Make the world a little greener with these environmental actions

For those who feel safe, here are some events happening in person. All locations are in Colorado unless indicated otherwise.

• 1/8 Carbondale – Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul with Auden Schendler. There’s a terrible beauty in this world. There are things we love beyond words—our children, our community, special places in the natural world—and yet all of those things are threatened by climate change. And yet our actions in response to that threat tend to be token: many of us don’t even vote. After a divisive presidential election, and at the eleventh hour, how do we grapple with climate change, and use our humanity and aspirations as a way to propel us forward?
• 1/8 Durango – Green Business Roundtable: 125 Years of Working the Land in the Animas Valley. The owners of Sunnyside Meats and their ancestors have produced food on Sunnyside Mesa for 125 years. Join us for a richly illustrated tour of caring for the land and livestock of the Animas Valley and learn about current opportunities and threats.
• 1/9 Aspen – Terrible Beauty: Reckoning with Climate Complicity and Rediscovering Our Soul with Auden Schendler. There’s a terrible beauty in this world. There are things we love beyond words—our children, our community, special places in the natural world—and yet all of those things are threatened by climate change. And yet our actions in response to that threat tend to be token: many of us don’t even vote. After a divisive presidential election, and at the eleventh hour, how do we grapple with climate change, and use our humanity and aspirations as a way to propel us forward?
• 1/11 Salt Lake City, UT – Standing Together: Land, Love, & Hope Rally for Public Lands. Utahns love protected public lands, and we’re letting our elected officials know it! Please join fellow community members, activists, and environmental organizations for a rally that will leave you feeling empowered and inspired. Your presence will help demonstrate unwavering local support for protected public lands and wild places across Utah, especially Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments. Speaker announcements and additional details to come. Register to let us know you’ll be there and invite others who love public lands!
• 1/22 Carbondale – Beavers are For Birds with Delia Malone. Bird populations are declining across North America primarily due to habitat loss. Beaver can help reverse those declines! Find out how you can help Roaring Fork Audubon help beaver to help birds.
• 1/23 Aspen – Beavers are For Birds with Delia Malone. Bird populations are declining across North America primarily due to habitat loss. Beaver can help reverse those declines! Find out how you can help Roaring Fork Audubon help beaver to help birds.
• 1/24 Denver – Understanding Systems of Oppression & Building Allyship for Org Change. In today’s diverse and evolving workplace, understanding how systems of oppression impact individuals and organizations is essential for fostering a more inclusive environment. This interactive training session provides an in-depth exploration of how prejudice combined with institutional power creates systemic barriers that discriminate against certain groups while privileging others. Participants will examine the four levels of oppression—individual, interpersonal, institutional, and structural—and learn how these manifest within their own organization.
• 2/19 Carbondale – Wildland Recreation and Ecological Disturbance: Recreation and Public Land Management Implications for Western Colorado with Christopher Monz. Wildland recreation provides many societal and personal benefits but if left unmanaged can also result in undesirable impacts to ecological conditions. The field of recreation ecology investigates the relationships between recreation use and natural resource conditions and the knowledge from scientific studies forms the basis for developing appropriate management strategies and policy. This talk will present a synthesis of recreation ecology knowledge, a discussion of the relationship between recreation use and resulting ecological impact, and implications for wildland visitor use management for western Colorado.
• 2/20 Aspen – Wildland Recreation and Ecological Disturbance: Recreation and Public Land Management Implications for Western Colorado with Christopher Monz. Wildland recreation provides many societal and personal benefits but if left unmanaged can also result in undesirable impacts to ecological conditions. The field of recreation ecology investigates the relationships between recreation use and natural resource conditions and the knowledge from scientific studies forms the basis for developing appropriate management strategies and policy. This talk will present a synthesis of recreation ecology knowledge, a discussion of the relationship between recreation use and resulting ecological impact, and implications for wildland visitor use management for western Colorado.
• 2/22 Leadville – Nuestro Legado 2025 Outdoor Equity Summit. The Outdoor Equity Summit will bring together professionals from the outdoor industry and the local Latine community as well as other underrepresented groups for a day of shared learning and growth. With the goal of creating a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable outdoor industry, the voices and experiences of marginalized populations will be uplifted and participants will have an opportunity to strategize ways to address inequities within the outdoor recreation industry. Topics will include the history of inequity in the outdoor recreation and environmental movement, cultivation of a sense of belonging in the outdoors, and authentic inclusion of queer, BIPOC, and alternatively- abled individuals in both the outdoor industry and the broader outdoor community.
• 3/5 Carbondale – Untrammeling the Wilderness: Restoring Natural Conditions Through the Return of Human-ignited Fire with Clare Boerigter and Jonathan Coop. Historical and contemporary policies and practices have resulted in over a century of fire exclusion across much of the US. Within designated wilderness areas, the exclusion of fire constitutes a fundamental and ubiquitous act of trammeling. Here we present a framework assessing the substantial, long-term, and negative effects of fire exclusion on the natural conditions of fire-adapted wilderness ecosystems, including unnatural fuel loads and anomalously severe fires, compounded by a warmer and drier climate. To untrammel more than a century of fire exclusion, human-ignited fire may be critical to restoring the natural character of fire-adapted wilderness landscapes while also supporting ecocultural restoration efforts sought by Indigenous peoples.
• 3/6 Aspen – Untrammeling the Wilderness: Restoring Natural Conditions Through the Return of Human-ignited Fire with Clare Boerigter and Jonathan Coop. Historical and contemporary policies and practices have resulted in over a century of fire exclusion across much of the US. Within designated wilderness areas, the exclusion of fire constitutes a fundamental and ubiquitous act of trammeling. Here we present a framework assessing the substantial, long-term, and negative effects of fire exclusion on the natural conditions of fire-adapted wilderness ecosystems, including unnatural fuel loads and anomalously severe fires, compounded by a warmer and drier climate. To untrammel more than a century of fire exclusion, human-ignited fire may be critical to restoring the natural character of fire-adapted wilderness landscapes while also supporting ecocultural restoration efforts sought by Indigenous peoples.
• 3/7-8 Denver – No Man’s Land Film Festival. As the premier all-women + genderqueer adventure film festival, No Man’s Land Film Festival has celebrated the full scope of athletes and adventurers by un-defining femininity in adventure, sport, conservation, and film since 2015. Based out of Denver, CO, NMLFF meets a need and desire to highlight and connect women + gender-nonconforming communities in pursuit of the radical.
• 3/8 Fort Collins – 2025 Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference. On March 8, 2025, the Landscaping with Colorado Native Plants Conference will offer a full day of educational programming promoting the cultivation and maintenance of native plants in the landscape. The conference theme is Beyond the Box – Growing a culture of native plant landscaping and the event will be held at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.

• 1/7 – Our Path Forward: Practical ways to protect people from harm despite threats from the new Administration and Congress. Find out how you can make a difference. You’ll hear about strategies that have worked in the past and can work again. You’ll learn about resources and tools to make it easier for you to join in.
• 1/15 – Online Legislative Preview. As we gear up for the legislative session, we want to share with you, our supporters, all the incredible things we will be working on over the next few months during the legislative session. Join us for one of two (or both) legislative preview events and meet our policy team, learn about their goals for the 2025 legislative session, what to look out for from the legislature, and opportunities for you to get involved!
• 3/8 – No Man’s Land Film Festival On-Demand. We know traveling to Denver, CO isn’t in the cards for everyone. That’s why we’ve committed to offering our Denver programming (including panel discussions, speakers, and additional performances) to our community worldwide. If you can’t join us for year 10, we’ll bring the party to you. As the premier all-women + genderqueer adventure film festival, No Man’s Land Film Festival has celebrated the full scope of athletes and adventurers by un-defining femininity in adventure, sport, conservation, and film since 2015. Based out of Denver, CO, NMLFF meets a need and desire to highlight and connect women + gender-nonconforming communities in pursuit of the radical.

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 $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

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

• The Yale School of the Environment is seeking Environmental Fellows. This is a 12-week paid summer fellowship that seeks to diversify the environmental field by cultivating the career aspirations of master’s and doctoral students from historically underrepresented groups and connecting them to work opportunities in environmental nonprofits, grantmakers, and government sectors. The base stipend for this position is $15k. The priority application deadline is Sunday, December 8, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Applications received by this date will receive priority review. The application closes on January 7, at 11:59 EST.
• Sageland Collaborative is seeking a Riverscape Restoration Project Manager & Field Coordinator in Salt Lake City, UT. The Riverscape Restoration Project Manager & Field Coordinator will work in our Salt Lake City office with other staff to execute Sageland Collaborative’s Riverscape Restoration Program. The Project Manager & Field Coordinator will also support other conservation projects and organizational activities. The salary for this position is $56,056-63,756. Applications are due January 10.
• Western Slope Conservation Center is seeking a Watershed Stewardship Coordinator. The Watershed Stewardship Coordinator will develop and execute successful stewardship projects aimed at protecting and enhancing the lands, water and natural resources of the Western Slope. This position will work closely with the Executive Director to develop strategic programmatic vision, create and implement effective projects throughout the watershed, and identify, help manage and secure funding opportunities. The salary range for this position is $50-55k (this is a non-exempt position and qualifies for overtime). Applications are due to January 13.
• Sageland Collaborative is seeking a Development Director in Salt Lake City, UT. This position is ideal for a results-driven, well-organized development leader who excels in relationship building. The Development Director must have a passion for our work that is in service of wildlife, land, and our community. Our development and fundraising activities are currently managed by the Executive Director and our Communications Specialist. This role will consolidate the position and allow us to improve our outcomes and implement our new Strategic Plan. The Development Director will have support from the Executive Director and a team of skilled staff who add significant capacity in our grantmaking and grant reporting. The Development Director will work in our Salt Lake City office with other staff to execute Sageland Collaborative’s Strategic Plan and fundraising goals. The salary range for this position is $76,856-92,456. Applications are due January 17.
• Defenders of Wildlife is seeking a Vice President, Land and Habitat Conservation. The Vice President for Land and Habitat Conservation leads Defenders’ national policy work to conserve federal and private lands vital to maintaining and recovering this nation’s biodiversity. The Vice President develops and oversees policy initiatives designed to protect, connect, and restore federal lands critical to imperiled species with an eye to long-term transformation of federal lands systems for biodiversity. Current work focuses on the National Wildlife Refuge System, National Forest System, and National System of Public Lands. The Vice President also leads Defenders’ work to bolster and accelerate private land conservation through national-level administrative and legislative advocacy. These programs involve a wide range of policy, legal, advocacy communications, and scientific strategies to conserve wildlife. The salary range for this position is $143-158k. This position is open until filled.
• ERO is seeking a Biologist II, Natural Resources-Durango or Grand Junction, Colorado. ERO is looking for an enthusiastic and experienced biologist/ecologist with an emphasis on the Endangered Species Act, wetland ecology and mitigation, botany, and CWA Section 404 permitting. Primary duties include vegetation community and rare plant surveys, sensitive species habitat assessments, migratory bird and raptor surveys, and/or wetland delineation and CWA Section 404 permitting. Pay range of $62,000 to $78,000 annually. This position is open until filled.
• ERO is hiring a Project Environmental Planner. The Project Environmental Planner/Project Manager requires a broad overall understanding of environmental regulations including NEPA, Endangered Species Act (ESA), and Clean Water Act (CWA) regulations as well as the relationship among them. The Project Environmental Planner is knowledgeable in and has experience managing small- and large-scale projects most often related to NEPA analyses and land and resource planning projects involving complex resource issues, agency relationships, and stakeholder dynamics. Duties for this position typically include performance and oversight of teams performing a full range of environmental analyses.  Salary position with pay range of $80,000 to $100,000 annually. This position is open until filled.
• ERO is hiring a Senior Biologist, Natural Resources. The Senior Biologist will be responsible for undertaking multiple project responsibilities, including field direction and project management, by applying a full suite of technical skills in natural resource management. Salary position with a pay range of $85,000 to $100,000. This position is open until filled.
• Growing Gardens is seeking a seasonal Environmental Educator. The Environmental Educator contributes to planning and teaching our dynamic farm-based programs including Field Trips, Class Visits, School Day Off Programs, and Summer Camp. Compensation is $20-22.50/hr. The position will remain open until filled.
• Harvest of All First Nations is seeking a Food Justice & Sovereignty Program Weaver. The FJS Program Weaver will be a part time contractor position with the flexibility to work remotely and independently, while also helping connect with various BIPOC communities. This position will help to structure, develop and strategize program planning for the best interests of the FJS Program and organization as a whole. The Program Weaver position will work along with collaborators and partners that are already doing food justice community work. This contractor will increase participation engagement while strengthening and developing the collaborations and network with other grassroots organizations and/or government agencies in place through agricultural, cultural, educational, and gardening rural/urban projects. The best candidate must be bilingual – English and Spanish. The rate of compensation varies seasonally: $30/hour for the low season (Nov-March) and $32.50/hour for the high season (April-Oct). This position is open until filled.
• Harvest of All First Nations Team is seeking a part-time, contracted Grant Writer and Fundraising Advisor. This position is responsible for a comprehensive grant and fundraising strategy that advances the financial sustainability of the organization. This includes institutional support research, submission and relationships building with private, public and philanthropic partners across the Boulder/Denver/Front Range area and beyond. In addition to fundraising campaigns and sponsorship strategies that complement intentional giving. The Grant Writer and Fundraiser is expected to write realistic, timely and successful applications and proposals which uplifts the organizations decolonial praxis and cultural essence of the programs and vision. This is a remote position that will require the contractor to attend relevant meetings with corresponding team members. The pay for this position is $25/hr for 15-30 hours per week. This position is open until filled.
• Harvest of All First Nations is seeking a System and Operations Coordinator. This role provides direct support to the Chief Executive Director (CED) and the entire organization. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and overseeing the implementation of systems using supportive tools to create visual representations, such as graphics, non-hierarchical structural maps, contract reviews, MOUs, and resource management. The Systems Operations Coordinator (SOC) is also tasked with developing Indigenous non-hierarchical models that cater to various learning styles. A solid understanding of equity concepts aligning with the organization’s mission and vision is essential. Ensure effective communication of systems throughout the team. Additionally, the SOC assists the CED and Admin team in conducting in-depth budget and financial analyses. The position emphasizes Cultural Stewardship in all project development and requires its application in system creation. This is a remote position that will require the contractor to attend relevant remote meetings with corresponding team members. The pay for this position is $32.50/hr for up to 30 hours per week. This position is open until filled.
• HECHO is seeking a Director who will be primarily responsible for cultivating and growing a larger, more effective HCLC – HECHO’s network of Hispanic elected, appointed, and community leaders who elevate the importance of conserving public lands and water for future generations. With support and guidance from the Executive Director, the HCLC Director will lead the strategic expansion of the HCLC and increase levels of engagement and mobilization of HCLC members in advocacy campaigns, policy initiatives, and program activities. This full-time position will drive efforts to expand HCLC membership and improve membership satisfaction by enhancing the suite of tools and resources provided to members. The Director also will supervise staff and/or oversee the work of contractors. The salary range for this position is $85-95k. This position is open until filled.
• National Wildlife Federation is seeking a Director of Affiliate Leadership. In this position, you will foster/ensure leadership growth among our 52 Affiliates that comprise the Federation and the national organization, helping position Affiliates as influential and effective voices within the Federation and the broader conservation movement. You will play a critical role in strengthening the capacity, skill, diversity and experience of Affiliate leaders and other conservation leaders across the Federation as an essential part of implementing NWF’s strategic plan and One Federation Foundation. As part of that capacity building, you will have a lead role in the planning of the Federation’s Annual Meeting. You will also provide senior level strategy around key policy priorities shared by NWF and our Affiliates. The salary range for this position is $82-95k. This position will remain open until filled.
• National Wildlife Federation is seeking a Director of Tribal Leadership Programs. The Director of Tribal Leadership Programs is a joint position between the NWF and the Water & Tribes Initiative (WTI). The Indigenous Women’s Leadership Network (IWLN) is a leadership program of the WTI. It was launched in 2021 and is a core component of WTI’s portfolio to enhance Tribal capacity to manage water and engage in water policy discussion in the Colorado River Basin. NWF launched the Colorado River Indigenous Youth Advisory Council (CRIYAC) in 2024 as a mentorship and leadership program for youth and young adults (ages 18-25) who desire to protect the Colorado River and serve young adults in their journeys towards connecting, learning about, and being a voice for the Colorado River and their Tribal communities. Working closely with the Senior Director of Tribal Partnerships and Policy, the Tribal Leadership Programs Director is primarily responsible for leading and collaborating with NWF, WTI, and IWLN staff to advance the missions of the CRIYAC and IWLN. The Tribal Leadership Programs Director will model the principles and values of NWF’s Tribal and Indigenous Partnerships Enhancement Strategy (TIPES) and Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC). The salary range for this position is $85-100k. This position is open until filled.
• Trout Unlimited is seeking a Front Range Abandoned Mine Lands Project Manager. This is an exciting opportunity to join Trout Unlimited and use your talents to improve water quality and fisheries in Colorado watersheds impacted by historic hardrock mining. TU is hiring a self-motivated and competent person to facilitate and execute abandoned mine land reclamation and stream restoration projects in front-range watersheds across Colorado. This project manager will take projects from start to finish, developing project concepts, obtaining project funding, managing project implementation, and completing grant/funder reports. The salary range for this position is $60-70k. This position will remain open until filled.
• Trout Unlimited is seeking a Northern Front Range Project Manager. The position will primarily support post-fire watershed restoration efforts in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. The position will also develop and implement other restoration projects across the Northern Front Range. Projects will include the removal of barriers for fish and aquatic organisms, infrastructure improvements, water quality assessments, and implementing form and process-based stream restoration at a watershed scale. The project manager will work cooperatively with partners of diverse backgrounds and interests. The project manager will be expected to secure grants and raise funds to cover project costs. Duties will also include active and effective participation in stakeholder groups to produce positive outcomes for coldwater fisheries. The salary range for this position is $60-75k. This position is open until filled.
• Western Energy Project is seeking a Campaign Director. The Campaign Director, a member of the organization’s leadership team, will work closely with the WEP Executive Director, WEP policy staff, and partners located across the Inter-mountain West and in Washington, DC, to develop and implement successful campaigns to secure and defend landscape protections and policy changes, and to advance related efforts concerning the federal onshore oil and gas program. The Campaign Director will lead and support various coalitions and will work to help identify and engage new partners to advance and/or protect organizational priorities. To be successful, this individual will need to enjoy interacting with groups across the West, as well as national partner organizations. An ideal candidate would be creative, detail-oriented, enthusiastic, motivated, flexible, intuitive, organized, and internally driven; would have experience in developing and implementing all stages of issue-based campaigns; would have fun engaging and collaborating with numerous people and organizations; would thrive in a fast-paced environment; would be willing to go the extra mile to get the job done; would have political experience (either via an advocacy organization, electoral campaign, or work for an elected official or agency); would have strong written and verbal communications skills; would enjoy coordinating people and organizations; would have a basic understanding of key policy issues related to WEP’s campaigns; and would be passionate about protecting our public lands. The salary range for this position is $95-105k. This position is open until filled.
• Western Resource Advocates is seeking a Senior Attorney. The Senior Attorney, Clean Energy, will represent WRA across the region in state-level administrative proceedings, as well as state and federal litigation as necessary.  The Senior Attorney will independently manage a docket of complex regulatory litigation in multiple states, primarily before state electric utility regulatory agencies, with minimal direct oversight. The Senior Attorney will also identify opportunities to advance WRA’s policy goals in various regulatory proceedings and executes actions to secure those outcomes. The salary range for this position is $86,500-121,000. This position is open until filled.

• Take action with the Center for Biological Diversity. Tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director to reform the listing program.
• Take action with Food & Water Watch. Urge Congress to pass the Polluters Pay Climate Fund Act of 2024.

• 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