Internship Resources

The Irving Institute shares select energy, climate and society focused internships each week (along with events and other energy and climate opportunities) via our listserv (subscribe to the listserv here). Opportunities are also archived here both to highlight opportunities as well as provide examples of job titles and companies for your reference to help you in your career explorations. 

View the Select Energy and Climate Internship and Job Archive.

Handshake: Handshake is the Center for Professional Development's (CPD) one-stop shop for all things career-related

CPD Guides: Industry-specific guides for job placement tips/strategies

Dartmouth College Alumni Network LinkedIn page: LinkedIn is a networking site that allows you to connect with alumni, join groups built around your interests and career aspirations, and reach out to professionals in most fields; current students can also join the Dartmouth College Alumni Network

Thayer Career Services: Thayer Career Services offers customized guidance to all Thayer students

• Greenbiz Jobs: Offers careers in sustainability, climate tech, renewable energy, net zero, the circular economy, ESG and more.
• Sustainability Leads: Many different sustainability-focused jobs.
• Greentown Labs: A climatetech startup incubator; Greentown Labs aims to be a supportive, collaborative, and inspiring community for early-stage entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. Companies hosted by the incubator post positions on their website
• DayAway Careers: Dayaway Careers curates entry-level, clean energy career opportunities for graduating/interning college students and recent graduates, and organizes them by degree, major, and industry.
• Climatebase: Climatebase helps mobilize talent to accelerate climate solutions. The platform helps people discover climate jobs and transition into the space and helps climate-focused organizations hire the mission-driven talent they need to succeed.
• NEWIEE Jobs Board: New England Women in Energy and the Environment shares regional job and internship postings
• Breakthrough Energy: BEV is an investment firm seeking to finance, launch, and scale companies that will eliminate greenhouse gas emissions throughout the global economy. Search through postings at companies they've invested in.
• American Society of Adaptation Professionals: ASAP is working to ensure equitable access to adaptation and resilience jobs, collecting and analyzing data to shed light on the growing marketplace, and helping to ensure quality job performance and consistent adaptation and resilience outcomes from work performed.
• Brown Girl Green Jobs: A climate tech start-up bridging the equity and inclusion gap within the green economy through conversations, resources, and pathways to bring more diverse talent into the environmental field.
• American Clean Power: ACP is uniting the power of America's renewable energy industry to advance our shared goals and to transform the U.S. power grid to an affordable, reliable and clean power system. The ACP team leverages extensive experience and institutional expertise in renewable energy, energy transmission and storage, public policy, and advocacy to advance clean power in the United States.
• Climate Designers: The leading job board for designers passionate about climate action.
• Energy Impact Partners: EIP offers a best-in-class internship program for young professionals interested in every aspect of the venture capital ecosystem, including investment, research and strategy, business development, and operations. EIP internships are all paid at competitive market rates. 
• Climate Corps Fellows Program:  If you are passionate about addressing climate change, committed to making a difference at the community level, and want an exceptional opportunity to develop real-world skills to build a career in the environmental sustainability field, SEI's Climate Corps Fellowship Program may be for you.
• Empowering Diverse Climate Talent (EDICT) Internship Program:  EDICT creates a diverse pipeline of talent for the climate sector, working with both employers to create inclusive cultures where new talent can succeed, and with youth to develop new skills and unlock powerful networks for rising leaders from traditionally excluded groups.
• Work in Green: 
• Eco-Internships Support Program: Creating environmental/sustainability jobs for youths and recent grads by connecting funders to nonprofits that need staffing support.
• Climate People: Resources to help you on your job search journey.
• Terra.do: Terra.do is building the world's largest platform for climate work
• NRDC: Advice on finding a job in the climate space
• NEWIEE Email Group: A career forum for women to give and receive advice about careers in energy and the environment
• Resources for the Future: Do you want to begin a career in academic or policy research? Are you interested in contributing to impactful, balanced research that is aimed at improving environmental, energy and natural resource decisions? A summer research internship with Resources for the Future (RFF) might be right for you. The RFF summer internship program provides an opportunity for students to prepare for careers that engage in academic and policy-relevant research.