The following are summer positions or unfilled semester positions that are still available.
Client: Fork to Farm
Fork to Farm Intern
The Carrboro Vermicomposting Project was initiated by a group of neighbors and funded by the town of Carrboro, to decrease methane released by kitchen scraps in our landfill. Now known as Fork to Farm, we promote vermicomposting and bokashi, and offer educational and training workshops. Our long-term goal is forming an organization that will keep the program improving and expanding after the grant period. This organization will provide introductory workshops, training, support, networking, continuing education, and on-line access to trusted resources.
Our Fork to Farm initiative makes composting kitchen scraps available to more people. We heard from many interested people who struggle to find the motivation and space to start vermicomposting. Therefore, we are adding the Bokashi method. Bokashi is a way to stabilize kitchen scraps in 5-gallon buckets for later use by fermenting. It can be used in the individual's garden or, donated to a friend, community garden or farmer. It requires even less labor and space, making it accessible to more people.
Internship tasks would include:
Project Location: Orange County, primarily Carrboro and Chapel Hill
Project Level: Entry Level
Project Type
Internship
Skills Desired
Project Deliverables
Unpaid internship
Comments:
Regretfully, we have no funds for wages. However, there is an easy and low risk way to make money through entrepreneurship. The intern can assemble and sell bokashi buckets and vermicomposting bins. The products have been designed; all that is necessary is for the intern to fulfill their obligations with the NC Department of Revenue. The intern would sell directly to potential participants. This is something they might be able to continue after the internship is complete.
The project location is at Pacifica Cohousing. Space for office work will be available in a small room in our Common House.
Applicants should have their own transportation. Exceptions are possible.
Contact Information
For more information about this project, please contact:
Tom Smith
wormsdothework@gmail.com
About this Organization
Total EcoStudio projects since 2018: 1
Projects led by this mentor: 1
The Molchanov Scholars Program is an endowed internship program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Institute for the Environment. The program is a partnership between the UNC Institute for the Environment and environmentally-focused small businesses, non-profit organizations and government institutions in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Each summer undergraduate students are matched with an environmental internship where they gain hands-on, professional training. Each Molchanov Scholar receives a $5,000 stipend to support their summer experience.
CDS has a website for internship opportunities. There's an interest form when active listings aren't available, as well.
These are other internship opportunities that we've heard of that may be of interest to our students. You will need to contact and apply to each organization and opportunity separately. We'll do our best to keep this page up-to-date, but there may be some opportunities that have already expired.
Undergraduate Internships and Fellowships: Find opportunities to conduct authentic research through internship programs across the country
This listing includes all kinds of opportunities for students at every grade level. You can filter the results to just show what you want. Also check out the NOAA undergraduate scholarships, because they have some paid internships listed here.
Check out the Resource Assistants Program. All RAP interns receive Direct Hire Authority (DHA) at the successful conclusion of their internship, which is a useful tool that can help with future employment in a federal agency.
Kay Blada Recycling is a 501(c)(3) certified non-profit, founded in 2015 and dedicated to alleviating poverty and cleaning up plastic waste in Haiti, while providing environmental education to the children of the community.
NCPIRG Students is a student organization that works with UNC students to protect the environment, and promote civic engagement. This Fall our priority campaign is our New Voters Project, where we will be working with the student government and other student groups this fall to make sure no one misses Election Day. We have virtual volunteer and internship opportunities doing outreach, organizing events, and spreading the world through media and social media. Click here to sign up for an information session and apply.
Interns and volunteers support office administration, attend events at the UN as Peace Boat US representatives, support campaigns, projects, and educational programs through outreach efforts, and write news and blog articles about our activities. Especially valuable skills and qualities include being multi-lingual (Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, French, and Japanese are especially helpful), graphic design, networking, photography, communications, public speaking, and very importantly, a passion to support the issues that Peace Boat US works on.
Let us know if you want us to list your position by emailing ecostudio@unc.edu
Send an email to ecostudio@unc.edu.
