Internships are a crucial part the Global Environmental Politics experience. They provide students with the opportunity to gain skills, knowledge, and connections that cannot be taught or obtained in the classroom. Washington, D.C., has more opportunities for meaningful internships in the field than any other city in the United States. For students in the NRSD program the summer internship is a central feature of the UPEACE experience, requiring students to spend several months in the field working intensively on some aspect of sustainable development. Both programs benefit from our network of alumni and our active listserve for job and internship opportunities. Additionally, students have unlimited access to American University's Career Center which helps students with resumes, interview skills, and internship searches.
United States Internships
American Council on Renewable Energy
Antarctic Southern Ocean Coalition
Center for a New American Dream
The Center for Global Conservation Alternatives
Direct Action Response Team
House Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
Marine Conservation Biology Institute
Millennium Challenge Corporation
Natural Resouces Defend Council
National Rural Electric Cooperative AssociationOrganization of American States- OAS
Pew Center on Global Climate
Change
Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona
Smithsonian Institution, National Zoo, Migratory Bird Center
Taubman School of Architecture - The University of Michigan
International Internships
Asociacón Coordinadora Indígena y Campesina de Agroforestería Comunitaria Centroamericana - ACICAFOC
Camara de Industrias de Costa Rica - CICR
Catholic Relief Services, Nicaragua
Centro Científico Tropical - CCT
Centro de Acción Legal, Ambiental, Social de Guatemala - CALAS
Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical - CIAT
Comisión de Desarrollo Forestal de San Carlos - CODEFORSA
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe - ECLAC (Environment Division)
Comité de Desarrollo de La Carpio (community) – CODECA
Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz - CNFL
Corporación de Desarrollo Lonko Kilapang
Corporación Nacional Forestal - CONAF
El Centro Mesoamericano de Desarrollo Sostenible del Trópico Seco - CEMEDE
El Corredor Biológico Chorotega, ACT, MINAE, y CAC, Hojancha
Environmental Defense - ED / Center for Conservation Incentives - CCI
Finca Integral Monte Zumo Fundación Barú Playa Dominical
Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano- FFLA
Fundación Natura (Cielito Lindo site in the Sucumbios province)
Grupo de Solidaridad - Arenal community
Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad - ICE
IInstituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura
Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía - MINAE
Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in conjuction with the Tropical Science Center
Natural Resources Defense Council (Costa Rica)
Pamlico - Tar River Foundation
Proyecto Gran Area Metropolitana-PRU-GAM
Tabarcia de Mora Community
UPEACE Centre for Executive and Professional Education (The Centre)