Young Urban Forester Internships!
TreesNY is proud to announce the fourth year of our Young Urban Foresters Summer Program! Every year we team up with Sunnyside Community Services and group together the brightest environmentally minded young adults for a paid internship that gets them ready for green jobs. Interns will achieve the following:
- Earn Citizen Pruner certification
- Gain a critical understanding of how urban planning affects the health of the city's living systems. Connections will be made between the urban forest, stormwater controls, and critical infrastructure
- Become adept at using cutting edge technology, like municipal grade GPS plotters
- Strengthen math and science skills as they apply to project design and execution
- Build a network of professional contacts within New York City's green sector
We will also go on a variety of exciting field trips such as a rooftop farm, a massive city park construction project, and many more!
Expectations
This internship is a combination of classroom learning and outdoor service-work. Interns will be expected to perform all duties in a work-like environment. Interns must be punctual, professional, and posses a willingless to complete tasks and most importantly, learn. Green jobs are at their core, outdoor jobs and interns will spend a great deal of the week working outside and must be willing to deal with exposure to the sun, carry tools, get dirty, and walk considerable distances throughout the duration of the program!
If you are interested in learning more about the program or applying, please call Mr. Claude Joseph at Sunnyside Community Services. (718) 784-6173 extension 445
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Professional Development
Additionally, Sunnyside Community Services will provide career readiness training that will guide interns through the process of developing and maintain professional networks, design a resume that reflects the student’s strength and abilities, and conducting online job searches.
The overall aim of these workshops is to help each program participant secure part-time employment and to think long term about their career track.
Eligibility and Application Steps
Funds for this program were generously provided by the Greening Western Queens Fund of the North Star Fund.
- Only applicants that live within the blackout zone in Western Queens will be considered. To find out if you are live within the zone, please enter your home address below.
- Interns must also be within the ages of 16-18 at the time of the program (July 2- August 10).
The Green Jobs application requires:
- Program Application
- Working Papers
- Social Security Card
- Age Verification (birth certificate or state ID)
- Parent’s income information (Tax Form, Food Stamp Letter etc)
- Release Forms
Trees New York (TreesNY) is an environmental and urban forestry nonprofit organization. Our mission is to plant, preserve and protect New York City’s urban forest through education, active citizen participation and advocacy. TreesNY was founded in the 1970’s as a volunteer response to New York City’s devastating cutbacks in forestry and tree-related community services.
TreesNY’s adult and youth education and training programs encourage volunteer stewardship of neighborhood environmental resources. TreesNY also works with local community-based organizations and city, state and federal agencies to care for NYC street trees. The major focus of TreesNY’s activities is to work with NYC residents to improve their quality of life through tree-related endeavors. TreesNY’s current programs include the Citizen Pruner Tree Care Course, Greening the Bronx Reforestation Project, Youth Environmental Literacy, Young Urban Forester, Arborist Job Training and Asian Longhorned Beetle Hotline & Invasive Species Workshops.
TreesNY has 35 years of experience in large-scale tree planting projects, tree care management and consulting and stewardship training projects to teach members of NYC’s communities to care for the urban forest. Since its founding, TreesNY has trained over 11,000 adults and 4,500 youth in tree care and stewardship. Since 2005, TreesNY has planted over 2,500 trees in underserved communities throughout New York City. For over three decades, TreesNY has been at the forefront of environmental advocacy in New York City.
If you are interested in learning more about the program or applying, please call Mr. Claude Joseph at Sunnyside Community Services. (718) 784-6173 extension 445
