Welcome!

On an Earthwatch expedition, you will be volunteering your time and energy to a scientific field research or conservation project in one of 50 or so countries around the world. You don't need any special skills to be a volunteer, just enthusiasm and a willingness to lend a hand. Earthwatch volunteers range in age from 10 to 90.

Note from a volunteer going on her 50th expedition!:
“I am packing for my big 5 oh in Yorkshire in a couple weeks. Thanks to everyone at Earthwatch for the amazing experiences I have had for the past 14 years; from the excitement of measuring rocks in Iceland to measuring trees in Africa, Manitoba, and Czech Republic to watching adolescent polar bears wrastling like 9-year old boys and having a meerkat sit on my head.

“I've been to Australia 9 times and been on the East coast, the West coast and in the middle (my team was to only one to actually see a marsupial mole I think).”
Cheers
Sandra, the Serial Earthwatcher

As a volunteer, you might choose to band penguins in South Africa or tag endangered sea turtles on Pacific beaches. You might measure snowpack density on the frontlines of climate change or map water supplies in drought-stricken northern Kenya.

Earthwatch expeditions are much more than vacations or ecotours - they are real hands-on ways you can help protect the world's endangered animals and habitats, improve lives of people and animals living in biodiversity hotspots, and help scientists make discoveries that may lead to a better understanding of our world. And have a great time while doing it.

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In Their Own Words


An Earthwatch volunteer works alongside Samburu people on conservation and research projects that will improve their lives and the lives of the area wildlife.


Volunteers in Brazil's Pantanal region survey water quality and plant and animal life.