[event] Today! Environmental Management Symposium

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Hear stories of students solving real world environmental issues and learn about the graduate certificate in environmental management.

3 presentations from 4-5:30pm followed by a catered reception, located in the HUB room 145! 

Topics include communicating climate change impacts, geoduck aquaculture, and citizen science

[course] The Natural Environment

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ENGL 200 (Section C) “The Natural Environment”

Mon-Thurs 1:30-2:20

This course will examine the idea of “the natural environment” in the late twentieth century, and more specifically, the way literary texts (both fictional and non-fictional) represent human relationships with that environment. More specifically, we will examine some key ways conversations about the environment are moving to cover expanding geographic, cultural, and philosophical terrain. Three or four key ideas will guide the reading we do in this course:

1. What qualifies as natural? To what extent is the idea of “the natural world” socially constructed?
2. With that in mind, how does human presence figure into the natural? How do representations of human inhabitation reflect cultural values and understandings of the environment?
3. How can these discussions take into account the breadth of cultural positions across the planet and the ways in which those cultures do not experience “the global environment” in the same ways?
4. To what extent do humans control their environment? Is that control equally distributed among human beings and cultures?

Course Texts:
Annie Dillard – Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Ernest Hemmingway – The Old Man and the Sea
Leslie Marmon Silko – Ceremony
Karen Tei Yamashita – Through the Arc of the Rainforest
Course Packet (to be picked up at Ave Copy Center)

http://depts.washington.edu/engl/ugrad/course.php?crsID=4492

The class is taught by Ned Schaumberg, one of Program on the Environment’s own lecturers.

Bio here: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/people/faculty.php

To register, use ENGL 200 C (SLN 13771)

Contact engladv@uw.edu to request an add code.

[job] Campus Jobs!

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The UW Sustainability office is hiring a paid Sustainability Communications intern (HuskyJobs #87919).  

The intern will research and write Sustainability Snapshot articles, blog posts and other stories for the UW Sustainability site green.uw.edu, highlighting various people, buildings and sustainability projects across UW. This is an opportunity to learn more about sustainability efforts and be a part of our work to implement our Climate Action Plan at the University of Washington and to have stories published on a site reaching UW students, faculty and staff as well as the larger sustainability community. Intern will also have the opportunity to assist with special projects for outreach and social media campaigns. The position is available for spring and summer quarter. For more information and to apply, go to http://careers.washington.edu/HuskyJobs/ and search for 87919.

EcoReps is looking for an Assistant Marketing and Outreach Coordinator, which is Husky Jobs # 87939.

The EcoReps program’s responsibility is to f​oster a culture of sustainability at UW with focuses in alternative transportation, waste diversion, energy reduction, and water management. The intern will assist in keeping with program organization, group outreach, management of social media and promotion material, participate in program strategy, and assist in the revision of the EcoReps program.The position will be approximately 7-10 hours per week through June, and is open to all full-time UW students. Any major may apply with special consideration for Environmental Science, Marketing, or Communications majors.  For more information and to apply, go tohttp://careers.washington.edu/HuskyJobs and search for 87839.

[event] UW Society of Ethnobiology

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Join the UW Society of Ethnobiology for their Winter Speaker Event featuring:

Jo Robinson – author of recent bestseller Eating on the Wild Side

Jo Robinson is a bestselling, investigative journalist who has spent the
past 20 years scouring scientific articles for insights on how to restore
vital nutrients to the American diet. Looking beyond the nutrient loss that
has taken place over the past 75 years, she traces the beginning of our
unhealthy diet to the very first gardens created 12,000 years ago. In 2015, Jo is spearheading the creation of a “Garden of Well-Being” for seniors at the Vashon Community Care Center in Vashon, Washington. The
garden will feature specific varieties of fruits and vegetables that have
been proven to address health problems common to older people, such as
diabetes, dementia, fatigue, cancer, chronic inflammation, hypertension,
and cardiovascular disease. It will be the first garden of its kind in the
United States.

When: March 10th, 2015 @ 1:30-3:00pm
Where: Anderson Hall, Forest Club Room- Second Floor

[job] Recology CleanScapes

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Recology is a leader in the resource recovery industry. They provide services throughout California, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, including collection, transfer, disposal, landfill management, composting, and recycling. They are also the largest employee-owned company in our industry and our success has stemmed from the dedication of our employees, the service we provide to our customers, and our genuine concern for a sustainable environment.

For more information: http://chc.tbe.taleo.net/chc03/ats/careers/requisition.jsp?org=RECOLOGY&cws=1&rid=446