Urban (or not)

From GapYearWiki

Location, location, location. It sometimes is all about where you are. So see where you can go, what happened to others when they went wherever. Then, you can make the right choice for you.

Brown Ledge Gap Year provides a fall-semester program in documentary production and regional American cities. Students start with an intensive training in video, radio, digital photography and how to make a documentary. They then travel to two unique American cities--El Paso and New Orleans--where they live together while doing half-time community service and making individual documentaries. http://www.brownledgegapyear.org

Dynamy Internship Year - Dynamy Internship Year is located in Worcester, Massachusetts. Known as "The Heart of the Commonwealth", Worcester is home to a population of 170,000 residents and 30,000 college students on it's ten college and university campuses. The city is known for its world class cultural and educational institutions and is a center forresearch, manufacturing and the life sciences. Worcester boasts professional sports teams and attracts internationally known musicians to its entertainment venues. With the conveniences of the city and the entire New England region at its doorstep, Worcester has been home to Internship Year since 1969. Dynamy Internship Year is the oldest and only residential internship program in the United States. Their mission is to offer young people, ages 17-22, a transformational gap year (or semester) opportunity. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, Dynamy Internship Year integrates full-time mentored internships in over 240 organizations with urban and backcountry leadership experiences, personal and college/career advising, city apartment living, optional college seminars and the company of a remarkable group of peers. Phone 508-755-2571, http://www.dynamy.org

El Casal - Spend your gap in the liviliest, most cosmopolitan city in Europe: Barcelona! http://www.elcasalbarcelona.com

Hidden Villa is a nonprofit educational organization that uses its organic farm, wilderness, and community to teach and provide opportunities to learn about the environment and social justice. Hidden Villa stretches over 1600 acres of open space in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains, about 40 miles south of San Francisco. Hidden Villa's mission is to inspire a just and sustainable future through our programs, land and legacy. http://www.hiddenvilla.org

Institute for Cultural Ecology The Institute for Cultural Ecology was founded on the conviction that visits to exotic destinations imply a commitment to cultural sensitivity and environmental stewardship. Our programs match the interests, academic goals, and passions of the participant to select host organizations and researchers. Once you connect with a place and its people, they become a part of you. Forever. Look here for a chance for a semester in Hawaii, Fiji, Australia, etc. Also internships in New Zealand. http://www.cultural-ecology.com

National Outdoor Leadership School is an outdoor experience focused not just on endurance but the development of leadership skills as well. Not just individual survival skills but group interaction: how to survive, lead and thrive. http://www.nols.edu/NOLSHome.html

Organic Farming and environmental work and worldwide volunteer work, mostly organic farms. http://www.organicvolunteers.org http://www.interexchange.org/

Pine Mountain Settlement School offers volunteer internships with environmental site based work in rural Kentucky. http://www.kih.net/pinemountain/

Project Use works with almost 10,000 young people and adults from all over New Jersey and the northeast. We provide experiential education programs to public and private schools, state and municipal agencies, community groups and corporations. Our offerings emphasize developing character, building community, enhancing curriculum, and connecting with the natural world. We use a variety of methods to achieve outstanding results including single- and multi-day outdoor adventures, a residential community home, high and low challenge courses, after-school academic programs, and consulting services. http://www.projectuse.com/grow.htm

Round River is dedicated to conservation strategies that preserve and restore wild places; to that end, we strive to develop and support traditions that sustain wildness. These efforts are anchored in the principles of conservation biology, supported by field research and community planning. http://www.roundriver.org

Sargent Camp Boston University’s Sargent Center for Outdoor Education takes great pride in its range of innovative educational programs in, about, and for the outdoors. Every year they welcome groups of all kinds—from college students to corporate and non-profit organizations to summer campers—to a woodland setting in New Hampshire’s beautiful Monadnock region. http://www.bu.edu/outdoor/employment/internships/index.html

School For Field Studies Since 1980, The School for Field Studies (SFS) has been teaching students to address critical environmental problems using an interdisciplinary, experiential approach to education. They take their students out of the classroom and into communities around the world to explore and examine the interdependent cultural, economic, and ecological aspects of real-world problems. In the end, their students leave the SFS program with a deeper understanding of the complexity of environmental problems, and a unique perspective on what it really takes to develop long-term conservation solutions. http://www.fieldstudies.org

Sargent Camp Boston University’s Sargent Center for Outdoor Education takes great pride in its range of innovative educational programs in, about, and for the outdoors. Every year they welcome groups of all kinds—from college students to corporate and non-profit organizations to summer campers—to a woodland setting in New Hampshire’s beautiful Monadnock region. http://www.bu.edu/outdoor/employment/internships/index.html

School For Field Studies Since 1980, The School for Field Studies (SFS) has been teaching students to address critical environmental problems using an interdisciplinary, experiential approach to education. They take their students out of the classroom and into communities around the world to explore and examine the interdependent cultural, economic, and ecological aspects of real-world problems. In the end, their students leave the SFS program with a deeper understanding of the complexity of environmental problems, and a unique perspective on what it really takes to develop long-term conservation solutions. http://www.fieldstudies.org

SOLO http://www.stonehearth.com and Wilderness Medical Institute http://www.wmi.nols.edu and Wilderness Medical Associates http://www.wildmed.org These are the WEMT programs

Student Conservation Association The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is a nonprofit organization that offers conservation internships and summer trail crew opportunities to more than 3,000 people each year. SCA members complete projects in every conservation discipline - from archeology to zoology - and everything in between. SCA is focused on developing conservation and community leaders while getting important work done on the land. Founded in 1957 to restore and protect America’s public lands and preserve them for future generations, SCA remains committed to this goal today. http://www.sca-inc.org

Wild Rockies Field Institute The Wild Rockies Field Institute (WRFI) is a unique organization offering extraordinary experiences for university students and non-students interested in an educational adventure. WRFI courses explore the complex cultural, political and natural histories of some of the most interesting and beautiful landscapes in North America. Every WRFI course is set up so participants can earn college credit through the University of Montana in one or more of the following disciplines: anthropology, English, environmental studies, forestry, geography, Native American studies and science. http://www.wilderockies.org/wrfi