[internship]: 2015 Young Leaders in Climate Change internship (paid)

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application for this national internship program is due January 30, 2015: go get ‘em! -joe

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The George Melendez Wright Young Leaders in Climate Change program provides paid summer internships to highly accomplished graduate and upper-level undergraduate students to work on diverse issues related to climate change and its effects in national parks. The internship projects may occur in national parks or program offices and are designed by National Park Service (NPS) staff to meet high-priority needs of parks and programs. General topic areas include resource conservation and adaptation; climate effects monitoring; park facilities adaptation; policy development; sustainable operations & mitigation; and communication, interpretation, or education.

Interns in 2015 will work on a wide variety of projects available, including: monitoring ocean acidification and intertidal biological communities; supporting a multidisciplinary science team working to respond to and mitigate the impacts of climate change to archaeological resources; developing a predictive model of snow patches likely to contain significant archaeological and/or paleoecological materials; conducting field surveys to determine plant community shifts and diversity changes in response to soil moisture change; developing strategies for how to incorporate climate change adaptation and storm preparedness options into the rehabilitation of historic structures; and creating a web-based template for communicating climate change information to the public.

Internship positions run full-time (40 hours/week) for 11-12 weeks, generally during the summer months. They pay $14/hour plus benefits. Interns are employees of the University of Washington. Most positions come with free or subsidized housing in dormitories or other shared accommodations in parks. They are all rigorous and challenging projects that demand high-level academic knowledge and skills and that afford interns with considerable autonomy and opportunity for leadership under an effective mentor.

For more information and to apply to the 2015 YLCC internship program, please visit parksclimateinterns.org

The application deadline for the 2015 YLCC Internship Program is 12:01 pm PST, Friday, January 30, 2015

 

For questions about the overall internship program or a specific internship opportunity, contact:

 Timothy Watkins

Science and Education Coordinator, NPS Climate Change Response Program

Email: climate_change@nps.gov  (Please include the word “internship” in the subject line of your email.)

For technical questions or comments about the application process or the website, please contact:

Adrienne Karpov

YLCC Program Manager

Email: ylcc@uw.edu

The George Melendez Wright Young Leaders in Climate Change (YLCC) internship program is funded and sponsored by the National Park Service (NPS) Climate Change Response Program and managed by the University of Washington College of the Environment.

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

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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.

The calculator offers information users can’t find elsewhere and is meant to be a neutral, unbiased tool.

UW’s Climate Minor

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Come hear about UW’s Climate Minor! There will be pizza!

Monday November 24, 2014 at 12:30-1:30 in OCN 425

LuAnne Thompson, Professor of Oceanography and Director of the Program on Climate Change, currently teaches the capstone course for the minor.  She will talk about the minor and what it has to offer you.  We’ll also be available to help you plan for the minor now, in your first 1-2 years at UW.

And if you are interested, but cannot join us, please respond to the RSVP so we can add you to an email list and send you climate minor related information.

 RSVP LINK:  https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/esampaga/253239

 Learn more here:  http://www.uwpcc.washington.edu/ClimateMinor

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Be a part of SAGEs big Earth Day event!  

When: April 25th 7-9pm
Where: Bagley Hall Rm 131

For UWs Earth Day/week this year S.A.G.E. is planning a really great event!  SAGE will be hosting a presentation on climate change featuring a diverse mix of UW faculty, scientists, and researchers, followed by a question and answer session with the audience!

This is a great opportunity to hear interesting and up-to-date climate science, how it may impact the Pacific Northwest, and about some of the research that is currently being done on campus. This event is FREE and open to the PUBLIC, and LOCAL.

Check out the link for more information:  Facebook event page. If you have any questions about the event, feel free to email sagepoe@uw.edu.  

[student job] – UW ESSO – Climate Action Plan Communications Coordinator

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The Strategy Management office has a job opening for a Climate Action Plan (CAP) Communications Coordinator position posted to HuskyJobs. This is an exciting 2-quarter opportunity for a student to work with our office and the Environmental Stewardship and Sustainability Office to begin rolling out targeted communications regarding CAP across campus.

 

http://www.huskyjobs.washington.edu/

job# 60025

 

Please feel free to forward this on to others or to contact me with any questions.

 

Thanks!

Elise

 

Elise Glassman

Project Manager

UW Finance and Facilities Administration

w: Strategy Management / ESS

p. 206.616.9194

[minor] – New Climate Minor!

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The Climate Minor, offered through the College of the Environment, provides undergraduates with a unique opportunity to explore the
science of climate in a multidisciplinary context. The minor brings together coursework in climate chemistry and biology, physical climate and past climate through courses in Atmospheric Sciences, Oceanography, Earth and Space Sciences and other science departments, with additional opportunities to explore policy, energy and human dimensions of climate change. Successful completion of the climate minor provides students with a strong interdisciplinary foundation in climate science and will help to prepare students for graduate study in climate related fields.The Climate Minor—open to all majors
The minor in climate science was approved by the University of Washington in Winter 2011 and is open to all students. The minor requires that students take 25 credits, including: one introductory course, one tools course, one integrative course (OCN/ATMOS/ESS 475), and courses from each of chemistry/biology of climate, physical basis of climate, and past climate. Students may also include a social science/policy/energy course. 10 credits may overlap with those required for a students’ major. The Governing Board for the UW Program on Climate Change (UW PCC) serves as the faculty committee that oversees the minor. The UW PCC integrates climate and climate change science from academic departments and research units across and beyond the Seattle campus, promoting interdisciplinary approaches to addressing climate and climate change issues. For more information on the Program on Climate Change please visit http://uwpcc.washington.edu.