Monday, November 2, 2009
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CES News
- Sustainability Consulting Partnership Fall Presentation, Today
- Indigenous Community Organizing for Energy and Climate Justice, November 3 (Tuesday)
- Cooking with Culinary and Medicinal Herbs with Heidi, November 4 (Wednesday)
- Operation Wollacea is coming to Brown University, November 4 (Wednesday)
On Campus
- Ethics and Animals: Where we've come from, and where we need to go,
A Lecture by Peter Singer, November 3 (Tuesday) - A Sense of Wonder, November 4 (Wednesday)
- Department of Geological Sciences Fall Colloquium Series, November 5 (Thursday)
- Climate Change, Part of 'Nature and Legacy: Humanists, Scientists and the Environment' series, November 5 (Thursday)
Off-Campus
- House Party for Sierra Club’s “Green Routes: Transportation Choices for the 21st Century,” November 4 (Wednesday)
- Massachusetts Climate Action Network Climate Action Conference, November 15
Internships & Opportunities
- 2010 Switzer Fellowships
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CES News_________________________
SCP Fall Presentation
The Sustainability Consulting Partnership (SCP) at Brown University is dedicated to sustainability consulting for businesses and organizations in the greater Providence area. Our mission is to advance the social, environmental, and economic performance of the greater Providence area businesses and organizations.
SCP will be having an hour-long presentation to showcase the projects that our student-led volunteer consulting teams have been working on this fall. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions and participate in a discussion about SCP's work so far. Light snacks and refreshments will be served.
Email: brownsustainability@gmail.com
Meeting time: Monday, November 2nd, 2009 @ 6:00 pm, Urban Environmental Lab 106
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Indigenous Community Organizing for Energy and Climate Justice
How is climate change impacting communities in the U.S.? What would real solutions look like? How are some impacted communities organizing for climate justice leading up to, during, and after the Copenhagen Climate Negotiations in December?
We invite you to come hear an important talk on:
Indigenous Community Organizing for Energy and Climate Justice
Jihan Gearon
Native Energy Organizer,
Indigenous Environmental Network & Global Justice Ecology Project
New Voices on Climate Change Tour
TUESDAY, November 3
12 noon
UEL 106
part of the CES Brown Bag Lunch Series
Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in the Americas (CSREA)
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Cooking with Culinary and Medicinal Herbs with Community Garden Coordinator Heidi
Wednesday November 4
6:30pm to 7:30pm
We've got lots of common herbs here in the garden that can add flavor
and variety to common dishes. In this workshop, we will make some
recipes with fresh herbs from the garden. Yum!
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Operation Wallacea is coming to Brown University
Wednesday November 4th at 12:00 pm
UEL 106
To discuss our Scientific Conservation Expeditions in South Africa and Mozambique, Honduras, Madagascar, Peru, Egypt and Indonesia with opportunities to complete Forest, Marine, and Cultural Research in Summer 2010! Gain Field Experience as a Research Assistant working with our diverse pool of on-site scientists studying climatology, biodiversity, marine studies, desert studies, conservation and wildlife management, forest ecology, sociological and cultural studies and more.
Contact Opwall USA Staff at usa@opwall.com or call us at 973-920-0487 with questions if you are interested in learning more or if you can not attend the meeting. Check us out on the web at www.opwall.com.
Options are available to receive course credit through the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland. Expedition financing assistance is available through the Opwall Fundraising Team.
On Campus_____________________
Ethics and Animals: Where we've come from, and where we need to go
A Lecture by Peter Singer
Presented by the Brown Animal Rights Club
Tuesday, November 3 at 7:00
MacMillan 117
Doors open at 6:40
Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University, and a laureate professor in the Center for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at the University of Melbourne. Singer first became well known internationally with the publication of Animal Liberation in 1975, and has written at least 20 books on applied ethics. He will be speaking on animal ethics, a field in which he is the foremost academic. A question and answer session will follow the talk.
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A Sense of Wonder
Written and Performed by Drama Desk Award Nominee Kaiulani Lee
November 4, 2009 at 8pm
Solomon 101
A one-woman show about Rachel Carson, “the patron saint of the environmental movement,” A Sense of Wonder has been touring the United States for over ten years. The play has been the centerpiece of regional and national conferences on conservation, education, journalism, and the environment. Kaiulani Lee has performed it at over one hundred universities as well as at the Smithsonian Institute, the United Nations, the Sierra Club's Centennial in San Francisco, and the Department of the Interior's 150th anniversary celebration. In addition, she opened the 2005 World Expo in Japan and performed the play on Capitol Hill, bringing Miss Carson’s voice once again to the halls of Congress.
Admission is Free.
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Department of Geological Sciences Fall Colloquium Series
Title TBA
Richard Alley
Penn State
Thursday, November 5, 4pm
115 MacMillan Hall
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Climate Change
Part of 'Nature and Legacy: Humanists, Scientists and the Environment' series.
A noted architect, sociologist (our own Timmons Roberts!), and scientist share their views on climate change.
November 5, 4pm
Pembroke Hall Room 305
172 Meeting Street
For more information visit http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Humanities_Center/events/NatureandLegacy.html.
Sponsored by the Committee on Science and Technology Studies, the Cogut Center for the Humanities, the Center for Environmental Studies, and the Environmental Change Initiative.
Off-Campus_______
House Party for the Sierra Club’s “Green Routes: Transportation Choices for the 21st Century”
November 4 (Wednesday) from 6-8pm, CES graduate student Sarah Thomas is hosting a party for the Sierra Club’s “Green Routes: Transportation Choices for the 21st Century”. Someone from the Sierra Club will be there to present there will be a movie shown: “Taken For A Ride”. Everyone is invited—guests are just asked to register on the website: http://www.ri.sierraclub.org/greenroutes
If people click “Find A House Party” and type in “Cranston” for the city, they will find it on November 4th. All information (including directions) is on the website.
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Massachusetts Climate Action Network Climate Action Conference
Massachusetts Climate Action Network (MCAN) is hosting a Climate Action Conference. It will take place at MIT's State Center on Sunday, November 15 from 9am - 5pm. Please also note that students will be eligible for a scholarship to
subsidize the fee.
For more information, visit http://massclimateaction.net/conference/2009-conference.html or email conference@massclimateaction.net.
Internships & Opportunities_______
2010 Switzer Fellowships
Switzer Fellowships are given to top graduate students in New England and California who are leaders committed to a career in environmental improvement. The Fellowship provides a one-year $15,000 cash award, as well as access to other Switzer grant programs, career support, and membership in the Switzer Fellowship Network, a vibrant community of over 450 Switzer Fellows and environmental professionals. Please see the Call for Applications which describes the Fellowship program and its requirements.
This year's application deadline is February 1, 2010.
If you have any questions about the Fellowship guidelines or the online application process, please do not hesitate to contact any of the Switzer Foundation staff. Thank you, and we look forward to receiving your students' applications!
Lissa Widoff, Executive Director
Erin Lloyd Sturtevant, Program Officer
Don Brackett, Administrative Officer
Office: (207) 338-5654 (hours: 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Eastern, other hours available by appointment)
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CES Newsletter Editor, Kelly Nichols
kelly.maree.nichols@gmail.com
Thanks!