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[event] 2nd annual College Greens film/speaker series
The student organization, College Greens at UW, is holding its 2nd annual film/speaker series dedicated to issues of environmental and social justice. Thursday, April 28th – “The Economics of Happiness” A documentary that concerns localization movements, climate change and community resiliency.
Read more »[event] Common Spaces NW
[event] Common Spaces NW Common Spaces Northwest began from an idea: what sort of incredible fusion of prowess and flowering of community can happen if we just got people together to talk?
Read more »Seeking Artwork, Recipes, and Stories
Seeking Artwork, Recipes, and Stories Contribute your voice and creativity to the 2nd edition of CAGJ’s publication, “Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice” What is “Our Food, Our Right”?
Read more »Congratulations to Christina Heinlen
PoE’s own Christina Heinlen, was a member of the ‘Voltaic’ team, which won the grand prize at this year’s Environmental Innovation Challenge! Congratulations! Christina is a double major with PoE and Business.
Read more »[event] New Directions in Global Business
New Directions in Global Business: What does it take to make REAL change? May 3, Tuesday Kane Hall 210 6:00 pm, open seating 6:30 – 8:30 pm, Panel presentation Pre registration requested to secure a seat.
Read more »[event] Art + Agriculture #2: Thursday, April 28
ART+AGRICULTURE The event is the second in a series presenting information and inspiration about food and food production. This program, on Urban Farming, will feature author and farmer Novella Carpenter, along with topical performance by okanomodé (a.k.a.
Read more »[internship] Conservation Northwest
Internship Description This intern will work directly with the Seattle outreach coordinator and other staff to assist with all outreach and organizing duties in Seattle and possibly additional western Washington communities.
Read more »PoE Needs your Photos
Hello all, here at PoE we are working on getting some photos of students up around the office, and we need your help! If you have active, engaging photos of you or someone else in PoE doing environmentally-related activities, please send them to me (drewcoll@uw.edu).
Read more »Become a Peace Corps Volunteer!
Volunteers become leaders in grassroots efforts to protect and preserve the environment, engaging in projects such as establishing forest conservation plans and helping develop alternatives to wood as a fuel source.
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