Who We Are
At MobilizeGreen, we address the diversity leadership gap in green STEM by connecting organizations with top-tier diverse talent, which provides students with viable pathways to meaningful careers and helps public and private sector agencies fill their talent pipelines.
We believe that diverse youth have answers to many of the most pressing issues the world is facing right now. It’s the youth of today who will become the leaders of tomorrow. However, many of these young students face barriers in accessing career opportunities in the environmental and green sectors. MobilizeGreen seeks to remove those hurdles. We’re a nonprofit organization focused on jumpstarting green careers for diverse students, through internships, mentoring, and youth engagement.
The world is facing epic environmental, economic, and social equity crises, many of which disproportionately impact communities of color. Mitigating these risks will require brave, innovative leadership from government officials and big corporations, but they’ll also need to create space for a population that has a very personal stake in the outcome – diverse youth.
What We Do
Our internship and Resource Assistant internship opportunities allow young people to get paid experience in the roles that can help shape and guide their careers.
And we even offer conservation opportunities across the nation that give high school students access to the experience and real-world problem solving that allows them to build truly rewarding careers.
We provide conferences, career fairs, and networking opportunities to enable youth from all backgrounds to meet businesses, non-profits, and academics who would benefit from hearing different points of view.
The VirtualIntern, our new online platform, has emerged as a groundbreaking tool for young adults to gain paid work experiences with employers seeking to hire and engage diverse talent.
Our Approach
Expose Youth to Nature
Youth who spend time outdoors are healthier and do better in school. MobilizeGreen exposes youth to nature to promote leadership, civic engagement, and connection to nature.
Get Work Done
Interns help complete mission-critical work. They also bring critical thinking skills and fresh perspectives to help organizations solve real world problems.
Provide Access
80% of jobs/internships are not widely advertised. We ensure that underrepresented young adults know about and have access to hands-on learning opportunities.
Recruit Qualified Talent
Whether recruiting STEM or other talent or providing talent engagement opportunities, MobilizeGreen provides tailored recruiting solutions for a range of employers.
Remove Barriers
Removing barriers to participation is critical in making sure that every one can benefit from career-enhancing internships, which have become the new entry-level job.
Build Our Workforce
Today's young people are tomorrow's workforce. Young people will drive the world's economic growth, and they must help solve environmental challenges.
Why Us?
Investing In Young People Makes Economic Sense:
Today’s students are tomorrow’s leaders. The Brookings Institute reports that more than half of the nation’s population is comprised of millennial, Gen Z, or younger generations. By turning young people into the green leaders of tomorrow through environmental internships, we believe we really can make a difference.
Empowering Diverse Youth Makes Demographic Sense:
The U.S. Census estimates that by 2050, communities of color will represent a 53% majority. Successfully promoting a vibrant and sustainable future for these communities requires investment in future leaders who hail from these very communities and live and breathe their values.
Moving to a Greener and Cleaner Economy Makes Us Sustainable:
We’re facing increasing population growth, dwindling natural resources, and worsening environmental issues spurned by climate change. Tackling these issues head-on, while also igniting economic growth, requires innovative, multi-sector approaches that are greener and cleaner.
Success Story
Meet LaTasha. She was born and raised on the Navajo Nation Reservation in Window Rock, Arizona.
Almost half of the reservation’s young people under the age of 18 live in poverty, 34% won’t graduate from high school, and only 4.2% will graduate from college. Defying the odds, LaTasha graduated from Dartmouth College in 2011 with a degree in earth sciences. Through one of MobilizeGreen’s programs, she interned with the U.S. Forest Service and helped develop a program that bridges the gap between Western science and traditional tribal ecological knowledge, by exposing tribal youth to the outdoors and natural resource careers. The program has since expanded to reach more diverse young people. After finishing her internship, LaTasha said, “I can feel the path of my life coming together more than ever now.”
LaTasha is now a Forest Service employee.
Through MobilizeGreen, talented, passionate young people like LaTasha can explore their curiosities, develop and apply their skillsets, and gain real-world experience – all of which is indispensable in our effort to catalyze sustainable development and protect ecological systems in the communities that need them most.
“I can feel the path of my life coming together more than ever now.”