EBC Climate Adaptation Forum - Utility Resilience: Lessons from Puerto Rico
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November 30th, 2018 from 8-12 AM
$15 (use Non-Profit Rate) Registration Required |
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Adapting utilities to be resilient to climate impacts, from extreme storm events to heatwaves, poses significant challenges and opportunities for providers and communities. Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico in 2017 and resulted in the longest blackout in U.S. History. The Forum welcomes Malu Blázquez Arsuaga, the Executive Director of the Resilient Puerto Rico Advisory Commission, and Jonathan Marvel from Resilient Power Puerto Rico to discuss lessons learned from Hurricane Maria and rebuilding resilient utility infrastructure. We will then turn our focus to local climate impacts and hear what steps are being taken for regional utility resilience. Local utility providers and communities will discuss on-going projects and challenges for climate adaptation in New England.
For more information about the forum and to register to attend, visit: https://climateadaptationforum.org/event/utility-resilience-lessons-from-puerto-rico-and-local-preparation/ |
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BC Dining - Spring 2019 Sustainability Intern
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Applications due November 30, 2018
Job Description
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ENVS Study Abroad - Conservation Ecology in Ecuador
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Info Session December 10, 12 PM
Devlin 201
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Environmental Studies Photo Contest
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Submission deadline: December 10, 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.
Please submit photos in JPEG format!
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Apply now for Fellowships
August 2019 Start |
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| Fellowships: When decisions are being made that affect our health, our safety, or our rights as consumers and citizens, U.S. PIRG (United States Public Interest Research Group) speaks up on behalf of the public. U.S. PIRG is currently working on campaigns to reduce the use of antibiotics, ban the use of toxic chemicals in farming and production, reduce trash, and improve public transportation. As a fellow, you won’t just sit behind a desk. You’ll be out in the real world, working to protect consumers and enable citizens to lead healthier, safer, more secure lives. You’ll be recruiting new groups to join a coalition, speaking in a church basement or town hall to win a new endorsement, organizing a news event or rally, meeting with an editorial board, or doing whatever else it takes to get results. You’ll run a grassroots campaign office each summer during your fellowship where you’ll hire and manage a staff of 20 canvassers to raise money, build our organization and membership, and help win one of our key campaigns.This is a two-year program, expressly designed to prepare future leaders with U.S. PIRG. We look for smarts, leadership experience, top-notch written and verbal skills, and an eagerness to learn. We value organizing experience, including building campus groups. For more information, visit: https://jobs.uspirg.org/fellowship.html#full-description |
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Environment America Clean Water Internships 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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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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Join BC Real Food's Composting Initiative
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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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Insight Global Education: Internships in Uganda, Fiji, or Thailand
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Earn Credits. Travel Abroad. Intern with an organization making a tangible impact in its field. We understand that an education for students needs to lead towards a viable career. Our University programs earn credits for your academic standing, and our internships provide a valuable and unique addition to your resume.
Spend 3 months abroad, immersed in a new culture with a cohort of like-minded students. Credits are earned through a local University with courses taught by tenured professors. Internships are run by local organizations running long-term initiatives. Accommodations are fully organized by Insight with all students living in a safe, vetted location. Choose between Uganda, Fiji, and Thailand.
For more information on the program and to apply, visit: https://insightglobaleducation.com/university/ |
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Middlebury School of the Environment: Enviornmental Leadership in China
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Apply by January 15th for Scholarship Opportunities
Deadline March 1 |
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The Middlebury School of the Environment will have twin bases in Dali, a small city in the western reaches of western Yunnan province and the foothills of the Himilayas, and Kunming, the province’s capital and largest city. With locations in both places and the ability to move between these environments, the program will explore social-ecological systems along the wilderness, rural, urban interface. The landscapes of rural and urban Yunnan, along with unique conservation areas nearby, become our classroom as we seek to understand place in this unique environment. As the world pivots to China, this country and its people illustrate the complexities of environmental problem solving in the 21st century. This program offers a hands-on experience exploring leadership and cultural diversity in sustainability initiatives. This is a six-week environmental studies program for college undergraduates and recent graduates based in Yunnan Province, China, with dual sites in Kunming and Dali. Students will take three college courses (nine semester-hours of credit) offered within a specially designed immersive curriculum that includes core course work, electives, leadership training, and field experiences.
For more information, visit: http://www.middlebury.edu/environment |
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Hiring Teaching Assistants
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| Applications due Feb 1, 2019 |
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The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte offers a Master of Science in Earth Sciences degree with opportunities for study and research in the areas of soils, weathering, surface processes, geology, hydrology, atmospheric science, remote sensing, spatial analysis, and environmental science. Our program offers Earth Science graduate students personal guidance typical of a relatively small department, with the field, laboratory, and computing facilities and resources that accompany a much larger unit. Within this context, you will find a healthy combination of both field- and model-based Earth Science research as well as applied and academic research opportunities.
Our program is currently seeking competitive candidates for several teaching assistant positions beginning in fall 2019. Teaching assistantship funding may be supplemented by tuition awards or RA funding for exceptional candidates.
If you are interested in pursuing cutting-edge Earth Sciences research in our multi-disciplinary program, please consult the program website at https://geoearth.uncc.edu/masters-programs/masters-earth-sciences and faculty research at https://geoearth.uncc.edu/people.
Review of applications will begin February 1, 2019. Apply at https://gradadmissions.uncc.edu/.
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