Monday, June 19 - Friday, June 23, 2023
Building on the experiences and rhythm of the Africa Internship, the Colorado Internship will focus on finding inspiration and guidance through an unfiltered connection with nature and insightful discussions with local environmental leaders. Our base camp will be on a pristine area of the McBride Ranch with countless acres of wild land, an outpost called 'The Birdhouse,' and the Elk Mountains as our classroom.
During the week, interns will have the opportunity to:
The Colorado Internship is designed to deepen appreciation for the landscapes surrounding our valley, to broaden the perspectives and leadership capacity of Lewa alums, and explore ways individual passions and skills intersect with protecting places we love.
Building on the experiences and rhythm of the Africa Internship, the Colorado Internship will focus on finding inspiration and guidance through an unfiltered connection with nature and insightful discussions with local environmental leaders. Our base camp will be on a pristine area of the McBride Ranch with countless acres of wild land, an outpost called 'The Birdhouse,' and the Elk Mountains as our classroom.
During the week, interns will have the opportunity to:
- Spend early mornings and evenings quietly exploring and observing the remote corners of the McBride Ranch and the surrounding public lands.
- Learn about resident elk populations and migration patterns alongside CO Department of Wildlife biologists.
- Witness climate impacts and discuss advocacy in the high country with the Wilderness Workshop.
- Explore the complexities and regulations of water law and the beauty, fragility, and flow of this vital resource with leading specialists in the field.
- Spend evenings around the campfire with other inspiring leaders and storytellers, examining the larger social and environmental themes and narratives at play.
- Bring lessons of systems ecology, local leadership, and community conservation from Lewa to our own backyard.
- Engage the imagination as we explore new ways of addressing the balance between humans and the natural world.
The Colorado Internship is designed to deepen appreciation for the landscapes surrounding our valley, to broaden the perspectives and leadership capacity of Lewa alums, and explore ways individual passions and skills intersect with protecting places we love.
Strong stewardship is built through personal connections
and an intimate understanding of the land.
People protect what they love.
and an intimate understanding of the land.
People protect what they love.
Instructions to apply:
Please email your resume (or CV) and a cover letter answering the following questions to Aaron Garland at garland.aaron@gmail.com and Beth Shoemaker at bethshoe82@gmail.com before Friday, May 5th. Each response should be a 1-2 paragraphs in length.
After you submit your information via email, Aaron and Beth will reach out to schedule a 30-minute zoom interview.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Please email your resume (or CV) and a cover letter answering the following questions to Aaron Garland at garland.aaron@gmail.com and Beth Shoemaker at bethshoe82@gmail.com before Friday, May 5th. Each response should be a 1-2 paragraphs in length.
- Tell us why you would like to join the 2023 McBride Pilot Internship in Colorado. We want to hear what you've been up to and how this experience fits with your current interests and/or goals.
- Please share with us what you value about the Roaring Fork Valley. Discuss a few concerns or ideas you have about a sustainable future here.
- What social or environmental issue (or aspect of an issue) are you most compelled to learn about and work toward solving? This can be any issue; it doesn't have to be valley specific. Why is this important or interesting to you, and what's one way you could address it with the passions, knowledge, and skills you have or want to develop? Addressing issues happens on many different levels through a variety of outlets. Your contribution could be to research a specific question, create a piece of art, teach, work on a farm, or help businesses be more sustainable. Your idea can be practical, innovative, or totally out of the box. Your answers will help inform aspects of the program and help us better understand your skills and desires.
- This pilot program has a dual purpose. First, to support McBride alums in social and environmental leadership development, and second, to help us learn how experiences like this can serve other young adults in the valley. Your perspectives are important to us throughout the process. Are you willing and excited to give us share ideas and feedback so we can improve and expand on what we are offering?
After you submit your information via email, Aaron and Beth will reach out to schedule a 30-minute zoom interview.
We look forward to hearing from you!
THE TEAM
John
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Aaron Garland |
Kate
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James
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Beth Shoemaker |
Carl
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