Environment

Volunteers become leaders in grassroots efforts to protect and preserve the environment, engaging in projects such as establishing forest conservation plans and helping develop alternatives to wood as a fuel source. They also collaborate with various organizations to promote environmental awareness in projects like recycling, organizing environmental youth clubs, and park management.

Volunteers strengthen understanding of environmental issues, giving people the knowledge to develop their own programs and make their own choices about how best to protect and preserve the local environment.

Click on the links below to learn more about the specific opportunities and requirements for environment Volunteers in the Peace Corps.

Protected-Areas Management

Volunteers provide technical assistance and training in natural resource conservation, generally in close affiliation with national parks or other reserves.

Environment Education or Awareness

Volunteers assist communities where environmental issues are in conflict with basic needs for farming and income generation.

Forestry

Volunteers help communities conserve natural resources by working on projects such as soil conservation, watershed management and flood control.

Sample Projects

Learn more about specific projects Volunteers are working on in the environment sector.

Last updated Aug 04 2009