The Career Center is in need of volunteers for the upcoming 2013 Spring Career Fair on Tuesday April 16 from 3-7 pm in the HUB Ballrooms. Shifts will be available from 8am – 9pm, with a minimum time commitment of 2 hours. 

The Environmental Book Club is starting a new book at the beginning of Spring quarter: ‘The Unsettling of America: Culture & Agriculture’ by Wendell Berry, the “cultural and economic critic, and farmer” (wiki). 

“Turning the University Inside Out” – Michael K. Young

Follow the link for a piece about sustainability at the UW by UW President Michael K. Young on the Huffington Post. 

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Community TransformationsSummer Intensive Program
June 24 to July 26Eugene, Oregon
Community Transformations is a one-of-a-kind opportunity to live a wholesome lifestyle, build community, enact genuine sustainability, develop a powerful social vision, vitalize body, mind and spirit, and have fun making the world a better place. 

The Soundwatch Boater Education Program is seeking interns to assist with the successful and internationally acclaimed education and monitoring program working to reduce vessel disturbance to killer whales and other marine wildlife in the Haro Strait region of Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. 

The Climate Impacts Group is seeking volunteer student note-takers for a one-day, on campus workshop on successful adaptation to climate change on Washington’s coasts. This workshop is assembling ~20 coastal professionals from local, regional, state, tribal and federal agencies who are working on climate change adaptation in Washington to discuss the vexing, yet increasingly important, question “What does successful adaptation to climate change in coastal areas look like?”

Our goals for the workshop are to delve into the concept of successful adaptation through a series of presentations, discussions and activities, to learn from participants’ adaptation experience, and involve leaders in our state in crafting answers to what constitutes successful adaptation. 

The Piscivore’s Dilemma

Do you try to eat a healthy diet? Are you concerned about the sustainability of fish stocks, the health of marine ecosystems, or the survival of your local fishing community? 

Ever wondered what the PoE capstone is all about? See below for a guest post from PoE senior Sophie Hart about her unique capstone project – working across two countries! – (joe)
Sophie Hart’s POE Capstone with the Sustainability in Prisons Project

For my capstone project, I am looking at social farming operations in prison systems. 

Summer Internships Available
The Soundwatch Boater Education Program is seeking interns to assist with the successful and internationally acclaimed education and monitoring program working to reduce vessel disturbance to killer whales and other marine wildlife in the HaroStrait region of Washington State and British Columbia, Canada. 

The University of Washington Garbology Project (UWGP) is an ongoing student effort dedicated to the use of archaeological methods for the study and improvement of UW systems of waste management.  They are working with UW Recycling and a host of other campus groups to help reduce the UW’s $1.3 million annual landfill bill, and their spring 2013 efforts will focus on the waste produced in Denny Hall.