Tool Sale @ NE Seattle Tool Library (9/21): All Offers Accepted! Seattle REconomy is hosting a Tool Sale at the NE Seattle Tool Library (NESTL) on September 21st from 9am–3pm! This event is free and open to the community.
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Apply Now: Assistant Teaching Professor, Environmental Studies
The University of Washington Program on the Environment (PoE) invites applications for 2 faculty positions at the level of Assistant Teaching Professor in any field of Environmental Studies. These positions may teach courses in at least one of the following areas: Bioregional natural history International socio-ecological issues Quantitative and qualitative data analysis Environmental justice Positions are full-time (100% FTE) over a 9-month service period with additional possible summer teaching.
Read more »Autumn Course: ENVIR 495 A, Environmental Innovation Practicum
Environmental Innovation Practicum (2 credits, credit/no-credit) | Tuesdays | 4 to 5:50 pm Jointly-listed: ENVIR 495, ENTRE 443/543, ENGR 498A Interested in finding solutions to today’s climate and environmental challenges? Take this Autumn Quarter class and find out how!
Read more »Reuse Seattle Volunteer Opportunity
Are you interested in supporting reuse efforts in Seattle? Look no further! Reuse Seattle is a City of Seattle initiative, partnering with community events throughout the city to pilot reusable dishware.
Read more »UW CELE Center Student Job Opportunity: Communications Assistant
Position available: CEC Communications Assistant Department: UAA, Community Engagement and Leadership Education (CELE) Center Hours: 12-15 hours per week, flexible with student’s schedule Compensation: $19.97 per hour Work Study Job Number: CELE02 Undergraduate Academic Affairs (UAA) shapes, advances, and stewards a world-class undergraduate academic experience for students at the University of Washington.
Read more »Bloomberg Green Festival -- Students attend free!
Bloomberg Green Festival is a global collaboration between innovators, policymakers, entrepreneurs, artists, activists, musicians and more, to explore new solutions spanning the entire climate spectrum. Headquartered at our Seattle Center campus, the festival will cover four themes vital to creating practical, collective change: Technology and Innovation, The Climate Economy, Greener Living and Green Policy.
Read more »CoEnv Highlight: UW researchers use DNA to investigate a green crab whodunit
Over the past several years, shellfish growers in Washington’s Willapa Bay have raised the alarm that Manila clams, one of the region’s most important commercially grown shellfish, were inexplicably declining. At the same time, these aquaculturists have witnessed growing populations of one of North America’s most destructive invaders: the European green crab.
Read more »COIL Project Bringing Students from the UW and Taiwan Together for An Interdisciplinary and Cross-Cultural Learning Experience
This spring, students in Professor Yen-Chu Weng’s course “Environmental Issues in East Asia” participated in an Online International Collaboration Learning (COIL) project with students from Taiwan on evaluating the accessibility of interpretive signs in nature parks.
Read more »ENVIR 480 Student Project Highlight
Students from the Spring 2024 offering of ENVIR 480, Sustainability Consulting Practicum, hit it out of the park last week with their presentation on super-gas user conversion to electric vehicles! In ENVIR 480, students are split into teams and paired with local Seattle organizations — often either businesses or nonprofits — to work on a client project that advances sustainability in the respective sector.
Read more »Congratulations 2024 Scholarship Recipients!
Ava Vaughan, Program on the Environment Undergraduate Scholarship Ava is pursuing a dual degree in business and environmental studies with a minor in nutrition. She grew up on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington and spent most of her life on Dabob Bay.
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