– Students Evan Sawyers-Rouse (left) and Duncan Clauson, talk with Sen Maria Cantwell (center) and Sen. Patty Murray.

PoE in the News!
A team of PoE graduate students was featured on NPR and UW Today for their work examining the impacts of smart grid technology in the UW dorms. 

TODAY!!!
12:30PM
PoE COMMONS
Don’t worry if you haven’t read the book, we welcome everyone to join!!
Great discussion, warm tea, and lovely people.
Hope to see you there!
More info about the PoE Bookclub:
Join an Environmental Book Club with free coffee:Don’t join a different one.  

Apply for a scholarship to study abroad in Denmark!

Summer scholarship: $2500
Academic year scholarship: $9000

Application deadline: January 15th, 2013 
Applications can be submitted on the website: www.be.washington.edu/scandesign/
Info Sessions will be held in Schmitz 459 at 12:00pm on these dates:

Friday Oct. 

Benaroya HallWednesday Nov. 7th 20127:30 – 10:30 PM
Deirdre Cybele Smith from 350.org is offering free tickets for students, faculty and staff who are interested in the upcoming divestment campaign to attend McKibben & Crew’s “Do the Math” tour!  

Do you want to have a lasting impact on your campus and in the world? Are you passionate about poverty-related issues?
Apply to start a Nourish International chapter on your campus today! 

Come join the fight to clean up the Hanford site in Richland, WA by interning this summer with a coalition of different organizations! These intern programs allow students to obtain real world experience in their field of study and each intern is assigned a mentor that works with the student during the entire internship.  

This course can fulfill the ‘human and social dimensions’ requirement of either the Environmental Studies major or minor

The Human Animal: German 298, Clit 298, Envir 495, and English 365.
Professor Richard Block (blockr@uw.edu). 

Check out the upcoming event – promoted in part by a PoE student interning for Forterra!

What are you doing this Saturday? Register for Green Kent Day!
Join the mayor of Kent and hundreds of volunteers for a tree planting extravaganza to celebrate the first annual Green Kent Day on Saturday, October
27th! 

“Climate Change in Indonesia in the Context of the Global Challenge”
Start Date/Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 3:30 PMEnding Date/Time: Tuesday, October 23, 2012, 4:30 PMLocation: OCN 425
The Fall 2012 PCC 586 seminar series focuses on Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation. 

Tips for Getting into Closed/Restricted Courses

Registration is almost upon us once again. Follow the link above for some excellent advice from general undergraduate (UAA) advising about getting into closed or restricted courses!