[volunteer] – Volunteer at the Aboretum with Student Conservation Association

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Join Student Conservation Association (SCA), the University of Washington Botanic Gardens (UWBG), and Seattle Parks and Recreation for a day of fun projects at the Washington Park Arboretum on Saturday, April 23.

Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. and then there will be a kick-off rally at 9:30 a.m. After the rally, the volunteers will head off to work projects until 3 p.m. Register to join us.

Get your hands dirty helping to improve the Arboretum. Meet SCA members and alumni, SCA supporters, Rotarians from Seattle Rotary #4, community members, SCA staff, UWBG staff, and Seattle Parks and Recreation staff.

[event] – UW Dasani Campus Clean Up

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Looking to make a difference for Earth Month? Come join Dasani and Honest Tea at the University of Washington on Thursday, April 21st at 12:30 p.m. for the 1st Annual Campus Cleanup Challenge! 

The Challenge starts at 12:30 in Paccar Hall! You and your team (1-5 people) will have 2 hours to make UW look beautiful, collecting as much garbage and recycling as possible from campus, and returning it to Paccar Hall to compete against all other teams! Who will collect the most?

There will be goodies for everyone and prizes for the winners!

More information available at: http://f2.washington.edu/oess/campuscleanup

**Interested in forming a team?  Ask your fellow classmates – we would love to have PoE have huge representation**

Regenerative Design Institute Training

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http://www.regenerativedesign.org/courses-events/ecology-of-leadership 

The Ecology of Leadership weekend workshop is coming
to the greater Seattle community in May!

Offered: May 7 – 8, 2011
Location: The Tree Farm in Carnation, Washington (Seattle area)
Instructors: James Stark & Christopher Kuntzsch

Cost: $195 per person

Transforming lives for the dawning of a new era

Do you feel the urgency of these times of both great global change and opportunity, and long to make a greater difference?

Do you wish you had some support to cultivate your unique capacities and gifts?  

Do you want to to feel more lit up in your life and become more confident, effective, and successful in the ways you bring your leadership forward?

You are not alone. 

Whether you are just emerging as a leader, well on your path, or are connecting to a new chapter in your life, we invite you to join the uprising of people committing to greater service and leadership during this critical time.

EPA Green Power Partnership Webinar

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Webinar on Greening the Bottom Line: How Campus Green Revolving Funds are Saving Energy and Money

On Wednesday, April 20, from 1-2 pm (EST), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Green Power Partnership (GPP) will host a webinar on Greening the Bottom Line: How Campus Green Revolving Funds are Saving Energy and Money. As colleges and universities face steep budget cuts and unstable energy costs, many institutions are grappling with how to finance urgently needed energy efficiency upgrades on campus when operating and capital funds are scarce. The webinar will cover innovative approaches, such as using return-oriented green revolving funds (GRFs) – a rapidly growing trend at colleges and universities. GRFs can help colleges and universities invest in a variety of cost-saving initiatives, resulting in significant financial and environmental benefits.

 

While GRFs are increasing rapidly on college and university campuses across the county, the concept can also be adapted for public and private sector organizations.

This webinar will explore the key findings and trends of Greening the Bottom Line, the first ever survey of GRFs at 52 colleges and universities published in partnership with GPP and more than 10 other organizations. It will also highlight the work of Harvard University’s $12 million Green Revolving Loan Fund, one of the oldest and largest funds in the country.

 

Webinar participants will learn:

·         Innovative approaches to financing energy upgrades

·         Trends from Greening the Bottom Line – a survey on GRFs being used at colleges and universities nationwide

·         One college’s experience with a Green Revolving Loan Fund

 

Speakers include:

·         Blaine Collison, U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership

·         Mark Orlowski, Sustainable Endowments Institute

·         Heather Henriksen, Harvard University’s Office for Sustainability

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), an association of colleges and universities that are working to create a sustainable future, is partnering with GPP on this webinar. More information about AASHE is available atwww.aashe.org.

Register for this webinar at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/990881370.

Earth Day at the UW

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Earth Day is rapidly approaching, and it will be celebrated at the UW with a variety of events planned by the UW Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Office, SEED, and the UW Earth Club:

Husky Green Award Ceremony!
Music!
Exhibitors!

for more information, click here. 

[registration] – Summer Quarter 2011

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Summer Quarter 2011 Time Schedule:
http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/SUM2011/

Summer Quarter 2011 Registration Dates (begins April 18, 2011):
http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/priorsu11.html

Please review environmental studies major or minor requirements:
Major: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/requirements.html
Minor: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/es_minor.html

Summer Quarter 2011 Perspectives & Experiences lists are now updated:
http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/perspexp.html

ENVIR 250 (data types and collection methods): This course will soon be on the time schedule and will be taught by Liz Mack.  It will be a full-term class offered TTH 2:20-4:30 p.m.

  • ENVIR majors who declared Autumn 2009 or before: this class will count towards Tools & Technologies
  • ENVIR majors who declared Winter 2010 or after: this class is a required core course
  • ENVIR minors who declared Summer 2010 or before: this class will count towards Tools & Technologies (alternately, you may also substitute ENVIR 250 for ENVIR 200)
  • ENVIR minors who declared Autumn 2010 or after: you have the choice of taking ENVIR 200 OR ENVIR 250 as one of the required core courses
  • Not sure how this will count for you?  Check in with us!

ENVIR 491 (capstone internship): For students who are planning on doing their capstone internship (ENVIR 491) over the summer, we will be manually registering you once your capstone proposal is received from the capstone instructor.

[internship] – City of Seattle environment internships

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The City of Seattle has just announced multiple internships.
Deadlines are April 26, 2011.

  • Environmental Justice Network in Action Intern
  • Environmental Partnerships Intern
  • Waste Reduction Outreach Intern
  • Waste Reduction Program Intern

For more information about any of these internships, please see: http://www.seattle.gov/personnel/employment/default_TemporaryAndInternship.asp

Are you graduating soon?

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At the University of Washington, you do not graduate automatically when you complete all requirements.  You must also fill out a graduation application with your major adviser.  If you are a double major/degree student, you must fill out a separate graduation application with each of your advisers.

If you are an environmental studies major and graduating Spring 2011, Summer 2011, Autumn 2011 or Winter 2012, NOW is the time to make an appointment to fill out a graduation application.  Filling out a graduation application early will help catch any requirements that may have been overlooked.  You will also be eligible for Graduating Senior Priority (GSP) registration after filling out a graduation application.

http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/grad.html

To make an appointment to file a graduation application, please see: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/advising.html

PoE graduation ceremony – Thursday, June 9!

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All environmental studies majors graduating Autumn 2010, Winter 2011, Spring 2011 or Summer 2011 and their family & friends, are invited to the the Program on the Environment Graduation Ceremony held:

Thursday, June 9
5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Mary Gates Hall Commons
http://www.washington.edu/maps/?l=MGH

*Cap and gown welcomed, but not required.  Business casual requested.*

Please RSVP by Wednesday, May 18th at:
https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/stanchoi/129853

Invite your family & friends to celebrate all your hard work and wonderful accomplishments!  You will get your name read (along with your capstone project title), receive a certificate of accomplishment, and hear some words of wisdom from Senator Kevin Ranker.  Light refreshments will be served.

*The official University of Washington Commencement is a separate event and is held Saturday, June 11 at Husky Stadium.  More information about that event is available at: http://www.washington.edu/graduation/