News & Events
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. 
Course Announcement from Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences UW School of Public Health:
ABOUT THE COURSE:
Presents green chemistry in the context of social impact and public health. Focuses on the relationship between the science and application of chemistry, and the conditions of life that affect everyone’s health, particularly in the developed world. 
Green Laboratory Internship Available
UW Sustainability is currently recruiting a student intern to support our Green Laboratory program. To apply please visit:
https://careers.washington.edu/HuskyJobs and search for #91979. 
Internship Title: Green Laboratory Certification Coordinator
Internship Description: The Green Laboratory Program provides resources and guidance for laboratories on campus to implement sustainable practices, including a certification program to recognize laboratories that decrease the University’s environmental impact in alignment with the UW Environmental Policy statement and the Climate Action Plan goals. 
Native Plant Nursery Internships
Interested in horticulture, communications, or construction? The UW student chapter of the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER-UW) is looking for two interns this Fall quarter to help grow their native plant nursery.
Read moreSustainability Studio Recap: The Hidden Challenges and Stories of UW Sustainability
Blog post by Chelsea Bogrow
On Thursday May 28th, 2015 PoE’s Environment 280 Sustainable Studio class gave a tour on UW’s hidden truths of sustainability and its natural history. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day and the students were excited to finally put all their research and hard work into the tour.