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News & Events

Harvest Fair 2011 — Seattle Tilth

Harvest Fair 2011 — Seattle Tilth 

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[job]: Fisheries Management Biologist

[job]: Fisheries Management Biologist

JOB SCOPE:
The Fisheries Management Biologist will be responsible, under the direction of the Harvest Manager or his designee, for providing the best available science for the determination of the harvestable surplus of treaty reserved right fisheries resources within the adjudicated fishing areas of the Lummi Nation. 

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Call for Applications: Undergraduate Research Leaders

Call for Applications: Undergraduate Research Leaders

Due Friday, October 7th, 2011
The Undergraduate Research Program (URP) is seeking enthusiastic and experienced undergraduate researchers, scholars, and artists from all disciplines to be student leaders for the 2011-12 academic year. 

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UW anthropologist explores Seattle’s dumpster diving community – with video — University of Washington - washington.edu

UW anthropologist explores Seattle’s dumpster diving community – with video — University of Washington – washington.edu

…for a UW anthropology graduate student, dumpster diving is a way to explore how society deals with surplus food and how cultural assumptions of what is appetizing lead to perfectly edible food being thrown out. 

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Summer hours ending!

As of Tuesday, September 6th, the PoE offices will be resuming normal office hours for the academic year.
PoE will be open from 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM, Mondays through Fridays. 

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[event]: Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World

[event]: Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World

Join former Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland as she speaks about sustainable development, increasing environmental awareness and good health as a basic human right in Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World. 

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Student Conservation Association SCA School Year Program

Crew Leaders
Student Conservation Association
SCA School Year Program
Position Dates:  Sept 2011 – May 2012, Part Time
Location:  Seattle, WA
Position Description:
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is looking for crew leaders for the SCA School Year Program.  

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Reader/Grader for Environmental Studies Capstone Courses

Program on the Environment has an outstanding opportunity for a Reader/Grader for Environmental Studies Capstone Courses, Autumn 2011. 
The UW Program on the Environment is seeking a reader/grader to provide support for ENVIR 490 (Pre-Capstone Seminar) and ENVIR 492 (Post-Capstone Seminar) in the Autumn Quarter of 2011.  

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[job]: After School Care Assistant, Westside School

We have two openings for part time after school care assistants that may be of interest to your students. The positions are in our after school care program, working from about 3:00pm to 6:00pm Monday through Friday. 

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[volunteer] Geoduck Aquaculture Project Field Trips

We are continuing our investigation of the ecological effects of geoduck clam aquaculture on beaches in Puget Sound. We’ll be doing a variety of work over the next two months: collecting/preserving benthic core samples, photo-quadrats, epibenthic pump and excavation samples, crab and fish tagging and tissue collection. 

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