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Agriculture & Ecology
Overview
For a full list of career fields available in all our locations, click here.
Check out the Internship Company Examples below but know that these are just examples of common employers and not the only possibilities. Students are matched by our Global Partner with an employer based on their interests/experiences and the employer’s hiring needs.
Build Your Own Internship: Location of Your Choice
Not seeing an internship for you below? If you have a very specific internship placement in mind or are looking through our program list and not seeing your location of choice, you still have options! You can “Build Your Own Internship,” where you research and secure your own internship while working with the GEO office to receive relevant academic credit. Students are responsible for finding this internship, housing, and travel arrangements independently, which is what differs from the existing internship placement programs that GEO offers. All students will be charged in-state tuition for this program and receive a guaranteed $250-$1000 scholarship.
Build Your Own Internship
Examples of Internship Placements
Atenas, Costa Rica with World Endeavors
Sustainable Coffee Farm Internship
Local, family-run organic coffee farm located in the rural community of San Isidro de Atenas. Interns assist with all areas of coffee production, including picking, drying, toasting, packing and sales. Interns also assist with agricultural tourism activities, helping to guide tours of the farm.
Wildlife Conservation Internship
Animal rescue center for animals that have been illegally kept as pets, or illegally trafficked. Interns provide care and a healthy environment for these animals with the goal of rehabilitating them to be released back into the wild. Interns may care for sloths, monkeys, olingo, kinkajous, tapirs, big cats, and a large variety of tropical birds. Interns also increase community awareness about animal rights and the problems with keeping wild animals as pets.
Sea Turtle Conservation
Scientific based conservation activity that works to increase the number of sea turtle hatchlings to give higher survival possibilities to these reptiles. Interns assist with clearing paths, exhuming nests that have hatched, observe the hatchery, patrol the beaches and record data, assist with general infrastructure and building maintenance, count baby turtles and release them, create informational signage and assist with maintaining cleanliness of the beaches.
Bangkok, Thailand with World Endeavors
Agricultural Science Intern:
Work to analyze the impact of farming practices and help to employ new, more sustainable, and cost-effective models. These placements are located outside of Bangkok and will come at an additional cost.
Vineyard Internship:
A previous intern spent time at a vineyard outside of Bangkok, monitoring pH levels of the soil and the general health of the vines in order to produce an exceptional quality wine.
Dublin, Ireland with World Endeavors
Environmental Conservation Internship
International network of environmental groups, universities and other educational institutions that organize environmental projects around the coast of Europe. Activities include publishing research on the state of the environment, implementing educational materials to the public, and organizing volunteer projects.
Green Living Education Internship
National center for the circular economy in Ireland - a creative movement connecting people, ideas and resources to support greener low-carbon living. Interns assist in conducting school workshops onsite and externally, develop workshop materials including activity research, activity development and preparation, workbook development and presentations, prepare materials for workshops, help to manage marketing and promotional events, and generally assist with administrative tasks.
Prague, Czech Republic with World Endeavors
Agricultural Science Intern:
Work to analyze the impact of farming practices and help to employ new, more sustainable, and cost-effective models.
Research Internship:
Placements are available at research institutes, farms, breeding stations, as well as private companies specializing in forestry and logging.
Osaka, Japan with CRCC Asia
Conservation Internship:
Support the work of a conservation organization that aims to accelerate nature conservation by digitalizing biodiversity data and research.
Tokyo, Japan with CRCC Asia
Plant-Based Company Internship:
Intern with a nonprofit organization whose mission is to work in cooperation with companies, educational institutions, the government, and international organizations to create a society where plant-based options are available anywhere. Activities include:
-Providing consulting and seminars to companies and institutions interested in the development of vegan products
-Issuing vegan certification
-Public outreach, such as the issuing of VegeMap (a paper guide of vegan-friendly restaurants widely distributed in Tokyo and Kytoto) or the creation of vegan-related web media.