for information on internship opportunities, workshops, classes, and other events.
During the summer, the ENVS Digest will be sent every two weeks.
ENVS Newsletter
ENVS is on the Move!
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ENVS Office Moved to the MacAllister Building!
The Environmental Studies Office moved to the MacAllister Building at 4001 Discovery Drive on East Campus.
The ENVS Academic Advisors will remain on Main Campus:
Julie Talty is located in Environmental Design, Room 157
Mindy Wilding is located in Hale, Room 357
We will be holding some undergraduate classes in MacAllister this fall:
- ENVS 3020 Advanced Writing in ENVS (all sections)
- ENVS 3930 Internship (consult w/Dale Miller for dates)
- ENVS 4050 Field Methods in Ecosystem Science
- ENVS 4800 Environment & Development in South Asia
- ENVS 4990 Senior Thesis
Classrooms in MacAllister are listed in the student information system. Other ENVS courses not listed above will be held on main campus.
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Fellowships, Internships, and Jobs
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American Solar Energy Society
The American Solar Energy Society is a 501c3 nonprofit with a mission is to inspire an era of energy innovation and speed the transition to a sustainable energy economy. They have several internship positions available.
Internship Descriptions and Application Info
City of Longmont Hiring Temporary Grounds Natural Resources Maintenance Tech $11.00-$21.00/HR DOQ. Must be at least 18 years of age. Schedule varied, but typically 7:30 am to 4:00 pm M-F, up to 40 hrs/week from March/April to September/October and 30 hrs/week from October to March. Valid Colorado Driver's License required. Ability to obtain Colorado Dept. of Agriculture pesticide applicators license required.
PRINCIPAL DUTIES: The City is recruiting for temporary staff to support natural resources management operations. This position will assist with weed control including the mixing and applying of herbicides, mowing, weed whipping, digging and clipping. Other duties include restoration and maintenance of native vegetation by seeding, planting, and watering, utilizing GPS and mapping software to monitor vegetation and wildlife, operating various equipment including tractors, ATVs, herbicide application equipment, pumps, power and hand tools, trucks, and trailers, assisting with wildlife management including prairie dog control, and working with various natural resource volunteers.
More Information and Application
CLEAResult is Hiring an Energy Advisor
CLEAResult is seeking an Energy Advisor to support its residential energy efficiency programs. The primary goal of the Energy Advisor is to help homeowners complete energy saving upgrades. Energy Advisors should have a general understanding of building science and systems and the ability to explain technical data in an easy-to-understand way. They should have comprehensive knowledge of rebates and incentives for different types of energy retrofits and be capable of applying that knowledge appropriately. As representatives of utility or community energy efficiency programs and of CLEAResult, they should always exhibit exemplary customer service skills and professionally handle all client interactions. Energy Advisors report to the Program Manager who oversees program implementation activities.
More Information and Online Application
Denver Audubon Society Education Internship
The Audubon Society of Greater Denver is looking for two creative and energetic interns to assist with our education programs this fall! These for-credit internship positions start in August/September 2015-December 2015 with possible winter/summer extensions. Candidates must be currently attending college/university and pursuing or holding a degree in education, environmental sciences, biology, geology, or related fields. Applications are due by August 28, 2015.
Denver Mayor's Office of Sustainability
The Denver Mayor's Office of Sustainability seeks unpaid, part-time or full-time Interns for the fall of 2015. Interns will experience a fast-paced, professional environment and will be given the opportunity to witness first-hand, the internal operations of the mayor's office of a major city, while assisting the Office of Sustainability with achieving the City's 2020 Sustainability Goals. Application Deadline: 8/12/2015 11:59 PM Mountain Standard Time
More Information
Kawaiikalia Akua Farms Fall 2015 Internship in Hawaii
Kawaiikalia Akua Farms, Big Island Table Experience (BITE), and World Sacred Gardens would like to announce experiential internship opportunities available on their organic permaculture farm beginning September 2015! Kawaiikalia Akua Farms is located on the tropical Hamakua coast of Hawaii's Big Island, five miles from the breathtaking Waipio Valley and historic Honokaa Town. The strong local context lends KA Farms a culturally and biologically rich environment. Students will lead a self-directed project within their internship focus supported by research, design, and documented for final presentation at the end of the semester. Cost is $4000 in addition to the cost of your CU Boulder internship credit hours.
More Information and Application
New Era Colorado Hiring Boulder Lead Organizer
New Era Colorado is a multi-issue organization committed to building a more hands-on democracy through our three core program areas: civic engagement, advocacy, and leadership development. They are looking for an excited and resourceful individual who is passionate about organizing young people, voter registration and turnout, and tackling the most pressing issues facing our generation.
No formal experience or education required.
More Information and Application Instructions
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SUMMER CLASSES
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
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ENVS 3020-001 Advanced Writing in Environmental Studies-Additional Section Added for Fall 2015!
Offers training in critical thinking and analytical writing skills appropriate to upper-division classes. Writing assignments integrate the subject matter of different topical areas. NOTE: This course is being taught in the MacAllister Building on East Campus
Fulfills the ENVS Writing requirement.
ENVS 4201 Biometeorology
Instructor:
Peter Blanken
Introduces this interdisciplinary science, studying the interactions between atmospheric processes and living organisms (plants, animals, and humans). Discusses how organisms adapt to a changing environment. Uses a practical, problem-solving approach to explore these interactions. Same as GEOG 4201.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
ATOC 6020-802 Seminar on Precipitation Systems
Instructor:
Katja Friedrich
Team taught with Drs. Karen Kosiba and Josh Wurman,
Center for Severe Weather Research 1 credit Seminar on Precipitation Systems - Radar Observations of Severe Convection Wednesdays (bi-weekly starting 26 August) from 900-1030am Duane Physics D318. Please contact
Katja Friedrich if the time is inconvenient, we are still flexible. This course will survey theory, observations, radar design, field project design, and data analysis of radar data collected in severe convection. Particular focus will be on supercell thunderstorms, tornado, and squall line studies and on recent (e.g., VORTEX2, ROTATE, PECAN) field campaigns. Discussion and presentation of selected literature and a laboratory component focused on the analysis of Doppler On Wheels (DOW) mobile radar data will be a significant component of this course. This course is suited for both undergraduate and graduate students with basic knowledge in meteorology. The course will combine lectures, guest lectures, and hands-on radar data analysis. This is a controlled enrollment course.
Students interested in registering need to contact Laurie Conway in order to be officially enrolled in the course.
CMDP 3450 Critical Perspectives in Media Practices-NEW!
Instructor:
Erin Espelie
Examines contemporary media practices through the lens of the Anthropocene, the time period in which human civilization has irrevocably reshaped the Earth. How has the digital age in turn transformed our perception of the natural world? From painters to
photographers and filmmakers, a range of artists working in all mediums, as well as scholarly writers, will be our guides to inform a scrutiny of production contexts, circulation, and reception of media in a global, digital, and environmentally-fraught era.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
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Syllabus
EDUC 4833 Teaching and Learning Earth Systems
Learn and develop pedagogically effective strategies for teaching and understanding Earth Science concepts. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the importance of geoscience habits of mind (i.e. spatial/temporal reasoning, multiple working hypotheses, geographic context). The course focuses upon inquiry and evaluation of evidence, the importance of background knowledge and misconceptions, and developing effective discourse within and outside the classroom.
Fulfills the ENVS Application requirement.
ENVD 4023 Environmental Impact Assessment
Instructor: Tori Derr
This course is an investigation into environmental assessment for the natural and built environments. You will explore the application of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other policies that apply to a diversity of topics including urban development, transportation planning, environmental health, landscape design, and forest restoration. Contact Environmental Design if you are not able to register for the course directly.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
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ENVD 4100-001 Global Cities
Instructor: Tori Derr
This course will examine the causes and effects of rapid urbanization and contemporary patterns of urban growth by exploring local and transnational forces and the effects of global cities on inequality and social exclusion, environmental challenges, and political instability. The course will emphasize case examples from the Global South. Contact Environmental Design if you are not able to register for the course directly.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
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GEOG 4120-001 Global Change Ecology
Instructor:
Jennifer Balch
Ecology and geography offer unique scientific perspective on how humans interact with and alter the Earth's major systems-the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. This class will explore the impacts of human-driven change on a variety of ecosystems; you will explore unanticipated feedbacks, ecological tipping points, and future scenarios of change. This course is aimed at geographers, ecologists, earth scientists, conservation biologists, and other environmental professionals interested in learning about the science behind the pressing environmental issues of our time.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
INVS/EDUC 2919 Renewing Democracy in Communities and Schools
Interested in civic engagement and youth empowerment? A practicum course, INVS/EDUC 2919 invites undergraduates to work in teams of two or three to support local K-12 students as they identify and address salient community issues, such as bullying, domestic violence, global warming, youth homelessness, immigration, poverty, teen depression, teen substance abuse, and texting and driving.
The following sections of the course are open:
Section 801 will meet on campus on Mondays from 1:00-2:30 p.m., as well as at ONE of the following times and locations:
*Centaurus High School in Lafayette on Fridays at 11:15 a.m.-12:10 p.m.; 12:10-1:10 p.m.; 1:10-2:05 p.m.; OR 2:05-3:00 p.m. (Practicum times are likely though tentative.)
*Angevine Middle School in Lafayette (Meeting times will be solidified the week of April 13.)
Section 802 will meet on campus on Mondays from 2:55-4:25 p.m., as well as at:
*Columbine Elementary School in North Boulder on Thursdays from 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Enrollment for the course is controlled, thus students will need to contact Instructor and Public Achievement Director Elaina Verveer at [email protected] for more information as well as to enroll in the course. This course is open to ALL CU Boulder undergraduates.
Fulfills the Human Diversity A&S Core Curriculum requirement
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PACS 2500 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
This class uses lectures, short videos, discussions and exercises to introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of Peace and Conflict Studies. It explains the critical role that conflict handling skills play in enabling people to design and implement solutions to problems at the global, national, local, and interpersonal levels.
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PSCI 4028-005 Special Topics: Green Energy Policies in the U.S.
Instructor: Srinivas Parinandi
In the past two decades, the U.S. states have adopted a bevy of policies including those dealing with gasoline taxes, renewable energy, and cap and trade on the premise of meeting green energy objectives. You will learn about commonalities and differences between various types of green energy policies and identify factors (such as economic competition, electoral threat, interest group activism, or ideology) that drive the adoption of green energy policies. You will also explore the attendant question of why the U.S. federal government has not advanced through a mix of exams, participation and a final project.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
SOCY 4117 Food and Society
Instructor:
Jill Harrison
In this course, you will break open the black box of the agrifood system to learn about the food we eat, where it came from, whose efforts went in to producing it, what the major problems are, and what people are trying to do to make food systems more socially just and environmentally sustainable. You will examine the major institutional and cultural forces that shape the ways food is produced, distributed, consumed, and represented. You will also reflect on some of the struggles, accomplishments, and limitations of different efforts to address social and ecological problems in agriculture and to drive it in a more sustainable and/or socially just direction, including farm labor unions, farmer cooperatives, organic food labeling, fair trade, local food, and diet reform. Prerequisites: Junior/senior status, and SOCY 1001 (waived with instructor permission).
Feel free to contact Professor Jill Harrison with any questions you may have about this course.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
Undergraduate Certificate Program in Renewable and Sustainable Energy
CU-Boulder's undergraduate energy certificate program provides broad exposure to energy issues, with an emphasis on renewable and sustainable energy. Required coursework in energy science and technology, energy policy, and energy projects is coupled with electives on energy and environment, energy technologies, energy economics, and other areas to give students the skills and knowledge to tackle society's pressing energy problems. Successful completion of the certificate program is indicated on CU-Boulder official transcripts.
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Seminars, Workshops, Films, and Extras
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 1958 the festival has celebrated and explored Shakespeare and his continuing influence and vitality through productions of superior artistic quality, education and community engagement.
Join Food First for a 2015 Food Sovereignty Tour!
Food Sovereignty Tours offer you an opportunity to travel to international destinations to experience local food systems and the food sovereignty movement first-hand. Through one- to two-week educational tours, you will learn how you are connected to the global food system and acquire knowledge and strategies you can use to create just, sustainable and healthy food systems in your own community.
Food First Website
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources & Environment Graduate Programs
The School of Natural Resources and Environment's overarching objective is to contribute to the protection of the Earth's resources and the achievement of a sustainable society. Through research, teaching and outreach, faculty, staff and students are devoted to generating knowledge and developing policies, techniques and skills to help practitioners manage and conserve natural and environmental resources to meet the full range of human needs on a sustainable basis.
Admissions and Degree Information
Water Documentary Premiere The Great Divide August 6th
The Emmy award winning team at HaveyPro Cinema is proud to announce the premiere of their new documentary fil
m The Great Divide, a film about the history and influence of water in both connecting and dividing Colorado.
The Great Divide will raise public understanding and appreciation of Colorado's water heritage while inspiring personal responsibility and informed discussion concerning the vital challenge confronting the state and region with increasing urgency - forging collaborative solutions for managing this most precious resource for a prosperous and sustainable future.
The premiere will take place at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, August 6th, 2015, at 7:00pm. General admission tickets are on sale now for just $20.00 at www.newmantix.com/tgd. Students are able to purchase tickets at a discounted price of $15.00, using the code: TGDstudent. Proceeds will be used to distribute the film to all
public schools and libraries across the state. More Information and Tickets
Looking for Other Involvement Opportunities or Events?
Check out the CU Environmental Center's
Events Calendar and
e-newsletter.
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Consent to Conduct Business Electronically
To comply with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, all new and continuing students will be requested to consent to conduct business with the university electronically when they log in to
MyCUBoulder or
MyCUInfo on or after March 23.
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Final Fall Registration & Schedule Adjustment for Continuing Students
Scholarship Application Deadlines
Financial Aid Website
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