[Link to the full story about her straw-bale house on Bainbridge Island]
Marilyn Ostergren will be familiar to many of the students that have taken ENVIR 480: Sustainability Studio.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
[event]: Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World
[event]: Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World
Join former Prime Minister of Norway Gro Harlem Brundtland as she speaks about sustainable development, increasing environmental awareness and good health as a basic human right in Our Common Future: Sustainable Development in a Deteriorating World.
[internship]: Sustainable Research Intern
Sustainability Research Intern
Sustainable Business Consulting (SBC) is a Seattle-based consulting firm that delivers improved profitability through sustainable business practices. We believe that business is the best way to solve the huge financial, social, and environmental challenges facing our world today.
We are looking for an independent, hard-working, and motivated intern to help us with the following:
Internship Job Responsibilities include:
· Conducting in-depth research and analyses on key sustainability issues within the global market
· Providing support on various sustainability assignments
· Identifying case studies around sustainability and organizational change
· Supporting company presentations and speaking engagements
· Perform various administrative tasks as needed
Qualifications
· Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills
· Proven research experience
· Demonstrated interest in sustainability as it applies to business management
· Proficient in MS Office suite, especially PowerPoint
· Quick learner, willingness to take on any task (e.g. data entry, research, whatever is needed)
· Solid work ethic, positive can-do attitude, high standard of professionalism
Timeframe and Compensation
This internship is intended for college students or recent graduates who will be with us 15 hours per week for 3 months. The intern must work in the office 2 days/week. We can work with you and your advisor to ensure you receive college credit for the internship.
Starting right away – Mid-August
The position is volunteer and unpaid, but will be working directly for the CEO and senior staff to support high level presentations and speaking engagements. Moreover, we are not only committed to teaching you about sustainable business but also supporting your career development. Please do not apply if you are looking for a paid position.
Application Details
Please e-mail your resume, cover letter, and two references to:
Emily at emily[at]sustainablebizconsulting.com. Deadline is Aug. 14. Interviews to be conducted week of August 15.
No phone calls please.
APPLICATION DEADLINE August 14, 2011
[event] Creating Sustainable Campus Food Systems
Creating Sustainable Campus Food Systems:
Student research on food, agriculture, and sustainability at the University of Washington
Friday, June 3
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Wallace Hall, POE Commons
(formerly the Academic Computing Center)
3737 Brooklyn Ave NE
Students in POE’s Sustainability Studio spent this quarter researching options for creating more sustainable food systems on campus! This presentation is your opportunity to learn from their work. Projects include:
- Models for a campus farmers’ market
- Students’ willingness to pay for more sustainable meat
- Behavior change approaches to marketing sustainable food
Please contact Justin Hellier, hellier@uw.edu, with any questions, and we hope to see you there!
Free career guide: “Corporate Careers That Make a Difference”
from: greeneconomypost.com:
A growing number of graduates and working professionals want to use their business careers to make a difference in social and environmental issues. Unfortunately these professionals are increasingly faced with the reality that there simply aren’t enough corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability titles to go around. Corporate Careers That Make a Difference, a free guide released by Net Impact and the Center for Corporate Citizenship at Boston College, sets out answers this question with more than 80 pages of practical advice, first-hand experiences, and strategic insights design to assist graduates and working professionals want to use their business careers to make a difference in social and environmental issues. The career guide also seeks to inform readers about the growing variety of positions in corporate citizenship, and how to transition from one field to another, leveraging their experiences as they move through their careers.
PNW Chapter meeting of The Association of Energy Engineers (students welcome)
Please join us at Edmonds Community College where 1) their Facility Director will give us a review of the conservation measures they have implememnted at the College and 2) you will learn about all of the continuing education opportunities that various colleges offer throughout the Pacific NW. This meeting is being hosted by the students of EdCC’s Energy Management courses and will provide all attendees a chance to talk about what is being offered in energy & sustainibility, as well as a chance to give feedback into what you would like offered.
For this meeting we are specially inviting all existing students of any college/university by providing this informative dinner-meeting to them for FREE! Local AEE members cost is $20 and non-members is $30.
Students can learn how the local chapter of Association of Energy Engineers can assist them in their pursuit of a career in energy conservation and sustainability.
EdCC Case Study & NW Educational OpportunitiesEdCC conservation measures they have installed along with their energy classes they have availableMay 19, 2011
6:00 PM – 9:00 PMEdmonds Comm College20000 68th Ave W
Lynnwood, WA 98036$30.00 Non AEE Member
$25.00 National AEE Member
$0.00 Student Registration (Valid ID required)
Welcome to the Pacific Northwest Chapter of The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE).
AEE is a nonprofit professional society of 8,500 members in 77 countries. The mission of AEE is “ to promote the scientific and educational interests of those engaged in the energy industry and to foster action for Sustainable Development.”
The organization offers a full array of informational outreach programs including seminars (live and internet based), conferences, journals, books, and certification programs.
AEE’s network of 67 local chapters meets regularly to discuss regional issues. AEE’s roster of corporate members is a veritable “who’s who” from the commercial, industrial, institutional, governmental, energy services, and utility sectors.
The Pacific Northwest Chapter was founded in September 2005 and currently has 30 active members. We meet quarterly to network and explore energy-related issues.
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. Her team developed an electric vehicle drive train that can be scaled to allow automotive companies to produce electric models of their current gasoline vehicles. As winners of the competition’s grand prize, the team won $10,000!
The team was featured on the front page of the Seattle Times’ Business Section on April 1.
The event, produced by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Foster School of Business, College of Engineering, College of the Environment, and the UW Center for Commercialization, welcomed 17 student teams—representing the University of Washington, Seattle Pacific University, Washington State University, Western Washington University, University of British Columbia, University of Utah, Shoreline Community College, and Lake Washington Technical College. Their ideas ranged from designing and building airships and complex carbon fiber components for vehicles, to a unique solution to bicycle storage and a wind power generator that creates electricity through the movement of a pair of wings. The students came from business, engineering, environment, forest resources, built environment, public policy, and arts and sciences, and they all share a commitment to developing the innovations needed to accelerate the clean-tech economy.
Earth Day at the UW
Earth Day is rapidly approaching, and it will be celebrated at the UW with a variety of events planned by the UW Environmental Stewardship & Sustainability Office, SEED, and the UW Earth Club:
Husky Green Award Ceremony!
Music!
Exhibitors!
for more information, click here.
Seattle City Light Renewable Energy Demonstration Projects Map
Seattle City Light Renewable Energy Demonstration Projects Map
Cool map of the locations of renewable energy demonstration projects created in partnership with Seattle City Light
Sustainable Community and Regional Revitalization Symposium
Sustainable Community and Regional Revitalization Symposium on March 8
Please join the Evergreen Chapter of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) and the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association (HAPSA), University of Hyogo, Japan, for a day-long symposium on economic, social, and environmental sustainability in communities and regions on March 8 at the Evans School of Public Affairs.
The symposium is the fourth is a series of exchanges between the Evergreen Chapter of the ASPA and the Hyogo Administrative Policy Studies Association. The event is open to the public and the cost is $10 for students, $15 for ASPA members, and $20 for non-members. Registration includes morning refreshments and a box lunch. The registration deadline is March 3.
Three panels, comprised of academics and practitioners from Japan and the U.S., will address local government response to economic crisis and revenue shortfall regarding issues affecting community and social services; sustainability efforts including sustainable agriculture with industrial and rural/urban linkages; and use of community volunteers in response to disaster crisis and community revitalization.
Bill Stafford, president, Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle, will serve as moderator.
In the fall of 2003, the Evergreen Chapter of ASPA entered into an international Memorandum of Understanding with HAPSA. This agreement was arranged to honor a 40 year history of the State of Washington and the Hyogo Prefecture of Japan, as sister-states.
ASPA, with headquarters in Washington, D.C., is the largest organization of professionals in public administration. Founded in 1939, the organization seeks to advance excellence in public service through programs and services that foster core public service values including accountability and performance, professionalism, social equity, and ethics at the local, national and international levels. For additional information, contact Tammy Esteves, 510.995.8509.