Online tool lets Washington residents calculate carbon tax impacts | UW Today

University of Washington computer scientists have partnered with members of theCarbon Washington grassroots campaign to create an online tool that lets residents calculate how a state carbon tax swap proposed by the organization would impact them financially. 

[course]: Literature & the Environment ENGL 365b

ENGL 365: Literature and Discourses on the Environment  (VLPA)Professor Jesse Oak TaylorT Th9:30-11:20SLN14016
Global climate change has been described as the “end of nature.” What does that mean for art? 

*Internship* GIS Intern with Seattle Public Utilities

cepmakinithappen:

Seattle Public Utilities has a great opportunity that was just posted today for an undergraduate GIS Internship. This will be working with our Water Line of Business staff, and is a wonderful opportunity for learning how GIS is used within a public Utility setting. 

*Job* Current Use Planning Permit Manager with Island County, WA

cepmakinithappen:

Responsible for assisting the Planning Director in the overall operation of the current use function of the Planning and Community Development Department. 

*Job* Development Director with Bike Works

cepmakinithappen:

The Development Director, in partnership with the Executive Director and Board of Directors, is responsible for meeting or exceeding the organization’s annual fundraising goals. 

[internship]: Farm and Nature Preschool Internship

more details through the official position description in the link above! -joe
Farm and Nature Preschool Internship 
Nature Vision is a non-profit environmental education organization that fosters appreciation and stewardship of our environment through integration of school and community for a sustainable future.   

The team at Obliteride wants to recruit a student/group from UW to be our Green Team Chair. We are on a quest to be a zero waste event.  

We are looking for a person/group to take ownership of our plan and execute on site. 

Are you interested in a career in the sciences? Would you like to:

Explore a wide variety of careers available to students with a broad science background?
Network with professionals in science careers, including science education, science writing, and science policy? 

still looking for a course for your ‘perspectives’ requirements? See two great courses with space still available for winter quarter from American Indian Studies:
AIS 475A: Environmental Issues on Indigenous Homelands
5 credits, I&S
TuTh 3:30 – 5:20
Instructor: Clarita Lefthand-Begay

This class will consist of an interdisciplinary analysis of the environmental problems plaguing Indigenous communities in North America.