Sustainability Studio Spring 2012 Presentation | Thursday May 31st 1:30pm | Wallace Hall

You are cordially invited to attend the final presentation for the Spring 2012 ENVIR 480/Sustainability Studio class. Thursday, May 31st, 1:30pm Presentation | 2:30pm Snacks &Social Wallace Hall Research Commons Focusing on climate action, this quarter’s twenty dedicated students will showcase their five projects: Green Video Competition from Green Panda Production Incentivizing Behavior Change in [...]

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Now Hiring: Sustainable Business, Corporate Social Responsibility and Ecotourism Instructor

PoE is hiring an instructor for Fall Quarter 2012 to teach Sustainable Business, Corporate Social Responsibility and Ecotourism. The course will focus on how modern businesses can attain sustainability while protecting and regenerating the environment. A special focus will include the role of ecotourism in setting an example for sustainability and awareness-raising of the public. [...]

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Grad and Professional Student Professional Development Series

This Week: Lightning Talks: Sustainability** This event will feature 10 short presentations (5 minutes each) given by graduate students doing research on topics related to the theme “Sustainability” environmental sciences, political science, business, education, history, urban planning, humanities, technology, etc. This will be a fun, informal event that will allow grad students to share their [...]

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REMINDER: Sustainability Research Exchange

The first in an ongoing series of interdisciplinary research conversations for graduate students, we are excited to announce Lightning Talks in the Research Commons: Sustainability next Tuesday, April 10th 4-5:30pm in the Research Commons Presentation Place. This event, organized by the UW Libraries Research Commons and the Graduate School, will feature 9 short lightning talks [...]

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Campus Sustainability Fund Accepting Second Round of Projects: Due Feb. 20th

Do you have an idea for how to make this campus more sustainable? Are you a student group looking for funding to plan on an event about environmental sustainability? Or would you like to put water bottle filling spouts on the water fountains on campus? Or maybe increase awareness of composting and recycling to reduce [...]

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Study Abroad in Spain!

Rights, Governance and Culture in Sustainable Access to Water Study Abroad in Spain, Summer 2012 Water issues in Spain are vivid and pressing, involving questions of fairness and sustainability. There is a new focus on the impact of water institutions as part of the social fabric and as important structures in the country’s physical and [...]

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Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries: Ten Entertaining Lectures Open to the Public

Bevan Series on Sustainable Fisheries 2012 The 2012 Bevan Series explores new frontiers in fisheries management and conservation (dates and topics listed below). Speakers examine a diverse array of topics including tuna fisheries, tracking large sharks to discover their secret hideaways, recreational fishing, marine extinctions, science outreach to the media, and the newest approaches to [...]

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