We’re the country’s most respected training program for environmental organizers. 

Are you determined to make the biggest positive impact you can on issues like climate change and clean water, but you don’t know where to start? Green Corps offers a yearlong, paid training program that will prepare you for a career in environmental organizing. Here’s how it works:

Learn Skills from Environmental Leaders 

You’ll participate in eight weeks of intensive classroom training conducted by environmental organizers and leaders from a wide range of organizations and campaigns, such as Bill McKibben of 350.org.

Our staff and trainers present overviews on the biggest issues facing our environment, as well as more specific trainings on proven organizing tactics. Topics include volunteer recruitment, campaign planning, public speaking and much more. You’ll learn how to run campaigns that inspire the public and build organizations and political support needed to save our planet.

Hands-On Experience on Real Campaigns 

The bulk of your training will come through hands-on experience working on behalf of organizations such as The Wilderness Society, Oceana and Mighty Earth. You will use the skills you learn in your classroom training to work on some of the most pressing issues of the day.

Over the course of the year, you’ll lead three to five different campaigns in communities across the country. By working with several different campaign partners, you’ll gain experience tackling a diversity of issues and working in a variety of communities.

Last fall, for example, seven organizers worked on behalf of Mighty Earth to push for more sustainable practices within the meat industry, developing more than 70 volunteer leaders to continue the campaigns going forward. In the spring, another Green Corps team worked with PennEnvironment to encourage the Pennsylvania Legislature to commit to 100 percent renewable energy, mobilizing hundreds of people from across the state to attend a lobby day at the state Capitol.

Launch Your Organizing Career

After completing the training program, you will be connected to groups looking to hire full-time staff. Our alumni are at work today on everything from overseeing campaigns for Sierra Club, to promoting rainforest protection on a global scale, to protecting local places from Lake Tahoe to Appalachian forests. Thanks to Green Corps’ rigorous training program and the great need for trained organizers in many social change organizations, Green Corps organizers are often able to find professional positions immediately after completing the program.

Location and Compensation

The target annual compensation for this position is $27,500 in the first year. Green Corps offers a competitive benefits package. We also offer an excellent training program and opportunities for advancement.

Green Corps organizers go where the fight is, and wherever they can make the biggest impact. They could work on campaigns almost anywhere in the country, and while location preferences are considered for placements, we require all organizers to be geographically flexible.

Green Corps is part of The Public Interest Network—a group of organizations that share a vision of a better future, a set of core values, and a strategic approach to getting things done. Visit https://greencorps.org/core-values.html to learn more.

Green Corps is an equal opportunity employer.