GreenDorchester (Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition)

Newest activity by DEHC partner Fields Corner Collaborative – they are currently seeking summer interns for My Dot Tour 2011, a multimedia walking tour of Fields Corner’s past, present, and future led by local youth. The tour will need the help of tour guides (ages 14-18) to assist in developing content and choosing tour stops. This is a paid internship, participants will receive a stipend for 10 hours per week from July 5 to August 14. Auditions are at 4 p.m. on June 20 at 1452 Dorchester Avenue, 3rd Floor – Interested? RSVP to mydottour@gmail.com or by calling 617-855-TOUR, and prepare a 2-minute monologue to act or sing, and be ready to read from a script.
Please see this flyer for more details.

We are hiring! Looking for interns and other staff, including a full-time Membership & Communications Assistant and part-time community environmental outreach interns. Please call DEHC for details 617-474-1478.

Appalachian Mountain Club’s (AMC) Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) makes the outdoors accessible and meaningful to urban and at-risk youth. YOP operates as a resource center for youth agencies throughout the Northeast, teaching youth workers the skills they need to independently guide their youth outdoors.

The Outdoor Leadership Training (OLT) prepares youth workers to lead groups on trips that are fun, educational, safety-minded, and organized. AMC also provides YOP-trained members with essential support services such as free use of outdoor equipment; Continue Reading »

Boston youth are invited to the 4th Annual Youth Environmental Education and Career Fair at Northeastern University’s Curry Center, on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 from 12pm-4pm.

~ The Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition will be recruiting at this event.~

This is an opportunity for young people in Boston, either with previous work experience in the environmental field or seeking such opportunities for the first time, to connect with Continue Reading »

FoodCorps, a new national service program designed to reverse childhood obesity while cultivating a new generation of farmers and public health leaders, is now accepting applications from potential Service Members.

FoodCorps Service Members will spend a year of paid public service building and tending school gardens, developing Farm to School programs and conducting hands-on nutrition education in communities of need.

Click here to learn more and apply to be a FoodCorps Service Member.

Look for FoodCorps at the Real Food Challenge Summits: Real Food Challenge is hosting meetings this month in Arizona, Georgia, California, Illinois and Massachusetts. The meetings will bring together more than 1,500 students who are passionate about health, justice and sustainability in food. If you’re interested in attending the Northeast Food & Justice Summit 2011 at Northeastern University Feb 25-27, please click here for more information.

On Thursday December 16th, hear DEHC present the latest on Dorchester’s community gardens projects at the Codman Sq. Health Council meeting, 4 to 5:30 PM at 637 Washington Street (Codman Sq Health Center) – also presentations on other local sustainable living resources, including a green, healthy home under construction on Brent Street.

On Friday December 17th, join us at 230 Bowdoin Street to hear the DIRT…

This fall, Bowdoin Street Health Center’s student interns, in collaboration with The Food Project’s DIRT (Dynamic, Intelligent, Responsible Teenagers) crew, conducted research on healthy food access Continue Reading »

Opportunities coming across our desk – employment, internships, tutoring, part-time, full-time, volunteering – please check out these latest links below, and please let us know about others? 
DEHC is also always looking for interns and volunteer help, see these internship opportunities to work with DEHC.

• Alternatives for Community & Environment volunteer opportunities
• Arnold Arboretum jobs and internships
• Boston Natural Areas Network Garden Educator position
• Boston Youth Environmental Network 
• Franklin Park Zoo employment
• Mass Audubon jobs
• Sustainable Food Jobs all over the U.S.
• The Trustees of Reservations employment openings

Sign up today for the Boston Environmental Education Showcase!  At this event happening on Friday, Oct. 29, from 5:00 to 7:30pm, at 60 State Street, on the 26th floor, Boston Public School teachers and Boston-based environmental education organizations,  including DEHC, will celebrate the benefits of learning outdoors.
The Boston Youth Environmental Network, in partnership with Boston Public Schools, is hosting its 3rd annual gathering of teachers and environmental education professionals. The event will highlight partnerships between the BPS Science Department and Boston-based environmental programs to promote learning, achievement and environmental stewardship. This is an opportunity to
- Engage with Boston Public School teachers
- See examples of model environmental learning
- Be part of the dialogue around the future of environmental education in Boston
- Enjoy free hors d’oeuvres, open bar, desserts, and breathtaking views of Boston and the Harbor
RSVP to Attend (Individuals) and Exhibit (Organizations):
If you would like to attend, please RSVP by Friday Oct. 22 at 5pm.
*   Individuals can sign up online here
*   To request table space for your environmental organization, please click here
Online: www.environetwork.org/EESummit
For more information email acardinaux@environetwork.org or (617) 345-5322 x110.

The Green & Grow Apprentice Program is a workforce development program that helps young Bostonians become effective and reliable employees through working and learning in an urban park. The program combines job readiness training with career exploration, environmental education, academic support, team-building, personal attention from mentors and attractive compensation. The Green & Grow Apprentice Program runs after school on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays as well as on Saturdays, for ten months during the school year.
Program Overview:
Green & Grow Apprentices:
• work directly with Conservancy staff to gain hands-on experience in horticulture, park maintenance and event management Continue Reading »

Talbot-Norfolk Triangle Park Patrol is another great program at Elmhurst Park this summer, co-sponsored by DEHC.  The Park Patrol has two divisions: Junior Park Patrol for ages 12-14, and Park Patrol for ages 14-17.

Park Patrol employs 20+ youth to:

• Volunteer at the Nightingale community garden (to prepare for the 106 Norfolk garden)
• Learn how to champion green spaces
• Mentor youth and promote community greening

Junior Park Patrol employs 6+ youth to:

• Learn how to plant up to 20 spring-flowering trees to provide color along Norfolk Street from Codman Square to New England Ave.  Trees are flowering and pink themed, provided by Urban Ecology Institute’s CityRoots program.

The Park Patrol youth will hold a free workshop on tree planting, open to the community, this fall, date TBA.