News & Events

News & Events

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. 

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Be a part of SAGEs big Earth Day event!  
When: April 25th 7-9pmWhere: Bagley Hall Rm 131
For UWs Earth Day/week this year S.A.G.E. is planning a really great event!  SAGE will be hosting a presentation on climate change featuring a diverse mix of UW faculty, scientists, and researchers, followed by a question and answer session with the audience! 

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[job]: Amazon: Brand Specialist - Home furnishings

This job lead comes from PoE alumna Emily Staskowski (2010) who writes:

I am currently the vendor manager for home furnishings at Amazon. Vendor manager is basically Amazon’s fancy internal term for a buyer. 

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[volunteer]: Polliwog Preschool @ Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center

At Polliwog Preschool, held at the Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center in Bellevue, we focus on developing the whole child – socially, emotionally, mentally and physically – while initiating them into a lifelong, meaningful relationship with the natural world. 

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Consider Living in the Sustainable Living Community in Poplar Hall
 The College of the Environment  and Housing  &  Food Services (HFS) are excited to continue their partnership in offering a residential community for students interested in sustainability and the environment.  

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Save the date!  May 2nd, 2:30pm in Mary Gates 173 R.  
Interested in learning more about adventures in PoE?  
Want to hear about the travel possibilities and what can be done with this degree?   

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This quarter we have another exciting line-up of speakers, both students and faculty (see schedule below). So far we’ve already been treated to one excellent, philosophical talk by PoE Faculty Megan Styles on the use of historical family artifacts as an entry point into understanding environmental history. 

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ENVIR 480 sponsors a Panel on Sustainable and Responsible Investing

Tuesday April 16th, 12:30pm-2:00pmUniversity of Washington ACC/Wallace Hall Commons
Due to space constraint, we can only accept 15 people in addition to the 24 students.  

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