This summer, SEI is placing 40 high school students in paid, green internships across Marin to obtain hands-on experience and education in environmental science and sustainable living.

The internships, which pay participants $10 an hour, are funded through the Marin County’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Contingency Funds, administered by the County Department of Health and Human Services and the Workforce Investment Board.

In addition to allowing area companies to advance their sustainability goals by supplying additional labor at no cost to the organization, the program provides participants with valuable professional development skills and experience in the green industry.

The green industry encompasses a broad spectrum of employment opportunities and the range of SEI’s internship placements reflect the large variety of green jobs available. Internship placements include, but are not limited to: Mike’s Bikes, Plath Company, The Latino Council of Marin, Teens Turning Green, the Marin Bicycle Coalition, the Marin Carbon Project, Sustainable Fairfax, the Marin Builders Association, Marin Organic, Strategic Energy Innovations, Marinwood Community Farmer’s Market and Cow Track Ranch.

To read more about the internship program, see the full-text of the July 18th article from the Marin Independent Journal: Green Interns: Learn Career, Save Planet.

For a press release on the program, click here.