Internship at RENTEN / We Do Democracy (Fall 2025)

At We Do Democracy, we are looking for an intern for the fall of 2025 who wants to help create a greener, more sustainable and democratic city as part of the project RENTEN – Transition Nordvest – together with neighbors and local actors on Rentemestervej in the Northwest district of Copenhagen.

RENTEN is a local neighborhood community working for a green and vibrant neighborhood around Rentemestervej, where people and planet thrive together. Anchored in the Democracy Garage, the purpose of RENTEN is to create a community where local actors and neighbors take ownership and take concrete action for their own neighborhood. We Do Democracy is a co-initiator of the project, which has been running for over a year now and has held a series of community dinners and planting and building days in the Northwest, all with an active volunteer group of local residents and stakeholders. Inspired by the global transition movement, the vision is to create a neighborhood where green transition, social justice and democratic participation are not opposites, but common goals – carried by diverse local communities and new forms of neighborliness.

As an intern you will have the opportunity to:

• Help develop and run community-based projects at Rentemestervej
• Support activities such as RENTEN’s plant service, Lommeparken, community dinners, street festivals and traffic calming in the local area
• Communicate, coordinate and facilitate events and workshops in and around Democracy Garage
• Become part of a vibrant and engaged network of volunteers in RENTEN

We are looking for you who:

• Interested in democracy, sustainability, social justice and urban development
• Have experience in grassroots movements or other forms of community volunteering
• Practical flair and drive – you must be ready to help build and plant
• Curious, open-minded, resourceful and collaborative
• Have a flair for either project management, graphic communication, communication or community engagement

Internship period: August/September 2025 – January 2026
Application deadline: May 30, 2025
Send a motivated application (max. 1 page) to: louisa@wedodemocracy.dk

You get:

• Insights on how to build a neighborhood community for social and green change
• A wide range of volunteers and employees
• Internship fee and paid lunch
• Flexible working hours and responsibility from day one
• Close sparring with the project coordinator at RENTEN Transition Northwest
• Office space in the Democracy Garage, in the heart of the Northwest’s most inspiring meeting place for community and change

Read more about RENTEN here: www.demokratigarage.dk/renten or follow us on Instagram @rententransitionnv.