All Outdoor Leadership in Birmingham

The Youth Food & Farm Forum engages youth in education and participation of sustainable farming. The event featured interactive sessions including vegan cooking, equity 101, seed saving, hog butchering, and holistic health through food. The event was attended by an extremely diverse group of youth, ages 13-23, from across Alabama. Read more...

he mission of Green Initiative at UAB is to establish environmentally-friendly policies on campus, raise environmental awareness, and help students become involved in serving UAB and the Birmingham area. We partner with various student and community organizations, and past programs have included guests speakers, sustainability workshops, waste audits, and volunteer opportunities. Read more...

Each year, a select group of Woodlawn High School students have the opportunity to participate in a paid apprenticeship for course credit. In this High School Apprenticeship, students manage a 2-acre urban farm on their school’s campus and sell the food they grow directly to residents of the Woodlawn community. Read more...

BBG’s plant conservation programs are multifaceted, with numerous opportunities for engaging the public and citizen volunteers. Aspects of our plant conservation programs, all of which are presented in an educational context for our volunteers, include: Field Work: population monitoring, seed and cutting collection, habitat management, invasive plant eradication; Greenhouse Work: propagation, potting, weeding, watering; Collections Work: a full range of Read more...

Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens offers a variety of internship opportunities to college and high school students throughout the year. The purpose is to expose young people to the possibilities of rewarding professional careers in public gardens. Read more...

the Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Junior Board is a group of dedicated junior patrons who seek to increase awareness and involvement among their peers. They aim to increase diversity here at the Gardens, and host events and classes to achieve their goals and to help us fulfill our mission. Read more...

McWane Science Center’s Teen Volunteer Program offers year-round volunteer opportunities for teens who are interested in giving back, learning something new, and being part of an incredible team of young people. You can find Teen Volunteers inspiring and impacting the lives of local youth in Summer and Winter Camps where they act as models and mentors guiding young campers in Read more...

Here is your chance to work behind the scenes with a real ZooKeeper and discover this rich and rewarding career. You will spend the day working alongside a keeper, experiencing how to prepare animal diets, clean up, and interact with the animals. Learn about animal husbandry techniques and much more about the inner workings of the Birmingham Zoo. Read more...

With over 150 teen volunteers, our zoo highly values the work that our 13-17 year olds contribute on a daily basis! Each teen volunteer begins their service with two full weeks of camp crew, assisting our educators during the summer and will be given the chance to enter our year-round program from there. There are numerous benefits to volunteering with Read more...

Team Building combines the elements of successful group dynamics and outdoor adventure into an exciting custom-designed program for groups of any size. We will assess the goals and objectives you’d like to achieve, which she will use to create the perfect plan for your team building session. Then, our Adventure Team will lead you on a journey through the historic Read more...