, Texas, I have learned the… Continue Reading Natalie Dorman, Green Gate Farms
In the fall of 2007 I participated in an internship with the Texas Watch, a part of the River Systems Institute. My job was to conduct local stakeholder interviews with people living in the Cypress Creek Watershed. My goal was to find out what they thought about the quality and quantity of their water in… Continue Reading Rachel Goings, River Systems Institute