News & Events

News & Events

Congratulations to Christina Heinlen

PoE’s own Christina Heinlen, was a member of the ‘Voltaic’ team, which won the grand prize at this year’s Environmental Innovation Challenge! Congratulations!
Christina is a double major with PoE and Business. 

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[event] New Directions in Global Business

New Directions in Global Business: What does it take to make REAL change?
May 3, Tuesday
Kane Hall 210
6:00 pm, open seating
6:30 – 8:30 pm, Panel presentation
Pre registration requested to secure a seat. 

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[event] Art + Agriculture #2: Thursday, April 28

ART+AGRICULTURE 
The event is the second in a series presenting information and inspiration about food and food production. 
This program, on Urban Farming, will feature author and farmer Novella Carpenter, along with topical performance by okanomodé (a.k.a. 

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[internship] Conservation Northwest

Internship Description
This intern will work directly with the Seattle outreach coordinator and other staff to assist with all outreach and organizing duties in Seattle and possibly additional western Washington communities. 

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PoE Needs your Photos

Hello all, here at PoE we are working on getting some photos of students up around the office, and we need your help! If you have active, engaging photos of you or someone else in PoE doing environmentally-related activities, please send them to me (drewcoll@uw.edu). 

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Become a Peace Corps Volunteer!

Volunteers become leaders in grassroots efforts to protect and preserve the environment, engaging in projects such as establishing forest conservation plans and helping develop alternatives to wood as a fuel source. 

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Senior Project Manager with NatureBridge in Seattle

Senior Project Manager with NatureBridge in Seattle

cepmakinithappen:

Please submit a letter of interest and resume by April 25 to:
SeniorProjectManager@naturebridge.org
Please no staffing agency calls, no faxes and no phone calls. 

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[course] - URBDP 498A: Practical Ecology for Planners

URBDP 498A Practical Ecology for Planners Summer 2011 Instructor: Julia Michalak SLN: 13731
Course description:
Humans are transforming the ecology of our planet at a massive scale and nowhere are these changes more evident than in the urban environment…

Traditional ecological conservation approaches have focused on separating and protecting “nature” from people. 

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Part II of the video interview with PoE Director Julia Parrish, starting with an answer to the question, “What are we teaching today’s students that will help them with future disasters?”
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/) 

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Part I of a video interview with PoE Director Julia Parrish talking about a number of subjects, including the Exxon Valdez and Deepwater Horizon oil spills.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/) 

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