Monday, September 21, 2009
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CES News
- CES Noon Seminar, September 25 (Friday)
· CES and RI Environmental Leaders, September 26 (Saturday)
· NEW COURSE This Fall: ARCH 1790 The Nature and Culture of Disaster
- CES Alum Chip Giller is Heinz Award Winner
On Campus
- Sustainability Consulting Partnership Meeting, September 21 (Tonight)
- Brown Engineers without Borders, September 22 (Tuesday)
- New England premiere of Butte, America, September 23 (Wednesday)
- An Afternoon with Mayor Cory Booker, September 24 (Thursday)
- S-4 Colloquia: Global Neighborhoods: New Pathways to Diversity and Separation
Off-Campus
- East Coast Hearing; National Healthy Oceans Policy
- Building the Coalition for Transportation Choices, October 8
Internships & Opportunities
- Job Opening at the Apeiron Institute: Sustainable RI Assistant
- Notre Dame Field Environmental Biology Program
- Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University Open Houses
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CES News_________________________
CES Noon Seminar
Challenges and Problems for a Post-Kyoto Agreement
President Lagos
Former Chilean President, Brown Professor-at-large
Friday, September 25, 12-1pm
UEL 106
Pizza available; $1.00/slice
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A New Dawn or the Same Old?
Obama and the Environment from the Global to the Very Local
The Center for Environmental Studies invites you to join us:
Saturday, September 26
10:30 – 3 pm
Center for Environmental Studies
135 Angell St.
Brown University
Lunch provided
The purpose of the event is to bring together CES and local environmental groups in Rhode Island to talk about the work they are doing in the region and state, and what impact the Obama administration is having on their work and the environment. We hope to generate ideas for the future and how we might interface with various organizations through internships, collaborative research or other associations.
Speakers representing RIDEM , The Nature Conservancy, Save the Bay, ECRI, Clean Water Action, and Coastal Resources Management Council are among those who will join us.
Space is limited - RSVP required:
Betsy Barlow
Center for Environmental Studies
401-863-1547
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NEW COURSE: ARCH 1790 The Nature and Culture of Disaster
Our view of nature forms the basis of environmental studies, ecotourism, heritage management, and contemporary debates over global warming that impact both public policy and the very way we lead our lives. This course draws from theorists (such as Douglas, Latour, Strathern and Spivak) as well as recent anthropological test cases (from areas such as Amazonia, Papua New Guinea, and South Africa) to look at how humans in the 21st century view nature in terms of stability, instability and disaster. How should we assess the 'risk culture' in which we currently live?
Class wiki: http://proteus.brown.edu/disaster09/Home
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Chip Giller, Brown CES Alum and Founder of Grist, is Heinz Award Winner This Year
Chip Giller is being honored with a Heinz Award for founding Grist, an online media platform devoted to environmental news and views.
Mr. Giller launched grist.org in 1999 to counter the notion of environmentalists as dour doomsayers and to spread a new, positive form of green journalism with a humorous twist. In doing so, Mr. Giller established a new model for delivering independent environmental content free of charge to a young and growing audience of nearly one million readers via the web and other new-media channels, reporting on everything from climate change to green celebrity news, showing how the environment intersects with critical issues like poverty, health care and economic growth.
Acutely aware of the declining readership of traditional news vehicles and their failure to connect with young audiences, Mr. Giller has proved adept at adapting quickly to new trends in readership and technology, disseminating Grist's journalism via RSS, Facebook, Twitter and other new-media channels. Grist adds thousands of new readers each month and can be credited with attracting a new generation of environmentalists by reaching readers in their 20s and 30s. Newsweek called it “The Daily Show of the environment.”
The non-profit Grist has 25 employees and operates on a modest budget. Its funding comes from a combination of reader contributions, advertising and institutional donors such as the Ford Foundation, the David and Lucille Packard Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.
Mr. Giller, who graduated from Brown University with an honors degree in environmental studies, is a three-time fellow with the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources and a senior fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program. He has also been named a Time magazine “Hero of the Environment.”
http://www.heinzawards.net/recipients/chip_giller
On Campus_____________________
Sustainability Consulting Partnership Meeting
Monday, September 21, 2009
6:00 pm
Urban Environmental Lab 106
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. We also work to further the understanding of sustainability consulting through educational clinics and networking events. Students will have the opportunity to pursue volunteer team consulting projects to help businesses and organizations reduce environmental impact and advance sustainability goals.
For more information contact: brownsustainability@gmail.com
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Brown Engineers without Borders is proud to celebrate its fifth year with Five Years of Designing Global Solutions, a presentation of our past, present, and future! Hear from students and faculty about their transformational experiences around the world and how technology helped shape lives. We will also discuss opportunities for the year and plans for the future. Students and faculty of all concentrations welcome.
Tuesday, September 22nd 6pm
Barus & Holley 190
What you'll hear, see, and taste on Tuesday:
1. Heartwarming tales of technology, farming, and love in Kenya 2. A gripping saga of harvesting rain in India 3. Earth-shattering changes to EWB's operations 4. Epochal collaborations with RISD on the approaching Better World by Design conference 5. An open-ended narrative by Chris Bull, sure to tug at the most rigid of heartstrings 6. Kipp Bradford's stylistically nuanced descriptions of opportunities throughout Providence 7. Delicious cakes and miscellaneous munchies designed and built by Andrea Jones
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New England Premiere of Butte, America
Wednesday, September 23
"Butte, America"
Film screening and discussion with the filmmakers
Smith-Buonanno Hall 106
7:00 - 9:00pm
This documentary, narrated by Gabriel Byrne, reveals the social and environmental costs of mining in Butte, Montana. First in the 09-10 series, 'Nature and Legacy: Humanists, Scientists and the Environment,' the film chronicles industrial exploitation and its effects on the people and the land. This New England film premiere will be followed by discussion with producer/director Pamela Roberts and co-producer/co-writer Edwin Dobb.
For more on the film: http://butteamericafilm.org/
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An Afternoon with Mayor Cory Booker
Please join us for an afternoon with Mayor Cory Booker as he delivers the Krieger Lecture
4:00PM Thursday, September 24, 2009
Salomon 101
Sponsored by the Taubman Center for Public Policy
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Spatial Structures in Social Sciences (S-4) noon Colloquia
John Logan
Global Neighborhoods: New Pathways to Diversity and Separation
PSTC conference room, Friday 9/25, at noon
Off-Campus_______
Building the Coalition for Transportation Choices
October 8, 2009, 2:00-5:00pm
Bank of America Conference Facility
One Financial Plaza, 7th floor, Providence, RI 02903
Rhode Island’s dependence on automobiles is damaging our health, our special places, and our economy. Discussions in Rhode Island and in Washington are now taking place that will decide what the future of transportation in Rhode Island looks like. Major transportation studies are happening in the Metropolitan Area and on Aquidneck Island. And the Obama administration is working with Congress to craft the next federal transportation policy.
In preparation for our discussion, we have developed a short survey that explores your current thoughts about transportation and your recommendations for future actions. We hope you will take the time to fill out the survey (http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=qMd2HDA666I8Kx1miqkyXQ_3d_3d). The survey findings will be discussed on October 8th and will be shared with all the partners who fill out the survey and provide us with their contact information.
Please RSVP to Chris Wilhite, chris.wilhite@sierraclub.org, (401) 521-4734 or RSVP online at http://action.sierraclub.org/site/Calendar?view=Detail&id=119181. Please fill in the survey even if the meeting does not fit into your schedule.
Internships & Opportunities_______
Job Opening at the Apeiron Institute
Assistant Director, Sustainable RI
POSITION DESCRIPTION
This position is responsible for working closely with the Sustainable Rhode Island Director to implement the Sustainable RI (SRI) initiative; a multi-faceted campaign to transform Rhode Island into the nation’s first sustainable state.
How to Apply
Send one-page cover letter and resume to:
jim@apeiron.org
E-mails only, please
E-mail subject line should read: SRI Assistant Job, Your Last Name
Closing Date
September 21, 2009
Questions???
E-mail jim@apeiron.org
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Help Create a National Healthy Oceans Policy
We need you to come to Providence, RI to help shape this policy!
This is the only East Coast Hearing scheduled
When: Thursday, September 24th, 2009, 4:00- 7:00 p.m.
Where: RI Convention Center, Ballrooms D & E, One Sabin Street, Providence,
RI 02903
Public comment can also be submitted online at:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/oceans
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Notre Dame Field Environmental Biology Program
Time to apply for UNDERC-East, -West and -South for summer of 2010! These programs promote understanding of field environmental biology and how field research is conducted through 9 – 10 weeks in the wilds. It begins with a first summer at UNDERC-East in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and then the opportunity to participate in -West in Montana or -South in Puerto Rico. UNDERC-East is open to 20 sophomores/juniors from the University of Notre Dame or Saint Mary's College, and up to 12 sophomores/juniors from other colleges/universities. From the UNDERC-EAST students, 8 will be selected to continue on with UNDERC-West and up to 4 for UNDERC-South. Each summer, you receive six-credits along with tuition, housing, travel between Notre Dame and the site, and a $2500 stipend.
Applications are available online (http://underc.nd.edu). Application deadline is Friday, November 6, 2009 and notification of acceptance will be provided by Friday, December 4, 2009. Acceptance is based on past academic performance and a statement of purpose. Preference is given to students pursuing a career in environmental sciences.
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Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University Open Houses
Join us for a series of open houses across the U.S. to learn about our…
- Degree programs
- Admissions process
- Scholarship opportunities
- Financial aid
- Internship Opportunities
Where?
- Washington, D.C., September 22nd
- New York City, October 12th
- Boston, October 13th
- Chicago, November 12th
- Los Angeles, November 18th
Space is limited. Register today at www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/openhouse.html
For more information contact the Office of Enrollment Services at 919-613-8070 or admissions@nicholas.duke.edu.
We hope to see you there!
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