News & Events

News & Events

[event] - Film Screening "DIVE!" (dumpster diving)

The student organization, College Greens UW, is holding its 2nd annual three-part film/speaker series dedicated to issues of environmental and social justice. The first event (with The Economics of Happiness and speaker Joanna Wright) was a great success and we’re excited about the next two! 

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[registration] - Autumn Quarter 2011

Autumn Quarter 2011 Time Schedule:http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/AUT2011/
Autumn Quarter 2011 Registration Dates (begins April 18, 2011):http://www.washington.edu/students/reg/priorau11.html
Please review environmental studies major or minor requirements: Major: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/requirements.html Minor: http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/es_minor.html
Autumn Quarter 2011 Perspectives & Experiences lists are now updated:http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/students/perspexp.html
ENVIR 490 (pre-capstone seminar): For students who will beginning the capstone series (490-491-492), we are offering the pre-capstone seminar in Autumn 2011.  

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North and East King County Job Fair

North and East King County Job Fair 

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[event] Film screening TONIGHT!

Why have Tibetans become environmentalists? How do Tibetan conceptions of nature differ from Western ones? The UW Program on the Environment presents Shielding the Mountains, a narrative on the Tibetan environmental culture and conservation movements, that illustrates these questions and explores the necessity behind protecting our precious environments. 

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[internship] COASST

INTERNSHIP IN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND MARINE ECOLOGY
Want to gain valuable research experience?Contemplating working for a non-profit after graduation? 
Interested in marine conservation?
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) is seeking 3-4 undergraduate students to assist with data entry and management, volunteer recruitment, tracking, training and communication for 2-3 college credits.   

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ENVIR 480: Transportation & Sustainability on Campus

ENVIR 480: Sustainability StudioTransportation & Sustainability on Campus
Fall 2011Tu & Th 1:30-2:50, Fr 1:30-3:20
A 5-credit course focused on transportation & sustainability on the UW Campus, centered around a quarter-long team project.  

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(Senior) Program Associate with the Udall Foundation

(Senior) Program Associate with the Udall Foundation 

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Free career guide: "Corporate Careers That Make a Difference"

[LINK]
from: greeneconomypost.com:

A growing number of graduates and working professionals want to use their business careers to make a difference in social and environmental issues. Unfortunately these professionals are increasingly faced with the reality that there simply aren’t enough corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability titles to go around.  

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Apply to be a Peer TA for ENVIR 100

ENVIR 100 – the first class in the series of ‘core classes’ required for the Environmental Studies major: you know it; you love it. We are looking for applicants to be peer TAs for ENVIR 100 for autumn quarter 2011. 

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[scholarships] - Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards Workshops & Info Sessions

Check out the Office of Merit Scholarships, Fellowships and Awards Website at: https://www.washington.edu/students/ugrad/scholar/.  We encourage all environmental studies students to look into these.  Remember, people can’t even consider giving you a scholarship if you don’t even apply! 

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