GreenDorchester (Dorchester Environmental Health Coalition)

Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation (DBEDC) is hiring a Renew Boston Neighborhood Network Coordinator.  The Renew Boston program, a service of the City of Boston in partnership with NSTAR and National Grid, is the nation’s first partnership between municipal government and investor-owned utilities for co-delivery of energy efficiency home improvements. Continue Reading »

Job Opportunity plucked from the EnviroNetwork:
theMOVE (the MA Outdoor Volunteer Experience) is seeking out someone stellar to serve as our new (part-time) PROGRAM COORDINATOR.

POSITION: Program Coordinator (part-time)
ORGANIZATION: theMOVE (the MA Outdoor Volunteer Experience) COMPENSATION: Monthly stipend (calculated at $12-15 per hour depending on experience)
HOURS: 8-12 hours per week (flexible scheduling)
DATES: Starting ASAP and ending mid-November

theMOVE works to create a more engaged public citizenry, through farm-based social justice experiential learning. We do this by organizing reflective farm-volunteer trips for diverse groups throughout the Boston area. We organize these trips for community groups (both youth and adult), and we also set up open signup trips for individual adults and families. Our belief is that performing a bit of work on a farm – for many reasons – is an ideal platform for developing a greater understanding of our local and global connections as consumers (and producers). Continue Reading »

Bikes Not Bombs (BNB) provides community-based education and assists development projects with recycled bicycles, related technologies and technical assistance as concrete alternatives to the militarism, over-consumption and inequality that breed war and environmental destruction.

BNB’s Bicycle Recycling and Youth Training Center offers six unique, high-quality programs that empower and organize youth and their families to work towards long-term change.
Bikes Not Bombs (BNB) seeks to hire a Youth Development Coordinator to oversee our youth programs. This is a full-time, salaried position with benefits. Salary range is $30,000 – 32,000.

Responsibilities
* Practice peer supervision with Youth Programs Coordinator.
* Plan and facilitate regular team meetings with Youth Programs Team.
* Act as Youth Programs Team liaison, by reporting regularly to Executive Director about program results and needs.
* In collaboration with Youth Programs Coordinator, recruit, hire, train, supervise, evaluate and support the professional development and growth of youth staff (10-13 during the school year, 20-25 during the summer).
* Ensure that volunteer and intern needs are met for all youth programs.
* Oversee and ensure timely data entry for …please click here for complete information on this job listing.

In May 2010, DEHC began an Air Quality Project to study the effects of the Dorchester Avenue Transportation Improvement Project on air quality affecting travelers and residents on and near the Avenue.  We have finished collecting preliminary air quality data (ultrafine particles) at locations along Dorchester Avenue, and we are now working with CHANGE (Consulting for Health, Air, Nature & Greener Environment) to analyze the data, which we will release on the dehc.org website.  (Click here to view the presentation about air quality we created for Upward Bound and Elmhurst Street Park youth.)

This data will help identify local pollution hotspots, and may help guide other large-scale construction projects that could have air quality impacts in Boston’s neighborhoods.

In addition to DEHC’s air quality project, the Community Assessment of Freeway Exposure and Health (CAFEH), will begin a study of Dorchester’s air quality in September 2010.  CAFEH is a project by Tufts University researchers and  Continue Reading »

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.

The Charles River Conservancy seeks an Associate Director for its seven-person office to oversee administration, finances, development, and communication. For details about the job, please see this link.

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 »

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.

Boston Natural Areas Network (BNAN) STEWARDSHIP MANAGER Are you creative, innovative and committed to the urban environment? BNAN is a 30 year old urban environmental non profit working to preserve, protect and expand open space in Boston. Working collaboratively with community, public agencies, and non-profits, BNAN combines the environment with cultural and social issues. BNAN offers a wide range of educational, recreational and cultural programs to build constituencies for green spaces.

BNAN is looking to fill a key position – Stewardship Manager for Boston’s Community Gardens and Urban Wilds. Continue Reading »