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). 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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/) 

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/) 

Earth Day Celebration at Gas Works Park
Environmental Community hosts free event to support a Coal-Free Future for Washington

SEATTLE — Sierra Club, CoolMom, Earth Ministry, Washington Environmental Council and Climate Solutions will host a free community Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 23, from 11am—3pm at Gas Works Park.This event will be a great opportunity for the community and local organizations to come together and celebrate the tremendous environmental work that has been accomplished in Washington State and look ahead to future projects. 

It seems like internship and job hunting season once again!  I’ve been hearing from quite a few students about where to look for internships/jobs as well as how to prepare for them.  

Join Student Conservation Association (SCA), the University of Washington Botanic Gardens (UWBG), and Seattle Parks and Recreation for a day of fun projects at the Washington Park Arboretum on Saturday, April 23. 

Looking to make a difference for Earth Month? Come join Dasani and Honest Tea at the University of Washington on Thursday, April 21st at 12:30 p.m. for the 1st Annual Campus Cleanup Challenge!