Volunteer Community Service Projects From The EPA

Here are high school level projects that you can do as community service.

Do you want to apply what you've learned about the environment to real-life situations and experiences? Here you'll find information about environmental community service projects, volunteer opportunities, and other activities where you can get involved in protecting the environment and conserving our natural resources.

Adopt Your Watershed
Learn about what groups in your area are doing to protect watersheds, and find out how you can help.

Backyard Conservation
The Natural Resources Conservation Service shows you how conservation practices used on agricultural land across the country can be adapted for the land around your home. Tip sheets describe how to conserve and improve natural resources to help increase food and shelter for birds and other wildlife, control soil erosion, reduce sediment in waterways, conserve water and improve water quality, inspire a stewardship ethic, and beautify the landscape.

Frogwatch
This website explains the role of amphibians in our ecosystem and how they are affected by our changing world. It provides information about volunteering and educational opportunities.

Give Water a Hand
A national watershed education program designed to involve young people in local environmental service projects. Also available in Spanish.

Global Water Sampling Project
Collaborative project that allows the participant to compare water quality of local water streams, lakes, etc. with other fresh water sources around the world.

Chesapeake Bay Program - How to Get Involved
The Chesapeake Bay Program is a regional partnership that directs and conducts the restoration of the Chesapeake Bay, the largest estuary in the United States. Learn about the many things that you can do to help in the efforts to protect and restore the Bay for generations to come.

Global Water Sampling Project
Collaborative project that allows the participant to compare water quality of local water streams, lakes, etc. with other fresh water sources around the world.

GLOBE: Global Learning and Observation to Benefit the Environment
This site is a worldwide network of students, teachers, and scientists working together to study and understand the global environment.

Great Lakes Ecopages
This site provides information on the biodiversity of the Great Lakes and the partnerships and habitat restoration techniques being implemented to conserve Great Lakes biodiversity.

Journey North
A global study of wildlife migration. Students in North America track the journeys of a dozen migratory species and share their own field observations with classrooms across the Hemisphere.

Linking Girls to the Land
This partnership between the Girl Scouts of America, US EPA and other Federal Agencies promotes outdoor education, volunteering and conservation education. It provides opportunities for 2.8 million girls nationwide.

National Apprentice Ecologist Awards
Programs to involve youth in environmental service projects.

Service-Learning: Education Beyond the Classroom
Need ideas for classroom or after-school environmental activities and projects? This on-line booklet highlights environmental projects done by students throughout the country.

Volunteer for Change (PDF, 24pp, 567K About PDF )
This guide to environmental community service features the ABCs of volunteering plus projects on reuse, recycling, composting, and household hazardous waste. (EPA530-K-01-002)

World Water Monitoring Day
World Water Monitoring Day helps watershed leaders, educators and trained volunteers to educate students and citizens how the actions of individuals in a watershed can impact environmental quality and human health.

Watershed Information Network - How to Start a Watershed Team
Would you like to be involved in a local community project? How about working to protect your local watershed? This page will provide you with basic information about initiating a watershed protection project in your community.