News & Events
Project Consultant position at Full Circle Environmental
Full Circle Environmental, Inc. founded in 1993 brings an effective, creative approach to resource conservation on behalf of business and government clients. Our team provides comprehensive program, policy and outreach consulting services in waste prevention, energy conservation, product stewardship, green procurement, water resources and recycling.
Read moreVolunteer Opportunity: Bryant Science Fair Mentor- Winter Quarter 2016
Bryant Elementary School is looking for science fair mentors during Winter quarter. As a mentor you get to coach a group of four 4th or 5th graders as they design, implement, and present a science fair experiment.
Read moreApply to be an ENVIR 100 Peer TA - Deadline Extended to Nov. 22
Interested in environmental education and mentoring your peers in an introductory Environmental Studies class? Apply to be a Peer TA for Environmental Studies ENVIR 100 class this Winter and add some valuable skills to your portfolio, while working with instructors Elizabeth Wheat and Kristi Straus.
Read moreSpecial Seminar and Course on Surviving Disaster: Natural Hazards and Resilient Communities
Environmental Studies students,
There’s a special seminar associated with an Autumn Speaker Series on Natural Hazards and Resilient Communities. This series will explore the latest developments in social and natural science helping us prepare for, respond to and survive environmental disasters, wherever they strike.
Carbon WA Student Organizing Fellowship
Are you passionate about addressing climate change, advancing social justice and enacting political change?
Carbon WA seeks a student to work as a field organizer for a paid, Autumn quarter fellowship.
Exploring wilderness in one of the lower forty-eight’s most untamed landscapes
The College of the Environment recently interviewed Environmental Studies students and faculty member Tim Billo to learn about the Wilderness seminar course (Landscape Change in the Pacific Northwest) he teaches each year.
Read more at the College of the Environment
Capstone Project Updates
With many students’ capstone internships currently wrapping
up, I would like to share some information about what are students have been up
to the last couple of months!
Jesse Barr– Jesse has been working with the City of
Vancouver’s Water Resources Education Center and high school students to build
a recycled soda bottle greenhouse.
Instagram!!
Pleased to announce that UW Environmental Studies is now on Instagram! Follow us now at https://instagram.com/uwenvirostudies/
username: @uwenvirostudies
The Society of Wetland Scientists’ Pacific Northwest Chapter Meeting
The Society of Wetland Scientists’ Pacific Northwest Chapter is pleased to announce their 2015 meeting, From a Watershed Perspective: Incorporating Science into Policy, this October 6-8 at the Red Lion Hotel in Olympia, WA.
Read moreUW Farm Stand Opens Friday!
The following is from participating students:
We here at UW Farm would like to announce the opening of a farm produce stand this summer, and we’re inviting you to come join us and support our very own volunteer-driven agricultural enterprise.