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ENVS Newsletter
Hope your first week was great!
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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. We are located at approximately Colorado and Foothills Parkway, and accessible from Main Campus via the Stampede (schedule effective August 16, 2015).
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 are holding some undergraduate classes in MacAllister this fall:
- ENVS 2001 Africa and Climate Change--SEEC Conference Room-Check for location in Suite S101
- ENVS 3020-001 Advanced Writing in ENVS--SEEC N126
- ENVS 3020-002 Advanced Writing in ENVS--SEEC N128
- ENVS 3020-003 Advanced Writing in ENVS--SEEC N128
- ENVS 3930-800 Internship (consult w/Dale Miller for dates)--SEEC N128
- ENVS 4050 Field Methods in Ecosystem Science--SEEC N124
- ENVS 4800-001 Environment & Development in South Asia--SEEC N124
- ENVS 4990 Senior Thesis--SEEC N128
ENVS courses not listed above are on main campus.
ENVS Open House September 10, 2015 3:00-4:30pm
Come see our new digs in the
MacAllister Building and visit with ENVS faculty, graduate students and members of environmental groups on campus.
Jump
on the Stampede and come see us!
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Fellowships, Internships, and Jobs
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Check the ENVS website regularly for new internship postings
American Energy Society Free Memberships for Access to Energy Jobs and Internships Until 8/31/15
The Energy Industry is hiring and the
American Energy Society, the world's professional association for energy, is the place to find a job or internship in energy. They have exclusive job listings, as well as grant and investment opportunities.
As part of their "Back to School" promotion they are offering all of those affiliated with Colorado free premium memberships with coupon code AEScc4. To sign up go to American Energy Society and click join now, accept the terms, choose area of interest and where it says "Choose the Membership that is right for you" scroll down to the bottom right where it says "Have a coupon code?" click that and enter AEScc4 and then validate and submit. You then get our highest level of membership for free (normally it is $27/year). This is a great line on your CV/resume and it will give you direct access to tons of information about energy, experts, funding, jobs, events, conferences, policy, etc. For any questions, please email
stacy@energysociety.org.
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CivicSpark in CA is Hiring!
CivicSpark, a Governor's Initiative AmeriCorps program dedicated to building capacity for local governments to address climate change, is now recruiting members for the 2015-16 service year. Recent college graduates gain valuable work experience while acquiring technical skill-sets, building their professional network, and creating a meaningful and lasting impact.
Each year throughout California, 48 CivicSpark members complete research, planning or implementation projects that provide local government agencies with the support they need in their climate and sustainability initiatives. Members support nearly 100 cities, schools and other public agencies on projects focused on sustainable transportation, energy efficiency, climate action planning, adaptation, drought response and more.
Member applications are accepted on a rolling basis until the start of the program in October. Interested graduates and young professionals are encouraged to learn more and apply at
www.civicspark.lgc.org.
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
Colorado Green Building Guild Internship
The Colorado Green Building Guild is a non-profit trade organization representing a wide range of green building leaders. CGBG strives to ensure the widespread adoption of sustainable practices to increase the efficient use of resources, create healthier buildings, and support vibrant, sustainable communities. The guild also implements green building education to transform the market place to make green
building a common practice.
Click the attachment below and view the area highlighted in green for job description.
Conservation Colorado is looking to fill three internship positions. See descriptions below for application deadlines and dates of internship.
Dakota Ridge Partners Hiring Two Interns for Fall 2015
The interns will study water use and efficiency patterns in breweries and water providers in the Front Range and Internmountain West.
Denver Zoo Paid and Unpaid Internships
The Denver Zoo has several paid and unpaid internship opportunities posted on their website, as well as full time positions.
Website
Impact Hub Boulder Fall Internships
Impact Hub Boulder is a physical home for entrepreneurs, professionals, and investors to collectively create positive impact. Located in downtown Boulder, Impact Hub Boulder welcomes members of our local communities to a unique space optimized for collaboration, learning, acceleration, and making change happen. Internship positions available:
- Community Organizer
- Events Coordinator
- Membership and Sales Intern
Job Descriptions and Application Information
New Era Colorado Internships-Application Deadline 9/7/15
New Era Colorado is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to build a more accessible democracy that more accurately reflects and engages the diversity of the millennial
generation. Their goal is to bring young people into the political process through civic engagement, leadership development, and issue advocacy. New Era has registered, educated
and turned out tens of thousands of young voters, and passed forward thinking policies that make elections more accessible and make tangible change on issues that impact young people.
During the past six decades, Thorne has connected more than 250,000 children, teens, and adults to nature and become a nationally recognized leader in the field of environmental education. Today, Thorne's Summer Camp, In-School Program, and Field Trips reach more than 12,000 Boulder County and Front Range youth each year.
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FALL CLASSES
ENVS 2100
Topics in Applied Environmental Studies: Environmental Justice and Community Engagement-Still Space Available!
This course is taught in the Sustainability and Social Innovation Residential Academic Program in Williams Village. Contact Stephanie Barnhizer to register.
Fulfills the Application requirement.
ENVS 3020-001 Advanced Writing in Environmental Studies-Additional Section Added for Fall 2015!
Instructor: Sarah Rogers
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.
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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.
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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.
ENGL 4685 Contemporary Environmental Literature & Media
NEW!
Instructor:
Jason Gladstone
Toxic Waste, climate change, upcycling, and environmental justice. ENGL 4685-001 explores the many (at times unexpected) ways contemporary American novels, films, and other media deal with environmental issues. Students will interact with contemporary works of literature, film, art and digital media, and will learn how they represent environmental processes. This course focuses on literary and cultural developments within contemporary American environmental discourse. Accordingly, it will require students to interact with works of literature, non-fiction, film, art, and digital media.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
ENVD 4023 Environmental Impact Assessment
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
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.
GEOG 3511 Introduction to Hydrology-Space Still Available!
Instructor:
Holly Barnard
Examines hydrologic processes in the surface environment, emphasizing the environment of the western United States. Emphasizes natural processes and their management to augment water resources.
Fulfills the ENVS Intermediate Natural Science requirement.
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 verveer@colorado.edu 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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JPNS 3881
Environment, Nature and Disaster in Japanese Literature and Culture NEW!
Instructor:
Janice Brown
Explores the significance of the environment, nature and disaster in Japanese literature and culture through readings in a variety of genres, including fiction, essay, poetry, sci-fi, film and anime. Attention will also be given to environmental/ecological issues, such as conservation, pollution, biodiversity and industrial development. Taught in English.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
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.
PSCI 4028-005 Special Topics: Green Energy Policies in the U.S.
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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International Expeditions Academy
Posting of this announcement is purely for informational purposes and does not constitute an endorsement of the program by ENVS or CU Boulder. Students are strongly encouraged to consult with their advisors prior to signing up for any courses offered through institutions other than CU to ensure that they will receive academic credit upon completion.
IE Academy provides a once in a lifetime experience for students and their instructors to learn in the most incredible places on earth. Their trips are focused on spending time with some of the world's best guides, while being immersed in the local culture. Instructors accompany 12-24 students to places like the
Galapagos Islands,
Amazon Rainforest,
Cuba, and so many other destinations.
NREL Paid Energy Participant Study Opportunity
CU Boulder students are invited to participate in a paid research opportunity to help evaluate, optimize and understand personal thermal comfort for energy efficiency. The researchers are developing a suite of technologies dubbed a personal thermal comfort system, which participants will utilize during the course of the experiment. There will be many breaks throughout the day, and laptops and free wifi will be provided (or you can bring your own laptop).
The experiment will run from 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., from 8/26 - 9/18 (weekdays only), with four participants each day. Participants will receive a $60 Amazon gift card and complimentary lunch. Participants must be US citizens between 18-32 years old, and they will be asked to dress business casual and wear closed-toed shoes.
This experiment will take place in a simulated office environment. It will be quiet and would make a great place to study, watching Netflix or complete other online tasks. The research facility is located in a laboratory at NREL's South Table Mountain Research Campus in Golden, Colorado. If participants from the same day's experiment are commuting from the same area, the researchers may be able to provide shuttle service. To participate, please email
comfort.experiment@gmail.com.
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