Youth Environmental Education and Career Fair

Through a partnership grant from the Boston Youth Environmental Network, Maverick Landing Community Service in association with NOAH/Environmental Chelsea Creek Crew, and Boston Private Industry Council, would like to invite you to participate in our 4th Annual Youth Environmental Education and Career Fair.
Boston Youth Environmental Network

Purpose: The Environmental Education and Career Fair is for youth to connect to job opportunities, learn about careers in the environmental sector, related training and higher education degree programs and current projects that Boston’s youth in this industry are working on.

In Boston hundreds of youth work in a wide array of environmental programs in which they engage in hands-on learning activities that build vital job, life skills, reinforce academic learning, and can set them on a career path. Come to discover ways to get involved in Boston and beyond.

Format:

• Table fair promoting a wide array of youth employment and education resources, summer employment to internships
• Series of informational workshops
• Panel of youth discussing their environmental employment experiences

Table Fair Participants Include: The Museum of Science, Franklin Park Coalition, MassCOSH, Roxbury Environmental Empowerment Project, The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Bikes Not Bombs, Boston Architectural College, and more

Workshops Include: Teaching Young Workers About Job Safety and Health, Youth Transit Right, Getting the message across through the power of MUSIC and ARTS!!!, and Planting For Peace: Bury Seeds Not Bodies

For more information click here or contact Barbara Dulin at barbara@mavericklanding.org or 617-569-7600.

The Boston Youth Environmental Network, an initiative of Boston After School & Beyond, is a comprehensive system of organizations providing hands-on environmental education and employment opportunities. Our vision is that all young people in Boston are engaged in high quality, culturally relevant environmental education and employment experiences that provide opportunities for outdoor learning, academic achievement and career exploration.

www.environetwork.org