Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Good luck with the start of classes, and remember to shop some of the great courses being offered by CES this semester!
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CES Noon Seminar
- Brownbag lunch panel discussion: Climate Policy: What are the Prospects on the Countdown to Copenhagen.
CES News
- Course announcements: ENVS0510 Problems in International Environmental Policy and ENVS1530 From Locke to Deep Ecology: Property Rights and Environmental Policy
- Canning with UEL Community Garden Co-Coordinator Ellie
On Campus
- New Fall Course: PPAI 1701G Science & Technology Policy in the Global South
- A Better World By Design Conference
Internships & Opportunities
- Providence Open Garden Day and International Potluck Dinner
- Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment Open House in New York
- The Society for Environmental Exploration (FRONTIER)
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CES Noon Seminars begin this week
CES begins the Fall 2009 Seminar Series at a special time, this week only. Please come and listen or join this exceptional panel discussion:
Climate Policy: What are the Prospects on the Countdown to Copenhagen.
Panelists:
Timmons Roberts, Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Brown University
Diana Liverman, Director, Oxford University Environmental Change Institute and University of Arizona
Nathan Hultman, University of Maryland
John Cole, Oxford University Environmental Change Institute
Friday, September 11
noon, UEL, room 106.
Bring your lunch and pull up a chair.
CES News_________________________
Sign up for these exciting classes offered by CES:
ENVS0510 Problems in International Environmental Policy
Class time: Mon/Wed/Fri 11-11:50am
Class location: UEL Classroom, in the Urban Environmental Lab/135 Angell Street
Course Description:
What has been accomplished since the Earth Summit of 1992 to address international and global environmental problems? Has the Millennium Development Program accomplished its goal of alleviating poverty, improving food security and protecting the environment? What roles do state and non-state actors play in addressing international and global environmental problems? In what ways do development assistance and free trade affect the environment and does the environment present national security issues? Should the United States accede to the Kyoto Protocol, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea or the Basel Convention?
Human impacts on the global environment such as climate change, biodiversity loss and interference with ecosystem function, depletion of fresh water resources, conflict over trans-boundary resources and trade in hazardous wastes, present challenging international policy problems. The goal of ENVS0510 is to examine how international organizations, national governments and non-state actors interact to address these problems. We will also examine how international institutions, treaties and trade agreements affect national environmental governance and explore a variety international environmental regimes that govern trans-boundary and trans-frontier resource problem. In addition, you will negotiate several issues regarding the use of the world ocean to mitigate climate change from the perspective of different state and non-state actors in parallel with the 15th Conference of the Parties on Climate Change in Copenhagen (NEWORLD).
ENVS1530 From Locke to Deep Ecology: Property Rights and Environmental Policy
Class time: Tues/Thurs 1:00-2:20
Class location: UEL Classroom, in the Urban Environmental Lab/135 Angell Street
Objective:
This course is for students who are intrigued by the paradox that diamonds are more expensive than water, which is priceless and essential to life and want some experience solving environmental problems. We will examine:
- The environmental impacts of cultural attachments to nature and the environment.
- The evolution of public and private property claims to nature and the environment.
- The use of property rights to address contemporary environmental problems.
Emphasis is placed on understanding why and how cultural attachments to property in land, water and depletable natural resources both complicate and contribute to environmental policy solutions. Come to the first class prepared to talk about the children’s stories and TV shows you grew up with. Consider what messages you got about “property rights” from these stories and shows.
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Canning with Ellie at the UEL
Wednesday, September 9, 6:30-7:30 PM
Canning helps keep those delicious foods around into the winter!
Please RSVP to ellie.leonard@gmail.com if you are planning on attending, and let her know what vegetables you are interested in learning about canning. Some canning jars and supplies provided, but please bring any additional supplies you have, and any food you would like to can.
On Campus_____________________
New Fall 2009 course: PPAI 1701G, Science & Technology Policy in the Global South, Wednesdays, 3-5:20, Wilson 401.
Instructor: Prof. Geri Augusto (Taubman Center 109)
Using theoretical ideas and empirical examples, this seminar explores from a variety of perspectives the relationships among science, technology, society, and public policymaking in the Global South. It examines the influence of past experience, forms of public organization, systems of knowledge and belief (including indigenous knowledges), civic epistemologies and regulatory frameworks, strategic agendas for development, and tensions in power and social relations on governance of science and technology in several societies, and interrogates the roles of local and global knowledge in shaping S&T policymaking and citizenship. Particular attention will be paid to the examples of India, Brazil and South Africa. Bridging public policy and science studies, the seminar introduces a more internationalized perspective on science and technology governance, and enhances capacity for effective policymaking practice. Students will be graded on three writing assignments; participation in an electronic roundtable with counterparts in Brazil, South Africa and/or India; and class participation. Junior/senior seminar for public policy concentrators; students from other fields welcome and should write Instructor for permission to enroll.
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A Better World By Design Conference
October 2-4, 2009
Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design
A Better World by Design brings a global community of innovators to Providence, Rhode Island, to reach across disciplines and unite under a common goal. Presenters share engaging stories, workshops teach creative skills, and discussions reframe perspectives. A Better World by Design is an immersive experience that deepens our understanding of the power of design, technology, and enterprise to reshape our communities and sustain our environment.
A Better World by Design will inspire you, connect you with incredible people, and impel you to make tangible change locally and globally. The conference will expose you to different perspectives—both theoretical and practical—on many issues. How does an architect build for the poor? In 2008, we heard from Architecture for Humanity Founder Cameron Sinclair and learned to build with bamboo from RISD Professor of Architecture Miya Buxton. How can an enterprise be both green and profitable? Last year, we heard from Better Place Vice President Aliza Peleg and discussed pragmatic steps for implementing a triple bottom line approach with Ecolect Founder Matt Grigsby. Dozens of pertinent questions like these are addressed in presentations, panels, workshops, tours, and projects. And you'll meet hundreds of inspiring professionals and students at social events. Any casual conversation could spark opportunities for collaboration.
Space is limited, so register now! Pricing is as follows:
General: $120
Students: $50
Single Day (Brown/RISD students only): $25
For more information and to register, visit http://www.abetterworldbydesign.com/register.php.
Internships & Opportunities_______
Providence Open Garden Day and International Potluck Dinner
Saturday, September 12
Open Gardens, 1-4:00 PM
A dozen Providence community gardens open their gates! Come take a self-guided tour and celebrate the harvest of over 500 community gardeners.
Open gardens located at:
- Manton Ave and Pope Street
- Corner of Westminster and Bridgham Streets
- Davis Park next to Chalkstone Ave
- 160 Sessions Street
- Fertile Underground’s Communal Garden, 236 Pearl Street
- African Alliance, 68 Diamond Street
- Genesis Center, 10 Madison Street
- Peace and Plenty, 89 Peace Street
- Youth Gardens, 46 and 75 Laura Street
- 31 Glenham Street
- Prairie North, 468 Prairie Ave
- 85 Somerset Street
International Potluck Dinner, 5-7:00 PM
Bridgham Community Garden, Corner of Westminster and Bridgham Streets
Bring a dish to share!
Questions? Want to help? Contact Erika at 273-9419 Ex. 30.
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Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment Open House in New York
October 12, 2009
The Muse Hotel
Olympus Room
130 West 46th St
New York, NY
(212) 485-2400
Registration link for the event:
http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/programs/professional/openhouse.html#register
We invite students to join us at this Open House to learn about our degree programs, admissions process, scholarship opportunities, financial aid and more. Meet with our Dean, Enrollment Services Staff, Career Services staff and Nicholas School alumni.
We will share, with guests, information on the general degree requirements, prerequisites, the application and admissions processes as well as financial aid and career services. The Nicholas School offers two professional graduate degrees, the Master of Forestry (MF) and the Master of Environmental Management (MEM.) Within each degree there are concentrations and tracks that will help you further hone your interest and help you define how you want to be involved in preserving and protecting our environment. We’ll be sharing those details with you as part of the activities. Food will be provided.
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The Society for Environmental Exploration (FRONTIER)
The Society for Environmental Exploration (FRONTIER) is a UK based environmental NGO dedicated to conservation and development research. Our projects work towards safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem integrity and building sustainable livelihoods for marginalised communities.
Since 1989 Frontier has, amongst other achievements, set up Tanzania's first multi-user marine park in partnership with the WWF, designed educational materials that were integrated into Vietnam's national curriculum, and produced over three hundred technical papers and reports that have been published in all major journals. A complete list is available on our website, www.frontier.ac.uk. With the opportunity of completing their dissertations and independent research credits, Frontier staff and volunteers carry out groundbreaking surveys in remote forest, savannah and marine environments. Just recently, 30th January 2009, we received global news coverage, on the role we played in the discovery of fifteen new species of amphibian in Tanzania. This included articles in the world's most prestigious scientific journal, Nature, and on the BBC website.
With 250 projects across 50 countries in Africa, Asia-Pacific, South and Central America, Frontier offers volunteers the chance to get involved in an array of activities from wildlife and marine conservation to community development and teaching projects. This may involve discovering new species in the Botum Sakor National Park in Cambodia, bottle-feeding lion cubs in South Africa or diving with a humpback whale in Tanzania.
We are currently recruiting research staff for our Tanzania, Madagascar, and Cambodia programmes, as well as for an exciting new project studying the effects of climate change on the protected areas of Costa Rica.
September 2009 will witness our fifth issue e-bulletin. This email is designed to update educational bodies across the globe with Frontiers monthly research achievements, accolades and staff positions.
For more information, see our website at www.frontier.ac.uk.
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