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Please join UW for this year’s Earth Day kick-off event this Friday April 19th in Red Square, as we partner with UW’s Annual HuskyFest celebration! 

The Earth Day speaker program will open with Julia Parrish, Associate Dean of College of the Environment at 12:00 PM, followed by Anne Mosness from the Go Wild Campaign and then James Rasmussen from the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition. Student Regent Chris Jordan will present this year’s Husky Green Awards honoring and recognizing members of the UW community who have demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication to environmental stewardship and sustainability. Additionally, winners of the Green Office Competition and the Campus Clean Up will be recognized. UW Campus Sustainability Fund Outreach Coordinator Kyle Murphy will tie this all together as the Master of Ceremonies. 

The 2nd Annual Trashion Show will begin at 2:15 PM in Red Square. Here is a preview video highlighting UW students and staff who were featured yesterday on King 5 New Day NW:http://www.king5.com/new-day-northwest/203222161.html.

The exhibition groups will take place on Red Square beginning at 10AM. 

UW Earth Club has collaborated with a variety of groups on campus to arranged a full line up for not only Earth Day, but for Earth Week, April 18th through April 27th. A summary of additional events throughout the week following the UW Earth Day Kick-off event is below, details on these events can be found on the UW Earth Day Webpage.

We look forward to seeing you there! Feel free to share this information. Website:   http://green.washington.edu/earth-day-2013 
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/events/615753595117500/

2013 EARTH WEEK EVENTS 

April 18th – Campus Clean Up

April 19th – Earth Day kick-off and Awards Ceremony, Trashion Show, Volunteer Restoration, Scholars’ Studio: Pacific Northwest Research, Free Admission to Plastics Unwrapped, & HuskyFest

April 20th – Earth Day at the Arboretum, & UW Women’s Tennis “Green Match”

April 22nd – Official Earth Day, Volunteer Ecological Restoration Event, Earth Day at the UW Medical Center, & Public Lecture: European Union Roadmap for Moving to a Competitive Low-Carbon Economy

April 23rd – Recycled Clothing Fair

April 24th – UW Trash In, UW Campus Market, Collaborating with Strangers on Sustainability Projects at UW, & Public Lecture: Plastics in the Ocean

April 25th – UWMC Farmer’s Market, & Meet the Scientists: A Discussion on Climate Change

April 26th –  Picnic & Campus Nature Walk, Pizza Bake, Film Showing, & A Humble Feast

April 27th – Earth Week Story Program

NOTE: If your group is hosting an event for Earth Week, and it was not included in this email, please send us an email at oess@uw.edu with information about the event. 

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Hey Stranger… looking for a way to combine forces with others on campus interested in sustainability projects? Collaborating with Strangers workshops connect student students, faculty and researchers on campus during 3-minute speed-meetings. You’ll walk away with more resources, solutions and creative ideas than you ever imagined!

When: Wednesday, April 24th, 1:30-3:30PM

Where: Research Commons Presentation Place, Allen Library South, ground floor

Who: Open to all UW students, post-docs, staff, faculty and librarians

This is the first in a series of “CoLAB” workshops. Space is limited, so make sure to RSVP

http://commons.lib.washington.edu/news-events/colab

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Still looking for an internship for this summer? How would you like to research Oregon water quality standards for the EPA, or to work with The Nature Conservancy on marine spatial planning for the Pacific Coast? There are over 20 exciting positions to be filled with the PoE site partners for the upcoming 2013 summer! 

Highlighted Internships

  • Make an impact right on your campus with the University of Washington Recycling program. Interns will use GIS mapping to create an interactive map of the locations of compost bins on campus to help UW reach its goal of 70% waste diversion by 2020
  • Partner with the Seattle Aquarium to research into the potential effects that the gateway Pacific Coal Terminal might have on Pacific Northwest marine environments
  • The Seattle Department of Transportation is looking for an intern to help conduct research on pedestrian and bicycle traffic signal compliance on trail locations throughout the city and to give recommendation on how compliance can be improved

For more detailed information about all of available opportunities and site partners, go here – https://catalyst.uw.edu/workspace/poedesk/37927/263480

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The Campus Sustainability Fund and Society for Ecological Restoration are asking you to “Get Dirty for the Earth” this Monday the 22nd, Earth Day, from 10-2. We will be planting native species and removing invasive species. Come whenever you can for however long you can between 10-2, and head over to McCarty Hall and look for the big CSF sign.
There will be live music, free food, and free tree seedlings and reusable shopping bags for each volunteer as a thank you. Earth Day is a time to celebrate but also recognize the commitment and responsibility we have to the place we live. We hope you will consider joining us! RSVP on facebook and email uwcsf@uw.edu with questions. 

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Join community members and local businesses for an afternoon of volunteering to restore the Duwamish River shoreline.  Volunteers will help dig out invasive blackberry, lay down mulch and plant native vegetation. This event will continue the Restore the Duwamish Shoreline Challenge initiated by BECU. Come learn more about the Challenge’s goal of uniting Tukwila’s business community for this local environmental cause and lend a hand restoring the Duwamish River’s ecosystem.

For more information and to register for the event, go to www.duwamishalive.org

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4-6 summer “Temporary Sales and Outreach Representative” positions are open at Cascadia Consulting. Click the image above for full details.

Spring 2013 Scholars’ Studio

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Details Below:

What: Spring 2013 Scholars’ Studio featuring 9 rapid-fire lightning style talks (5 minutes each) on the theme of “Pacific Northwest”. 

When: Friday, April 19th from 4-5:30pm

Where: Research Commons, Allen Library South

http://commons.lib.washington.edu/scholarsstudio

 


Scholars’ Studio: Pacific Northwest Research @the Commons presenters (in no particular order):

  • Korean American Women’s Activism in the Pacific Northwest. Nina Kim, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
  • Encountering Death in the Pacific Northwest. Wendi Lindquist, History 
  • Owning the Ocean: Race, Environment, and Identity in the Bristol Bay (Alaska) Salmon Fishery, 1930-1938. Ross Coen, History
  • Post-Chinatown: Rethinking the API Diaspora in Seattle’s Suburbs. Calvin Timmons, Cultural Studies
  • New Deal Visual Art in Washington State. Eleanor Mahoney, History
  • Potential for Hybridization between Castilleja hispida and Endangered Castilleja levisecta in a Restoration Setting. Lauren Clark, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences 
  • Juggling Fish, Wind and Flood-control in the Columbia River Basin. Karen Studarus, Electrical Engineering 
  • Northwest Goods Movement and Air Quality: A Diesel Exhaust Study. Jill Schulte, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences 
  • Designing the NW Bio Trust: Theories, Strategies, and Trust. Cyan James, Institute for Public Health Genetics

[course]: BIOL 240: The Urban Farm (SUM/2013)

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Biology 240: The Urban Farm
Instructor: Beth Wheat
3 Credits; Summer A-Term; [time schedule]

In this course students will learn the essential skills for maintaining soil health and turning urban spaces into productive landscapes.  We will cover: crop rotation, soils, urban farm planning, composting and cover cropping.   There will be a hands on component at the UW farm as well as field trips to some local farms (both inside and out of the city limits).   This is a great opportunity to develop a great skill (growing food) and thinking about how we can improve our food system from the bottom up!

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All environmental studies majors graduating Autumn 2012, Winter 2013, Spring 2013 and Summer 2013* and their family & friends, are invited to the the Program on the Environment Graduation Ceremony held:

Thursday, June 13, 2013
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.

Invite your family & friends to celebrate all your hard work and wonderful accomplishments!  You will get your name read, receive a certificate of accomplishment, and hear some words of wisdom from an environmental speaker.  Dessert and coffee will be served at the beginning of the event.

*If you are graduating in Summer 2013, you must have a graduation application on file in order to participate.

Tickets and Seat Reservation Link:  http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6094431609

The University of Washington Commencement is a separate event and is held Saturday, June 15, 2012 1:30 p.m. at CenturyLink Field (formerly Qwest Field).  More information about that event is available at:  http://www.washington.edu/graduation/