Sustainability Campaigns and Community Outreach Intern

Earth Day Initiative is a non-profit organization that promotes environmental awareness through annual Earth Day events, as well as year-round programs, including our sustainable food education program, green buildings publication, and regular work with community partners around a range of sustainability initiatives. In recent years we marked Earth Day with virtual events bringing people together from around the world to take part in sustainability initiatives and climate activism.

Our livestream and videogame-inspired virtual reality platform reached over 1.75 million people to call for climate action and environmental justice. In the past few years our virtual events included Al Gore, Robert Downey Jr, Bill Nye, Ian Somerhalder, Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr, Elizabeth Warren, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Broadway performers from Jagged Little Pill and Hamilton, climate scientists, activists, and sustainability experts.

We seek a Campaign and Community Outreach Intern to assist us the organizing of our Earth Day 2026 outdoor in-person (and virtual) events, as well as in our year-round sustainability programs, including our sustainable food education program and corporate employee engagement programs. The intern would be responsible for outreach to and communication with schools, local businesses, national companies, and environmental organizations in our efforts to get these various groups involved in our events and programs. We work with organizations like March for Science, Fridays for Future, Natural Resources Defense Council, the NYC Department of Education, Whole Foods, Arc'teryx, Rainforest Alliance, Environmental Defense Fund, March for Science, New York Botanical Garden, GrowNYC, the United Nations, and the New York Times.

We're preparing now for our Earth Day 2026 events which will include outdoor in-person events in New York City as well as a virtual events with prominent activists and entertainers (details to be announced soon). Both our outdoor in-person events and virtual events will feature a wide range of environmental organizations and a virtual stage with a full line-up of speakers and interactive sessions.

This internship provides a great opportunity to familiarize yourself with the spheres of environmental education and corporate social responsibility and gain contacts at dozens of organizations working in these fields. The position would be ideal for someone interested in pursuing a career in corporate social responsibility, environmental advocacy, or sustainability.

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INTERN REQUIREMENTS

• Attention to detail
• Ability to be proactive and take initiative to tackle internship tasks
• Ability to work remotely and connect with our team via phone and video sessions. *MOST WORK WILL BE PERFORMED REMOTELY DURING THE DURATION OF THIS INTERNSHIP EXCEPT FOR ATTENDING AND ASSISTING IN THE IN-PERSON OUTDOOR EARTH DAY EVENTS IN APRIL.*
• Ability to attend and assist in our outdoor in-person events in NYC on 1-3 days in mid April
• Available 14 hours (roughly 2 days) a week and able to work on an agreed-upon schedule and potentially some weeknight or weekend hours depending on our events (which would be offset by providing time off during regular weekday hours)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products
• Preferred: Graphic design experience (Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.)
• Preferred: Interest in environmental issues
• Preferred: Located in the NYC metropolitan area

INTERN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Contact potential partners, including schools, corporations, environmental organizations, and volunteers
• Coordinate and execute environmental education sessions with our educational partners, leading webinars and interactive sessions with students and teachers
• Assist in managing the organization's social media
• Online research
• Data collection and organization
• Administrative and office support
• Other tasks as they might arise

Ideally candidates would be available from early January to early May 2026.