Winter quarter community drinks this Thursday!

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Nothing says Happy New Year like sharing a pint with an “auld acquaintance”. So come kick start your new year with the PoE Community at our quarterly PoE Community Drinks event at Urban Family Public House in Ballard (now open to all ages) on January 17th from 6:30pm to 9:00pm. Urban Family is open to all ages, and this event is for anyone in the broader ‘PoE Community’: students, alumni, teachers, staff, family and friends.
Below are the links to the Urban Family website and the event Evite.
 
 
 
We look forward to seeing everyone there!
 
Happy New Year!
 
The PoE Alumni Board

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The PoE alumni board cordially invites all members of the PoE community: students, alumni, staff and faculty to the quarterly ‘Community Drinks’ event. Autumn drinks will be held on Thursday, October 4 from 6:30 ~ 8:00 at Cafe Solstice on the Ave (all ages). Grab a beer/coffee/treat/whatever and meet some of the other people at PoE.

Click on the image above to RSVP at the open e-vite.

Hope to see you there!

PoE Alumni Board opportunities – graduating seniors & current students

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The PoE Alumni Board is now accepting applications for the 2012-13 academic year. If you are a graduating senior, this is a great way to network, stay connected with PoE, and build up your resume. The application should not take a lot of time to fill out, and the deadline for applications in Friday, June 29th.

Current students – we also need one student rep on the alumni board for the year. You can be an important liaison to connect alumni with the interests and needs of students still in the program.

Current students and/or graduating students use the same form.
[Alumni Board Application Form]
Send the completed form as a saved .pdf to jkob@uw.edu 

Time commitment (about 6-8 hours per month):
Meetings the third Thursday of each month from September to June from 6:30-8:00 pm in the PoE offices.
Participation in Alumni events and workshops.

Send questions directly to Joe Kobayashi at: jkob@uw.edu!

Click through for information about what the Alumni Board worked on this past year

 – Helped with establishing the PoE Environmental Leadership Scholarship. This new, merit-based scholarship has been created to support current Environmental Studies Majors. Applications have already been collected at PoE for two, $1,000 awards to be given for students attending in autumn quarter of this year. Board members helped with fundraising for the Endowed Scholarship Fund, gave input on the criteria for evaluating applicants, and will send a representative to participate on the committee to review the applications. Stay tuned for news about the scholarship recipients!
– Established a quarterly ‘PoE Community Drinks event’ for the whole PoE community: alumni, current students, faculty, and staff. The two events hosted so far had great turnout with over 30 attendees at each event.
– Helped to plan and run 6 career skills workshops for current PoE students. The workshops in resume writing and job interview skills are now available to any PoE student, and alumni volunteers receive training and materials from the UW Career Center.

[event] – PoE Community Drinks Social!

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The PoE Alumni board invites you to join us for “PoE Community Drinks Social” on Wednesday, April 11th at 6:30pm.  The gathering is at Café Solstice 4116 The Ave, Seattle, WA 98105 (On the Ave next to Shultzy’s)

The whole POE community is invited: alumni, staff and current students.  The Alumni board would love for anyone affiliated with POE to network and catch up.  Our last social was a great success! 

Let us know if you can make it through this open Evite and note if you are an alum, student, or alumni (with year!).

We hope you can join us!

PoE Alumni Board

[event] – PoE Community Drinks Social!

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The PoE Alumni board invites you to join us for our first “PoE Community Drinks Social” on Thursday, January 19th at 7:30pm.  The gathering is at Urban Family Public House 5329 Ballard Ave NW, Seattle, WA 98107 (south side of the street, between 22nd and Vernon, next to a restaurant called “The Sexton”)  The location is 21 years and over. 

The whole POE community is invited: alumni, staff and current students.  The board would love for all to network and catch up.  We hope you can join us to celebrate the New Year!

[event]: Green Fire movie screening

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Greetings!

 

I am a 2009 POE graduate and now the Environmental Programs Coordinator for the City of Bellevue. On November 20th we are showcasing the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold at the Lewis Creek Visitor Center!  Esteemed University of Washington Professor Emeritus, Dr. Estella Leopold, Aldo Leopold’s youngest daughter will be attending and speaking at this event. I was wondering if the College on the Environment and the POE program would be willing to pass this event information along to their faculty, staff and students. 

 

Thank you for your time and I hope to see you all there!

 

Alexandra DySard
Park Ranger – Environmental Programs Coordinator 
City of Bellevue – Parks & Community Services
Office: 425-452-4195
Mobile: 425-864-1569
ADySard@bellevuewa.gov

 

Bellevue, WA Premiere!

Nov. 20, 2011

Coming to Bellevue…

Join us at the Lewis Creek Park!

See the first full-length, high-definition documentary film ever made about legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold and his environmental legacy at Lewis Creek Park! Green Fire shares highlights from his extraordinary career, explaining how he shaped conservation and the modern environmental movement. It also illustrates how Leopold’s vision of a community that cares about both people and land continues to inform and inspire people across the country and around the world. Leopold’s ideas remain relevant today, continuing to inspire projects nationwide that connect people and land. Learn more…

DATE: Sunday, November 20, 2011 
TIME: 2:00 pm
LOCATION: Lewis Creek Park
ADDRESS: 5808 Lakemont Blvd., Bellevue, WA 98006

SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCE: Esteemed University of Washington Professor Emeritus, Dr. Estella Leopold, Aldo Leopold’s youngest daughter.

TICKETS: FREE!  Space is limited.  To save a seat, please register at 425-452-6885.

MORE INFORMATION: http://www.greenfiremovie.com

[study abroad]: Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (Israel)

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We’re fortunate to have a special ‘guest post’ today written by PoE alum Brian Hoefgen (2011). Read on to find out more about his experience at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies! Students interested in contacting Brian should first contact Joe Kobayashi at PoE by e-mail at jkob@uw.edu.

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Are you passionate about the environment or social justice? Have you ever thought about studying abroad in the Middle East? Do you want to go somewhere with sunny beaches, breathtaking views and world renowned archaeological sites?

If you answered yes to these questions, you should consider enrolling in the premier environmental studies program in the Middle East. My name is Brian Hoefgen and I had an incredible experience at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies (AIES)! AIES is located on Kibbutz Ketura in the Southern Arava Valley of Israel, just 30 miles north of the Red Sea.

The living arrangements at the Arava Institute create the perfect environment for building networks and understanding through cultural exchange. Affiliated with Ben-Gurion University, the program at AIES is designed to offer students with different backgrounds a unique opportunity to live together for an extended period of time.

Here is the general breakdown of the student population at AIES: One third of the students are from North America, Europe and other countries outside the Middle East, a third from Israel (Arabs and Jews), and a third from Jordan, Palestine and other Middle Eastern countries. With students from all over the world bringing a diverse range of opinions, customs and knowledge to AIES, there is much to learn from each other and professors alike. The campus is open to the desert environment and is surrounded by inspiring landscapes. Field trips are part of the curriculum, and PoE Capstone projects can be designed and conducted through an independent study course. For my PoE capstone project, I had an Arabic translator travel with me to Jordan to interview people about water.

Israel has some of the highest levels of solar radiation in the world. Members of Kibbutz Ketura recently decided to harness this energy by building a solar field that generates 4.95 MW of electricity from photovoltaic panels!  Ketura Sun was inaugurated on June 5th, 2011 and it is the first solar field in the Middle East.

For more information about the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies, please check out the website at www.arava.org  or e-mail jkob@uw.edu.

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A PoE alum working for the Snow Leopard Trust is running a social media campaign to encourage votes for this video finalist in the BBC World Challenge 2011-12 competition.

Check it out at this link, and vote if you would like to support it