PoE is looking for a student assistant to start in Winter Quarter 2013. Must be available for one day of training prior to the start of Winter Quarter. To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to poe@uw.edu. 

Seattle Tilth inspires and educates people to garden organically, conserve natural resources, and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community.

Sound interesting? Come learn more about Seattle Tilth, their courses offered, and volunteer opportunities at the PoE/UW Combined Fund Drive Bake Sale! 

Last week as part of the ENVIR 100 course, peer TA Samantha Zwicker led her students on a tour of Yesler Swamp. Samantha is part of the Yesler Swamp Student Restoration Team at UW. 

ENVIR 495A
Professor Richard Block (blockr@uw.edu).
MWF: 11:30-12:30, Condon Hall 139.
VLPA (can perhaps be taken for “W” credit with approval of instructor)
Modernity’s unprecedented assertion of human rights has been an equally unprecedented  disaster for our fellow creatures.   

Seattle Tilth inspires and educates people to grow food organically, conserve natural resources and support local food systems in order to cultivate a healthy urban environment and community. 

Join Seattle Tilth and PoE to learn, grow, and EAT at the PoE UW Combined Fund Drive bake sale! 

The course listings for Winter 2013 that can fulfill required Perspective and Experiences classes have finally been posted. You can find the link to the page here.  

[national study experience]: Study in the Southwest!
Wild Rockies Field Institute is now accepting applications for their spring field study opportunity. The course runs from March 25th- May 24th.  For more information see their website: http://wrfi.net/courses/colorado-plateau.html 
CREDITS: 15 total (NEW COURSE ADDED for 2013- Native American Studies 395)
o    Environmental Studies 395: Field Studies in Human/Ecological Communities & Public Lands Issues; Section: Public Land Issues of the Colorado Plateau (3 credits)
o    Environmental Studies 395: Field Studies in Human/Ecological Communities & Public Lands Issues; Section: Environment and Culture of the Colorado Plateau (3 credits)
o    Science 395: Natural History of the Colorado Plateau (3 credits)
o    Geography 347: Geography of the Colorado Plateau (3 credits)
o    Native American Studies 395: Indians of the American Southwest- Relationships with the Land (3 credits) 

Kenai Watershed Forum’s summer 2013 environmental internshipopportunities are primarily geared towards undergraduate students butalso open to graduate students.   The Kenai Watershed Forum (KWF) is anon-profit organization dedicated to maintaining the health of thewatersheds on the Kenai Peninsula in south central Alaska.   

PoE Book Club meets today! Don’t worry if you haven’t read the book. We welcome all to come for good conversation, coffee, and tea.
Meets regularly on Fridays at 1230-130 in the PoE Commons, Wallace Hall
The current (first) book: ‘Blessed Unrest: How the world’s largest movement came into being and why no one saw it coming’ Paul Hawken 2007  

Come join PoE for their contribution to the UW Combined Fund Drive! PoE has chosen for their featured charity organization to be Seattle Tilth. To learn more about the organization, visit their website – seattletilth.org Seattle Tilth representatives will be at the sale to talk about the organization as well as available volunteer and course opportunities for students.