[course] – Autumn 2012: Land Use Planning and Permitting in Practice

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Autumn 2012

Land Use Planning and Permitting in Practice

ENVIR 495 C – (4 credits)

MW 10:30-12:20

SLN 21324

What do the UW intramural sports fields, the largest solar project in the Northwest, and the proposed coal port in Bellingham have in common?  Each one requires a land–use permit and people who know how to work with permitting processes—resource managers, project developers, and environmental consultants.  This course takes a case-study approach to understanding some of the most commonly encountered planning and permitting regulations in the state of Washington and beyond.   Topics include the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Washington State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA), the Washington Growth Management Act, local and regional planning requirements, and the complex interactions of land–use regulations with other environmental management regulations (e.g., the Endangered Species Act, state and federal clean-water laws).  The course is targeted at upper level undergraduate students and graduate students.

**This course will count towards Policy and Decision Making for Perspectives and Experiences**

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Dr. Timothy Nyerges is Professor of Geography at the University of Washington where he specializes in teaching and research related to participatory geographic information systems (GIS) focusing on sustainability management for land use, transportation, and water resource related issues.  He received his Ph.D. from the Ohio State University in 1980 specializing in database management languages for GIS.  For the past fifteen years he has undertaken research projects funded by NSF, NOAA, and DOE to explore development and evaluation of networked GIS, particularly as supported by cyberinfrastructure technology, for enabling stakeholder participation in decision support.  Currently, his research focuses on a sustainability information science approach to coastal resilience because of his interest in the space-time and land-water dynamic facing communities. He is the director of the Professional Masters Program in GIS for Sustainability Management within the University of Washington’s Professional and Continuing Education Division.

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Questions? Contact Rita Peterson at: ritap@u.washington.edu 

PoE Graduation RSVP

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The RSVPs for both the PoE (departmental) graduation celebration *and* the UW Commencement are now open. If you earned your degree in autumn 2011 or winter 2012 or have a graduation application on file for spring or summer 2012, you are invited!

If you plan to go to both graduation celebrations, you must separately RSVP for each.

PoE Graduation Celebration

Thursday, June 7, 2012
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Mary Gates Hall Commons
http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=MGH

PoE graduation RSVP requested: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/stanchoi/163651

UW Commencement
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Century Link Field
http://www.washington.edu/graduation/

[event]: UW Student Food Co-op Meeting

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UW Student Food Co-op Meeting
When: Wednesday, May 2nd – 6:00 pm
Where: Thompson 211 
The University of Washington Student Food Cooperative is a group of students dedicated to food justice and environmental sustainability on campus. Our goal has been to increase student agency in the campus food system, and more specifically to open a student-run, sustainable, cooperative cafe for the University community. If all goes to plan- we will have this cafe in the HUB next fall! 
In light of the rapid progress we’re making towards realizing this cafe, there are numerous and diverse opportunities for involvement (in organizing to create a sustainable social enterprise, in education and outreach, marketing and technology, culinary arts, finance, and anything else that excites you!), and to help guide the direction of the Co-op. Come find out more about our history and future plans, as well as ways you can help to build a more sustainable food future on campus on Wednesday, May 2nd at 6pm in Thompson 211. We hope to see you there!
note: our website is www.uwsfc.com should you like to learn more before hand.

[event]: PoE Alumni Interview Skills Workshop: Wednesday, May 16 5:00 pm

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PoE Career Skills Workshop: The Job Interview
Wednesday, May 16
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
PoE Commons 

RSVP required: [link]

The PoE Alumni board is hosting a spring career skills workshop on all about the job interview. Any PoE student wishing to learn or develop skills relevant to interviewing for environmentally-related jobs is welcome – majors or minors in Environmental Studies. This workshop will be staffed by volunteer alumni of PoE undergraduate and graduate programs. It’s a great chance to build job search skills relevant to your degree, and you can also make great connections with environmental professionals.

The workshop will consist of a group presentation about interview basics, a panel Q&A, and an individual ‘mock’ job interview for a position with an alumni volunteer. There will be a chance for both individual and group feedback.

Food and drinks will be provided.

Tentative agenda

5:00 pm Welcome: Check-in, get food, introductions
5:20 pm Interview basics: general advice and panel Q&A
5:45 pm Set-up for mock-interviews
5:50 ~ 6:50 pm: Mock-interviews with alumni volunteers in 15 minute blocks
6:50 pm Group debrief
7:00 pm End

[job]: UW Recycling Recycling Project Coordinator

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UW Recycling has  one opening for a Recycling Project Coordinator. This position would begin immediately and is a 6-month paid position with the opportunity to work full-time during the summer and part-time during Fall quarter (weekly hours are flexible). We’re looking for qualified and dedicated students interested in environmental issues and sustainability to build their overall skills and experience.

To view the full job description and apply, interested and qualified candidates should sign in to Husky Jobs, www.huskyjobs.washington.edu/students/and search by job number: 6137

See full job description below!

UW Recycling MiniMax Recycling Project Coordinator

Start Date: Immediately

Hours/Times: Negotiable

Compensation: $12 per hour

General Description:

Under the direction of the Program Operations Manager, provide specialized coordination of the MiniMax program, a campus-wide recycling and solid waste campaign that advocates personal responsibility of waste generation and disposal by promoting minimum waste and maximum recycling.

General job responsibilities include:

Provide coordination of the MiniMax program, a campus-wide recycling and solid waste program on the main UW campus. Work with Recycling & Solid Waste staff regarding implementation of the MiniMax program and installation of the recycling and waste collection containers. Resolve inquiries and complaints regarding the program and its implementation.

Coordinate and conduct “building-to-building” education and outreach to promote the program and overall waste reduction efforts. This includes site visits and developing detailed installation plans. Advise UW faculty, staff, students, and the general public regarding the policies and procedures for the MiniMax program.

Work directly with Manager and Program Coordinators to implement the MiniMax program campus-wide. Develop and distribute promotional and educational material as needed.  Assemble, label, or otherwise prepare recycling and waste containers for installation. Assist in distribution and placement of collection containers at each participating building.  

Conduct systems analysis on effectiveness of program and its impact on overall waste diversion efforts. Identify efficiencies and needed areas of improvement.

Maintain and update department equipment inventory records and MiniMax building list; perform physical inventories as required.

Use word processing, graphics, statistical, spreadsheet and database software as required.

Provide general administrative support to Recycling & Solid Waste staff as required. 

Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Pursuing an undergraduate degree or a Masters degree Good oral and written communications skills

Good project coordination skills

Good customer service skills

Desirable Qualifications

Experience conducting educational outreach or coordinating promotions/campaigns

Experience and/or interest in recycling, composting or related field (eg. solid waste management, waste prevention, etc.)

[event]: Tools for Tomorrow talk at Seattle Central Library

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Greetings!

Join us for an evening  with guest speaker Hunter Lovins, President and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, as she leads the Tools for Tomorrow Industry Innovator Forum to discuss the business case for gross national happiness. 

 

Recently returned from a United Nations panel organized by the Permanent Mission of Bhutan, Lovins will continue the conversation on how to achieve this more holistic measure of a nation’s wealth, exploring the current state of the global economy, and describing the major challenges we are facing in the midst of an oil crisis and climate change. She will invite discussion to propose solutions to foster a more sustainable model of growth.

  

After diving deeper into the context, Lovins will survey a solution that combines international leadership, smart policy at the national level, action by states and provinces, a suite of market-based measures, and a growing commitment by individuals to create the future we want. Drawing on extensive material covered in her most recent book, The Way Out: Kickstarting Capitalism to Save Our Economic Ass, Lovins’ detailed stories of international and domestic examples will paint a vivid picture of hope and possibility.

  

Thursday, May 17th 2012, 7pm- 9pm

 

Seattle Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium 
1000 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
$15 individual
$10 student 
About Hunter Lovins
Hunter Lovins
Named Hero of the Planet by Time Magazine in 2000 and “The Green Business Icon” by Newsweek in 2009, Lovins is an innovative leading expert 
in sustainable business. A sociologist, lawyer and current faculty at Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Lovins has consulted clients in the private sector, non-profit and government agencies such as International Finance Corporation, Royal Dutch Shell, Interface, Clif Bar, Wal-Mart, the Pentagon, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and governments of Jamaica and Australia. She will join movement leaders this August as a speaker at The Global Summit 2012 in Olympic East London, England.

 

For more information contact Michelle.

 

We hope you are able to join us!
Sincerely,
Sustainable Seattle and 
Presenting Partner Bainbridge Graduate Institute 


        

Presented with the Bainbridge Graduate Institute, Tools for Tomorrow is a series of workshops, roundtables and forums to inspire you with the information and connections needed to make a sustainable difference in your company and career. 
Bainbridge Graduate Institute
BGI launched the first MBA in Sustainable Business in 2002 to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to build enterprises that are financially successful, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable and now has nearly 500 alumni of their MBA and Certificate programs out changing business for good. 
Learn more at bgi.edu
Sustainable Seattle
Founded in 1991, Sustainable Seattle’s mission is to be a resource and catalyst for positive change. We work with the community toward a sustainable future where people work and play together to improve the vitality of the community, economy, and ecosystem.sustainableseattle.org


May 17, 2012 7pm- 9pm
Seattle Central Library, Microsoft Auditorium 
1000 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104
 
$15 individual
$10 student

Industry Innovators Forums
Join us for the first Industry Innovators Forum, May 17, 7pm-9pm to discuss sustainability measures with lecturer Hunter Lovins. We hope to see you there!

Good Business Workshops
Speakers and panelists with deep expertise in specific areas relevant to sustainability management and reporting will share their knowledge with participants.

CSR Roundtables
Leading experts will present panels and CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) case studies to provide support for the rapidly expanding community of CSR professionals and tap into their collective experiences to build a community of best practice.

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Autumn 2012 Registration Bulletin

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Dear PoE students:

As a reminder, Autumn Quarter 2012 registration begins Friday, May 4 (if you have Graduating Senior Priority).  If you do not have Graduating Senior Priority, please check MYUW for your exact registration date or go to: http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/priorau12.html.  If you will be graduating in Summer 2012, Autumn 2012 or Winter 2013, you will need to come into the office to fill out a graduation application.

Please review the information below regarding courses that will be offered Autumn Quarter 2012 and how they will fulfill environmental studies major requirements.  If you have a quick question or you think there is an error with your degree audit, please e-mail poeadv@uw.edu.  If you would like to make an appointment to see an adviser, please check the online adviser calendars first, then e-mail poeadv@uw.edu with your preferred date and time.  We are happy to chat with you in order to guide your academic progress or troubleshoot problems that arise.

Best,

Program on the Environment –  Student and Academic Services

NEW! Do you want a sneak peek as to what will be offered the rest of the 2012-2013 academic year?  Go to the newly revised 2012-2013 Annual Course Schedule!  This has been provided in order to help with course selection and planning.  Please note that the course schedule is subject to change at any time without notice.

Environmental Studies Core:

ENVIR 100 (Interdisciplinary Foundations)

ENVIR 200 (Communication and Information)

  • Taught by Andrew Rose or Frederica Helmiere
  • Prerequisites: 2.0 in ENVIR 100 and an English Composition course.
  • Writing Intensive
  • You can take ENVIR 200 and 250 in the same quarter!

ENVIR 250 (Data Types and Collection Methods) – Two offerings per academic year now!

  • Taught by Megan Styles and Kristi Straus
  • Prerequisites: 2.0 in ENVIR 100
  • PLEASE NOTE: If you entered the major Winter 2010 or after and wish to begin the capstone series (ENVIR 490) in Spring 2013, you must take ENVIR 300 in Winter 2013 and ENVIR 250 in Autumn 2012.
  • PLEASE NOTE: If you entered the major before Winter 2010 and wish to begin the capstone series (ENVIR 490) in Spring 2013, you must take ENVIR 300 in Winter 2013.  Students in this situation are not required to take ENVIR 250 but if you wish to, you can apply the credits towards the ‘Tools and Technologies’ requirement for Perspectives and Experiences.
  • You can take ENVIR 200 and 250 in the same quarter!

ENVIR 490 (Pre-Capstone Seminar: Part I)

  • Taught by Sean McDonald
  • Prerequisites: 2.0 in ENVIR 300
  • No add codes are needed if you meet prerequisites!

ENVIR 492 (Post-Capstone Seminar: Part III)

  • Overseen by Sean McDonald
  • Prerequisites: Completion of ENVIR 491
  • PLEASE NOTE: You will be added when you have successfully completed ENVIR 491 (we will add students the week of August 27).

If you declared Autumn 2010 or after, please use the following as a guide.  If you declared before Autumn 2010, your major requirements will vary slightly — please see an adviser with questions.

Foundational (Biology):

BIOL 180 (Introductory Biology)

BIOL 200 (Introductory Biology)

  • This course has CHEM 142 and CHEM 152 as prerequisites.

BIOL 118 + 119 (Survey of Physiology + Lab)

BIOL/FISH/OCEAN 250 (Marine Biology)

  • Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen can register for this course during Period 1.  Seniors must wait until Period 2.

Foundational (Chemistry):

CHEM 120 (Principles of Chemistry I)

CHEM 142 (General Chemistry)

Foundational (Statistics):

STAT 220 (Basic Statistics)

STAT 311 (Elements of Statistical Methods)

  • This course has one quarter of pre-calculus/calculus as a prerequisite.

Q SCI 381 (Intro to Probability and Statistics)

  • This course has one quarter of pre-calculus/calculus as a prerequisite.

Foundational (Other Quantitative Methods):

GEOG 360 (Principles of GIS Mapping)

ESRM 250 (Intro to GIS in Forest Resources)

  • This course is restricted to ESRM majors during Period 1

Foundational (Values and Cultures):

ENVIR/HSTAA 221 (Environmental History of the US)

Foundational (Earth Systems Literacy – Climate):

ATM S 211 (Climate and Climate Change)

Foundational (Earth Systems Literacy – Land, Water, Atmosphere):

ATM S 212 (Air Pollution)

ESS/OCEAN 230 (Rivers and Beaches)

Perspectives and Experiences Courses:

Complete list at: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/perspexp.html.  While we try to maintain a broad list of courses for PoE students, please note that not all courses on the list are created equal.  Please meet with an adviser if you have questions.

COURSE SUBSTITUTIONS:

If you find a course that you think should count towards an environmental studies major or minor requirement but is not showing up on the official list, you must submit an online course substitution petition: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/poeadv/148320

PoE double major awarded a Pickering Graduate Fellowship in Foreign Affairs

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Congratulations from all of us at PoE to Environmental Studies/International Studies double-major Victoria Choe! See below for a message originally from Nadine Fabbi of the Canadian Studies Center at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

Victoria (Center) delivering her paper at the Arctic panel (Association for Canadian Studies in the US, Ottawa, Nov. 2011) with Chair, Tim Pasch, U North Dakota and Center 2004-08 FLAS in Inuktitut, and Dominic Maltais, Arctic Task Force student recently hired by the Gov of Québec to serve as a liaison with the Inuit of Northern Québec.

Dear Colleagues,
I am writing to let you know that Victoria Choe, double-major in International and Environmental Studies at the University of Washington, was just awarded a Pickering Graduate Fellowship in Foreign Affairs – an award that provides $40,000 in funding for two years and mentors students to enter the foreign service. After being admitted to several top graduate programs, Victoria has selected the School of Public Affairs at American University where she will begin her studies this fall. 
Victoria’s undergraduate research at the UW has been outstanding. In the 2011 Task Force on Arctic Sovereignty, she contributed the chapter, “Delimitation of the Lomonosov Ridge” examining Canadian, Danish and Russian efforts to claim the ridge; along with her Task Force colleagues, she presented her research at the Annual U.W.  Undergraduate Research Symposium held in Spring Quarter 2011; in fall 2011, she gave a paper on Russian/Canadian Arctic indigenous mobilization at the 21st Biennial Conference of the Association for Canadian Studies in the US held in Ottawa; this winter her research project, “Sustainable Development: Indigenous Peoples in the Russian Arctic” was accepted by U.W.’s Program on the Environment as her Capstone project; and, during spring break she attended the Coastal and Marine Management Program at University Centre of the Westfjords continuing her research on the role of Russian Arctic indigenous peoples in oil/gas development projects. Victoria has also served as the assistant to the director of the Pacific Northwest Canadian Studies Consortium and just completed a successful internship with the Pacific Northwest Economic Region.
I cannot express enough how tremendously proud we are of Victoria’s accomplishments and how happy I am to see this latest success which will truly propel Victoria into a very successful professional future. Victoria – from all of us, congratulations! – Nadine

Graduation 2012 DETAILS

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Hi all – see below for a lot of detailed information about the 2012 commencement celebration!

Dear Advisors,

 

The information below is for your use in assisting students who will either be participating in the CenturyLink Stadium ceremony on June 9th or a School/College or Departmental ceremony.  We have attached “Your Steps to a Great Commencement Day,” which was designed specifically for students.  Please review the information and feel free to share this with your students.  Complete information is available at www.graduation.uw.edu.

 

School and Departmental celebrations

If you are hosting a graduation event for your students which will require on campus parking and/or apparel, or you wish students to be able to purchase graduation announcements for your department, school or college, we need to have your event information listed on our website.  Vendors need to know the specifics of each event prior to the students’ placing orders.  Please check to see if your ceremony is listed on the School/Dept/Other Events page atwww.graduation.uw.edu.  If not please visit https://depts.washington.edu/ceremony/event/ to add your event to the list.

Graduation vs. Commencement

Please remind students that there is a difference between signing up to officially graduate and signing up for the Commencement Ceremony.  To graduate and obtain a diploma, students need to fill out the proper paperwork from either, the Office of Graduation and Academic Records (undergraduates) or The Graduate School (graduates).  To participate in the Commencement Ceremony, students must register via the Commencement Registration/Order Form at www.graduation.uw.edu after completing their graduation paperwork.  The web form will be available from May 1 to May 20, 2012.

Names listed in the program – deadlines

The Commencement program lists the names of graduates from Summer 2011 through Spring 2012.  Note: Spring 2012 bachelor’s degree candidates must have their Application to Graduate submitted and received by the Office of Graduation and Academic Records by the April 13th deadline in order to have their names listed.  Master’s and doctoral degree candidates must have their Master Degree Request submitted, or Doctoral Final Exam scheduled, by April 13th in order to have their names listed.  Summer 2012 graduates’ names will be listed in the following year’s program.  These deadlines apply only to the program.  They do not apply to participation in the ceremony itself.

Cords for College and Departmental Honors

 

If a student qualifies for these honors please ensure that you have submitted your Departmental Honors Invitation to the Honors Program (MGH 211 or Box 352800) by April 13, 2012.  Undergraduates will then be eligible to purchase special honor cords online when they order their caps and gowns.

 

Changes to Cap and Gown Pick up

 

Cap and gown pick up will be at the University Bookstore beginning May 22 – June 2.  Students will select their pick up dates online when placing their orders May 1 – May 20.

 

 Thank you for your assistance in this process and I wish you all a successful graduation season!

 

Sara Griggs

Director

Office of Ceremonies

(206) 543-2592