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[jobs] - Fund for the Public Interest
Fund For The Public Interest is a national nonprofit organization working to increase the visibility, membership and political power of the nation’s leading environmental and progressive groups.
The Fund was launched in 1982 to develop campaigns and technologies to engage Americans in public interest advocacy efforts.
ISLANDWOOD - a school in the woods
Located on Bainbridge Island, near Seattle in Washington State, IslandWood is a unique 255-acre outdoor learning center designed to provide exceptional learning experiences and inspire life-long environmental and community stewardship.
Internships available: http://islandwood.org/about/support/volunteer/interns-1/interns
Graduate program available: http://islandwood.org/graduate_program
[internships] - Student Conservation Association
The Student Conservation Association (SCA) is the nation’s leading provider of expense-paid internships and service opportunities in parks, forests, historic sites and urban communities in all 50 states.
Founded in 1957, we have over 55,000 alumni and offer positions in over 50 academic majors and at least sites across the U.S.
[job] - Camp Sealth Jobs
Spring/Fall Jobs – Environmental Education Instructors
Environmental Education Instructors need to have a passion for and experience with science and the outdoors, as well experience working with youth. Instructors teach classes for elementary and middle school students in forest, marine and wetland ecologies, sustainability, astronomy, outdoor living skills and more.
Read moreProfessional Association for China's Environment summer camp
See below for an interesting summer quarter opportunity – note that Chinese and English are used
Following the two successful PACE Summer Camps in Qingdao (2006) and Kunming (2009), PACE Network of Environmental and Resource Economists (PACE-NERE) is going to organize its third summer camp (PACE2011中国环境经济与政策国际研讨会暨资源环境经济学夏令营) in Hangzhou (Qiandaohu), China, during July 12-16, 2011.
[course] - Education for Sustainability (through Inner Pipeline)
Education for Sustainability
What is environmental education all about? How do educators teach young people about the earth’s ecosystems and foster an ethic of environmental stewardship? This seminar will examine the past and current state of K-12 environmental education in the U.S.
[course] - Freshmen Seminar on Sustainability
General Studies 197 D Sustainability: Globally, Locally, and Personally(freshmen only*)
In this seminar, explore the triple bottom line of sustainability – sometimes referred to as “people, planet, profit"—and topics like fair trade and the culture of consumerism.
UW Trash-In
There’s still time to join the fun at the UW Trash-In. Sign up today!
Join the Fun! Trash-In 2011 will take place on April 13 at the Bryants Building Annex. Recycling & Solid Waste will receive one day’s worth of trash from eight designated campus buildings and sort it into categories currently collected on campus.
[information session] - Spend Autumn Quarter in the San Juan Islands!
INFORMATION SESSION!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 11:30 a.m.
Wallace Hall (ACC), Suite 012 (PoE Commons)
Meet Dr. Susan Thistle, one of the instructors at UW Friday Harbor Laboratories and hear more about this exciting opportunity to take unique academic classes and conduct research!
Spend Autumn Quarter in the San Juan Islands!
Want to spend a quarter away from campus but still want to earn credits towards the environmental studies major? Located in the San Juan Islands, UW Friday Harbor Laboratories conducts environmentally related research as well as offer many unique academic courses.
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