Tuesday, March 2nd, 2009
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CES News
- Special Seminar: Dr. Sievanen
- Spring 2009 Seminar Series
Off Campus
- State of the Green Economy
- Rhode Island Natural History Survey
- Water Scarcity and Conflict
Internships & Opportunities
- Assistant Farm Manager
- The Fund for the Public Interest
- Labor Summer 2009
- Internship and Part Time Work on “Environment and Population”
- D.C. Green Summer Team Leader Position
- Lost Valley Educational Center
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CES News______________________
Special Environmental Studies Seminar
Tuesday, March 3rd at noon
UEL Classroom
Dr. Leila Sievanen
"Why do internationally successful marine parks fail to build local support? Lessons from Indonesia"
Leila received her PhD in environmental anthropology from the University of Washington. Her research has focused on determining factors related to the success of coral reef marine protected area projects in Southeast Asia. She is currently helping to define an anthropological research agenda for marine protected areas and fisheries management in the US at NOAA/Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Her research interests broadly include biodiversity conservation and international development, environmental conflict, and people-park interactions.
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Spring 2009 Seminar Series
Thursday, March 5th at noon
UEL Classroom
Liz Piper-Goldberg
Transboundary Water Governance in New England: A Study of Interstate Water Compact Commissions
Eva Kranjc
Nuclear Power and Layperson Accounts: A Look Into One Community's Struggle for Answers
Pizza served for $1/slice
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The State of the Green Economy
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009, 6pm – 8pm EST
Wolcott Eco-Office at 28 Wolcott Avenue, Providence, RI
The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA), the nation's leading regional membership organization promoting sustainable energy solutions, is organizing a panel of leading local clean energy leaders to discuss how economic conditions, the federal stimulus legislation, and recent and pending state legislation will impact their RI-based renewable energy businesses. Up until now, the dialogue in Rhode Island about the America Recovery Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the green economy has been dominated by policy experts and government officials. This panel adds the voice of small business professionals to learn more about the forces that are affecting their business decisions, and to find out where they think their businesses will be in the next five years.
Panelists include:
Robert Chew, president of residential business at Alteris, a leading solar integrator
Fred Unger, president of Heartwood Group, Inc., an energy project developer and consultant
Karina Lutz, deputy director at People's Power & Light
Julian Dash, director of the RI Renewable Energy Fund
After the panel, a 30-60 minute tour will be available of the Wolcott Eco-office - a self-sustaining building that generates its own energy needs from its own renewable sources.
To register for this event, please email jo@greenmachinepr.com.
To learn more about this panel, please go to http://neseari.wordpress.com/, or join the NESEA RI Facebook event at: NESEA Panel – The State of the Green Economy in RI
To learn about other NESEA events, including the upcoming BuildingEnergy09 Conference in Boston, March 10th -12th, please go to www.nesea.org
or call 413-774-6051
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Rhode Island Natural History Survey (RINHS)
is seeking contributed papers for the conference:
Rhode Island's Off-Shore Marine Ecosystem and the Potential Impacts of Alternative Energy Development
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009, 8:00am - 4:30pm
Quonset "O" Club, North Kingstown, RI
The submission deadline has been extended until the end of the business day on Monday, March 9th, 2009.
The conference, sponsored by RINHS, RI OceanSAMP, and US Fish & Wildlife Service, will engage scientists, organizations, and citizens in an investigation of ocean development impacts on marine ecosystems and resources. Rhode Island researchers and resource managers will be joined by speakers with experience in off-shore wind energy development from Europe and elsewhere. In addition to the scientific sessions, there will be organizational displays and presentation of the 2009 Distinguished Naturalist Awards.
Keynote speakers include:
Tony Fox, National Environment Research Institute, Denmark
Rodney Cluck, US Minerals Management Service, Herndon, VA
Registration materials will be available shortly. In the mean time, save the date!
RINHS invites submission of abstracts for poster and oral presentations for the conference. Reports of scientific investigations into Rhode Island's off-shore marine ecosystem and/or the potential impacts of alternative energy development on marine ecosystems are especially encouraged, as are submissions by students. All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the RINHS Program Committee. If more oral presentations are requested than the schedule allows, the committee may ask presenters to consider poster presentations instead. All presenters must register for the conference.
Instructions:
Abstracts should be < 200 words, text only (no tables/graphs), left justified, in the following format:
Author(s), Affiliation(s), address, e-mail, phone number
(Skip a line)
Body of abstract
Submit abstracts electronically, attached as a Word file to: abstract@rinhs.org, with preference for an "oral presentation" or "poster presentation" indicated in the subject field.
The RINHS annual conference is widely regarded for convening a broad spectrum of people sharing a curiosity about Rhode Island's animals, plants, geology, and ecosystem. It is an excellent venue for researchers and organizations to showcase what they do in a collegial environment.
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Water Scarcity and Conflict
Connecticut College
Elizabeth Babbott Conant Interdisciplinary Conference on the Environment
April 3rd – 4th, 2009
For more details and to register, please visit:
http://www.conncoll.edu/centers/goodwin-niering/8489.htm
Internships & Opportunities______
Assistant Farm Manager
Casey Farm, Saunderstown, R.I.
*Position available immediately*
Responsible for assisting the farm manager in the agricultural, horticultural and marketing management of the farm
Responsibilities: Supervise farm hands in a variety of farm-related tasks.
Assist in supervising volunteers. Answer questions from visitors and the public regarding farm activities. Assist in selling and displaying merchandise. Assist farm manager, as needed, in greenhouse seeding, transplanting, field work or moving of materials. Perform light carpentry as needed and run errands related to farm tasks. Perform other duties as assigned. The employee is required to lift up to 60 pounds.
Qualifications: Requires a high school diploma or equivalent and at least three years of job-related experience. A valid driver's license is required. Knowledge of tractors and other farm equipment a plus, and periodic availability on weekends a plus.
Please send resume and cover letter to jobs@historicnewengland.org, fax to 617-227-9204, or mail to Historic New England, 141 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02114 Attn: Human Resources.
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The Fund for the Public Interest
helps some of the top progressive organizations in the country work on issues like clean energy, equal rights, and pushing our country in a new direction.
Specifically, we're hiring Citizen Outreach Directors to run our grassroots campaign offices across the country next fall -- working on behalf of groups like the Sierra Club, Environment America, and the Human Rights Campaign.
We are looking for smart, motivated students who want to lead the way in working for the change our country needs.
If you are interested in applying, visit our website at www.fundjobs.org, or contact me directly at: lclarida@fundstaff.org.
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Labor Summer 2009
The UC Berkeley Labor Center is sponsoring the 8th Annual Labor Summer Internship Program, a fulltime PAID internship program for UC grad and undergraduate students. This is an opportunity for you to spend eight weeks in Northern and Central California developing leadership, political analysis, research and organizing skills while working with unions and community-based organizations striving for justice for California's working people.
If you are passionate about social and economic justice, apply for the Labor Summer Internship Program and be a part of building a better California!
June 15-August 7, 2009
Application deadline: March 2nd, 2009
For more information or to apply online:
http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/laborsummer/index.shtml or contact: Angelique Agloro, afagloro@berkeley.edu or 510-643-0910
You must be enrolled in classes the semester/quarter before or after Summer '09.
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Internship and Part Time Work on “Environment and Population”
Internships and Part Time work on "Environment and Population" issues is available with the Center for Environment and Population (CEP). We are looking for several graduate students to help us undertake research and writing of briefing reports and web materials on these issues at the national and global scale. We will be producing reports on "Global Population and Climate Change", "Global Population and the Environment", and an interactive web map on "US Population, Energy and Climate Change". Successful candidates will have demonstrated excellent research and writing skills, and a knowledge and keen interest in a range of these environmental and population issues.
The Center for Environment and Population (CEP) is a leading independent non-profit research and policy organization that addresses the relationship between human population and its environmental impacts. We produce and distribute a range of easy to understand, science-based briefing reports on population and environmental issues. Most recent publications are available for viewing on www.cepnet.org.
Opportunities available beginning March 1, 2009 through Summer 2009
This work can be undertaken remotely with a computer. It requires part time work, hours flexible.
If interested, please contact Vicky Markham, Center for Environment and Population (CEP); email vmarkham@cepnet.org; website www.cepnet.org. Ms. Markham will also be at the All Ivy Career Fair at Columbia University on March 6th, 2009 for interviews.
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D.C. Green Summer Team Leader Position
Project 20/20 is a student-run initiative based out of Providence, RI, started in March of 2008. So far we've re-lamped over 2,300 low-income residences with high efficiency CFLs. Through our work, we have saved residents over $700,000 in reduced electrical bills and offset over 4,000 tons of CO2 over the next five years. Project 20/20 has been one of the first successful large-scale programs of its type.
In the summer of 2009, Project 20/20 (www.proj2020.org) will be contracting with the District of Columbia Department of Environment and their Green Summer program. DC youth, ages 14 to 21, will be employed in citywide initiatives to reduce energy consumption by DC residents. In our DC initiative, we are proud to help build the future of green jobs in America by hiring local youth and offering comprehensive training in energy-efficiency and conservation.
Project 20/20 is now seeking responsible, energetic and resourceful applicants to supervise teams of 10-12 teenagers for the duration of the summer program.
Position Essentials:
-Program dates are June 18, 2009 to August 21, 2009
-Team Leaders will be expected to start on June 8, 2009 for training.
-DC summer residency is recommended.
-Team Leaders will work 40 hours a week and be paid $11/hr.
Position Responsibilities:
-Work closely with fellow Team Leaders and Program Managers to develop and lead the training of the Green Summer participants;
-Lead the day-to-day activities and insure the work site safety of your team while motivating students to pursue careers combating climate change;
-Either install thousands of energy-efficient light bulbs and/or work on a weatherization/energy
TO APPLY: Send the following to proj2020@gmail.com by MARCH 13 (applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis): Resume, A short description of relevant experiences with youth populations (14-21) (up to 300 words), A short description of relevant environmental conservation experience or education (up to 300 words).
Fill out this application: http://www.green.dc.gov/green/cwp/view,a,1233,q,461520.asp
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Camassia Institute for Sustainable Communities
at Lost Valley Educational Center
Lost Valley is a 20-year-old sustainability-focused educational center and intentional community near Eugene, Oregon. We offer programs on ecological design, sustainable living, and community. Our courses combine classroom time with hands-on activities. We can help students receive academic credit for some of our programs.
Permaculture and Community:
Permaculture Design Course and Ecovillage Living Practicum
Session 1: June 16th – August 6th
Session 2: October 6th – November 3rd
Eco-Homes:
An Introduction to Ecological Building & Appropriate Technology
August 18th – September 3rd
Creating Community:
Establishing & Maintaining Thriving Ecovillages, Intentional Communities, and Retrofit Neighborhoods
November 5th – 10th
Winter Permaculture Design Course
December 1st – 15th
To learn more and to register, visit www.lostvalley.org
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