Opportunity summary

Term length This is the duration of the opportunity. Some opportunities may be extended or renewed.

5/1/2024 - 4/30/2025

Application window

5/1/2024 - 8/1/2024

Location

Culebra, Puerto Rico

Hourly pay equivalent Opportunities compensate members differently (eg: hourly, weekly, annually). Hourly rate estimates are shown for comparison.

$12.00

Project summary

Promote healthy futures through gardening on weekly visits to children at schools and day care center and increase food security for our residents in Culebra while carrying out a Cine Siembra's and cooking workshops every month to provide an opportunity to cultivate a healthy relationship between harvesting and consuming nutritious food.

Opportunity description

3 positions to lead activities that offer the opportunity to work cooperatively in groups, learn about science and nutrition, and even create art and stories about gardening and gardens and hands-on experiences and workshops is to have a positive impact in their food choices, increase desire to adapt good nutritional habits, improve low-budget cooking skills, and incorporate what they harvest for an improved household food security, while maintaining our community gardens.

Benefits

None

Requirements and qualifications

Requirements

Significant outdoors activities that require health to climb, walk, lift and a high school diploma preferred.

Preferred qualifications

Experience in agro-ecology gardening methods, strong team work.

Opportunity details

Focus area

Natural resource preservation and conservation
Reforestation or afforestation
Urban agriculture
Recycling and composting programs
Environmental justice
Disaster preparedness recovery and response
Economic development support for energy transition communities
Climate smart agriculture and sustainable farming
Soil and water conservation
Farm to school initiatives
Community gardens
Food waste reduction
Grant-writing and fundraising
Volunteer recruitment and management
Environmental education and training

Work environment

Team based
Rural
Outdoor

Culebra Climate Jobs

Proyecto Siembra Members