Wet Hot American Summer

Over at It's Getting Hot in Here, they've put together a listing of job/volunteer/internship opportunities for those looking to work in the youth climate movement over the summer.

Opportunities include:

Mountain Justice Summer (May 17-23 & all summer, Camp Blanton, KY & Appalachia): Mountain Justice Summer is a call to action and a request for help from the people of the Appalachia mountains for help in saving our mountains, streams–and forest from greedy coal companies. With an emphasis on education, strategy, non-violence and cultural sensitivity the MJS training camp will provide participants with comprehensive workshops covering the impacts and politics behind mountain top removal mining and the hands-on tactical training to take to the mountains and do something about it. Take this opportunity to share strategies and build relationships that will create an even stronger network of allies and coalitions organizing resistance to MTR this summer and beyond! Contact: danny@seac.org

Summer of Solutions (June 1-Aug 1st, Twin Cities, MN): In the Summer of Solutions young people from around the country will work together to engage communities across the Twin Cities in cutting-edge community-based global warming solutions and to build a strong network of new climate leaders with the skills to lead their communities towards a sustainable future. With the help of youth mentors and community allies and the support of other participants like yourself, you’ll get to shape course of the Summer of Solutions through your own work. We will focus on harnessing the power of community by building the capacity of existing local and national alliances, and integrate a broad range of student-run initiatives and strategies through a systems-based approach to climate activism that unites policy change, social entrepreneurship, movement capacity building, and community organizing. Projects include working with Cooperative Energy Futures to advance residential energy efficiency, and ARISE (Alliance to Re-Industrialize for a Sustainable Economy) to help develop and use the local Ford Assembly Plant as an example of the new green industrial paradigm. Contact: summerofsolutions@gmail.com

Northwest Institute for Community Energy: ” A Think-and-Do Tank” (July 7 - August 24th, Portland, OR): The Northwest Institute for Community Energy (NICE) will be a seven-week-long, hands-on training program focusing on innovative renewable energy project development, community organizing and activism. Youth will be working in Portland to establish a cooperatively owned neighborhood geothermal heating system while receiving trainings and experience on a variety of activism, organizing and project management skills. Participants will also take part in the week-long Environmental Leadership Training Program (SPROG) run by the Sierra Student Coalition in Oregon, August 10-17th. The seven week program will conclude with a week-long backpacking adventure in the Cascade Mountain Range. Contact: jesse.d.jenkins@gmail.com

This is just a taste. Go check out the rest.