Work/Study Internship Trainings 2012

One Remaining 13-week Sessions – July 7-Oct 6, 2012
Openings for 2 more Students  (Accepting Applications Through June 1 – More Details Here)

We have created a Work/Study Internship in partnership with our local non-profit, Center for Sustainable Community. There are two 13-week sessions, the first of which is now in swing with two students.

Cameron Thompson (17) is an early high school graduate who is undertaking a 6-month internship with us before she begins fulltime as a college schedule in the fall.  She is an art major with a growing interest in permaculture.   Hayden Wilson (18) is already enrolled for a 1-2 year internship.

Together, they have already written up a business plan for creating a chicken cooperative where participants of CSC can invest in their own chickens with the two of them taking on the care of the birds as they ‘free range’ them through our community orchard.  The goal for this first year will be 100-200 broilers.

They have also taken a leading role in launching our community garden project for the year by preparing beds and planting the earliest crops.

As various educational trainings come around this summer with Midwest Permaculture and CSC, both will be invited to attend to broaden their knowledge base.  And there are other projects on the docket for the two of them to participate in. 

Cameron and Hayden are a wonderful addition to our organizations and the work we have before us.

  

Cameron Thompson

  

Hayden Wilson

Our three-month-long internships are hosted in our small residential village of Stelle, a central Illinois community of diverse individuals who share an interest in various aspects of sustainable living. When a student completes one of our three-month programs, they may have an opportunity to extend their experience by mutual agreement.

The Work-Study internships include the following:

  • $3,500 worth of Permaculture Design trainings including two permaculture certificates.
  • The Training will also include design and maintenance of organic gardens, the establishment of several food forests and experience in earth-building construction techniques.
  • Practical experience in living in community with Stelle residents, other students and visitors who frequent the community.

Building a swale

Participants will learn how to dig and make rain gardens, hugelkulture beds, and swales.

 

Full details of the Work/Study Internship are available
on the CSC website