Internships
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 obtained in the classroom. Washington, D.C., has more opportunities for meaningful internships in the field than any other city in the world. 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 listserv 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
- Added Value/ Red Hook Farm
- Alliance to Save Energy
- American Council on Renewable Energy
- American Rivers
- Antarctic Southern Ocean Coalition
- Audubon Society
- Breakthrough Technology Institute
- Center for American Progress
- Center for a New American Dream
- The Center for Global Conservation Alternatives
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- China Environment Forum
- Conservation International
- Climate Institute
- Direct Action Response Team
- Department of Commerce
- Earth Policy Institute
- Earthworks
- Ecoagriculture Partners
- Ecology Society of America
- Embassy of Liechtenstein
- Environmental Change and Security Program
- Environment New Jersey
- Environmental Working Group
- Food and Water Watch
- Foundation for Environmental Security and Sustainability
- Furbish Sustainable Building Company
- Garvey Schubert Barer
- Greenpeace
- Green Turtle Program
- House Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
- Institute for Policy Studies
- International Crisis Group
- Live Green
- Marine Conservation Biology Institute
- Michigan State University
- Millennium Challenge Corporation
- National Geographic
- National Park Service
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Nature Conservancy
- NOAA
- National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- New Forests Project
- Oceana
- One World
- Organization of American States- OAS
- Oxfam America
- Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Planet Bluegrass
- Planet Partnership
- Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona
- San Diego Coastkeeper
- Save America's Forests
- Seeds of Change
- Sierra Club
- Smithsonian Institution, National Zoo, Migratory Bird Center
- South Face Energy Institute
- Strategic Sustainability Consulting
- Taubman School of Architecture - The University of Michigan
- The Alliance to Save Energy
- The Center for Forest Sustainability - Auburn University
- The Ecological Society of America
- The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
- The National Environmental Trust
- The Stella Group
- The World Water Organization
- U.S. Department of State
- US-EPA Air and Radiation
- US-EPA Climate Leaders
- US-EPA Green Power Partners
- US-EPA Energy Star
- US-EPA Environmental Justice
- US Green Buiding Council
- US-Forest Service
- UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
- United States House of Representatives - Office of Rep. Howard Berman
- United States House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Clobal Warming
- VOX Global
- White House Council for Environmental Quality
- Wilderness Society
- World Bank
- World Resources Institute
- World Wildlife Fund - Global Forest & Trade Network - WWF
- World Wildlife Fund - Conservation Science Program
International Internships
- ADESSARU - Costa Rica
- Aqua para la Vida - Nicaragua
- Asamblea Legislativa
- Asociacón Coordinadora Indígena y Campesina de Agroforestería Comunitaria Centroamericana - ACICAFOC
- Biomass User Network - BUN-CA
- Blue Energy
- Bona Fide - Nicaragua
- Camara de Industrias de Costa Rica - CICR
- Catholic Relief Services, Nicaragua
- CATIE
- CDG Environmental Advisors - Costa Rica
- 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
- Consejo Nacional de Áreas Protegida - CONAP
- Conservation International - CI
- Coopesolidar
- 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
- Energetica
- Environmental Defense - ED / Center for Conservation Incentives - CCI
- Finca Integral Monte Zumo Fundación Barú Playa Dominica
- Finca Project / Sustainable Surf / Salt Water Farm
- Fiscalia del Medio Ambiente
- Foundation for the Survival of the Cofán People
- Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano- FFLA
- Fundación Monte Alto
- Fundación Natura (Cielito Lindo site in the Sucumbios province)
- FUNDECOR
- Global Village - Beijing
- Grupo de Solidaridad - Arenal community
- Grupo Fénix, BUN
- Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad - ICE
- Instituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura
- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies - IFCR
- IICA
- IUCN
- Iwokrama Timber Inc - ITI
- MAOCO
- Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía - MINAE
- Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in conjuction with the Tropical Science Center
- Monsanto - Beijing
- Natural Resources Defense Council (Costa Rica)
- Nectandra Institute
- Nacientes Palmichal
- Niger Delta Professionals for Development
- PACT
- Pamlico - Tar River Foundation
- Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration
- Proleña
- ProCat
- Proyecto Gran Area Metropolitana-PRU-GAM
- Rainforest Alliance
- Rancho Mastatal
- Rara Avis
- SENTECH, Inc
- Tabarcia de Mora Community
- The Alliance for Better Food and Farming
- The Earth Charter Initiative
- Tirimbina Biological Reserve
- Toledo Institute for Development and Environment - TIDE
- UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Santiago, Chile
- UNDP
- UNDP - LAC SURF
- UPEACE Centre for Executive and Professional Education (The Centre)
- USAID - Port of Spain, Trinidad
- World Wildlife Fund - WWF Central America
