Monday, March 1, 2010
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On Campus
- CES Noon Seminar, Thursday, March 4
- Undergraduate Research Assistant Position
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar (March 1, Today) and Brown Bag Lunch (March 5, Friday)
- S4 colloquium, March 2 (Tomorrow)
- Brown Internship Award Program (BIAP) Apply Now!
- RIDEM Offering 2010 Earth Day Cleanup/Beautification Grants
- Residential Design and Construction 2010, April 14-15
- Pace Institute for Environmental and Regional Studies 2010: Conference on the Environment
- Save the Date: Rally 2010, The National Land Conservation Conference
Internships & Opportunities
- Environmental Justice Internship in Cleveland
- USDA Fellowships for M.S. in Resource Economics /Watershed Management
- Summer Internship with OurEarth.org
- USGBC'S Natural Talent 2010 Design Competition
- George Washington University’s US Foreign Policy Summer Program
- Summer Internship with the Community Preservation Coalition
- ThinkImpact Global Development Internship
- Sustainability Leadership Summer Training
- Colorado Ecosystem Field Studies
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On Campus_____________________
CES Noon Seminar
Leading New England's Environmental Programs into the New Decade
Curt Spalding, Regional Administrator of the U.S. EPA’s New England regional office
UEL, room 106 at noon
Pizza will be served for $1.00/slice
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Undergraduate Research Assistant Position
Two Environmental Change Initiative researchers are interested in hiring an enthusiastic undergraduate research assistant available part-time in spring quarter and full-time in summer. The assistant will review and analyze data from secondary sources investigating an exciting emerging trend in human food systems: the shift in seafood production from wild fisheries harvest to increasing production from aquaculture. Applicants should have a strong interest in environmental topics, interdisciplinary research, as well as strong analytical and writing skills. The pay rate is $9.10/hour. Interested applicants should get in touch directly with either Sheila Walsh Sheila_Walsh@brown.edu or Leila Sievanen atLeila_Sievanen@brown.edu.
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar and Brown Bag Lunch Series
Weekly Seminar
This seminar series brings in outside speakers from around the world to generate interactions with our group. Speakers are selected by faculty and graduate students to complement research interests within the program
12:00 PM
Sidney Frank Hall Life Sciences Building
Nathan Marcovitz Auditorium, Room #220
March 1: Mark Lomolino, Professor, SUNY- College of Environmental Science and Forestry "TBA"
Brown Bag Lunch
This informal seminar series is intended to provide a vehicle for members of the program to share current research and problems in a relaxed atmosphere. It serves as a sounding board for the new research of both students and faculty and promotes collaboration and interactions within the program.
Eddy Auditorium
Biomed Center 291
March 5: Stefan Siebert, Postdoctoral Research Associate EEB "Of polyps and medusae – - Colony-level development in siphonophores(Cnidaria)."
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S4 Colloquium
It’s a pleasure to invite you to yet another S4 colloquium in what has turned out to be a very active season. Warren Brown, University of Georgia, will give the 4th and final talk in our series on Census 2010 and the ACS, focusing on ACS microdata which substitute for what used to be called the PUMS.
“Using the ACS Microdata: Georgia’s Workforce in Health Care”
Tuesday, March 2 at noon, Mencoff Hall.
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Brown Internship Award Program (BIAP) Apply Now!
The online application for the Brown Internship Award Program is now
available!
If your plans this summer include an unpaid or low-paying internship,
then BIAP may help. BIAP offers two types of awards:
-Summer Internship Award provides $2500 and is open to all eligible
undergraduate students.
-Summer Earnings Waiver, eligible to students on financial aid, waives
$2800 from the summer earnings requirement.
See the Career Development Center website for details and apply now!
Deadline: March 22
More info: http://careerdevelopment.brown.edu/biap
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RIDEM Offering 2010 Earth Day Cleanup/Beautification Grants
The Department of Environmental Management is offering grants of up to $2,000 each to organizers of Earth Day 2010 cleanups and beautification projects. This April celebrates the 40thanniversary of Earth Day. Funding for these grants in being provided by J.R. Vinagro Corp. ofJohnston,RI.
The goals of the grant program are to highlight Earth Day and the value of the environment, and to recognize the importance of people improving the quality of life in their communities. Applicants do not need to apply for the full $2,000, and DEM fully expects that most grants will be funded for less than the $2,000 maximum. There is no match requirement.
The grants, available to non-profit organizations and municipalities, must be used for activities connected to a volunteer community cleanup or beautification initiative (or both). Successful applicants will receive the grant money in advance of Earth Day. The projects must be completed between April 1 and May 15, 2010. Proof that the activity was carried out successfully and in accordance with the proposal must be submitted no later than May 31, 2010.
Additional information and the application package are available on DEM’s website at:http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/director/edaygrnt.htm
Applications must be received back at DEM by Monday, March 15th, and should be addressed to:
RI DEM
Office of Customer & Technical Assistance
Attn: Andrew Manca
235 Promenade Street
Providence,RI02908
Awards will be announced on the DEM website in late March, and successful applicants will be notified via email.
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Residential Design and Construction 2010
April 14-15, 2010
Seaport World Trade Center, Boston
Attend RDC to see the latest in residential design and construction materials, products and services in one place at one time. Explore cutting-edge technologies, discover new design innovations, and learn about new practice models and project-management techniques to help you increase profitability. Earn your continuing-education credits and network with peers and clients.
Residential Design and Construction offers more than 50workshops covering a wide range of residential design, technology and business issues. Many programs offer continuing-education credit for architects and other professionals.
For more information and to register, visit http://www.rdcboston.com/ResPlus/RDC/.
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Pace Institute for Environmental and Regional Studies 2010: Conference on the Environment
"The Good Life-Imagining Alternative Futures"
June 3-5, 2010 in New York City
CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline extended to March 31, 2010)
This conference is a forum to discuss competing but ecologically grounded conceptions of "the good life." We are calling for panels, papers, and posters from those who find value in collaboration and view the biophysical world as a unifying element in that collaboration. Preference will be given to contributions that represent interdisciplinary approaches to defining "the good life" in environmental terms from the widest range of disciplines, including environmental studies, philosophy, theology, history, geography, anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, psychology, cultural studies, urban studies, women's studies, ecofeminism, eco-socialism, etc.
Email registration form and your abstract as MS Word attachment to Dr. Robert Chapman, Department of Philosophy & Environmental Studies and Dr. Judith Pajo, Department of Anthropology & Sociology (piers@pace.edu).
The deadline for submission has been extended to March 31, 2010. Abstracts will be reviewed anonymously; please omit personal information from the abstract. Notices will be sent mid-April, 2010.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
John Cronin
Director and Chief Executive Officer, Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries
Senior Fellow for Environmental Affairs, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies, Pace University
Andrew Revkin, M.A. Columbia
Senior Fellow for Environmental Understanding, Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies, Pace University
New York Times Reporter on the Environment for 15 years before joining Pace University
Rik Scarce, Ph.D. Washington State University
Associate Professor of Sociology, Skidmore College
Author of Eco-Warriors: Understanding the Radical Environmental Movement (Left Coast Press, 2006).
CONFERENCE WEBSITE
To register for the conference, please visit the PIERS 2010 conference
website at
http://www.pace.edu/pace/dyson/research-and-resource-centers/academic-centers-and-institutes/piers/summer-2010-conference/
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Save the Date: Rally 2010, The National Land Conservation Conference
Celebrating Heritage, Embracing Change
October 2-5, 2010
Hartford, CT
Rally is the premier land conservation learning experience—with the tools you need to thrive.
- 100+ workshops with expert faculty
- 30 half-day and daylong intensive seminars
- Tailored network opportunities
- Amazing field trips—explore Connecticut’s scenic splendor
For more information, visit www.lta.org/rally, or call 202.638.4725. Online registration begins May 19, 2010.
Internships & Opportunities_______
Environmental Justice Internship in Cleveland
Announcing the Ohio Student Environmental Coalition's Cleveland summer internship program,in partnership with Summer of Solutions
Join the Ohio Student Environmental Coalition and its partners for a summer of community greening and environmental justice work on Cleveland's near West side! Summer interns will work with community partners in Cleveland's Detroit-Shoreway and Clark-Metro neighborhoods to address structural and material environmental challenges in three basic ways. These three tracks are not mutually exclusive, meaning that program participants will choose to participate in any combination of the following initiatives:
1. Proximity to Lake Erie spells harsh winters and hot summers for local residents. Interns will be trained in basic weatherization processes, and spend the summer using their training to effect immediate material change. Using program funding, field teams will work with families to weatherize their homes at no cost, thus investing resources and knowledge in the Detroit-Shoreway and Clark-Metro neighborhoods.
2. Although some Cleveland neighborhoods enjoy an abundance of healthy, local food, many lack even a single grocery store. Residents instead rely on overpriced and unhealthy food from convenient stores. These "food deserts" stretch over 90 blocks, and categorize large swaths of Cleveland's East and West sides. OSEC interns will identify ideal locations for urban gardens and work with community members to make local agriculture a reality.
3. For 70 years, a highway has severed the impoverished Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood from its valuable lakefront in order to allow West Side suburbanites quicker access to Downtown. The Lakefront West Plan proposed by the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, and the Connecting Cleveland 2020 citywide plan put forth by Cleveland's Planning Department and passed by the Ohio Department of Transportation, both call for replacing this Shoreway with an all-access, 35 mph street. After years of discussion, however, little of this plan has been put into action. Through research, policy advocacy, and community organizing, summer interns will create much-needed momentum to remedy this structural injustice.
Living on the near west side of Cleveland, interns will also come to love shopping at the West Side Market, volunteering at the Ohio City Bike Co-op, and catching a nice dinner at Ohio's only LEED-certified restaurant. Interns will have the option of living with one another in housing provided by the program. A living stipend of up to $2000 will be available to those who most need it.
By the end of the summer, interns and neighborhood residents alike will have gained knowledge and experience related to home weatherization, urban planning, community organizing, and inter-community bridge-building. All will have enjoyed an unforgettable summer of fun and hard work on Cleveland's Near West Side!
The PRIORITY DEADLINE for applications is Monday, March 22nd at midnight. Those who apply by this date will receive priority in decisions about acceptance and stipends; these decisions will be announced on Monday, April 5th. The final deadline for applications as full-time interns will be Monday, April 19th at midnight; these applicants will be notified on a rolling basis, and will hear back no later than April 26th. The date on which you start and finish your Cleveland Summer of Solutions Internship can be flexible, although full summer internships are expected to last 10 (not necessarily consecutive) weeks.
To apply, please EITHER fill out theonline applicationform, OR send your resume and cover letter toOSECSummer@gmail.com, OR do both. This is your official application, so be thoughtful and concise throughout. If you have questions, you can leave them in the Final Comments box or send us an e-mail. Please note that you cannot save this application and continue working on it later; you may want to write and save your responses elsewhere and then enter and submit this form when you are done. Questions with "*" next to them are required and cannot be left blank.
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USDA Fellowships for M.S. in Resource Economics/Watershed Management
The University of Connecticut is pleased to announce USDA National Needs Fellowships for an M.S. in RESOURCE ECONOMICS with a focus on INTEGRATED WATERSHED MANAGEMENT AND POLICY. Fellows will join our highly-ranked and multicultural Department for this multidisciplinary M.S. program, with three complimentary foundations:
- Resource economics–theory and applications;
- Water-related natural sciences; and
- Domestic and international internships.
Full funding is available for a limited number of U.S. citizens. Students of other nationalities with other funding sources are also encouraged to apply.
Please visit http://www.are.uconn.edu/ for more information.
Support for this student training project is provided by USDA National Needs Graduate Fellowship Competitive Grant No. 2010-38420-20324 from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture.
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Summer Internship with OurEarth.org
This summer, join the OurEarth.org community. This is a chance to work on a number of diverse environmental projects, be in a team with students from other colleges, earn course credit, and because OurEarth.org is still a young organization, this is an opportunity to join on the ground floor of an up-and-coming initiative. This means that you can take on leadership roles and, if you choose, have responsibilities that almost no other internships can offer which can certainly be useful on a resume. Additionally, OurEarth.org involves over 60 environmental professionals, experts, and undergraduate and graduate students from around the country so this is opportunity to begin networking for a future environmental career. Lastly, for added flexibility, all work is done remotely so you can work from your home, campus, or anywhere else, yet you will still have very frequent contact with the OurEarth.org leadership and other interns via conference calls, email, webinars, and other electronic mediums.
OurEarth.org is a national, 501(c)3 non-profit organization and grassroots initiative that intends to completely transform the way environmental programs, activities, and information are found on the internet so that the public can become more proactive in protecting the environment. If you might be interested in an internship, visit our website and review the internship program description and application (http://www.ourearth.org/students/default.html). Finally, if you decide to apply, act quickly since admission is done on a ROLLING BASIS. If you have any questions, please contact John Ullman at (410) 878 - 6485 or jgu@duke.edu, to get additional information.
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USGBC'S Natural Talent 2010 Design Competition
PRESENTED BY THE SALVATION ARMY'S EnviRenew Initiative
Small. Affordable. Green.
2 teams of students + 2 teams of emerging professionals = 4 national finalists, 4 green homes in the heart of New Orleans, 4 families with a better place to live
National Finalists will travel to New Orleans and to the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild 2010 in Chicago where their designs will be showcased on green building's biggest stage!
Register and submit your project by May 31, 2010.
INFORMATION: www.usgbc.org/designcompetition
INQUIRIES: designcompetition@usgbc.org
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George Washington University’s U.S. Foreign Policy Summer Program
Graduate Program: June 7-18
Undergraduate Program: July 12-23
The U.S. Foreign Policy Summer Program will offer two-week courses for graduates and undergraduates in the summer of 2010. The programs, which are offered for academic credit or audit, feature core lectures by the program director, GW faculty, and guest speakers from a wide variety of organizations. Students at the U.S. Foreign Policy Summer Program will also be briefed at institutions that shape U.S. foreign policy.
To Apply: Please see the Program website for more information and to apply: www.gwu.edu/usfpsp. All final applications must be received by GW no later than May 10, 2010.
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Summer Internship with the Community Preservation Coalition
The Community Preservation Coalition (CPC) is a non-profit alliance of open space, affordable housing, and historic preservation organizations that works with municipalities to help them understand, adopt, and implement the Massachusetts Community Preservation Act (CPA). Members of the Coalition include: Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA); the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance (MAHA); Mass Audubon; The National Trust for Historic Preservation; Preservation Massachusetts; The Trust for Public Land (TPL), The Trustees of Reservations (TTOR), and member CPA communities across Massachusetts. The Coalition’s offices are located within the Boston office of The Trust for Public Land (TPL) at 33 Union Street, 5th Floor, and TPL serves as the Coalition’s fiscal agent.
The CPC is looking for a summer intern to assist with projects, described below:
CPA Project Database Research
The state of Massachusetts collects data on projects funded with CPA funds at the local
level on an annual basis. Working with local officials in CPA communities, staff of the
CPC and a variety of state agencies, and information available on the Internet, the intern
would research and update community-reported information on CPA projects currently in
the database.
Open Space Protection Research
Working with the state’s database of CPA projects and local officials in CPA
communities, the intern would research open space properties acquired with CPA funds
to determine the level of protection that has been placed on these parcels.
Coalition General Assistance
General tasks related to the Coalition’s mission, as assigned by staff
This internship would be ideal for a college student with an interest in one or more of the
following disciplines: law, public administration, municipal governance, municipal
finance, planning, growth management, and sustainable development, as well as in
open space preservation, affordable housing, historic preservation, and outdoor
recreation.
A minimum commitment of 16 hours per week for the duration of the summer is required.
A small stipend may be available for this position.
Please direct inquiries to Katherine Roth, Associate Director of the Community
Preservation Coalition, at 617-367-8998, or by email to katherine.roth@communitypreservation.org
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ThinkImpact Global Development Internship
The GDIprovides college students the opportunity tospend their summer months gettingon-the-groundexperience and leadership training to build sustainable business models for development projects in rural villages in Africa.Interns live with local community members in homestays and work in partnership with community leaders to complete capacity inventories and monitoring and evaluation of past projects.Interns spend several weeks mobilizing community members around health or education issues in order to leverage local resources to alleviate poverty.
More information is available online atwww.thinkimpact.org/gdiand the application is availablehere.
Applications due March 15.
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Sustainability Leadership Summer Training
FORESIGHTIMMERSION
June 16-August 11, 2010
Applications due: April 12
Chicago, IL
Skills, connections, and hands-on experience: ForesightImmersionempowers emerging sustainability professionals with the elements necessary to succeed. Through intensive experiential learning, participants gain insight into diverse sustainability related topics. Program alumni have gone on to diverse positions, including industrial designer for T-Mobile, program manager for a cleantech software company, project geologist for an environmental consulting firm, and graduate study in sustainable business master programs.
TRUSTED LEADERSHIP
Led by one of Chicago’s best-connected and widely knowledgeable sustainability professionals, this program is now in its eighth consecutive year.
REAL EXPERIENCE
Working in small groups for clients provides the tools and skills necessary to excel in the sustainability sector.
INSIDER CONNECTIONS
Site visits and guest speakers provide access to local industry leaders.
RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE
Accelerate understanding of sustainable design and social innovation principles through readings, exercises, and discussions.
APPLICATIONS
Download complete information and application materials athttp://www.foresightdesign.org/immersion/.
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Colorado Ecosystem Field Studies
* Study and camp in the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains *
* Earn 3 undergraduate credits through the University of Colorado at Boulder *
* Participate in a 2-week learning intensive that build skills in ecosystem science *
Investigate the fundamental concepts of the Colorado Front Range ecosystem with specific hands-on investigation of:
- Geology, geography & climatology
- Ecology, wildlife & botany
- Field research methods
This outdoor course synthesizes and applies information learned in a classroom context to an authentic & dynamic ecosystem setting. Instruction is delivered with inquiry-based activities incorporating observation & data collection, small working groups, direct lecture, focused exploration & field trips. For the primary assignment students create & conduct an original field study & present their research. Participants base/tent-camp in a beautiful mountain location & hike daily in rugged terrain.
Cost: $1,400 (includes all meals, camping, travel during course, group equipment & use of Cal-Wood Lodge)
$180 additional to Univ. of CO for credit administration (optional)
Course 1- June 6-20
Course 2- July 17-31
For a full course syllabus visit www.coefs.org.
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