The Program on the Environment spring 2022 seminar series will focus on sustainable business.

Note: Updated list of speakers as follows
March 30: Charlie Donovan, Foster School of Business
April 6: Prof. 

The Program on the Environment Graduation Celebration 2022 will be held on June 9 in the HUB Lyceum. Eligible students are graduates of Autumn 2021, Winter 2022, Spring 2022, and Summer 2022. 

Listed below are the courses offered by the Program on the Environment for Spring 2022.
ENVIR 100 – Introduction to Environmental Studies (Kristi Straus)
I&S/NW, DIV
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 239 – Sustainability: Personal Choices, Broad Impacts (TBA)
I&S/NW
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 240 – The Urban Farm (Eli Wheat)
NW
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 280 – Natural History of the Puget Sound (Tim Billo)
NW
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 301 – Research Methods for Environmental Studies (TBA)
NW, QSR
Prerequisites: ENVIR 100
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ENVIR 302 – Communication for Environmental Studies (Lubna Alzaroo, TBA)
VLPA/I&S
Prerequisites: ENVIR 100, ENGL
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ENVIR 310 – Data Analysis in Environmental Studies (Yen-Chu Weng)/
NW, QSR
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 401 – Analysis of Environmental Cases (Yen-Chu Weng)
I&S/NW
Prerequisites: ENVIR 301, ENVIR 302
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ENVIR 460 – Power, Privilege & Preservation (Joyce LeCompte)
I&S/NW, DIV
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 480 – Sustainability Studio (Alexa Schreier)
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 495D – Environmental Studies Seminar Series: Business Sustainability (Gary Handwerk)
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 497A – Growing a Revolution: The Dirt Trilogy with David Montgomery (David Montgomery)
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 497B – Business Sustainability (Ben Packard)
Prerequisites: None
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ENVIR 497C – Environmental Law (Lawrence Watters)
Prerequisites: None
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The UW College of the Environment writes about diversity, equity and inclusion at the Program on the Environment!
Click here to view the article 

The Program on the Environment winter 2022 seminar series will focus on communications.
Tune in via Zoom/YouTube:
Tune in via Zoom
Enrolled participants in the seminar course will participate online via Zoom. 

Updates to the Environmental Studies Major course requirements have been finalized! 
Updated Course Planning for Majors Page      Updated Course Checklist
Please see the updated Course Planning for Majors page and course checklist to learn more about the courses and credits required for the major. 

This summer the PoE’s Tim Billo led students on a 9 day backpacking trip in the northeast corner of Olympia National Park. See the student blogs and reflections here. 

We invite you to participate—as either an enrolled student or a guest—in the inaugural sessions of a quarterly, one-credit UW Program on the Environment seminar that will run Autumn, Winter and Spring quarters in coming years.  

Explore environmental, social, and economic impacts of the human relationship with clothing and fashion through the perspective of a diverse group of professionals working in academia, advocacy, arts, business, and science.