AmeriCorps Urban Forestry & Drought Specialists 12 weeks

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ORGANIZATION: Our City Forest

Want to turn your community into a green oasis? Want to earn money for school or to pay back student loans? Here is the perfect opportunity for you to do both.

Silicon Valley environmental non-profit, Our City Forest, is recruiting now for AmeriCorps Service Members to be Urban Forestry Specialists for 11 months. Positions begin early September.

Our City Forest AmeriCorps members help grow their community by engaging volunteers in:
* cultivating plants and young trees at the Community Nursery,
* planting and caring for trees in neighborhoods, schools, and parks,
* fighting the impacts of drought and climate change.

Service members train residents on best planting practices so they can be successful environmental stewards of a greener metropolis.

You can learn more about this exciting opportunity by visiting www.ourcityforest.org/careers

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About Our City Forest

Location:

1195 Clark St, San Jose, CA 95125, US

Mission Statement

Our mission is to cultivate a green and healthy Silicon Valley by engaging community members in the appreciation, protection, growth and maintenance of our urban ecosystem, especially our urban forest.

Description

The ultimate goal of the program is to facilitate the planting of one million trees in Silicon Valley, utilizing one million people. We have planted over 70,000 trees in San Jose, encouraging community members to join us in improving the environmental conditions of their communities. We focus on making a healthy urban forest accessible to all by offering services targeted towards disadvantaged communities because we believe a healthy environment should be available to all people, not just those who have the resources to access it.

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Environment
Community, Environment

WHEN

Tue Sep 13, 2016 - Sat Aug 12, 2017
08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

WHERE

1590 Las Plumas Ave.San Jose, CA 95133

(37.358967,-121.869255)
 

SKILLS

  • Customer Service
  • Environmental Education
  • Environmental Policy
  • Environmental Science
  • Habitat Restoration
  • Horticulture

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 40 hours per week, 12 weeks, 450 hours
  • US Citizen or Eligible Non Citizen

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