By Anne Bremer This summer, The Watershed Project was fortunate to welcome five summer interns to our ranks. Although these interns came to us with a wide range of skills and interests, they all share the desire to make a positive impact in their community (four of them are Richmond residents) and learn more about the environmental field. All of our interns are introduced to a variety of environmental professionals, develop concrete skills that are relevant to their interests and future endeavors, and learn about the workings of a small non-profit. They also work on meaningful and impactful …
Environmental Careers
Internship Opening: Wild Oysters Spring 2018
Have you ever wanted to explore our Bay ecosystems? Dive into environmental education? Don waders and engage in citizen science and oyster restoration? Our Wild Oyster internship is an incredible opportunity to get your feet wet and learn about exciting environmental careers, working alongside talented environmental professionals. Wild Oysters interns will have the opportunity to support both the The Watershed Project’s successful Wild Oysters education program and our Wild Shorelines restoration project. Interns will participate in: Citizen science during oyster monitoring events …
Volunteering for Social Justice: Reflections of Leadership High School Students
By Jenn Sosa, Carlos Martinez and Alexa Vega Three Leadership Public School-Richmond students share their volunteering experiences at the Richmond Greenway and to reflect upon the impact of trash in their communities. We are three students that attend Leadership Public Schools-Richmond and we are part of a new 2-week summer camp - Community Leadership Institute (CLI) - that focuses on the assets of our community. CLI is a service learning program that sheds light on the importance of working in our community. As a result, we had community guest speakers including staff from Chevron and …
Wild Oysters Internship Perspective: Looking Back at the Semester
This spring, The Watershed Project had the pleasure of hosting three interns as part of the Wild Oysters Education Program. Over the last five months, Alex Hartnett, Tyler Glaser and Kunal Mehta have supported the Wild Oysters program by attending classroom lessons, instructing students on oyster data collection at Point Pinole, and researching material for Wild Oysters lessons. At the start of their internship, they participated in two training sessions to begin their introduction to native Olympia oysters. Wild Shorelines program manager Helen Fitanides walked the interns through oyster …
Creative Placemaking with Stickwork|The Power and Dynamic Energy of Green Architecture
By Jeanine Strickland, Landscape Architect The landscape was shrouded in an epic fog when I arrived at the Bay Area Discovery Museum on a recent morning, yet I felt giddy with excitement at the prospect of working with environmental artist Patrick Dougherty of Stickwork. I was going to be part of the magic of building what I consider the ultimate green architecture project! Mr. Dougherty was working in a roughly-framed labyrinth, a whimsical nest of willow whips caught up in an ephemeral tensile structure. He put me to work in an inner room, described the general idea with sweeping gestures, …
Watershed Interns|Future Environmentalists at Work
By Miles King, Nidina Sapkota, Alexis Ballman, & Sharon Gibbons Editor's Note: Our newest Ebb and Flow assistant, Sharon Gibbons, sat down with our three high school interns to learn about what they have been doing throughout their time with The Watershed Project and where they'd like to go from here. We love having these three talented and intelligent individuals work with us every Friday! Meet Nidina, Alexis and Miles, three students from Albany High School who are interns at The Watershed Project through the Environmental Design Society English and Technology (EDSET) Academy. This …
Calling All Environmental Science Nerds | The Watershed Project is Hiring!
By Christopher Lim Think back to what you remember most about school. Do you remember the days at a desk when your teacher lectured about the world just outside the door? Or do you remember the moments you stepped out of the classroom and experienced the world - its colors, smells, textures, and even its hidden science, past history, and cultural context? Most likely you recall your experiences outside the classroom because it is these moments that have a lasting impression. People remember how they felt and not so much the details. The Watershed Project's education team is responsible for …
Teaching the Tools of the Trade | Our Watershed Teaching Tools Workshop Comes to San Francisco
By Martha Berthelsen Thanks to the government shutdown on October 2nd Bay Area gems like Alcatraz are closed and Rosie the Riveter National Historic Park are empty. But this isn't the first time a local treasure has been left deserted. Crissy Field was once an abandoned airfield, but in 2001 it was revitalized and restored by the hard work of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy and many volunteers. After a decade long effort, there are now 20 acres of beaches, tidal marsh, and trails where asphalt used to be, making Crissy Field a popular public space for everyone to enjoy. The natural …
