| North
America |
| |
Boston |
Apprentice with a nationally recognized stained glass
master craftsman.
|
Housing not provided
|
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New York City
|
Learn to write,
direct and edit films while producing 4 short black and
white films. |
8 weeks
year round
housing not provided
|
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New York City
|
Receive solid
technical grounding and freedom to explore your artistic
side in a 12week course, at the end of which you will
have produced a black and white nonsync film. |
12 weeks
materials
housing not included
|
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Arizona
|
Take part in
a 5-week architectural construction workshop at a site
in Arizona that is using the principles of architecture
and ecology to build a community. There is also a metal
workshop on site where you can learn to cast bells used
in the making of world famous chimes. |
Five weeks
year round
college credit |
| |
California
|
Work alongside
the faculty and administration at the oldest humanistic
alternative school in the U.S. |
Academic year
flexible about time but prefer 3 months
Housing -- first come first served
sliding scale based on ability to pay
|
| |
Colorado |
Work with horses and ride the herds on a guest ranch
in Colorado.
|
Summer only
room and board and small stipend
|
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Hawaii
|
Hands on research with whales and dolphins, monitoring
the impacts of marine vessel traffic on behavior.
|
2 months
seasonal
room and board
|
| |
|
• Custom design an internship in historic preservation,
resource management, health care, government, education,
social services, tourism or religion.
|
4-weeks
seasonal
college credits
|
| |
|
• Organic
farming on the island of Maui |
Seasonal
2 month minimum
room and board
|
| |
Montana
|
Work with wildlife
researchers as they study glacier ecosystems and habitats
of threatened grizzlies and wolf species in the Rockies. |
Five weeks
year round
college credit
|
| |
Oregon
|
Are you an aspiring
outdoor leader, interested in youth leadership, adventure
travel or outdoor education? Master basic project skills
and learn the techniques needed to lead a crew of teenage
youth. Help to plan lessons and learn games that will
help young people master environmental concepts. |
Five weeks
summer only
stipend
|
| |
Appalachia |
Volunteer with a family centered primary health care
program that offers participants hands on experience
with women's health care issues, midwifery and literacy
projects or work in the animal shelter and scrub in
with the local vet.
|
3 months
year round
room and board
need a car
|
|
New England
|
Intern at a
museum that houses and treats 80 permanently injured raptors.
As an intern you receive training in the basic care, handling
and treatment of injured birds and assist with the health
monitoring of in house raptors. Interns also work with
hawks and owls during educational presentations and assist
with the general operation of the center. |
Semester based
year round
room and board
|
| |
Northeast
|
Work with the
hearing impaired in a residential program |
2-month
minimum
year round
room and board
|
| |
Southwest
|
Take part in a 'mini peace corps' in the Navaho community.
Teach children, coach sports, form a dance troupe, set
up a health clinic or work on local environmental projects.
|
Year round
college credit
|
| Canada
|
| |
|
Tackle the social
problems of others by working with volunteers from around
the world to build communities for homeless Canadians,
many of whom are native people. |
|
|
British Columbia
|
A training program
for those interested in guiding, outdoor adventure and
tourism. Training includes horse handling, mountain riding,
horse packing and shoeing, guiding, horse logging and
backcountry living. Acquire skills for packhorse trips,
big game viewing, photography safaris, fishing and hunting |
Seasonal
1 week-1 month
varies with course & length of time
|
| Caribbean |
| |
Ocean |
Join coral reef
and tropical forest expeditions and receive training in
survey techniques and scuba diving. As a volunteer you
will help teams with underwater mapping to secure data
for the preservation of coral reefs and coastal management.
Be ready for some hard work and long days |
Year round
flexible time
12 weeks
|
| |
|
• Learn
to sail as a midshipman on a tall ship |
|
| |
|
• Sail
throughout the Caribbean, get PADI certified and earn
college credit as you study oceanography, celestial navigation
and marine biology. |
Spring and fall semester
college credit
|
| |
|
• Preserve
local history and architecture by taking part in survey
and photographic work of historic sites |
|
| |
|
• Intern
in an orphage in Jamaica |
Year round
3 months
college credit
|
| Mexico,
Central, and South America |
| |
Peru |
Work with a team of researchers at the mouth of the
Amazon as they survey undocumented species and work
to protect endangered species in the most biologically
diverse area in the world.
|
10 weeks
year round
|
| |
Costa
Rica |
Gain hands on
experience as you document the evolving role of women
in the development of a rural Costa Rican region. Participants
record and document women's memories of the oral histories
while considering the diverse agricultural, technological,
political, economical, social, cultural, and psychological
aspects about changing gender roles. Students document
these women's experiences by creating bi-lingual stories
illustrating the diverse issues in women's lives at different
points in time. |
Spring and summer sessions
college credit
12 weeks
|
|
Bolivia |
If you have
an interest in economics and politics or are good with
a camera come cover the national and international news
as well as doing film and restaurant reviews. |
Up to 3-months
year round
|
| |
Cuba,
Nicaragua, Belize, Costa Rica |
Choose from
over 100 different internships and immerse yourself in
the economic, political, social and educational issues
of Central America. Your involvement whether it is in
social justice, health care, rainforest research, journalism,
sustainable development or work at an orphanage will really
make a difference. |
Fall & spring semesters
college credit
|
| |
Bolivia,
Costa Rica, Belize |
Take part in
a 'mini peace corps' in Bolivia, Costa Rica or Belize.
Teach children, coach sports, form a dance troupe, set
up a health clinic or work on local environmental projects. |
Year round
college credit
|
| |
Mexico |
Study photography,
sculpture, weaving, ceramics, painting, art history and
silver work as you sit outdoors in a charming colonial
village in one of the best language labs in the area. |
4 weeks
4 hours a day
fee for language instruction
4 weeks
3 hours 3 times a week
fee for studio art courses
|
| |
Throughout
Central and South America |
Volunteer in
butterfly gardens, family health care clinics, orphanages,
public/private schools, beachside equestrians centers,
rainforest canopy tours, national parks, sea turtles,
wild animal rescue and rehabilitation centers and the
rain forest while you developed fluency in Spanish. |
Year round
4 week minimum
varies with country, placement and length of stay.
|
| Africa
|
| |
Zambia |
Survey big game
on a reserve in Africa to help with the identification
of endangered species. |
10 weeks
year round
|
|
Ghana |
Work with a
large established NGO (non-governmental organization)
in Accra teaching English and other subjects on the elementary
school level. You receive a TEFL training course in the
UK, support and advice from an in-country-coordinator
in Ghana, a UK briefing, airport pickup in Accra, food
and accommodation for 3 months, a Lonely Planet guide
book and informational packet. Additional costs include
travel to Ghana, Insurance and a visa. |
Up to 3 months
year round
|
| |
Kenya,
Zimbabwe |
Take part in
a 'mini peace corps' in Kenya or Zimbabwe. Teach children,
coach sports, form a dance troupe, set up a health clinic
or work on local environmental projects. |
Year round
college credit
|
| Europe |
| |
France |
Crew on holiday
barges on the inland waterways of France |
Seasonal
room and board
|
| |
|
• Live
and work in an 18th century French castle, classified
as a national historic monument and noted for it's majestic
staircases and monumental ironwork. The castle (about
2 hours from Paris) needs housekeepers, gardeners and
assistant art restoration painters, each with a 36-hour
work schedule that gives you plenty of time to explore
the region. |
Seasonal
room and board
|
| |
|
• Work
with children and ski at a former Olympic site in the
French Alps |
Seasonal
flexible time period
|
|
|
• Attend
a Provencal cooking school (semester based/prices not
yet available) or participate in the preservation, restoration
and revitalization of 16th century medieval village in
the Cevennes Mountains of southern France. |
Year round
room and board in exchange for 16 hours of help a week
space as available.
|
| |
Italy |
Work with children
from Chernobyl at a summer camp on an island off the coast
of Italy |
Seasonal
2 weeks
|
| |
|
• Study
European civilization in one of the most beautiful cities
in the world, Venice. An impressive list of topics and
guest lecturers as well as field visits, museums and language
classes. |
Winter only
10-12 weeks
|
| |
|
• Live
in a villa in near sienna while selecting from a series
of workshops that range from landscape painting to architectural
studies to archaeological restoration work to writing
seminars and landscapes design of historic Italian gardens |
April-October
1-3 week courses
cost depends on the course and length of stay
|
| |
Italy,
Greece |
Study art history
in a 16th century villa in Tuscany; followed by a 2 month
sojourn in your chosen discipline...painting, drawing,
sculpture, photography, creative writing, and printmaking. |
Fall and spring
3 months
|
| |
Greece |
Organic farming
and gardening that includes work on farms as well as taking
care of estate gardens. |
Seasonal
room and board in exchange for labor
|
| |
Spain
|
Work in a research community in the mountains of southeast
Spain testing new ways to reclaim desert soil so that
faring techniques can help those living arid lands.
|
5 week minimum
year round
donation appropriate to length of stay
|
| |
|
• Learn flamenco dance or guitar
in Granada or Seville
|
6 weeks
Costs depend on the course, length of stay and rate
of exchange.
|
| British
Isles |
| |
England |
Work with a master craftsman to build you a guitar
or other related instrument.
|
3 months
|
| |
England,
Scotland, Wales, Germany, France, and Spain |
Custom design
your own internship in any of the above countries. Past
placements included: editing the nightly news in Madrid;
working for an international health care organization
in Paris; interning at small music company in London;
working on a farm in Germany; interning for a member of
the labor party in London; working as part of the staff
at a prestigious riding school north of London--publishing
firms, bookstores, architectural firms, restaurants, journalism,
antique restoration, art galleries and so much more. |
Flexible timetable
|
| Israel |
|
|
Spend 10 months
in Israel living, volunteering, and studying Israeli religion,
culture and society. |
Fall, winter, spring
10 months
college credit
|
| |
|
• Participating
in a month long science program that offers a unique opportunity
to participate in ongoing research at one of the most
renowned science labs in the Middle East. |
Summer only
1 month
full scholarship
|
| |
|
• Take
first year university courses; participate in extracurricular
activities and chose from a variety of volunteer and intern
positions to round out this immersion experience. |
Semester & year long options
college credit
|
| |
|
• Designed
for the independent student interested in aging valuable
work experience in his/her field. Internships are available
in a wide variety of fields and are tailor made to meet
your needs. |
2-6-months
year-round
registration fee
monthly stipend.
|
| |
|
• Live
alongside Israelis at army bases, hospitals, archaeological
digs or the Jerusalem botanical gardens to get a 'hands
on' experience and real feel for life in Israel. |
3 weeks
year round
|
| |
|
• Participate
in an intensive program that combines the kibbutz lifestyle
of communal living with an innovative approach to academic
study. Learn about and experience the history and society
of Israel through discussions, workshops, simulation games
and traveling. |
Semester
spring & fall
|
| Asia |
|
South
China Seas |
Work as part
of a research team with the university of Malaysia studying
coral reef, coastal mangroves and primary rainforest. |
10 weeks
year round
|
| |
Tibet,
Nepal |
Learn about
the Tibetan community inside and outside Tibet. Live in
family home stays and trek into the high country to stay
at monasteries and visit temples as you explore the medicine,
arts, music, crafts and spirituality (Buddhism) of the
Tibetan tradition. |
Spring and fall
6 weeks
|
| |
Nepal |
Live in Katmandu
where you can choose to apprentice with a silversmith,
learn to play the sitar, study yoga, martial arts and
alternative medicine; followed by a trek in the Himalayas. |
Fall and spring
12 weeks
|
| |
Thailand |
Take part in
a 'mini peace corps' in Thailand. Teach children, coach
sports, form a dance troupe, set up a health clinic or
work on local environmental projects. |
Year round
college credit
|
| |
Sri
Lanka |
During nesting
season work with sea turtles, monitoring and collecting
data. During the rest of the year duties include general
conservation work, administrative work, and public relations,
including lobbying the Sri Lankan government. |
|
| |
|
• Work
with skilled and committed divers and conservationists
replanting coral on Sri Lanka's stunning coast. Get PADI
certified in the process. |
|
| |
|
• Teach
orphans in the tea plantations of Nuewara or high school
and convent students on the coast. If you are interested
in Buddhism, teach in an educational center run by a Buddhist
monk. |
|
|
Thailand |
Custom design
your own internship in Buddhism, advocacy, women's rights,
resource management, publishing teaching, resort operation
and eco-tourism. |
4-weeks
year round
college credit
|
| |
India |
Live in Dharamsala
immersed in the Buddhist philosophy, mediation and monastic
spirituality as well as the complex politics of the ongoing
'Tibet question'. Teach Tibetan refugees, school children
and members of the monastic community and participate
in community development projects that include a work
at a local health clinic or women's cooperative, renovation
of local schools, experimental gardening or the design
and painting of murals. |
Fall and spring semesters
|
| |
Vietnam |
Earn a monthly
stipend teaching english. You will need a professional
attitude, as you will be reaching in one of the most respected
chain of language schools in Hanoi. Live in a shared flat
with other English teachers and explore this diverse country.
|
1-6 months
year round
fee for placement TELF training course and accommodations
|
| Australia,
New Zealand, the Pacific |
| |
Australia |
Custom design
an internship in Australia. Past internships have included
working on a dive boat on the great barrier reef, working
in a sound recording studio, assisting a team of equine
veterinary surgeons and teaching in local and aborigine
school. |
6 week minimum
year round
|
| |
|
Work on teams
throughout Australia on 6 week projects that work towards
conservation of the averment; everything from protection
of endangered species to flora and fauna surveys to trail
construction and maintenance. |
Six weeks
year round
|
|
New
Zealand |
Choose from
a menu of placements that offer hands on experience in
social service (the young, the elderly and special needs);
physical work (conservation and farming); healthcare and
hospital work. Can also request more specialized placements
with veterinarians, doctors, public relation firms, lawyers
and more. |
Flexible time periods
year round
|
| |
Fiji |
Work on an underwater
dive park off the coast of Fiji. |
10 weeks
year round
|
| |
|
• Custom
design your own internship in historic preservation, resource
management, fishing and farming, education, ecotourism,
coaching and language study. |
4-weeks
year round
college credit
|
| |
Tahiti |
Join research
teams as they head to Tahiti to study dolphins. |
Seasonal
4 weeks
college credit
|
| |
Philippines,
Indonesia |
Join coral reef
and tropical rainforest expeditions in the Philippines
and Indonesia and train in survey techniques and scuba
diving. |
Year round
flexible time
12 weeks
|
|
Bali |
Spend 6 weeks
immersed in the culture of Bali while working with village
masters to learn about the traditional Balinese performing
arts, crafts, and mask making and movement techniques. |
Winter only
6 weeks
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