Internships and Reports

Prior to 2012, the Environmental Studies major required a semester-long internship. Reports from these internships can be found here. 

The Environmental Studies program has funding dedicated to supporting summer internships. Students must secure their own unpaid 10-week internship with an environmental organization and then apply for funding. For more information, contact the Environmental Studies program.

Many students opt to participate in a one-credit environmental studies academic internship during the year.  This allows students to receive academic credit for pursuing an area of interest in depth and also serves as a way to provide sustained staffing for projects. Internships require mid-term and final reports and approval of a faculty member. These internships are coordinated by the Sustainability Coordinators with faculty oversight provided by Environmental Studies professor Amy Molitor.

Through these internships, many important projects have been developed and sustained. Below are some recent environmental internships.

Spring 2012
Composting Education and Outreach
Greening the Interest House Community
Clean Energy Expansion
Greening the Teams/Sustainability in Athletics
Chemical-Use Investigation
Earth Day Coordinator
Composting Biology Intern
Bike Co-Op
Fraternity Waste Reduction
Greenhouse Gas Audit

Fall 2012
Crop planning intern for Whitman CSA
CSA Garden design and implementation
Greening the Grass
Compost education
Bike share program
Greeks Going Green
Whitman’s Investment Portfolio
Oregon Rural Action internship
Composting Biology intern

Reports
The 2012 Greenhouse Gas Audit gas audit is available here.

In December 2008, Environmental Studies Senior Seminar (ENVS 479) completed a report on the impact of Climate Change on the Walla Walla region.

The Campus Climate Challenge produced a Green Guide for residence at Whitman College.

A group of students produced a report in the late 2000’s entitled Whit-ling our Emissions: Proposed Strategies for Achieving Climate Neutrality at Whitman College.