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Unique and Exciting Opportunity to Serve as Peer Instructor with Program on the Environment and UW International Educational Outreach

Eight upper-level undergraduate students from diverse programs are sought to assist as Peer Instructors with students from Japan (Keio University) from August 1st-21st. The course, “Humans and the Environment in the Pacific Northwest,” will expose the visiting students to topics ranging from forest ecology and water to green building and urban food sustainability. Peer Instructors will assist in leading activities (including field trips to places like Mt. Rainier, the Cascade Mountains, and the Bullitt Center and activities like hiking and canoeing) as well as in mentoring students on topic-based research projects. Students need to be available at least part-time and preferably full-time during the course period.

Benefits include:

·         Fun field trips and learning.

·         Potential T.A. course credit or capstone credits.

·         Enhancement of resume-building skills including     teaching, facilitating, and project management.

·         Practice communicating with international students and development of friendships with Japanese youth.

·         Training and mentoring from course instructor.

Comment from previous Peer Instructor:

“Not only do I now have the capability of teaching a class of non-native English speaking students, but I have an increased competence in working with a large teaching team and coordinating events amongst multiple parties to ensure the efficacy of lesson plans and safety of field trips. The Keio program gave me a taste of what I want to do and what I will always incorporate into my life…I am so proud to have been part of something so wonderful.”

Positions will be filled on a rolling basis in spring quarter 2013. Some experience in environmental studies and/or Japanese studies is preferred, but not required. Please email course Instructor Megan Horst ASAP at horstm@uw.edu to be considered.

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Make sure to get your FREE TICKETS to go see Ken Balcomb III on May 2 as he presents his research and experiences with Salish Sea orcas. To get complimentary student tickets, email Susan Bullerdick at coseeolc@uw.edu, or if not a student, purchase tickets at http://www.seattleaquarium.org/sound-conversations

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Check on the PoE Perspective and Experiences page to find out what credits this course counts for!

Plastics in the Ocean – with Giora Proskurowski (UW Oceanography)

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Plastics in the Ocean – with Giora Proskurowski (UW Oceanography)

On April 24, discover the impact of plastics on the world’s oceans with Giora Proskurowski from UW Oceanography.

While working on a research sailboat in the Pacific Ocean, UW Oceanography Research Scientist Giora Proskurowski observed water littered with confetti-size pieces of plastic debris, then the wind picked up and the particles disappeared.  After taking subsurface samples at a depths of up to 16 feet, he discovered that wind was pushing the lightweight plastic below the surface. That meant that decades of research into how much plastic litters the ocean, conducted by skimming the surface, may in some cases vastly underestimate the true amount of plastic debris in the oceans.

Free for UW Students!!

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A Humble Feast is a student-run “pop-up” restaurant in the Husky Den kitchen intended as an experimental laboratory for cooking whole-food affordable meals on a student budget as well as for farm-to-school food sourcing. It is sponsored by the UW Student Food Coop and will source produce from the UW Student Farm. Come join the fun!

Purchase at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/374274

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Happy Earth Day!

The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy Project

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Join Us!

The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy Project
April 23, 2013
(3:00-5:00, HUB Rom. 250)
Reception to follow
FREE admission
Space is limited RSVP today
See ITPP Flyer for more details.

The Interactive Theater as Pedagogy Project (ITPP) is a unique kind of Learning Community. It is a group of UW faculty, staff-educators, and graduate students who are committed to building skills in social change theater to spark dialogue on issues of institutional oppression and privilege. Project participants create and perform interactive plays that depict the complexities and challenges of this diverse university climate, and aim to prompt reflection, response, and action among audience members.

Great summer quarter special topics options at PoE

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Just a quick reminder that summer registration should now be open for all UW students. You can find a full list of courses for the different ‘perspectives and experiences’ requirements here.

Please note we have some great ‘special topics’ this summer at PoE including:

– Environmental Writing with Frederica Helmiere

– Environmental Interpretation with Celese Spencer and (PoE alumna) Suzy Karl (option to earn the NAI ‘Certified Interpretive Guide’ with additional fee)

– Global Change field course with Tim Billo

– Business and the Natural Environment with Tim Hargrave (UW Bothell)

As always, let Joe or Julie know if you have any questions!

[workshop]: Interviewing for Environmental Careers

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[workshop]: Interviewing for Environmental Careers

Career Skills Workshop: Interviewing for Environmental Careers When: Wednesday, May 8; 5:00 – 7:00 pm Where: PoE Commons, Wallace Hall 012 What: A career skills workshop hosted by PoE, The PoE Alumni…

Short bios for several of the alumni volunteers have been updated. Follow the link above to RSVP for this workshop.

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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.