Charles River Associates Energy Practice Webinar
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October 2nd, 2018 from 4-5PM
On Campus Interviews October 16th, 2018 |
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Charles River Associates, an economic and management consulting firm, is recruiting students to work for the CRA Energy practice. The October 2nd Webinar will provide students with more information about what the Energy Practice does. CRA will be conducting on-campus interviews October 16th.
TO JOIN THE WEBINAR:
Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: Please click this URL to join and select “Join a Meeting” at top https://crai.zoom.us/s/385176849
Join by Phone: US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656 or +1 877 853 5247 (Toll Free) or +1 877 369 0926 (Toll Free) Canada: +1 647 558 0588 United Kingdom: +44 (0) 20 3695 0088 or +44 (0) 20 3051 2874 or +44 (0) 80 0031 5717 (Toll Free) Webinar ID: 385 176 849 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ab0HuY9kO1
Developing financial and economic analyses or valuation models to support case theories
Developing familiarity with data that serves as input to this analysis, including company financial reporting, accounting statements, and social and economic survey data as well as non-financial measures of organizational performance
Interacting with clients, by participating in client meetings or gathering data through interview-based research on behalf of our clients
Programming, model building, and regression analysis in statistical analysis programs (such as Stata, SAS, R, or Python)
Ensuring reliability of analysis through quality control review
Applications are due November 30th, 2018. For more information and to apply for this position, visit: http://www.crai.com/careers/jobs/apply?gh_jid=1275202
INTERNSHIP: Analyst Intern (Summer 2019): Our Summer Analyst Internship program is meant to mirror the analyst experience to give you a greater understanding of our business and the type of work that is done at Charles River Associates. Throughout the 10 week program, Analyst Interns work closely with both senior and junior staff on project teams across a variety of industries, and apply economic, financial and business principles to solve real-world problems. We offer a competitive compensation package, professional development opportunities, and a work environment that is collegial and entrepreneurial. During the Analyst Internship program, you can expect to work on many aspects of a project:
• Analyzing economic and financial data using spreadsheets and databases
• Ensuring the integrity and accuracy of analyses
• Programming, model building, and regression analysis in statistical analysis programs, such as SAS and Stata
• Assisting in the production and development of research summaries, expert reports, and the presentation of findings
• Reviewing and summarizing analyst reports, client documents, and industry trade press
• Conducting industry, market, and competitor research
• Performing interview-based research on behalf of commercial clients, government entities, and industry associations
Applications are due March 31, 2019. For more information and to apply for this position, visit: http://www.crai.com/careers/jobs/apply?gh_jid=1275043
QUESTIONS: Contact CRA Analyst Michelle Kang, BC Environmental Studies Minor ‘18: mkang@crai.com |
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BC Sustainability Action Committee (SAC) Meeting
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October 2, 2018 from 6-7 PM in the Newton Room – RSVP REQUESTED, FREE FOOD
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Please join us for the first Sustainability Action Committee Meeting on Tuesday, October 2nd at 6:00pm in the Newton Room (right next to the Heights Room)! SAC is a place for student environmental groups to meet and collaborate on initiatives for the year, and we can't wait hear everyone's thoughts and ideas!
If you plan on attending, please RSVP here. Both eboard members and general members of groups are encouraged to attend, so please forward this message to anyone interested. If you have any agenda items to add, please indicate them on the RSVP form. We are looking forward to meeting everyone! |
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USGBC Careers in Sustainability Series: The Evolution of a Sustainability Professional
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October 2, 2018 at 5 PM – Boston Architectural College
FREE, TICKET REQURED (LIMITED NUMBER REMAIN) |
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The Emerging Professionals of Massachusetts are excited to share our next Careers in Sustainability panel discussion at the Boston Architectural College, covering the Evolution of the Sustainability Professional. We will cover the places where young professionals are entering into the sustainability industry today (degree programs and start-ups) and where we see opportunities for the future (entrepreneurial ventures, non-profits, public service). From 10 years ago, we had a rise in CSR professionals and we will discuss what has changed since then and where the future of green jobs are for upcoming graduates. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information and tickets, see: https://usgbcma.org/event/careers-in-sustainability-the-evolution-of-the-sustainability-professional/ |
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2018 Fall Internship: Environment America Clean Water Internship and Job Openings
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We know all about the damage we’re doing to the planet: climate change, plastic pollution, wildlife disappearing forever. But we also know we have solutions: solar panels are getting better, electric cars are getting better, and on and on. That’s why our mission -- the thing that drives everything we do -- is to harness our country’s wealth, technology and imagination to make our communities, our country and our planet greener and healthier places to live for all of us. Environment America is a policy and action group with more than two million members and supporter spread across all 50 states. We promote national, state, and local policies that put the environment first. We've won policies that have resulted in more solar and wind power in 22 states, cleaner cars and power plants nationwide, and better protections for rivers, streams, lakes, and drinking water. We work in partnership with the state offices of the Public Interest Network in 32 states and our federal advocacy office in Washington D.C.
INTERNSHIP (Fall Semester): Right now, Environment America is hiring interns to join us at our Boston office for the fall semester. Interns will work alongside fellow and advocates, learning how to analyze environmental problems, push for smart solutions, and build the public support it takes to win. Interns will help us educate and engage citizens on the most critical environmental issues of our time, earn media attention, build coalitions, organize events, and lobby decision makers. This program specifically reached out the Environmental Studies Program looking for applicants! For more information and to apply for this position, visit: https://jobs.environmentamerica.org/internship.html
JOB: Development Associate: As a Donor Development Associate, you will be responsible for maximizing the financial and political support of member of Environment America and other organizations in the Public Interest Network. You would be responsible for fundraising, maintaining contact with donors, developing campaigns, and managing donor outreach. We are looking for smart and motivated college graduates who believe in and love fundraising and have excellent written and verbal communication skills. Candidates must demonstrate a track record of being able to effectively work independently. Previous fundraising experience required. Environment America reached out to us looking for qualified graduates to fill this position. Their website may have other positions that of interest as well. For more information, visit: https://jobs.environmentamerica.org/index.html#jobs
To apply, visit: https://publicinterestnetwork.org/application.html Attach your resume and cover letter in .pdf form, and address your cover letters to Johanna Neumann, Environment America Donor Development Director. |
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MIT Seminar Series on Environmental and Agricultural History: “The Optimism of the Dismal Science: Growth, Economics, and The Natural World in the American Century"
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| October 5, 2018 at MIT from 2:30-4:30 PM |
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In 1956, a young MIT economist named Robert Solow published an article titled "A Contribution to the Theory of Economic Growth." Combined with his continued work on the topic over the next several decades, the paper helped him win the Nobel Prize in economics and gain recognition as the progenitor of growth theory. A brilliant theorist, gifted writer, and adored teacher, Solow’s contributions to economics are beyond question. Yet his growth theory, like much of postwar American economics, excluded the natural world from its calculations. The legacies of this disjuncture are still felt today, where contemporary political discussions are often framed as a conflict between economic growth and planetary protections, with the former almost always prioritized over the latter. To a historian, this is a curious state of affairs. Economists did not always exclude the environment, and my research seeks to trace the uneven and contingent process by which this occurred. In particular, my talk examines three episodes in this longer history: the methodological pluralism of pre-WWII American economics, the rise of growth theory in the 1950s and 1960s, and the response of economists to the environmental movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout, I seek to build on and extend discussions in environmental history on the interconnections between material and intellectual history, growth and sustainability, and economics and ecology.
For more information on this lecture, see: https://history.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/ChrisJones_SEAH2%202018.pdf
This lecture is part of a year-long series sponsored by MIT’s History faculty and program in Science, Technology, and Society. For information on future lectures, see: https://history.mit.edu/lectures-and-seminars/seminar-environmental-and-agricultural-history |
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Massachusetts Historical Society Environmental History Seminar Series: “Native American Environmental History”
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October 9, 2018 at 5:15 PM
FREE - RSVP REQUIRED |
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Speakers: Lisa Brooks, Amherst College; Strother Roberts, Bowdoin College; Ashley Smith, Hampshire College; Thomas Wickman, Trinity College
Moderator: Cedric Woods, Institute for New England Native American Studies, University of Massachusetts Boston
This panel will explore the intersections of environmental history and indigenous studies—the questions that each field engenders in the other, as well as the perspectives that native and non-native scholars bring to their research as they traverse both fields. Questions of race, gender, geography, and sources enliven this growing body of scholarship. Join us for a stimulating and wide-ranging conversation on these and other topics.
To RSVP: email seminars@masshist.org or call (617) 646-0579.
For more information on this lecture and future lectures in this series, see: https://www.masshist.org/calendar/seminars/environmental-history |
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Caribbean Ecosystem Field Studies Course
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| ** Students should confirm with OIP that course credits will transfer before attending** |
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Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM) Action Fund: Keep Massachusetts a Leader in Offshore Wind
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Contracts are in place for the first 800 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind to be built off our coast. This is a great start, but we must keep moving forward so that Massachusetts can capitalize on the environmental and economic benefits of responsibly-developed offshore wind power. Benefits of offshore wind include: reduced greenhouse gas emissions, lower wholesale electricity costs, improved air quality and human health, highly skilled and well-paying jobs, a path to meet legally mandated renewable energy requirements, and a competitive alternative to our existing fossil fuel power that is facing major retirements in coming years.
We are calling on Governor Charlie Baker and Democratic nominee Jay Gonzalez to commit that if elected, they will ensure that Massachusetts continues to lead the nation's offshore wind industry. Sign the petition urging both candidates to commit to doubling down on offshore wind. The commitment focuses on accelerating the timeline for future offshore wind. It includes a pledge to study the procurement of an additional 1,600 MW of offshore wind and report on economic feasibility by May 2019. This study is already required by the 2018 Clean Energy Future Act. If economically justified, this procurement would effectively double Massachusetts' large-scale offshore wind resources.
For more information and to sign the petition, visit: http://salsa4.salsalabs.com/o/51456/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=25505&utm_source=Advocacy+Email+List&utm_campaign=32f3885028-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_09_13_01_00_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4af88f3572-32f3885028-307824857 |
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NEURISA is the New England Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information System Association, a non-profit organization committed to providing education, resources, and guidance in the GIS community – especially to students and young professionals. NEURISA is holding its annual NEURISA Day Conference Monday October 15, 2018 at the Wylie Inn & Conference Center in Beverly, MA. Topics can include anything from climate change to drones to strategic planning. The Conference is also a fun day of GIS related presentations, key note speakers, and networking opportunities.
More information about the conference can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wAFSdVIqhGpoMR11e9M4vEdsoZ_5in_w/view |
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Keynote Address from Gina McCarthy, Former EPA Administrator: “US Environmental Policy: What Has Been Lost, What Can Be Gained”
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October 23, 2018 in the Murray Room
FREE - Sponsored by ENVS
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| Gina McCarthy served as the head of the Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama, leading historic progress to achieve the administration’s public health and environmental protection goals and Climate Action Plan. In 2015, McCarthy signed the Clean Power Plan, which set the first-ever national standards for reducing carbon emissions from existing power plants, underscoring the country’s commitment to domestic climate action and spurring international efforts that helped secure the Paris Climate Agreement. During her tenure, EPA initiatives cut air pollution, protected water resources, reduced greenhouse |
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gases and strengthened chemical safety to better protect more Americans, especially the most vulnerable, from negative health impacts. Internationally, McCarthy worked with the UN and WHO on a variety of efforts and represented the U.S. on global initiatives to reduce high risk sources of pollution. McCarthy now serves as Professor of the Practice of Public Health in the Department of Environmental Health at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health and is Director of Harvard Chan’s Center for Health and the Global Environment.
This event is sponsored by the Environmental Studies Program. For more information, see: http://events.bc.edu/event/gina_mccarthy_former_environmental_protection_agency_administrator#.W4VWds5KhaQ |
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CELA Belieze: Study Abroad Program December 26- January 7 2019
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| Applications Due October 30, 2018 |
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This is a unique opportunity for students who can't find time in their busy schedule to study abroad. Course runs from December 26 to January 7, 2019. Courses carry three credit hours, and credit can transfer from a US or Belizean institution, with prior approval. This is a great first time study abroad experience as English is the national language of Belize. The following programs, plus two other additional programs, are also run during summer sessions. For more information on other programs or summer session study abroad opportunities, visit: http://www.celabelize.com/#Program
***If you are interested in any of these programs, please reach out to the Office of International Programs (https://www.bc.edu/offices/international.html) to make sure that you will be able to receive credit for the course***
Wildlife Health, Ecology, and Conservation Program: Through a combination of classroom lectures, field trips and practicums, students will be introduced to tropical ecology, local conservation efforts, Belizean wildlife, veterinary practices and wildlife research techniques. This intensive, introductory course will help students understand the many factors that affect the management, conservation, habitat and health of wild animals. You will work along side zookeepers in the world renowned Belize Zoo. The focus of the course is on wildlife veterinary practices, conservation and research methods. Species specific focus will include the research and conservation of the jaguar (Panthera onca), puma (Puma concolor), tapir (Tapirus bairdii), jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria), howler monkey (Alouatta pigra), spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) and the green iguana (Iguana iguana). Students will gain insight on several field research techniques including specialized leg hold traps, cage traps, GPS and VHF tracking, camera trapping, chemical immobilization and remote drug delivery, avian mist netting, bird banding, and nest searching and monitoring. Students will also get the opportunity to observe and collect data on captive and wild animals. http://www.celabelize.com/wildlife-health.html
Primate Ecology and Conservation - an Introduction to Field Research: The Community Baboon Sanctuary (CBS) has set the standard for community based conservation. Over 200 landowners have pledged to project that habitat of the local howler monkey population. The black howler monkey (Alouatta pigra), known as a Baboon in Creole, is classified as endangered by the IUCN. This includes the populations in Yucatan, southern Mexico, Guatemala and Belize. From 1985-1999, censuses at CBS showed steady population growth. Estimates have showed a steady increase to over 2000 monkeys; however a complete census has not been done since 1999. This project will update the conservation status and give up to date results of the original goal of CBS: to protect howler monkeys and to examine the overall health of the monkeys. Finally, the course will engage in community education with the villages within the Community Baboon Sanctuary (CBS). This field course provides an introduction to field research in primatology and will engage students in wildlife conservation. Course topics explore the behavior, ecology and conservation of nonhuman primates (New World monkeys and howler monkeys, (Alouatta pigra) in particular), with emphasis on natural history and adaptation to the environment. Specific topics include methods for the study of primate behavior, history of primate behavior research, socio-ecology, foraging, predation, affiliation, aggression, mating, parenting, development, communication, and conservation. Because most primate species are listed as threatened or endangered, the course will also examine the threats to primate survival and strategies for their conservation. Students will be trained in various methods of collecting behavioral, physical and ecological data, and will practice those methods during fieldwork. This is a rigorous course with a great deal of field research. Students will live with Belizean families in Bermudian Landing, Belize District who will supply three meals a day. The village is very rural with very limited internet and transportation service. http://celabelize.com/primate-ecology.html
Global Health – Biology, Medicine, and Public Health in the Tropics: Students will learn to situate health in its wider social, economic and political context and acquire a basic understanding of the intimate, bi-directional relationship between health and development processes. Instruction focuses on field-based, hands-on learning. Lectures, readings from primary literature, and discussions are also integral components of the program and provide the conceptual framework for discussion, analysis, and interpreting field observations and findings. This course will consider tropical diseases and medicine by certain key categories: geography, vectors and the route of infection (portal of entry) providing students with a broad overview of the major issues and diseases in tropical climates. http://www.celabelize.com/global-health.html |
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Harvard College Conservation Society and ALPINE (Academics for Land Protection in New England) Career Conference
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November 10, 2018 from 9 -4 PM
Free, Registration Required |
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Careers in Conservation (CiC) is an annual event which provides career advice, inspiration, and connections for students from Harvard and other nearby universities who are interested in pursuing careers in any of many disciplines within the field of conservation. CiC includes renowned speakers from the field of conservation, various workshops for students to attend to gain more information on various subfields within conservation, and an interdisciplinary panel. We are also expanding our networking opportunities through inviting more organizations and alumni and representatives from various organizations in the hopes of connecting with students with potential job/ internship opportunities and mentors. Refreshments will be provided. Please reach out to harvardconservation@gmail.com with any questions. We look forward to seeing you there!
For more information and to register, visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/careers-in-conservation-fall-2018-tickets-49662890041 |
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2018 Annual Tide Mill Conference
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November 10, 2018 from 8:30-4 PM
$50, Registration Required |
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A tide mill is a water mill that derives its power from the rise and fall of the tides. Conference topics focus on how man once extracted power from the tides and how he seeks to use this power again. Come to learn and participate in the discussions. Topics under discussion include: Medieval vertical and horizontal millwheels, A tide mill at the heart of the 1775 Battle of Brooklyn, Structure of tide mill dams, How tides in New York's East River supply power to the grid, and a possible tidal energy canal for Boston.
For more information about the conference and to register, visit: http://www.tidemillinstitute.org/2018-annual-conference/ |
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Submission deadline: December 12, 2018
Email to: envstudies@bc.edu |
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| Environmental Studies is holding our first photo contest this year! Share with the Environmental Studies community a picture from campus, your study abroad program, summer travels, internship, or hometown that exemplifies a theme or concept from environmental studies. The deadline to submit your photo and description of the photo is Monday, December 10. Top entries will be featured on our website and the best photo of 2018 (voted on by our Steering Committee) will be printed and framed for display in Devlin. |
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