GreenDorchester (Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition)

Boston R.O.C.K.S!!! (Recreational Opportunities for City Kids) has gone green, with free, drop-in green activities for Dorchester youth until mid-August.  Boston R.O.C.K.S!!! Goes Green, which continues until mid-August, combines environmental education components with fun youth activities.  For more information about Boston R.O.C.K.S!!!, visit www.bostonyouthzone.com

Elmhurst Park Growing Green

• Boston Project Ministries

• 15 Elmhurst St., 02124

• Monday–Thursday, 12:30 – 4:30p.m.

• For ages 5-12

• Different activities every day, including double dutch, soccer, creative arts, community gardening, and gardening-oriented Bible study

• A Bike Day with DotBike is planned for July/early August

Boston R.O.C.K.S Out!!!

• Holland Community Center 85 Olney Street, 02121

• For ages 8-18

• Monday–Friday, 11a.m.–5p.m.

Boston R.O.C.K.S. the Park!!!

• Garvey Park, Neponset Ave. , 02122

• For ages 8-18

• Monday–Friday, 2p.m.–8p.m.

Fields Corner Walking Tour Saturday, June 26, 2010 – DEHC is part of the Fields Corner Collaborative which launched the first annual MyDotTour on Dorchester Day weekend. The tours are 1-hour long informational, youth-led —the first of their kind in Dorchester. Your last chance to take a tour is on June 26, starting 10 AM from the Fields Corner T station lobby.  I urge folks to take the MyDot Tour.  It is both extremely interesting and a great way to support a positive youth activity in Dorchester.

MyDot Tour was started by the Fields Corner Collaborative, a collective of community groups Continue Reading »

MyDotTour Fields Corner Walking Tour kicks off on Saturday, June 5 at 10 AM.  The 1-hour tours are youth-led walking tours—the first of their kind in Dorchester.  Come to the lobby of the Fields Corner T station, where there will be a registration table.
MyDotTour youth have created the informational content of the tour by selecting local sites to highlight, researching their history, and writing scripts to deliver at each tour stop.  The tours begin promptly at 10:00am and again at 1:00pm. The suggested ticket price – $10 for adults, $5 for children under 12 - supports the MyDotTour program.
And then on Sunday, June 6, join DotBike and ride in the Dorchester Day Parade, even if you don’t have your own bike!

Youth Leadership Summit – nomination deadline April 30
Nominate young people to attend the World Wide Waldens Youth Leadership Summit, May 20 -21, at Walden Pond in Lincoln, MA.  Scholarships are available for the $50 fee.  Helen Christou at the Boston Youth Environmental Network has offered to provide transportation if many young people from Boston want to attend.  The nomination deadline is April 30.   Contact Susan Frey for information, 781-259-4712.

Boston Harbor Islands Partnership opportunities for young people to work—and learn—on the Boston Harbor Islands.
The Island Ambassadors program of the National Park Service and Thompson Island Outward Bound Education Center offers full-time summer employment opportunities for Greater Boston youth, ages 15 – 18.  Island Ambassadors explore careers in science and environment, gain leadership skills, and participate in environmental stewardship and public outreach.  Applications are due April 15th, visit their website here.

Greater Four Corners Action Coalition’s
Geneva Cliffs Youth Environment Team – Summer 2010 Youth Job Description

Responsibilities: 8-10 Youth Environment Team members will work outdoors in “natural areas” at Geneva Cliffs Urban Wild and other nearby parks in Bowdoin/Geneva and Four Corner, Dorchester. Members will learn about the environment as they take on conservation projects like trail up-keep, landscaping, and Continue Reading »

The Food Project is currently hiring youth ages 14-17 to work 6.5 weeks, Jul 6-Aug 18. Youth earn $200 per week (before taxes), get a t-pass for transportation and also earn a 40 hr volunteer credit to use toward high school graduation requirements.

Hours are 9 AM to 4:30 PM, Mon through Fri, and you must be able to work all 6 and a half weeks. Youth participate in workshops each week, covering issues of diversity awareness, hunger and homelessness, sustainable agriculture, and personal reflection. Deadline: Mar 19.

Contact Sonal, 781-259-8621 x23, visit http://thefoodproject.org/jobs for online application or go to the office at 555 Dudley Street. There are also other (non-youth) staff positions available.

Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) – Hiring teens and adults for this summer!

Boston Natural Areas Network is looking for teens age 15-17 to work this summer along the Neponset and East Boston Greenways and in Boston’s Urban Wilds. Teens must be registered with the Mayor’s HopeLine/Boston Youth Fund – registration through March 15th at www.bostonyouthzone.com. For information click here or contact Candice Cook at candice@bostonnatural.org, 617-542-7696 x16. We also have positions for 4 Milton teens through special funding.

In addition, we are looking for energetic adult staff to work with these teens, please see the job description by clicking here.

The city of Boston is updating its climate action plan goals for the years 2020 and 2050. What will it be like to live in Boston then? No one knows for sure, but anyone high school age now will be an adult by then and will be living with the results of decisions made today.
Young people have important ideas on climate change that need to be heard!

The city’s series of five Climate Action Workshops in February and March will be both educational and interactive with opportunities for attendees to provide ideas for the city’s climate action plan and energy efficiency program.  

The citywide Climate Action Youth Workshop is happening this Saturday, Feb. 27, from 11AM-2PM at Old South Church 645 Boylston Street, Copley Square. Registration will begin at 10AM. Free brunch will be served at 11AM.
 
If you are a young person consider attending to help develop recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, develop a green economy, be part of the solution to climate change. Please pass the information on to your friends/co-workers. Adults please share this opportunity with the youth in your programs.
This and all the other workshops are free, but pre-registration is required via email or call 617-635-3425.

Appalachian Mountain Club
YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES PROGRAM – OUTDOOR LEADERSHIP INTERN
 
The AMC’s Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) provides training and support for youth workers in the Northeast region to independently lead youth groups on outdoor adventures such as camping, backpacking, hiking, canoeing, snow-shoeing, and cross country skiing.  YOP makes the outdoors accessible to urban and at-risk youth through Continue Reading »