CES Newsletter December 13, 2010
CES News
- No Monday Brownbag this week
- No CES Lunch Seminar this week
On Campus
- Brown Environmental Fellow-Prof. Heather Leslie
- Summer 2011 Brown Environmental Fellows
Off Campus
Internships and Opportunities
- Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living position
- Recruiting TIDES grad students
- 2011 Switzer Fellowships
CES News
On Campus
BROWN ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOW-PROF. HEATHER LESLIE
Prof. Heather Leslie is recruiting a Brown Environmental Fellow (http://www.brown.edu/Research/ECI/pdf/BEF_2011_Application.pdf) for Summer 2011. The successful fellow will work with Prof. Leslie and colleagues on integrating knowledge of ecosystem functioning and benefits of ocean ecosystems to humans into the new national ocean policy (http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/oceans), in collaboration with colleagues in state and federal government. Juniors with an interest in marine management and policy, along with a strong background in ecology, are encouraged to contact Prof. Leslie for more information.
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SUMMER 2011 BROWN ENVIRONMENTAL FELLOWS
Application for the 2011-2012 Brown Environmental Fellows are now available and are due 2/15/2011. Start early - this fellowship requires some coordination.
Please see http://www.brown.edu/Research/ECI/activities/bef.html or contact Heather_Leslie@brown.edu with questions.
All Brown faculty are eligible to serve as mentors in the program. Potential research topics include but are not limited to water quality and nutrient cycling in Narragansett Bay (Prof. Tim Herbert, Warren Prell or Jeremy Rich), biogeography and climate change questions (Prof. Sax), interactions between land use and natural disturbance regimes (Prof. Porder), sustainable agriculture (Prof. DeMaster), fisheries and marine policy (Prof. Karp), sustainable design (Prof. Bell), and using ecosystem services to inform ocean policy (Prof. Leslie). For more information on these and other opportunities, please contact the individual faculty.
Off Campus
Internships and Opportunities
APERION INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING - POSITION
The Apeiron Institute is looking for a passionate, motivated, dependable and experienced outdoor educator committed to leading youth sustainability programs in northern RI as well as assist in other aspects of Apeiron programming. This is a part time position with potential for expansion.
Please send cover letter & resume by mail or electronically to:
Elisabeth Bux, Director, Youth Programming & Teacher Education / The Apeiron Institute for Sustainable Living / 17 Gordon Avenue, Suite 207 / Providence, RI 02905 /
No phone calls please.
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GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGNS, INC. - Canvass Director and Assistant Director Job Opportunities
Grassroots Campaigns, Inc is a progressive political consulting firm that specializes in running face-to-face citizen mobilization campaigns for political parties, candidates, and advocacy groups. By running campaigns on behalf of groups such as the National Democratic Party, MoveOn.org, the American Civil Liberties Union, and Amnesty International we can focus on building up their membership and volunteer bases while running field campaigns for candidates and other organizations to win progressive victories on the local, state, and national level and mobilize citizens to be more actively involved and engaged in politics.
Canvass Directors and Assistant Canvass Directors manage our 30 grassroots fundraising field offices across the country, with bottom-line responsibility for all local operations.
Timing and Locations: Positions are available in cities nationwide. Currently hiring in MA, ME, NY, AR, PA, OH, IL, IN, MN, MO, CO, CA, WA, OR, TX and Washington, D.C.
To Apply: Contact Jennifer Doyle at 646-406-7698 or jdoyle@grassrootscampaigns.com
Please visit our website, www.grassrootscampaigns.com, for more information about current and past campaigns.
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RECRUITING TIDES GRAD STUDENTS
The NERRS Science Collaborative is issuing a call for applicants to TIDES, the new professional Masters program at the University of New Hampshire. The goal of TIDES (Training for the Integration of Decisions and Ecosystem Science) is to enhance the ability of coastal professionals to effectively link coastal and estuarine science to decision making. The emphasis of the program is on setting up and managing collaborative partnerships from the earliest stage of knowledge generation and throughout the research process.
TIDES builds the knowledge and skills needed to connect science with decision making through a combination of course work and a field-based internship at a Reserve in the National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS).
Note that the NERRS Science Collaborative is supporting two, fully funded, two-year fellowships that cover tuition, stipend, and health insurance!
See http://nerrs.noaa.gov/RCDefault.aspx?ID=364 for more information
2011 SWITZER FELLOWSHIPS
The deadline for Switzer Fellowships is January 15, 2011. Information on the fellowship program is available at http://www.switzernetwork.org/grant-programs/fellowship-program
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