Center for Environmental Studies at Brown
Newsletter for Monday, October 1st, 2007
In this issue:
On Brown Campus
CES Seminar Series – John Crawford
S4 Colloquium – Samuel Zipp
Brown Policy Review
Internships & Opportunities
Industrial Economics, Incorporated
Talks & Conferences
Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott, Lecture
The Third Annual Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change
Rhode Island Environmental Justice Forum
On Brown Campus_____________________________________________
CES Seminar Series – Fall 2007
Implementing Conservation Areas to Restore Health to New England's Ocean
John Crawford – Conservation Law Foundation
Dr. Crawford is Senior Scientist with the Conservation Law Foundation in Boston. He received his undergraduate training in Biology at Duke University and his PhD from Cornell in the ecology and behavior of fishes. After a decade on the faculty of University of Pennsylvania, he joined CLF, where he focuses on marine ecosystems and methods for designing conservation areas in the open ocean.
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
Noon in the Urban Environmental Lab, room 106
Pizza served for $1.00 a slice
S4 Colloquium
Friday, October 5th, noon
PSTC Seminar Room, Mencoff Hall
68 Waterman Street
Confronting the “Mass Way of Life:” East Harlem Public Housing and the Sources of the Revolt Against Modernist Planning and Urbanism
Presented by Samuel Zipp, new S4 faculty member in American Civilization & Urban Studies.
Brown Policy Review
The Brown Policy Review (BPR) is currently accepting submissions for papers to publish this fall semester. BPR is an undergraduate student publication by the Roosevelt Institution, a national think tank, at Brown that collects, edits and publishes student papers in an academic journal.
The BPR is searching for 10-20 page papers on education, economics, environmental, foreign, health and/or legal policy. The best papers are sent on to the national Roosevelt Institution for possible publication.
Please email all submissions to the Environmental Policy Section Co-Editor,
Christopher Hardy ’10 at Christopher_Hardy@brown.edu
Internships & Opportunities_____________________________________
Industrial Economics, Incorporated (IEc) – Open House
Friday, October 19th, 2:00 to 5:00pm
IEc, an economic and environmental consulting firm, is recruiting new Research Analysts and Associates to work on projects ranging from modeling the effects of sea level rise to natural resource damage assessment (and many projects in between).
During the Open House four consultants will give a brief presentation of their current project work. Before and following these presentations, members of IEc's Recruitment Committee and other members of staff will be available to talk further with guests about working at IEc, and how to apply for a position.
Those wishing to attend the Open House may sign up via our website at www.indecon.com. Students can apply beginning Tuesday, October 2.
Talks & Conferences___________________________________________
Apollo Astronaut & Apollo 15 Commander David R. Scott
Thursday, October 11th, 2007 4:00pm
MacMillan Hall, Room 117
Astronaut Scott will deliver the Thomas A. Mutch Lecture entitled, “Voyage to the Moon: The Apollo 15 Mission to Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains.”
The event will be followed by a reception in the MacMillan Foyer.
For more information: http://www.geo.brown.edu/Colloquia/Mutch.htm
The Third Annual Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change
October 19th – 22nd, 2007
UMASS Dartmouth, MA
The internationally acclaimed annual gathering of environmental, industry and social justice innovators who have demonstrated visionary and practical models for restoring the Earth and its inhabitants.
For information and to register, visit http://www.connectingforchange.org
Contact:
508.748.0816
Rhode Island Environmental Justice Forum
Saturday, November 3rd, 2007
From 9am to 3pm
Johnson & Wales University, Harborside Campus, Recreation Center
Providence
What can be done about environmental problems facing low income and minority communities:
The air we breathe
The food we eat
Where we live, work & play
Children’s health
Skills workshops
For information and to register (free), call or email Steve Fischbach, RI Legal Services
Please provide your name, address, organization, phone number and email:
401.274.2652 ext. 182
Free lunch provided to those who register by October 19th.
Directions:
Driving: Allens Ave. south turns into
Narragansett Blvd. Take a left on
Harborside Blvd. Then the first left on
Shipyard. Turn left into parking lot.
Bus From Downtown Providence:
Take #3 Warwick Ave. Bus (leaves every 50 minutes after 7AM)