Center for Environmental Studies at Brown
Newsletter for Monday, September 24th, 2007
On Brown Campus
CES Noon Seminar, Thursday, September 27
Spatial Analysis Workshop Series 2007-2008 - TODAY
Internships & Opportunities
Opportunity for NOAA-related research programs
Greenpeace Organizing Term
NASA Undergraduate Research Program (USRP)
Talks & Conferences
The Third Annual Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change
Getting There: Transportation for a Prosperous, Sustainable Rhode Island
Rhode Island Environmental Justice Forum
Wild Plant Harvest: Opportunities and Threats
Power Shift 2007
Miscellaneous
SAGE Magazine
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On Brown Campus
At the UEL: CES Seminar Series begins this week
Charles C. Chester – Brown ‘88
Conservation at multiple scales, from microbial mats to large landscapes
Thursday, September 27
Noon in the Urban Environmental Lab, room 106. Pizza will be served for $1.00/slice
Charles Chester teaches a course on international environmental politics at Brandeis University, serves on the boards of the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative and Root Capital. He is the author of Conservation Across Borders: Biodiversity in an Interdependent World.
Charles is a CES alum and will be teaching our course in International Environmental Problems in Spring 2008.
TODAY
Spatial Analysis Workshop Series 2007-2008
Dr. Tim Conley
Leading economist in the development and application of econometric methods to spatial problems.
Lecture on the use of instrumental variables in econometric modeling.
Paper: http://www.econ.brown.edu/econ/events/conleyhansenrossi.pdf
Monday, September 24th, 4pm
68 Waterman Street, Population Studies & Training Center seminar room
Individual and small group meetings for faculty and graduate students:
In the Department of Economics, Robinson Hall
By arrangement with Nate Baum-Snow (Nathaniel_Baum-Snow@brown.edu)
Tuesday, September 25th, 12-1pm
Wednesday, September 26th, 4-5:30pm
In S4, Maxcy Hall
By arrangement with John Logan (John_Logan@brown.edu)
Friday, September 28th, 12-1pm
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Internships & Opportunities
Opportunity for NOAA-related research programs
NOAA’s Office of Education (OEd) is seeking offices and programs interested in hosting Hollings Scholarship recipients and Educational Partnership Programs.
Scholarship recipients will participate in a ten-week OEd-funded internship in NOAA-related research, technological, policy, management and education activities.
Please take advantage of the added support and give students an excellent opportunity to work on a discrete project in the 10-week time period.
Forms for use in identifying this project may be requested through
StudentScholarshipPrograms@noaa.gov
For details:
Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship Program: http://www.oesd.noaa.gov
Education Partnership Undergraduate Scholarship Program: http://epp.noaa.gov
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Greenpeace Organizing Term
A hands-on training program for environmental leadership.
- Expert instructors
- Current issues & solutions
- Travel abroad
- Possible class credit
For information and an application, visit http://www.greenpeace.org/got
Deadline for the spring and summer 2008 programs is October 12th, 2007
The semester is offered in the D.C. and San Francisco Greenpeace offices.
Contact program staff with questions at:
877-450-3517 ext. 320
NASA Undergraduate Research Program (USRP)
**NEW**
Fifteen-week spring session in addition to the usual 10-week summer and 15-week fall sessions for 2008.
Plus, USRP is now open to rising sophomores as well as the usual rising juniors and seniors.
Stipends:
$9,000 for spring or fall session
$6,000 for summer session
Applications:
The new deadline for the spring session is October 22nd, 2007
Summer session deadline is January 31st, 2008
Fall session deadline is February 29th, 2008
Visit http://education.nasa.gov/usrp for information and to apply.
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Talks & Conferences
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
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Getting There: Transportation for a Prosperous, Sustainable Rhode Island
Thursday, October 25th, 2007
Join leaders from government, the private sector, and community organizations to work toward a long-term vision for Sustainable Transportation in Rhode Island.
For more information and to register, visit www.aperion.org/gettingthere.htm
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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)
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Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium
Wild Plant Harvest: Opportunities and Threats
Friday, October 19th, 2007
9am to 4:30pm (reception until 6:30pm)
Alsdorf Auditorium, Regenstein Center
Chicago Botanic Garden, IL
If harvested in a sustainable way, non-timber forest products (ntfps) can provide economic benefits both to forests and to the people who harvest plants, largely in rural communities. Determining sustainable levels of harvest for these plants is essential to ensuring that management of these resources is ecologically sound.
For information and to register online, visit:
Or to register by telephone, call Monday through Friday, 9am to 3pm:
847.835.8261 and press 1 after the greeting.
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Power Shift 2007
November 2nd to 5th, 2007
University of Maryland – College Park
The first national youth summit on global warming.
Learn in workshops to develop organizing and activism skills from prominent leaders in the field, then rally on Capital Hill on the last day.
Register at http://www.powershift07.org
To see the list of confirmed and invited speakers, click on ‘Agenda,’ then ‘Speakers’.
To volunteer on campus as a coordinator:
Call Vanessa at 877.328.1633
Or email at vanessapowershift2007@gmail.com
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Miscellaneous
SAGE Magazine
http://environment.yale.edu/sagemagazine
A non-exclusive student-run publication based in the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies; SAGE incorporates humor, art, culture and cleverness in a way that engages those beyond the “environmental movement” to people who simply care about the world in which they live.
SAGE seeks submissions for writing and art (photography, drawings, paintings, collages, digital art, poetry, etc.) for its fourth fall issue, themed “The Built Environment.” Submissions may be within and outside of the theme. Please see writing departments below. This issue will also feature artist profiles, each including several pieces of art.
Send original story proposals or notice to the editors-in-chief:
Send artwork in low-res jpg, pdf or tiff to the Art Editor, Laura-Alex Frye-Levine: laura.frye-levine@yale.edu
Final deadline is October 26th, 2007
Fall 2007 Writing Departments:
Out and Around: 500-700 words
Lively, concise pieces detailing current, newsy environmental events at the local to global level.
Material: 600-700 words
A look at the environmental implications of basic, pervasive materials.
Innovations: 600-700 words
A look at the environmental implications of man's ongoing technological experimentation.
Food for Thought: 450-550 words
The environment affects us the most where we eat and breathe. This department examines the connections between environmental trendsand food production, marketing, and consumption.
The Cabbage: Up to 500 words
One of the best sources for 100% fabricated environmental news, according to the American Academy of American Academies! No relation at all to any other pungent vegetables.