Make the world a little greener with these environmental actions

Here are some conservation, stewardship, and advocacy events happening in person. All locations are in Colorado unless indicated otherwise.

• 8/22 Grand Junction – Keep Parks Public Campaign Event. The Center for Western Priorities’ Keep Parks Public campaign, and the National Parks Conservation Association’s Protect Every Park campaign, in partnership with the Grand Valley Outdoor Recreation Coalition are pleased to host a Campfire Session including a for a live podcast taping where we stand strong for national parks and all public lands.
• 9/20 Longmont – People & Pollinators Action Network’s Bumble Bee Bash. People & Pollinators Action Network (PPAN) works statewide to establish pollinator-friendly land management policies and practices through community education, engagement, and advocacy. With the headlines full of heartache and so many challenges, one of the most essential actions we can take to sustain ourselves is to turn towards the good, turn towards one another, and celebrate our wins—even as we prepare for the next fight. This year we’re happy to have former Colorado Speaker of the House and EPA Region 8 administrator KC Becker joining us. KC was instrumental in the founding of PPAN and knows how to keep movements going and growing.
• 9/27 Colorado Springs – Wild Connections 30th Anniversary Event! Wild Connections is a science-based conservation organization that works to identify, protect and restore lands of the Upper Arkansas and South Platte watersheds to ensure the survival of native species and ecological richness. Join us for a momentous celebration honoring Wild Connections’ three decades of conservation excellence across central Colorado’s Arkansas and South Platte River watersheds. The evening will feature light hors d’oeuvres and beverages in a setting that celebrates the natural beauty we’ve worked together to protect. We are honored to welcome acclaimed environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb as our keynote speaker. Goldfarb has established himself as a leading voice in conservation through his award-winning works.
• 10/2-3 Denver and Online – Equity in Conservation and Outdoor Recreation (E.C.O.R.) Summit for Action. The 2025 Equity in Conservation and Outdoor Recreation (E.C.O.R.) Summit for Action invites you to embark on a transformative journey at the intersection of equity, inclusion, and the great outdoors. Our two-day event is a call to action, bringing together thought leaders, activists, practitioners, and community members to engage in profound discussions about the vital role of environmental justice in conservation and outdoor recreation movements.
• 10/18 Boulder – Inland Ocean Coalition Masquerade Mermaid Ball. The Inland Ocean Coalition’s mission is to create an inland movement that builds land-to-sea stewardship. The Masquerade Mermaid Ball will feature music and dancing, delicious food and drinks, an online auction, costume contest, pirates, and, of course, mermaids, mermen, and merfolk! The Masquerade Mermaid Ball is the best place to mingle with other ocean lovers and celebrate our connection to the ocean and the amazing ability we all have to make a difference – no matter where we live.
• 10/28-10/29 Denver – Everyone Outdoors Colorado (formerly Next 100 Colorado) Annual Convening. This year’s theme is “Rooted in Resilience: Shaping What’s Possible.” Together, we’ll explore how resilience—grounded in community and shared purpose—can drive bold visions for the future of our lands, waters, and outdoor spaces. This year’s convening will feature inspiring stories, collaborative workshops, and opportunities for collective action. We’ll celebrate the strength of our work, imagine what’s possible when everyone has a place in the outdoors and officially unveil our new brand! If you’re interested in attending or have any questions, contact Modesta McGrath-Martínez.
• 11/5 Denver and Virtual – Wild and Scenic Film Festival. Rocky Mountain Wild is excited to be bringing The Wild & Scenic Film Festival back to Denver and live in your living room! You can either live stream the festival with whoever you are staying safe at home with on your own time, or you can join us for a showing at The Bug Theatre in Denver. The evening will include award-winning environmental films, which have been selected not only for their great visual stories but also to inspire and motivate us to become or remain in right relationship with each other and the planet. This film festival is made by activists for activists and sits apart from the hundreds of festivals around the world by leaving you inspired and motivated to go out and make a difference in your community and the world.

• Various Dates – American Trails Advancing Trails Webinar Series. American Trails brings agencies, trail builders, planners, architects, advocates, and volunteers the latest in state-of-the-art information on all aspects of trails and greenways usually applicable to all trail types, with expert presenters.
• 10/2 – Equity in Conservation and Outdoor Recreation (E.C.O.R.) Summit for Action. The 2025 Equity in Conservation and Outdoor Recreation (E.C.O.R.) Summit for Action invites you to embark on a transformative journey at the intersection of equity, inclusion, and the great outdoors. The event is a call to action, bringing together thought leaders, activists, practitioners, and community members to engage in profound discussions about the vital role of environmental justice in conservation and outdoor recreation movements.
• 11/5 – 11/12 – Wild and Scenic Film Festival. Rocky Mountain Wild is excited to be bringing The Wild & Scenic Film Festival back to Denver and live in your living room! You can either live stream the festival with whoever you are staying safe at home with on your own time, or you can join us for a showing at The Bug Theatre in Denver. The evening will include award-winning environmental films, which have been selected not only for their great visual stories but also to inspire and motivate us to become or remain in right relationship with each other and the planet. This film festival is made by activists for activists and sits apart from the hundreds of festivals around the world by leaving you inspired and motivated to go out and make a difference in your community and the world.

Here are some job and internship openings in the environmental field: (For equity reasons, we only post job postings with transparent salary ranges). Colorado’s Equal Pay for Equal Work Act went into effect on January 1, 2021 and requires that pay rates or ranges in job postings that will be or could be done in Colorado (including remote work) be posted. Colorado’s minimum wage is currently (2025) $14.81. The City of Denver’s minimum wage is $18.81. Colorado’s minimum salary for exempt workers is $56,485.

Positions are in Colorado or remote opportunities unless otherwise stated.

A huge thank you to Ms. Platt’s elementary school students who learned of this webpage and wanted to provide this resource on green careers to all our job seekers! Check out: “Guide to Green Careers.”

Job List Sites to Check

• Conservation Job Board
• EcoJobs
• EnvironmentalCareer
• Impact Jobs Hub
• Green Jobs Network
• Work for Good
• Alliance Center Green Jobs Board

Other Job Postings (Jobs that are new this week are highlighted in green)

• Brendle Group is seeking a President. Brendle Group is a nationally recognized sustainability consulting firm whose mission is to accelerate equitable solutions to the climate crisis. The President will serve as a key strategist, culture carrier, and external ambassador – guiding the firm’s growth while maintaining its identity as a purpose-driven, equity-minded business. Compensation: $200,000 – $260,500. Brendle Group’s search firm will prioritize candidate materials received before September 15, 2025.
• Trihydro is seeking a QA Intern. Trihydro Corporation is a national engineering and environmental consulting firm. This position is responsible for conducting manual and automated testing of new and existing software features. Other responsibilities may include assisting with documentation, bug tracking, and process improvement. Compensation: $17-$18/hour. Other job postings at TriHydro here.
• Audubon Rockies is seeking Four Mile Ranch Seasonal Educators (note that the Career Site links will be transferred to new URLs on 8/24; after that time, look for jobs here). Audubon Rockies, the regional office of The National Audubon Society, is looking for 2 part-time educators to serve the Four Mile Ranch fall programs in Pagosa Springs and southwestern Colorado. We are committed to providing the local schools with educational programs, special events, and to promote the solid conservation efforts of The National Audubon Society through hands on science education programs. Compensation: $19.00 / hour. Other job opportunities at Audubon here.
• The Nature Conservancy is seeking a Senior Exchange, Transform, and Load (ETL), Data Warehouse Engineer. The Sr. ETL / Data Warehouse Engineer leads the development of data warehousing solutions to power business intelligence for the International Membership program of The Nature Conservancy. As a part of the Global Membership team, they will synthesize business requirements for all fundraising information and create / implement solutions to integrate data from various internal and external systems (Financial, HR, CRM, Google Analytics, etc.) and build / maintain our customer data warehouse. Pay range: $91,600 – $133,400. Other job opportunities at The Nature Conservancy here.
• Conservation Colorado is seeking a Water Campaign Manager. As Water Campaign Manager, you’ll work to deliver policy wins on water issues at the federal, state, and local levels. You’ll serve as our organization’s policy expert on water, reporting to the West Slope Director on our Government Affairs team. This includes running issue-specific coalitions and tables and owning issue-specific policy campaigns for the organization. Compensation: $80,000 to $90,000. Deadline: August 31, 2025.
• Wilderness Workshop is seeking a Communications Manager. The Communications Manager collaborates closely with Wilderness Workshop’s conservation team to strengthen our major campaigns and conservation efforts. This position manages Wilderness Workshop’s media relations, develops and executes communications plans for major campaigns, produces original content for Wilderness Workshop materials such as newsletters and reports, and leads deployment of additional communications materials such as press statements, action alerts, website, and social media. The salary range for the Communications Manager is $64,000-82,000 The application deadline is September 1, 2025.
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife is seeking a Statewide Partnership Program Assistant (Temporary). CPW is looking for a motivated and skilled assistant to support the operations and administration of the Partners in the Outdoors program. Responsibilities are primarily administrative and require strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Duration: 10/13/25 – 05/15/2026. Compensation: $19.25 hourly Application Deadline: September 2, 2025.
• Cal Wood is seeking a Prep Cook / Dishwasher – Part-time. We are seeking a part time prep cook / dishwasher to start as soon as possible.  This is a perfect job for students, retired food service people, culinary interns, or anyone looking for some extra hours!  Ideal candidate has a desire to learn about food preparation, can stand on their feet for long periods of time and take pride in a job well-done: whether it be in serving meals, assisting with food prep, doing the dishes or kitchen clean-up. We will provide training. Rate of pay starts at $17 per hour and meals during shifts. Other job postings at CalWood here.
• Climate Defiance Action is seeking a Social Media Content Creator. Your responsibilities will include: Managing our social media content, plans, calendar, and vision; Creating written content for twitter, bluesky, and threads; Leading our tiktok presence, developing content; Leading our instagram reels presence, including face-to-camera videos and explainer videos. Compensation: $62,400. Other job postings at Climate Defiance Action here.
• Defenders of Wildlife is seeking an Energy and Biodiversity Policy Specialist. This professional-level position is responsible for helping to develop and implement strategies to ensure that energy projects of all types are developed and sited in ways to avoid unnecessary adverse impacts to imperiled wildlife and habitats. The Energy and Biodiversity Policy Specialist is responsible for advancing Defenders’ conservation mission, strategic plan and conservation priorities. This position collaborates closely with other departments including Government Relations, Biodiversity Law Center, Center for Conservation Innovation, Species Conservation and Coexistence and Communications. The salary range for this position is $77-85k. This position will remain open until filled. Other job postings at Defenders of Wildlife here.

Follow the links below to find actions sponsored by these organizations to protect wildlife and wild lands:

• Animal Legal Defense Fund: The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s mission is to protect the lives and advance the interests of animals through the legal system
• Audubon: Audubon protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.
• Center for Biological Diversity: Center for Biological Diversity works to secure a future for all species, great and small, hovering on the brink of extinction.
• Earthjustice: Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization.
• Food & Water Watch: Food & Water Watch fights for sustainable food, clean water, and a livable climate for all of us.
• League for Conservation Voters: The League of Conservation Voters builds political power to protect people and the planet – because our Earth is worth fighting for.
• National Parks Conservation Association: National Parks Conservation Association is the voice of America’s national parks, working to protect and preserve our nation’s most iconic and inspirational places for present and future generations.
• National Wildlife Federation: The mission of National Wildlife Federation is uniting all Americans to ensure wildlife and people thrive in a rapidly changing world. The National Wildlife Federation Action Fund, an affiliated but separate entity works to raise the visibility of key conservation issues with voters and elected officials.
• The Nature Conservancy: The Nature Conservancy is a global environmental nonprofit working to create a world where people and nature can thrive.
• REI: At REI, we believe that a life outdoors is a life well lived.
• Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance: The mission of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance is the preservation of the outstanding wilderness at the heart of the Colorado Plateau, and the management of these lands in their natural state for the benefit of all Americans.
• Union of Concerned Scientists: The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.
• The Wilderness Society The mission of The Wilderness Society is uniting people to protect America’s wild places

• SunCor Energy, a Canadian-run company, runs an oil refinery north of Denver, Colorado. Suncor is Colorado’s only oil refinery and one of our largest emitters of greenhouse gasses and toxic air pollutants, and has been operating without any changes to its procedures or pollution controls for years. In spite of numerous enforcement actions and settlements, Suncor continues to flout air quality laws, putting neighboring communities — who are primarily BIPOC and low income — at extreme risk. Suncor has no regard for human or non-human life and will continue to harm our communities if action is not taken. Please take a moment to watch Spirit of the Sun’s short film on Suncor’s impact on Colorado’s Indigenous communities or scroll to the bottom of the page to send a form-letter to Governor Polis, Colorado Dept. of Health and Environment, and the EPA asking them to shut down Suncor for good: https://www.suncorsundown.org
• Donate to Spirit of the Sun’s efforts to combat Suncor’s harmful impacts through their Mycelium Program which trains their community members to inoculate the soil in their communities and throughout Native land with networks of mycelium to restore the health of our soil systems. When we cannot depend on the systems in power to create change, we educate ourselves and our community to protect the systems we hold dear: https://www.spiritofthesun.org/mycelium-healing-project-1