#betterLCA

Our mission is to bring LCA understanding and the latest technology into your environmental team, enabling you to do better LCA and satisfying your stakeholders. Download our LCA E-book to understand what Environmental LCA is and what you can do with it.

LCA talent, software & support

We built our internship program to provide LCA talent, software and support for your growing need for LCA knowledge. Choose a suitable profile from our talent pool. They will enrol in our two-week intensive training by the top LCA professionals in the field, consisting of LCA theory and practice. After this, the interns work for your company for the following two months, completing real-life LCA project. Use Earthtser, the fastest and most user-friendly LCA software on the market for free and receive support from our world-class experts. 

An intern working for you for 2 months

World-leading experts supporting the process

Best tools and databases

What is Life Cycle Assessment?

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provide means for understanding your products environmental impacts through the products entire life span. LCA helps companies identify improvements in a product’s life cycle and is a great tool when designing new products. Our interns use Earthtser, the fastest and most user-friendly software on the market, to calculate LCAs. Whether you already excel in LCA and need more hands on board, or you are taking your first steps. We can help you, either way. 

We run 3-4 programs yearly

Our LCA starter programs are 2,5 months long. Every year we run 3-4 of these programs. In 2022 programs started in January, May and September. Check out the schedule to learn about upcoming programs in 2023.

  • Deadline to enrol: 12th December 2022
    Starts: 9th January 2023

  • Deadline to enrol: 31st March 2023
    Starts: 24th April 2023

  • Our summer program contains the same content as our other LCA programs, but stretches over the full summer period. This allows for a longer internship project in a company or taking a short vacation mid-project.

    Deadline to enrol: 30th April 2023

    Starts: 5th June 2023
    Ends: 1st September 2023

2023 schedule

Are you looking to hire an intern or participate in the program?

Whether you are interested in hiring LCA interns through us or would like to participate in the LCA internship program yourself, let's start the discussions today. 

Why we chose Earthster?

Earthster is a cloud-based tool which measures the impact one's actions or products have on the environment.

Earthster was created by our Academy’s professors - environmental scientists Gregory Norris and Daniel Collado-Ruiz, with the help of a Finnish digital innovator Antti Kosunen. Working so closely with Earthster developers we can ensure the highest quality of our education and provide students with the deepest and most useful skills for performing LCAs. 

The business license for 2 months of using Earthster is included in our internship package price. Everyone in your company can use the tool and see how well it suits your company’s needs. You can also share and get the data from your customers and suppliers. 

More information about Earthster, its benefits, pricing etc can be found from the webpage
For a brief information on how to use Earthster, watch this demo