Earthwatch knows that young people recognize their role in tackling today’s most pressing environmental concerns, so we’re empowering them to be part of the solution.
Earthwatch Teen Expeditions are specifically designed exclusively for 16 and 17 year olds, and are completely different to any other experience teenagers can have.
Operating both globally and locally, they’re hands-on, engaging and meaningful. Providing unrivalled opportunities to undertake vital, peer reviewed scientific field research under the supervision of skilled research teams in a professional setting.
Join an Earthwatch teen expedition and you’ll work alongside scientists at the cutting edge of some of today’s most pressing environmental challenges and connect with like-minded people of the same age. Better yet, you’ll see some of the world’s most spectacular places and help to conserve them.
Trained and experienced facilitators on each and every teen expedition ensure a solid platform for learning and personal development, and offer supervised recreational activities that support a better understanding of the research.
Earthwatch also places the highest priority on the health and safety of our participants, staff and project partners. With nearly 40 years experience getting volunteers into the field and back safely, we provide in-depth information to all participants in Expedition Briefings before fielding, and thorough training and orientation once in the field, throughout the expedition.
So whether you choose to patrol beaches in an effort to protect Trinidad's vulnerable Leatherback Sea Turtles or research climate change at the Arctic's edge, we can offer an experience unlike any other.
Earthwatch Teen Expeditions also offer:
- Unique experiences that support community service and community based learning requirements.
- Unparalleled material for school/college applications.
- Opportunities to develop basic scientific research and wilderness skills.
- A safe and secure environment in which to learn, grow and understand.
Help conserve the Amazon Basin’s pink dolphins, giant river otters, monkeys, turtles, fishes, macaws and more.
Rendezvous:Iquitos, Peru
$3150
15 days
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When in Rome, do as the Romans do. But what did the Romans do in northern England?
Rendezvous:South Shields, England, UK
$2850
14 days
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Help monitor Madagascar’s mysterious predator, the fossa, and protect its fragile island habitat.
Rendezvous:Antananarivo, Madagascar
$2850
13 days
Strenuous
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Help show how much and how fast climate change is affecting the Arctic — and what that means for the entire planet.
Rendezvous:Churchill, MB, Canada
$3450
11 days
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Survey the rainforest and canopies of the Ecuadorian Andes for spectacled bears, jaguars, and ocelots in this biodiversity hotspot.
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$3150
11 days
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In a recent study of 155 available opportunities, National Geographic Adventure ranked Earthwatch's expeditions number one in both volunteer programming and educational value.
In 2009 Bradt’s Guide to Wildlife and Conservation Volunteering, ranked Earthwatch 5/5, for demonstrating that our projects make a real difference - the only organization from 50 surveyed to earn that score.
Set up a tax-detectable Expedition Fund and help teens raise money in their schools and communities so that they might join an Earthwatch teen expedition.
Competitive fellowships are also available for some teen expeditions.
18 or over? Join a standard expedition.