Taking Off for Good Environmental Internship Program Patagonia employees have the opportunity to work for up to two months each year with the environmental NGO of their choosing while earning full pay and benefits. Some 1,905 have participated since we started the program back in 1994. This year, 63 individuals and 15 groups embarked on internships, providing almost 15,000 hours of dedicated labor. Passionate people make a passionate company.
2017 Internships Andrea Downard—Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, Calif. Andrew Chakoumakos—Kezar Lake Watershed Association, Maine Annie Walton-Teter—Georgia Strait Alliance, Canada Bayside Outlet—Hotaru No Furusato Segamizawa Kikin, Kanagawa, Japan Ben Stewart—Karioi—Maunga ki te Moana/A Rocha Aotearoa, New Zealand Boston Store—Merrimack River Watershed Council, Mass. Brian Mok—Lockwood Animal Rescue Center, Calif. Charles Clark—Raincoast Conservation Foundation, Canada Chicago Store—Little Village Environmental Justice Organization, Ill. Chris Salisbury—Working Dogs for Conservation, Calif. Christine Chun—Glacier National Park Conservancy, Mont. Courtney Watink—Montana Wilderness Association, Mont. Customer Service—Feather River Land Trust, Calif. Dana Wilfahrt—Rozalia Project, Vt. DC Store—Common Good City Farm, DC
Dealer Services—Feather River Land Trust, Calif. Diane Davis—Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, Calif. Dominique Buncio—Great Basin Resource Watch, Nev. Dulce Soto—Amigos Marinos, Mexico Elisabeth Johnson—Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, Calif. Emilie Cram—Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park, Maine Etsuko Kuroda—Minamisanriku Nature-center Tomo no kai, Miyagi, Japan Finance Team—Leeway Collective, Slovenia Florence Lesouef—No THT 05, Netherlands Freeport Outlet—Hurricane Island Foundation, Maine Fukuoka Store—Ishikigawa Mamori Tai, Nagasaki, Japan Go Moritake—Kamigo Segami No Shizen Wo Mamoru Kai, Kanagawa, Japan Grace Wagner—Women’s Environmental Network, UK Hiro Sato—Ryuiki No Shizen Wo Kangaeru Network, Hokkaido, Japan HR Department—Channel Islands Marine and Wildlife Institute, Calif. Jean Baptiste Cotte—Le Signal de la Grave, France
Jeff Tedmori—Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, Panama Jennifer Koll—Give and Surf, Panama Jewel Lee—Hawaii Wildlife Fund, Hawaii Jim Little—Ojai Valley Land Conservancy, Calif. Jordan Hook—California Wildlife Center, Calif. Josh McClintic—The Nature Conservancy, Nev. Junichi Sekikawa—Kamigo Segami No Shizen Wo Mamoru Kai, Kanaga, Japan Kamakura Store—Hotaru No Furusato Segamizawa Kikin, Kanagawa, Japan Karla Olson—Conservación Patagónica, Chile Kauhito Miyagawa—Minamisanriku Nature-center Tomo no kai, Miyagi, Japan Kazuya Yoshitan—Kaminoseki no Shizen wo mamoru kai, Yamaguchi, Japan Kouhei Syouda—Kaminoseki no Shizen wo mamoru kai, Yamaguchi, Japan Kourtney Morgan—Amigos Bravos, N.M. Lisa Robinson—Ooooby Foundation, New Zealand Matt Martin—South West Marine Debris Clean Up, Tasmania Madeline Sullivan—Leichtag Foundation, Calif. Marcela Riojas—Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Canada