This program provides students with great professional work experience with local community organizations doing meaningful work on issues related to the environment, climate, and sustainability. Students receive a $4,000 stipend, and the chance to work with supervisors making a real difference in the St. Louis community. There are positions in many areas of environmental and […]
Category: environmental justice
Office of Sustainability: Operational Sustainability Internship Program
In 2024, the Office of Sustainability is piloting a new version of its popular summer internship program that will place students with campus partners to give them a deeper understanding of campus operations and real-world experience. Spend your summer in St. Louis doing a deep-dive in sustainable operations with one of the numerous Office of […]
Divided City Graduate Summer Research Fellowship
The Center for the Humanities, in collaboration with the Sam Fox School and with funding from the Office of the Provost’s Here and Next initiative, is pleased to offer a new round of Divided City Graduate Fellowships for Summer 2024 for MA/PhD students in the Humanities, Humanistic Social Sciences, Art, Architecture, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture. […]
Apply to the Office of Sustainability New Internship Program
The Office of Sustainability is offering a new full-time internship opportunity, in which students will work on real-life sustainability challenges and operationalize solutions. This internship offers an enriching cohort experience with training and mentorship from the Office of Sustainability staff and the Environment, Sustainability and Climate Change (ESCC) Internship Program. The deadline to submit an […]
Summer 2023 Environmental Studies – Internship Opportunity
The Environmental Studies program is now accepting applications for their Spring 2023 Impact Internship. Please direct questions to Griffin Knipp at knipp@wustl.edu. For more on this opportunity visit: https://sustainability.wustl.edu/internships/environmental-studies/
The STLr City Working Group & Indigenous STL Gathering Seeks Project Coordinator
The STLr City Working Group is seeking a Project Coordinator to support the planning and realization of a summer/fall 2023 gathering, “Indigenous STL,” as well as several advance community engagement sessions. The position will begin in mid-to-late January and run at least until the end of June, with a potential for extension into late summer […]
Perennial Community Workshop hiring part-time Woodshop Specialist
Overview of PerennialPerennial is a non-profit community workshop in St. Louis, MO that offers educational programming in creative reuse. Perennial’s mission is to build a creative culture of sustainability in which discarded items are transformed into cherished resources. Through classes, workshops, and events Perennial empowers adult beginners with the creative skills and resources they need […]
St. Louis Arts Chamber RFP for Public Art in 3 local parks
The St. Louis Arts Chamber is seeking qualifications from artists or artist groups/collaboratives interested in creating permanent, original public art for three parks adjacent to what will be the new Greenway Along The Hodiamont Tracks. Residents from the neighborhoods of Covenant Blu/Grant Center, Vandeventer, Lewis Place, Fountain Park, Academy/Sherman Park, Visitation Park, West End, and […]
Volunteer Planting Day October 1 with Urban League
Come volunteer with the Urban League on October 1 from 9a to 12p. They will be planting new native plants and general landscape upkeep at the Urban League’s Peter Bunce Water Tower Campus in College Hill. Find them at the parking lot along Grand Blvd at 2125 Bissell Street. Sign up here.
Participate in Geo-Resolution 2022 at SLU
Geo-Resolution 2022 is almost here! Come join us on September 28 for this free conference on the campus of Saint Louis University. This year’s conference theme is “Geospatial Perspectives on Climate Change: Predicting and Mitigating Effects.” If you haven’t already, please visit the conference website [taylorgeospatial.org] to register and for further info. The keynote speakers […]
“Sowing Seeds” Community Garden Volunteer Clean-up Day
Be Well Farmers Market invites you to participating in clearing brush from their lot to make way for fruit trees, native pollinators and other garden perennials. Help them prepare their space so they can plant a beautiful and abundant garden at the corner of 20th and Salisbury. Cold drinks & refreshments will be provided! Meet […]
The team at Custom Foodscaping is hiring!
Based in St. Louis, Missouri, Custom Foodscaping transforms ordinary outdoor spaces into beautiful, food-producing landscapes. They help people grow organic fruits and veggies in their homes, businesses, and community spaces with the mission of creating a healthier, more connected world. They are a full-service design and install company working from visioning to installation of any […]
Call for Early Career Participants for CHCI/Mellon Global Humanities Institute on Climate Justice and Problems of Scale
The Global Humanities Institute on Climate Justice and Problems of Scale will occur at the University of Pretoria between July 29 and August 7, 2022. Virtual sessions will be held on July 30-31, August 1-2, and August 4-6. The Institute is sponsored by the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes and funded by the Andrew […]
Forest ReLeaf seeking Designer for Communications Project
Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, a nonprofit tree growing and planting organization in St. Louis, isseeking a communications student for immediate help with a project. The project is part of a communications effort to promote our 2-year tree planting initiative taking place in the Ville Community in North St. Louis. Our objective is to grow awareness […]
Join us for Planting in the West End!
On October 2 from 8a to 12p, we will be installing about 350 native plants in the West End Park at 5900 Clemens Ave, St. Louis, MO 63112. We need volunteers to help us put plants in the ground, do some light soil moving, and mulch the garden! Come join as your schedule allows. Find […]
Olmsted 200 Webinar: Conversations with Olmsted: Parks, Equity, and Public Health
Olmsted 200 invites you to join the third webinar in our Conversations with Olmsted series. In this series, we explore different aspects of Olmsted’s far-reaching influence on America’s physical landscape and social fabric. This installment is co-hosted with one of our founding partners— American Public Health Association. Olmsted believed parks function as “lungs of the […]
Trailnet is hiring a Community Planning Manager
Trailnet seeks an urban planner to lead our planning efforts to create healthy, active and vibrant communities where walking, biking and the use of transit become a way of life. The Community Planning Manager plays a key role in shaping our planning and design community engagement efforts to increase access to equitable mobility options for […]
Webinar: Indigenous Design: The Intersection of Racial Justice and Design
Wanda Dalla Costa, Principal, Taw Architecture Collective PLLC. Director, Indigenous Design Collaborative. Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 4-5p EST / 1-2p PSTCredits: 1 LU HSW Session Description: Indigenous design is part of the collective reimaging underway in the field of architecture. Utilizing assets such as stories, rituals, values, history, and knowledge, Indigenous design offers a pathway that is […]
Webinar: Flash Points and Incursions: Designing for the Pluriverse
A discussion with Craig Stevenson and Cory Stevenson from OAC Chicago about codesign, ecologies, and transitions: placemaking as healing and futuring shifting between systems and ecologies transition design August 26th, 2021 6-7p. Register here.
MOMA Webinar: Black Reconstructions: Environmental Justice
How do climate change and racism intersect in American cities and towns to produce risk and harm, as well as possibilities for transformation in Black spaces? What visions for environmental and climate justice have Black communities imagined and enacted? This conversation brings architects, climate activists, and audience members together around key questions raised in the […]
Fellowship with Vacancy Collaborative and Green City Coalition
A two-year paid fellowship is available with the Vacancy Collaborative and Green City Coalition through a program called Lead For America. The Lead for America fellowship program selects, trains, and places leaders ages 21-30 in high-leverage roles within their local communities. You can see the specific listing by scrolling down to Missouri. The deadline to apply is […]
Story of Plastic Panel Discussion
“The Story of Plastic” is a powerful documentary exposing how the plastic industry is harming ecosystems and communities. Live stream “The Story of Plastic” for a limited time between March 27 and April 4. Then join WashU alum Deia Schlosberg, director of “The Story of Plastic”, who will join us for a lively panel discussion […]
EcoDistricts Institute Webinar: Just Growth: Advancing a Racial Equity Agenda Through Landuse
EcoDistricts is thrilled to be kicking off our 2021 Webinar Wednesday Series with the renowned Nathaniel Smith of Partnership for Southern Equity on March 17th at 11 AM PST/2 PM EST. Nathaniel Smith is a passionate advocate for equitable land use practices and one of the top leaders in holistic community sustainability. Smith’s advocacy activities were instrumental in […]
Environmental Racism Solution Series Summit
Environmental Racism Solution Series Summit: Climb atop a mountain of knowledge at our symposium event with entertainment and socially distant activity. Action St. Louis, Arch City Defenders, Dutchtown South Community Corporation, & Sierra Club are partnering again to bring a series of events to dialogue the solutions to make St. Louis a whole and healthy […]
Environmental Racism Solution Series: Old & Moldy Toxins
Environmental Racism Solution Series Event: Old & Moldy Toxins: Take a look into how mold and lead poisoning disproportionately affect BIPOC citizens. Action St. Louis, Arch City Defenders, Dutchtown South Community Corporation, & Sierra Club are partnering again to bring a series of events to dialogue the solutions to make St. Louis a whole and […]
Climate Conversations
The Washington University Climate Change Program has an ongoing semester series on climate conversations. Climate and Environmental Justice Talk at October 29th at 4pm. Join WUCCP to discuss climate justice and environmental justice, highlighting how it pertains to St. Louis. Panelists will include: Leah Clynburn: Beyond Coal Organizer, Missouri Sierra Club Christine Ekenga: Asst. Professor, […]