Welcome Volunteers

Make a positive impact in your community! Become a volunteer and help change the world one garden at a time. As a volunteer, you’ll play a key role in organization activities, events and programs. All of our volunteer opportunities are listed in our Volunteer Portal. If you are a first time volunteer, you will create an account for the portal to enter your information, sign the waiver, and sign up to volunteer. Returning volunteers can log in and sign up for opportunities. 

Become A Volunteer

Volunteer Portal

Volunteer manual

Volunteer Positions

Garden Educator Assistant 

Work with students and assist a One Cool Earth Garden Educator Manager (GEM) to prepare and teach lessons to students in school gardens. Activities may also include planting, weeding, harvesting, watering, or general garden maintenance tasks.

Time Commitment: 3 to 5 hours, weekly on the weekdays, on campus

Minimum Age: 18 years 

Waste Audit Volunteer

Assist a One Cool Earth Garden Educator Manager (GEM) to educate students at school-wide waste audits. These audits include having students sort, track and measure all of the “trash” produced on campus in a 24-hour period.

Time Commitment: Schedule: 3 to 8 hours, per audit (8:30am to 2pm) on the weekdays
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Minimum Age: 18 years 

Garden Workday Volunteer​

Attend scheduled workdays and help out the One Cool Earth team. Tasks including planting, weeding, building, digging and moving soil/compost, and more. 

Time Commitment: 2 to 4 hours per workday, on the weekdays

Minimum Age: 15 years

Family Cooking Night Volunteer 

Work with the Family Cooking Night Lead Organizer to encourage families to adopt cooking and eating together. 

Time commitment: 4 hours per event - the time of the event is 5pm-7pm, plus an hour of set-up and an hour of clean up before and after, on the weeknights
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Minimum Age: 15 years 

Office Volunteer 

Perform administrative tasks under the supervision of the Executive Director or Volunteer Coordinator. Duties may include data entry, research, social networking, or organizing. Communication abilities and basic computer proficiency required. 
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Time Commitment: Regular 2-4 hour commitment required; weekly or monthly, on the weekdays

Minimum Age: 18 years

Special Events Volunteer

Available on an ‘as needed’ basis to help with weekend engagements. Duties may include setting up and tearing down special events displays or representing One Cool Earth by tabling at a school site and community events. 

Time Commitment: Variable (1-5 hours) on the weekend

Minimum Age: 15 years