Dear Environmental Studies Students,
Welcome back! Please
find this week’s announcements below, including a course description for one of
our electives currently being offered: Theology and Ecology with Prof. MaryAnn
Hinsdale, IHM
The Environmental Studies program now has a Facebook
page. Like it today at https://www.facebook.com/bcenvstudy.
We promise not to flood your newsfeed with updates will but keep you informed
about both the most important ESP events and relevant local, national, and
global environmental news stories.
Featured Fall Course
1.
Theology and Ecology
On-Campus Events and Lectures
1.
Ubering On with Eban Goodstein
2.
Free Market Solutions to Energy
and Climate Change Policy by former Rep. Bob Inglis (R-SC)
Off-Campus Lectures, Forums, and Exhibitions
1.
Boston Environmental History
Seminar Schedule
2. Garden Bike
Tour on September 6
3. EJ Toxic Tour
of Dudley Square on September 11
Graduate and Professional School Opportunities
1. Louis M. Bacon Environmental Leadership Program at Harvard
Internship and Job Opportunities, Site Visits, Study
Abroad Opportunities, and Travel Opportunities
1.
Volunteer for Neponset River
Association
2.
BC Green Career Updates
3.
Job Opportunities with Mass
PIRG
4.
Internship with
Environment America
Best,
Kevin
--
B. Kevin Brown
Graduate Assistant, Environmental Studies
617-552-2477
Devlin 213
Fall 2014 Office Hours: Monday 9:00am-1:00pm, Tuesday 10:30am-2:00pm,
Wednesday 9:00am-1:00pm, and Thursday 10:30am-2:00pm
Instructor:
Dr. Mary Ann Hinsdale, IHM, Ph.D. hinsdale@bc.edu
This course studies
the emergence of ecological theology as a form of liberation theology. It will
investigate the roots of environmental degradation in the Judeo-Christian
tradition and the attempts of contemporary theologians to re-envision our
understanding of God, creation, nature, and what it means to be human, in order
to shape a sustainable, planetary theology. Authors studied include: Thomas
Berry, Ilia Delio, Teilhard de Chardin, Denis Edwards, Elizabeth Johnson,
Sallie McFague, Christiana Peppard, and Pastoral Statements of the Catholic
Protestant and Orthodox churches. Prerequisite: an undergraduate theology
course or permission of instructor.
Students interested
in the course may reply to this email and request a full syllabus.
Wednesday, October 1
5:00pm
Devlin 201
From the depths of the 2008 crash, the US has experienced
yet another jobless recovery, with high unemployment sustained for one of the
longest periods since the great depression. With the failure of the “old
economy”, attention has focused on an IT-enabled New Economy, variously
modified as “sharing”, “local”, “sustainable”, “idealist”, “mission-driven” and
“resilient”. This talk focuses on the forces driving the emergence of the
New Economy, and assesses whether the new boss will be the same as the old
boss.
Tuesday, October 21
7:00pm
Gasson 100
Bob
Inglis, Executive Director of the Energy and Enterprise Initiative at
George Mason University and former member of the House of Representatives, will
address free market solutions to energy and climate change policy. This event
is co-sponsored by the College Republicans and the Winston
Center for Leadership and Ethics.
2014
Tuesday, October
14
David Benac, Western Michigan University, “Finding Meaning and Debating Value
in a Historical Landscape”
Comment: Victoria Cain, Northeastern University
Tuesday,
November
18
Derek Lee Nelson, University of New Hampshire, “The Ravages of Teredo: The
Historical Impacts of Marine Wood-Boring Worms on American Society, Geography,
and Culture, 1865-1930”
Comment: Robert Martello, Olin College of Engineering
Tuesday, December
9
Steven Rudnick, University of Massachusetts—Boston, “Water Rights in the
American Southwest”
Comment: Megan Kate Nelson, author of Ruin Nation: Destruction and
the American Civil War
2015
Tuesday, January
13
Joshua Specht, Harvard University, “The Rise and Fall of the Texas Longhorn”
Comment: Beth LaDow, author of The
Medicine Line: Life and Death on a North American Borderland
Tuesday,
February
10
Katherine Johnston, Columbia University, “An Enervating Environment: Altered
Bodies in the Lowcountry and the British West Indies”
Comment: Conevery Bolton Valencius, University of Massachusetts—Boston
Tuesday,
March
10
Andrew W. Kahrl, University of Virginia, “Fear of an Open Beach: The
Privatization of the Connecticut Shore and the Fate of Coastal America”
Comment: TBA
Tuesday,
April
14
Joel Tarr, Carnegie Mellon University, “Legacy Pollution Issues in Energy
Development: The Cases of Manufactured Gas and Natural Gas”
Comment: Patrick Malone, Brown University
All sessions start at 5:15 P.M and are held at Massachusetts
Historical Society, 1154 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02215
Tel: 617-646-0568, Fax: 617-859-0074
Tel: 617-646-0568, Fax: 617-859-0074
Interested in food justice, urban gardening and bikes?
For three years, youth from ACE's Roxbury Environmental
Empowerment Project (REEP) have transformed neglected vacant lots into vibrant
community gardens. On September 6, we invite you bring your bike and
join us for a tour of four gardens and a light lunch. You'll meet gardeners and
the youth who lead this effort.
The Bike Tour on September 6 is hosted with
help from Bikes Not Bombs. We hope to raise enough money to build our next
garden! Please purchase tickets here:
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/grow-or-die-garden-bike-tour-tickets-12459902905
Time: 10:00
a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Location:
Start and end in Dudley Square at our garden on the corner of Washington Street
and Shawmut Avenue.
Questions:
email dave@ace-ej.org
Interested in environmental justice, health equity and
community organizing?
ACE's signature toxic tour is a two hour event highlighting
the stories behind nine local sites where youth and residents fought for
environmental justice and won. We cover an overview of EJ, sites like the
"Asbestos Pile" and "Bartlett Bus Depot," and key issues
facing the community today.
On September 11, we offer this special tour for
faculty and graduate students, with a $25 suggested
donation (no one will be turned away). http://www.ace-ej.org/toxic_tour_9
Time: 3:00
to 5:00 p.m.
Location: ACE
Office, 2201 Washington St. #302, Roxbury, MA 02119, rear entrance through the
public parking lot on Ruggles Street.
RSVP or
questions: email dave@ace-ej.org
The Center for Public Leadership
(CPL) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)
has just announced the launch of the Louis M. Bacon Environmental Leadership
Program, a fellowship for emerging leaders in environmental public policy and
practice.
As CPL seeks to recruit our inaugural cohort of five fellows, I am writing to ask for your help getting the word out. We are looking to recruit future leaders in the environmental community who are currently working in NGOs, government, and business to apply to HKS by December 2, 2014. These fellows will come to Harvard and immerse themselves in discussions about environmental challenges; they will learn from Harvard faculty and from each other, and will emerge with new skills and ideas to apply to the world.
The Bacon Fellowship will provide a full tuition scholarship, health insurance, a $10,000 living stipend, and a comprehensive co-curricular program for up to five admitted HKS degree candidates each year. Students from joint-or concurrent-degree programs are encouraged to apply.
To apply for the 2015-2016 academic year, prospective degree candidates will have to complete two steps:
As CPL seeks to recruit our inaugural cohort of five fellows, I am writing to ask for your help getting the word out. We are looking to recruit future leaders in the environmental community who are currently working in NGOs, government, and business to apply to HKS by December 2, 2014. These fellows will come to Harvard and immerse themselves in discussions about environmental challenges; they will learn from Harvard faculty and from each other, and will emerge with new skills and ideas to apply to the world.
The Bacon Fellowship will provide a full tuition scholarship, health insurance, a $10,000 living stipend, and a comprehensive co-curricular program for up to five admitted HKS degree candidates each year. Students from joint-or concurrent-degree programs are encouraged to apply.
To apply for the 2015-2016 academic year, prospective degree candidates will have to complete two steps:
- First, apply to HKS by December 2, 2014.
- Second, apply for the fellowship by
February 26, 2015.
In addition to serving as founder and CEO of Moore Capital
Management, LP, Louis Bacon has
been advocating for more than 20 years for conservation and protection of
natural resources in the United States and abroad. In 1992, he founded The Moore Charitable Foundation
to support nonprofit organizations with a focus that includes land and water
conservation.
To learn more about the Bacon Fellowship, click here.
We are seeking your help to spread the word, and are hoping you might circulate the link above and the informational PDF (link below) to any relevant individuals, groups, and lists in your network.
If you—or anyone interested in applying—have any questions about the fellowship, please contact our program manager, Sharon Watson Fluker, at Sharon_Watson_Fluker@hks.harvard.edu or (617) 496-3744.
The fellowship also includes a potential slot for a post-doctoral scholar or early career faculty member to participate in the cohort. Qualified candidates should feel free to contact us directly for more information.
To learn more about the Bacon Fellowship, click here.
We are seeking your help to spread the word, and are hoping you might circulate the link above and the informational PDF (link below) to any relevant individuals, groups, and lists in your network.
If you—or anyone interested in applying—have any questions about the fellowship, please contact our program manager, Sharon Watson Fluker, at Sharon_Watson_Fluker@hks.harvard.edu or (617) 496-3744.
The fellowship also includes a potential slot for a post-doctoral scholar or early career faculty member to participate in the cohort. Qualified candidates should feel free to contact us directly for more information.
Dear Students,
Are you interested in having an adventure
of a lifetime while learning how to live sustainably? The planet needs stewards
to get us back on track to a sustainable future. And you (yes, you) are it.
Think of this as an anything
is possible, opportunity to learn how one life, your life, can make
a BIG difference in the world.
If you are interested in celebrating what
is right in the world and being a part of real life solutions to the problems
we face, join us for an unforgettable study abroad experience and the adventure
of a lifetime while learning how to live sustainably.
Go beyond traditional study abroad
programs. Be a part of local and global solutions to environmental, social, and
economic problems. Experience some of the world’s most inspiring examples of
community sustainability from organizations like Heifer International,
Sustainable Harvest International, and others. Learn experientially and through
service learning opportunities that integrate classroom knowledge with
real-world applications.
The world has great need of people who not
only understand what sustainability is all about, but who are committed to
making a difference in the world. The world has a great need of people like
you.
Head on over to http://www.cellonline.org/programs/study-abroad-program/ for
more information, or take a look at this video to hear how CELL Alums define
sustainability.
Have questions? Drop us a line at info@cellonline.org.
We have space available in our three-week
Maymester programs in Iceland and Central America, in our Fall 2014 programs in East Africa, and Iceland and in our Spring 2015 programs in East Africa, Iceland, and Central America.
Drop us an e-mail or contact us by phone
for more information (dave@cellonline.org or
tel.(207) 230-4025.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Dave and CELL Team
Center for Ecological Living and Learning
(CELL)
60 Blueberry Hill Road
Hope, Maine 04847
Tel. 207-230-4025; E-mail: info@cellonline.org; Web: www.cellonline.org
Volunteer
with the Neponset River Association
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Looking for a job that makes a difference? U.S.PIRG is
hiring college seniors to work as Campus Organizers on college campuses across
the country. On issue after issue, we see powerful interests corrupting the
democratic process, twisting public policy to serve their own ends. U.S. PIRG
takes action by documenting the problems, finding practical solutions,
informing the public and making the case for change directly to
decision-makers. We work on fighting climate change, restoring democracy, and
protecting public health. Apply online atwww.uspirg.org/jobs or email wellington@masspirgstudents.org
for more details.
Environment
America interns will spend their fall semester making a big difference on
critical environment issues and learning a ton, while getting the experience
they need to launch a career in the environmental movement after graduation.
Read
more about our internship program here. Interested candidates can
complete an online application here.
Monique Sullivan
Recruitment Director
Environment America
(202) 461-2448
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