Residential Internships

About the role

The Occidental Arts & Ecology Center (OAEC) is hiring interns for 2027. Each year, OAEC hires a cohort of enthusiastic interns to live and learn at our 80‑acre research, demonstration, education, advocacy, and community‑organizing center in West Sonoma County, CA. Interns focus in one of three departments – Program Administration, Garden, and Facilities – and have an opportunity to learn the day‑to‑day running of a thriving, land‑based non‑profit and intentional community. The 2027 cohort will begin working and living at OAEC in late January or early February and end in mid‑December.

Benefits

• Private, cozy place to live
• Community meals
• Use of all OAEC facilities (hot tub, swimming pond, etc.)
• Monthly stipend of $825
• Generous vacation and sick leave
• Access to theater performances, small concerts, talks, and celebrations on site throughout the year
• Participation in community cooking rotations

Schedule

Interns work a 24‑hour work week. The 2027 cohort runs from late January/early February through mid‑December.

Applications are due October 16, 2026 by 5 pm PST.