EMPLOYMENT and INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Volunteer on the land with our land stewardship team:
We depend on the community to join us in our stewardship of the land we protect on behalf of the community. The purpose of this group is to increase urban food production and public access to green space, improve ecosystem functions, beautify spaces in and around the city, and to foster a more harmonious relationship with our natural systems. Also, it provides an opportunity for sharing of knowledge and practical community-based education on the topics that the group's projects cover, including the following:
-
Landscaping, gardening, and farming
-
Permaculture and edible forest gardens
-
Ecological land management
-
Green infrastructure
If you are interested in volunteering on the land, please fill out this volunteer form and/or email jordan@kingstonlandtrust.org
Join our Land in Black Hands Steering Committee
This committee, made up of Black members of the Kingston community and surrounding area, will determine how to spend the Kingston Land Trust’s Land in Black Hands Fund (currently $18,000, with fundraising ongoing). Compensation is available for committee service.
If you identify as Black and believe in cooperative ownership and ecological stewardship of land, take this survey! Contact Shaniqua@kingstonlandtrust.org if you would like any more information.
The Kingston Land Trust is forming this committee to further center the voices and needs of Black people that have been violently dispossessed of land and sovereignty, for generations, across what is known as the USA. The fund provides the opportunity to translate ideas generated over the past three years of Land in Black Hands community discussions into a tangible land-based project in the Kingston area.
Become a Trail Ranger:
Are you looking for ways to support the Kingston Greenline, Kingston's growing network of trails and cyclist/pedestrian friendly infrastructure? Check out our Trail Rangers page to find learn more and sign up!
As we monitor the COVID-19 pandemic, we're asking volunteers to conduct self-guided solo or small group volunteer activities along the Kingston Greenline. Let us know if you'd like to discuss a task or be oriented to a trail section. The KLT can also arrange to provide tools, gloves, garbage bags, and other materials if needed. Please follow social distancing and virus spread prevention guidelines while working on the trail. Share your photos, stories, or feedback from your experience on the trail to help us grow the program and show volunteer appreciation. See you on the trail!
Join Our Board:
Do you have professional skills and knowledge that you think would benefit our organization, initiatives or programs? Ask us about the process of becoming a volunteer board member! We hold an open call for applications in the late summer annually.
Sign up for our mailing list at the bottom of the page to make sure you get the invitation to apply to volunteer as a board member! We will be recruiting new board members the late summer/early fall of 2021 and you can check back here then for an application. To inquire, email the board development and governance committee at bddevgov@kingstonlandtrust.org
Support our Initiatives:
Have any of our other initiatives caught your interest? Contact us to find out how you can support any of the following:
- Comida y tierra
- Land Matching
- Land For Food
- Sustainable Affordable Housing
- Pine St. African Burial Ground
- Comida y tierra
- Kingston Greenline
- South Pine Street City Farm
- Kingston Pollinators
- Kingston Garden Bed Project
- Land in Black Hands
- Land and Resilience
Lend Your Skills:
We can always use support in the following areas:
- Graphic design (layout, graphics, infographics)
- Industrial design
- Urban Design/Planning
- Landscape design
- Photography/Videography
- Grant writing
- Financial/legal services
- Tree expertise
- Construction expertise