PoE Spring Seminar Series

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The Program on the Environment spring 2022 seminar series will focus on sustainable business.

Note: Updated list of speakers as follows

March 30: Charlie Donovan, Foster School of Business
April 6: Prof. Aseem Prakash, UW Dept of Political Science, Director of UW Center for Environmental Politics
April 13: George Bandy, Former Head of Worldwide Circular Economy, Amazon. Formerly of Interface Carpets
April 20: Dayna Gross, Manager, Programs and Partnerships for North America Sustainability at Syngenta
April 27: Kevin Wilhelm, CEO Sustainable Business Consulting
May 4: Kevin Hagen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Iron Mountain
May 11: Katherine Cheng, Former Head of Global and Community Impact @ Expedia Group (UW Alum)
May 23: Gwen Migita, Senior Principal ESG, Point B Consulting, former VP Social Impact & Inclusion and Chief Sustainability Officer at Caesars Entertainment

Tune in via Zoom/YouTube:

Tune in via Zoom
Enrolled participants in the seminar course will participate online via Zoom.

Tune in via YouTube
The seminar is open to the public! If you would like to watch the seminars and are not enrolled in the course, see the YouTube livestream. Recordings will continue to be available after the seminar on this channel.

Speakers + Recordings

March 30: Charlie Donovan, UW Foster School of Business

April 6: Aseem Prakash, UW Political Science; Director, UW Center for Environmental Politics

April 13: George Bandy, Former Head of Worldwide Circular Economy, Amazon. Formerly of Interface Carpets

April 20: Dayna Gross, Manager, Programs & Partnerships for North America Sustainability at Syngenta

April 27: Kevin Wilhelm, CEO, Sustainable Business Consulting

May 4: Kevin Hagen, Chief Sustainability Officer, Iron Mountain

May 11: Katherine Cheng, Former Head of Global and Community Impact  @ Expedia Group (UW Alum)

June 9: PoE Graduation Celebration!

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The Program on the Environment Graduation Celebration 2022 will be held on June 9 in the HUB Lyceum. Eligible students are graduates of Autumn 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, and Summer 2022. Please see below flyer for more information.

As a reminder to graduating seniors, the deadline to apply to graduate is April 15, 2022.
Contact the adviser as early as possible to schedule meeting! enviradv@uw.edu

Spring 2022 Course Offerings

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Listed below are the courses offered by the Program on the Environment for Spring 2022.

ENVIR 100 – Introduction to Environmental Studies (Kristi Straus)
I&S/NW, DIV
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 239 – Sustainability: Personal Choices, Broad Impacts (TBA)
I&S/NW
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 240 – The Urban Farm (Eli Wheat)
NW
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 280 – Natural History of the Puget Sound (Tim Billo)
NW
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 301 – Research Methods for Environmental Studies (TBA)
NW, QSR
Prerequisites: ENVIR 100
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ENVIR 302 – Communication for Environmental Studies (Lubna Alzaroo, TBA)
VLPA/I&S
Prerequisites: ENVIR 100, ENGL
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ENVIR 310 – Data Analysis in Environmental Studies (Yen-Chu Weng)/
NW, QSR
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 401 – Analysis of Environmental Cases (Yen-Chu Weng)
I&S/NW
Prerequisites: ENVIR 301, ENVIR 302
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ENVIR 460 – Power, Privilege & Preservation (Joyce LeCompte)
I&S/NW, DIV
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 480 – Sustainability Studio (Alexa Schreier)
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 495D – Environmental Studies Seminar Series: Business Sustainability (Gary Handwerk)
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 497A – Growing a Revolution: The Dirt Trilogy with David Montgomery (David Montgomery)
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 497B – Business Sustainability (Ben Packard)
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 497C – Environmental Law (Lawrence Watters)
Prerequisites: None
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PoE Winter Seminar Series: Communications

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The Program on the Environment winter 2022 seminar series will focus on communications.

Tune in via Zoom/YouTube:

Tune in via Zoom
Enrolled participants in the seminar course will participate online via Zoom.

Tune in via YouTube
The seminar is open to the public! If you would like to watch the seminars and are not enrolled in the course, see the YouTube livestream. Recordings will continue to be available after the seminar on this channel.

Speakers:

January 05: Communicating Science & Publicly Engaging: An Early Career Scientist’s Perspective
Priya Shukla – PhD Student, University of California Davis and Contributor, Forbes
@priyology (Twitter)
@ForbesScience (Twitter)
linkedin.com/in/priya-shukla-40b03031
https://priyology.github.io// 

January 12: Art and Environmental Communication
Rachel Lodge – Visual Artist and Strategic Communicator
https://youtu.be/dOckPgOtQb8
https://www.jackstraw.org/artist/rachel-lodge/
linkedin.com/in/rachel-lodge-3171a8a9 
http://www.racheldlodge.com/ 

January 19: Camera Traps and Conservation Photography
Jonny Armstrong – Assistant Professor, Oregon State University and Conservation Photographer
@jonny5armstrong (Twitter)
@jonnybarmstrong (Instagram)
https://fwcs.oregonstate.edu/users/jonathan-armstrong
https://jbarmstrong.wordpress.com/

January 26: Social Media in Environmental Practice
Sophie Pavelle – Zoologist, Science Communicator, and Author
@sophiepavs (Twitter)
@sophiepavs (Instagram)
Beaver Trust documentary https://youtu.be/q4Mmjm22GiY
https://www.youtube.com/c/SophiePavelle
linkedin.com/in/sophia-pavelle-759a37115

February 02: The Environment in the News
Ashley Braun– Managing Editor, DeSmogBlog, Freelance Science and Environmental Journalist
@ashleybraun (Twitter)
https://www.desmog.com
https://www.hakaimagazine.com/profiles/ashley-braun/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleybraun/

February 09: Living with Fire: A Communication perspective
Nikolaj Lasbo – Marketing Manager, The Nature Conservancy of Washington
@nikolajlasbo (Twitter)
@Conserve_WA (Twitter)
https://www.washingtonnature.org/fieldnotes/trex-roslyn-ridge-prescribed-fire-forests
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikolaj-lasbo-88414735/

February 16: Green Business Communication 
TBD

February 23: Climate Communication: Building Resiliency to Misinformation
John Cook – Assistant Professor, George Mason University and Author
@johnfocook (Twitter)
@skepticscience (Twitter)
https://communication.gmu.edu/people/jcook20
linkedin.com/in/john-cook-990a373a

March 02: Communicating Environmental Injustice
Vanessa Vassall – National Program Director, Maternal Health and Environmental Justice, Black Millennials for Flint
@BM4Flint (Twitter)
@blackmillennials4flint (Instagram)
https://www.blackmillennials4flint.org/
linkedin.com/in/vanessavassall

New Major Requirements Are Finalized

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Updates to the Environmental Studies Major course requirements have been finalized! 

Updated Course Planning for Majors Page      Updated Course Checklist

Please see the updated Course Planning for Majors page and course checklist to learn more about the courses and credits required for the major.

Use this document to help with course planning (PDF or spreadsheet).

Questions? Contact the adviser, enviradv@uw.edu

Note: Students who declared the Environmental Studies Major before Winter 2022 can graduate using the previous course requirements -OR- the current (new) course requirements.

 

PoE Autumn Seminar Series: Indigenous Perspectives on the Environment

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We invite you to participate—as either an enrolled student or a guest—in the inaugural sessions of a quarterly, one-credit UW Program on the Environment seminar that will run Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters in coming years.  The autumn seminars each year will deal with environmental justice issues.  Our seminar this autumn will be based on the theme of “Indigenous Perspectives on the Environment,” with presentations by a dynamic set of speakers, most of them enrolled members of tribes throughout the United States, followed by question-and-answer sessions.  Topics will include tribal sovereignty, political activism, community health and healing, Native food sovereignty, Indigenous knowledge and resource management, tribal-government relations, Native storytelling and school curricula, Indigenous video gaming, and more.

Our first guest will be Isaaksiichaa Ross Braine (Apsaalooke Nation), who spent several years as the UW’s tribal liaison and director of wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ – Intellectual House. In 2015 he was awarded a UW Distinguished Staff Award (Links to an external site.) and in 2019 was named Distinguished Alumnus of the UW’s iSchoolLinks to an external site..He will be focusing on the issue of tribal sovereignty and the centrality of that concept for Indigenous identity.

Wednesday, October 6, 4:30-5:30 PM

This event is available for public viewing on the PoE YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCc-lwF38pxfQJuZMCfpSLMA

Fashioning Sustainability Seminars

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Explore environmental, social, and economic impacts of the human relationship with clothing and fashion through the perspective of a diverse group of professionals working in academia, advocacy, arts, business, and science. We’ll investigate the complete lifecycle of our clothing, from production of raw materials, through manufacturing, shipping, and retail, and end-of-life. Seminars will include insightful presentations and riveting Q&A with leading experts. This weekly speaker series is facilitated by Dr. P. Sean McDonald and Dr. Eli Wheat, and is open to all students. Presentations are available live to the public via YouTube.

To receive credit, students will be required to develop five thoughtful questions for our guest(s) prior to the seminar and attend synchronously in 7/10 weeks.

Course Details (Spring 2021):

ENVIR 495 D (1 cr)
SLN: 21519
Wednesdays 4:30 – 5:30 PM

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Tune in via Zoom/YouTube:

Tune in via Zoom
Enrolled participants in the seminar course will participate online via Zoom.

Tune in via YouTube
The seminar is open to the public! If you would like to watch the seminars and are not enrolled in the course, see the YouTube livestream. Recordings will continue to be available after the seminar on this channel.

 

 

 

SCHEDULE & SPEAKERS:

March 31: Introductions & A History of Sustainable Fashion
Eli Wheat
P. Sean McDonald
Note: No public seminar / Enrolled students only

April 7: Sustainability in Fashion & Apparel – panel discussion
Hilary Jochmans, PoliticallyInFashion
Corey Spencer, AMENDI
Elizabeth Cline

April 14: Sustainable Apparel 101 – Resources, Definitions and Creating Your Own Career Path
Jancy Quinn, FairTrade

April 21: Small Manufacturers, Designers, & Commitments to Sustainability
Landon Nash, Tact & Stone

April 28: Slow Fashion or How to Dissappear Completely
Davora Lindner, Prairie Underground

May 5: Retailers: Walking the Triple Bottom Line
Chelsey Evans, Etsy

May 12: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Circularity & A New Fashion Ethic
David Montgomery, UW

May 19: Reflecting On Our Own Fashion Sustainability
Eli Wheat, UW
P. Sean McDonald, UW
Note: No public seminar / Enrolled students only

May 26: Capstone Symposium
Departmental Presentations, Including sustainability in textiles, fashion and apparel

June 2: Fashion as a Vehicle for Advocacy & Conservation
Ava Holmes, Fashion for Conservation