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CES Newsletter June 4, 2010

Summertime! I hope everyone is enjoying it ….

We have a collection of interesting stuff to pass on. If you are in town this week, check this out:

TODAY: Curious about what environmental legislation is being discussed and voted on in Rhode Island? Want to get in on some action at the statehouse?

"Come learn about the hot environmental issues of today from regional experts. Join Nicole Poepping and Sheila Dormody, from Clean Water Action, and Timmons Roberts, Professor at Brown University, to discuss diesel air pollution, transportation, and climate change legislation in R.I.

Join us for an All-Ages Environmental Happy Hour at AS220!
TODAY --- Friday, June 4, at AS220, 115 Empire St, Providence RI; 6-7pm

Even better, we'll be teaming up with the Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island's CARE Alliance, an EPA-funded group that meets monthly to discuss environmental hazards and solutions in Providence!

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This just out:

http://www.iied.org/climate-change/media/how-ensure-climate-change-finance-really-new-and-additional

Solutions For a Sustainable and Desirable Future

http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/

As many of you already know, our new publication, Solutions has launched! We are a new print publication and online forum dedicated to publishing innovative ideas about our interconnected global environmental, economic, and social systems.

Solutions brings together the best ideas from world leaders in academia, business, journalism, government and civil society to create and discuss long lasting and whole-system solutions. Editorial Board members include: David Orr, Paul Hawken, Elinor Ostrom, David Suzuki, Bill McKibben, Ray Anderson, Jacqueline McGlade, Wes Jackson, Richard Heinberg, and many more.

"It's exactly what we need! Careful and accurate accounts of the next steps that we need to take. We know the problems--now we need the answers." ~ Bill McKibben

Look out for our upcoming editions: Our July/August issue on Appalachia showcases the writings of Wendell Berry, John Todd, Adam Lewis, Sarah Forbes, Eric Reese, and is dedicated to presenting innovative and alternative solutions for the challenges facing Appalachia. Our September/October issue on “Getting to 350ppm” includes pieces on the smart grid, ecosystem services, democracy in China, open source information, geo-engineering, and much more. Authors include Bill McKibben, Gus Speth, Peter Fox-Penner, Joe Passacantado, Chuck Green, and the entire 350.org group.

To keep up-to-date with the latest solutions coming out, join us on facebook, twitter, or LinkedIn. Spread the word to your own networks!
To find out more about Solutions see: http://www.thesolutionsjournal.com/about-us
Join us and become part of the solution. There are many ways to join:

Robert Costanza
Editor in Chief, Solutions
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Internship: Rhode Island Interfaith Power & Light

Internship Job Description, Academic Year 2010-2011
Contact: Howie Brown, Executive Director, hbrown@riipl.org, (401)267-0029

The mission of Rhode Island Interfaith Power and Light is to fulfill our moral responsibilities to be faithful stewards of Creation. We work through faith-based

institutions to respond to global warming through the promotion of energy conservation, energy efficiency and renewable energy. We speak on behalf of the religious community to advocate to protect the earth's ecosystems, safeguard public health, and ensure sufficient, sustainable energy for all.


As a non-profit organization, RI-IPL accomplishes its mission through:

✦ outreach -- partnering with local congregations & individuals

✦ education -- teaching/supplying resources for energy efficiency in houses of worship

and households

✦advocacy -- communicating with state and federal officials; House and Senate;

initiated Right to Dry legislation in Rhode Island. The RI Interfaith Power & Light intern position requires 10 hours per week during the spring and fall semesters and reports to the Executive Director. It is our goal to tailothe responsibilities of this position to the educational goals of the student as much as possible.
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PhD position: A PhD position is currently available at the University of Queensland, Australia working with Dr. Margie Mayfield, Prof. Richard Hobbs (University of Western Australia) and potentially Prof. Robert Holt (University of Florida). The successful candidate will work on plant community assembly in Western Australia’s York Gum woodlands, one of the world’s plant biodiversity hotspots. The PhD project details are flexible but the project as a whole aims to improve understanding of the mechanisms and processes involved in plant community reassemble following land use change, and how these processes differ across a natural climate gradient. Candidates interested in theoretical community assembly, the integration of ecological and evolutionary theory into restoration ecology and conservation biology and plant field ecology or evolutionary biology are all welcome to apply. For the right candidate, the position comes with an annual living stipend (~AU$25,000) and tuition fees for 3.5 years. Candidates with a Masters degree and/or publications are preferred though all excellent candidates will be considered. The start date is flexible. For more information please contact Dr. Margie Mayfield (m.mayfield@uq.edu.au) and to apply e-mail Margie a CV and letter of interest. Drs. Mayfield and Hobbs will be attending ESA-Pittsburgh in August and will be available to meet with promising candidates who are also attending the meeting (phone and Skype interviews can also be arranged). Applications will be accepted through August 2010.

Dr. Margie Mayfield
School of Biological Sciences
Goddard Building (8)
St Lucia Campus
University of Queensland
Brisbane, 4072 Queensland
Australia
Phone: +61 (7) 3365 1685
Fax: +61 (7) 3365 1655
http://www.mayfieldplantecologylab.org