Summer Sustainability Semester Application

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We are so glad that you’re applying for Groundwork’s Summer Sustainability Semester. Complete the application below, and we will contact you shortly to set up a virtual interview.

Application Timeline:

February 28, 2024: Deadline for submitting application. While we don’t make any decisions early, we do schedule interviews on a rolling basis.

March 10, 2024: Offers sent via email.

March 20, 2024: Offer responses due.

March 21, 2024: Secondary offers sent (if any first round offers were declined).

May 22, 2024: Program begins in Paonia, Colorado.

Contact Information

First name

Last name

Preferred name (optional)

Pronouns

Email address

Phone number

Mailing address

Mailing address 2 (optional)

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

Birthdate

How did you hear about us?

Short Essay Questions

Please respond to the following questions with one or two paragraphs each.

1. Why are you applying for this program?

2. We live, work, and learn together. Please share some experiences you’ve had being in a group or on a team. What are the benefits and challenges of community?

3. What experiences do you have related to simple living or rural/farm life? If you don’t have related experience, what interests you in a program where you will live this way?

4. What are your goals for the summer? What do you hope to learn and share with your peers and mentors?

5. Please share a book you’ve read recently that you would recommend to others.

6. Is there anything else you would like to tell us about yourself? (optional)

Resumé/CV

Please upload a current resumé or CV (PDF files only). Please keep the resumé to a single page and do not include a cover letter.

If your application is successfully submitted, you will receive a confirmation email. If you don't receive the email, there was an error submitting your application. Please give the form time to upload your file.

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