Environment California Solar Strong Intern

Internship: Environment California Solar Strong Internship

Environment California is hiring interns to work with our clean energy team on campaigns to highlight the advantages of rooftop solar and storage throughout the state of California. As an intern, you will gain experience in political organizing, and have the opportunity to make a difference on California’s policy stance towards clean, local energy.

What will a Solar Strong Intern with Environment California do?

As a Solar Strong Intern with Environment California, you will help us to educate and engage the public on the myriad benefits of rooftop solar and storage. You will play a key role in organizing a solar-focused event or set of events in your local community, which will be attended by other Environment California staff, members of the community, local elected officials, coalition partners, and potentially members of the media. 

• You’ll learn how to analyze environmental problems, push for smart solutions, and build public support for our goals.
• You’ll learn the ropes of how to organize and advocate for environmental solutions.
• You’ll learn how to build public support for environmental policy proposals through grassroots organizing and working with the media.
• You’ll attend briefings and trainings to learn even more about environmental issues and gain organizing skills.

Who can be an intern?

We’re looking for people who are passionate about the environment and are ready to make a difference now. An internship with Environment California is one of the best ways to gain experience for a career in environmental advocacy.

Details

Location: We are hiring interns to work on campaigns to highlight the advantages of rooftop solar throughout the state of California. We are hiring interns to do remote and in-person organizing across the state.

Timeline: We are hiring interns to start immediately in fall 2025. We accept internship applications on a rolling basis.

Internships are unpaid positions. You may be able to earn course credit through your university for completing the internship.

How to apply: Fill out our online application. For “Which of our offices are you applying to?” select “Remote.” For “What issues or campaigns are you most interested in working on?” type “California Solar Strong.”

Environment California is an equal opportunity employer.

COVID-19: We take COVID-19 safety very seriously. Employees must follow our COVID safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted. Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law. Staff in Texas are not required to be vaccinated. Staff in Florida are not required to be vaccinated or participate in testing.

About Environment California

Environment California is part of Environment America, a policy and action group working to tackle the most profound problem of our time: a way of living that is destroying the natural world. 

We’re advocates for energy conservation and renewable power, so we can keep oil in the ground and stop burning fossil fuels. We’re champions of plastic reduction, so nothing we use for a few minutes is allowed to pollute our oceans for centuries. And we’re defenders of wildlife and wild places, both for their own sake as well as the awe and wonder they bring to our lives.

Environment America and our national network of 30 state environmental groups work to improve our quality of life by reducing the pollution and other harms of how we produce, consume and dispose of more and more stuff. And we do it one step at a time, by winning results for clean air, clean water, clean energy, wildlife, open spaces, and a livable climate that make a tangible difference in people's lives and our environment. 

If you want to work hard, challenge yourself, and make a real impact on the critical environmental issues of our time, consider a career with Environment America.