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February 13, 2015

The ENVS Weekly Digest features current events and opportunities available to ENVS majors. Check the Environmental Studies Program's News and Events page for information on internship opportunities, workshops, classes, and other events.

Happy Friday the 13th.

Watch out for those black cats! ;-)

ENVS Special Events

School of the Environment and Sustainability Series

The School of the Environment and Sustainability Colloquium Series provides the CU and Boulder community with provocative and insightful conversations that provide compelling illustrations of innovative work in the environment and sustainability taking place in Boulder and elsewhere.

The next event on Wednesday, February 18, will feature a lecture presented by Joe Ryan of the Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering Department, CU Boulder.

Date: Wednesday, February 18, 2015

3:00 - 3:30 p.m., Reception with light refreshments, Heritage Center (3rd floor of Old Main)

3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Lecture and Q&A, Old Main Chapel

SES Colloquium Series

Fellowships, Internships, and Jobs

Check the ENVS website regularly for new internship postings

Apply to be a Build a Better Boulder, Better World Site Leader-Applications Due February 20

Are you looking for a way to get involved in the community? Become a site leader at Better Boulder, Better World and join the CU community in making a difference this spring. Better Boulder Better World is the Volunteer Resource Center's annual day of service. Students, staff and faculty are invited to choose from a variety of projects that emphasize environment, community gardening/farming, youth, creativity, cross-cultural connections, poverty recovery and more. Site Leaders learn firsthand about these wonderful programs and make an impact on the Boulder/Denver region by helping make these volunteer projects possible. Gain leadership experience and connect with the CU community by becoming a site leader at Better Boulder Better World on April 18, 2015.

Application

Aurora Water Paid Internship
Aurora Water is hiring four irrigation auditors. These positions would be suitable for students in environmental science, landscape architecture, horticulture, irrigation technology, water management or resource management. Internships will start in March 2015 and last until August or September. Applications must be submitted through our online system.

If you have any questions, contact Tim York at 303-326-8819 or tyork@auroragov.org.

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Baceline Investments Internship

This individual would work alongside Baceline property managers and building mangers to find ways to improve our "green" initiatives. Additionally they desire thorough research to be conducted regarding alternative energy resources that they may implement at their properties.

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Bee Safe Boulder Internship

Bee Safe Boulder is a non profit in Boulder dedicated to educating neighbors about the dangers of pesticides, and canvassing neighborhoods to get pledges from neighbors to avoid using the neonicotinoid/systemic pesticides that are killing bees and other pollinators. Four months ago they began a pledge campaign to stores in Boulder County, along with landscapers, lawncare, and tree companies who use products contaminated with neonics, with good initial success. They are looking for interns who can help them continue their pledge campaign in Boulder County, as well as help get a resolution passed by Boulder City Council to make Boulder a Bee Safe City. At least 2 hours a week is requested, but they could use up to 5 hours. There is a possibility of paid work, depending on your time commitment.

Email or call Molly Greacen at 303-931-6367.

Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship Information Session

Tuesday, February 10, 4:00-5:00pm in Fleming 244

The Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship is a federally funded scholarship awarded to Pell Grant recipients who study abroad. Students must study abroad for a minimum of four weeks in one country and awards offered are up to $5,000. Learn about the Gilman Scholarship application process and tips for a successful application.

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Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Botany Internship

A collaborative partnership between the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium (COLO) and the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Department (OSMP) has been initiated to further the study of plant diversity across the OSMP land system. The COLO Herbarium and the other sections of the University of Colorado Museum serve as one of the primary resources for documentation and study of the rich natural history and biodiversity of Colorado. OSMP manages more than 36,000 acres and seeks to build on their intellectual and physical (small herbarium) resources through this collaborative effort which contributes to forest and grassland management by the City of Boulder. The partnership consists of two components: 1) an Internship sponsored by the OSMP Department focused upon the summer field season, and 2) an Independent Study sponsored by the COLO Herbarium.

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Buff Tutor Network Positions

The BuffTutor Network is a collection of graduate and undergraduate students at CU from all fields of study with one goal: providing quality academic assistance to fellow students at an affordable rate. They are currently recruiting tutors for this semester. They are primarily looking for math, science, economics/business and language tutors, but are accepting applications from tutors for all fields of study. Please visit www.BuffTutor.com to learn more.

Benefits of joining the network:

- Quickly and easily connect with students in the Boulder area

- Set your own rate and your own schedule

- Take on only as many students as you can want or can handle.

If you are interested in becoming a tutor, please follow the

Become A Tutor link under the

Tutors menu on the BuffTutor website for more details about the services that we provide to tutors and for eligibility rules. Then simply submit the Tutor Application form.

*** NOTE: Unfortunately, J-1 or F-1 international students (or any non-immigrants who do not have work permission) cannot be a part of the BuffTutor Network ***

Please contact Boulder@BuffTutor.com with any questions.

Climate Reality Project

The Climate Reality Project offers an unpaid internship program to qualified candidates in several areas of interest, including communications, grassroots organizing, and development.

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Dodge Nature Center Post-Grad Fellowship

If you are looking for an opportunity to gain practical experience as a naturalist, develop and improve your interpretive teaching techniques, and expand your knowledge of natural history, Dodge Nature Center is the setting for you. Dodge Nature Center is a non-profit organization operating a 462-acre nature preserve within the cities of West St. Paul and Cottage Grove, MN. Dodge Nature Center provides environmental education and outdoor education experiences for thousands of people each year through their school programs and public events.
Bachelor's degree in a related field required.

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Eldorado Canyon State Park Paid Summer Internships

Eldorado Canyon is hiring several paid temporary positions for the summer, that continuing and soon to be graduating students maybe interested in. The positions provide insight into natural resource and recreation management. Check out the Not for Credit page of the ENVS website for job descriptions and application information.

Growing Gardens Internships

Growing Gardens is a Boulder-based non-profit organization established in 1998. Growing Gardens mission is to enrich the lives of our community through sustainable urban agriculture. Growing Gardens envisions people experiencing a direct and deep connection with plants, the land and each other. Through its many gardening-based programs, Growing Gardens strives to reach gardeners and would-be gardeners of all ages to work alongside the organization and build community through urban agriculture.
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IMPACT Jobs and Internships

Impact runs action campaigns on issues that matter, like global warming, clean water and big money's influence over our democracy, and IMPACT is hiring!

This isn't a study program or a travel program; it's an action program. The mission is to create the grassroots action, energy and power it takes to make an impact on important issues.

If you're serious about making an impact on these issues and you're willing to get out and work in the real world, where issue campaigns like these are won and lost, then we're the group for you. To learn more, visit IMPACT's website.

Priority application deadline is February 15th.

International Volunteer Opportunity

Are you excited about the opportunity to travel overseas and volunteer with a purpose during summer 2015? Graduate students in the Department of Biology at Colorado State University, have been working with International Student Volunteers (ISV) to set up community projects and educational adventure tours to New Zealand and South Africa! Please take a look at the ISV FAQ webpage and/or email for more information .

These volunteer/adventure trips will begin on May 15, 2015, but remember space is limited to only 12 participants per trip, so make contact soon! The volunteer projects last for two weeks and focus on helping local people and the environment/endangered species, and then you can opt to stay for a fantastic adventure tour that lasts an additional two weeks. The adventure tour includes safaris, scuba diving, white water rafting, elephant sanctuaries, unique cultural experiences and much more!

ISV is a nonprofit organization with the highest rated volunteer and adventure travel program in the world. There are many available resources to help you raise funds and even get internship credit for your trip. Please see the ISV webpage

for detailed information about the ISV organization and programs.

Jerry O'Neal National Park Service Student Fellowship

Applications are now being accepted for the Jerry O'Neal Fellowship for work in Glacier National Park, Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, and Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. The fellowship aims to provide educational assistance for students seeking to understand natural and cultural resources issues and how these interact with human values. Special consideration will be given to proposals that address the following:

natural resource issues such as aquatic ecology, terrestrial ecology, fire ecology, invasive plants, and climate change

cultural resource issues, such as history and architectural studies, cultural landscape reports, archeology, and ethnographic research.

social science that informs resource management about a natural or cultural topic and/or that addresses visitor impacts to park resources

Competition is open to graduate students or superior upper division undergraduate students at RM-CESU universities and colleges only. Awards range from $1000-5000. Applications must be submitted electronically by February 17, 2015.
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Mountain Roots Food Project

Mountain Roots Food Project is seeking individuals who are motivated, innovative, collaborative, environmentally-minded, and self-directed. Positions combine field work in organic gardens with program design, teaching, and community engagement. Deadline Feb 27. April start. View descriptions at
Mountain Roots Employment Opportunities

Environmental Educator (4 openings)
Two lead and two assistant environmental educator positions to develop EE in sustainable agriculture, food and nutrition, food security, and conservation. Approx. 25-30 hrs per week.
April - October, $12-15 / hr DOE.
APPLICATIONS OPEN. Deadline Feb 27, 2015.

Urban Garden Coordinator (2 openings)
Manage small-scale organic food production at one of our urban garden sites - positions available for Elk Avenue and the Giving Garden at Bill's Park. April - October, $2,500.
APPLICATIONS OPEN. Deadline Feb 27, 2015.

Food Systems-Sustainable Ag Program Assistant (1 opening)
A year-round full-time position through Americorps VISTA, receives monthly stipend, living allowance, health insurance, training, travel, and an educational award.
APPLICATIONS OPEN. Deadline 2/14/15

Occupational Health Summer Internship Program (OHIP)

Deadline to apply is February 20, 2015

This is the 12th year of the very successful OHIP summer program that is designed as a field-based learning experience in occupational safety and health. Teams of two students are placed with labor unions or community-based organizations to work on projects that investigate job-related health and safety issues among workers, often of new immigrant groups, employed in an under-served or a high hazard job.

Students can apply to work in any of the following cities, regardless of where they now reside: San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Chicago, Boston, New Orleans, Marshfield (WI) and New York City. Supervision and mentorship are provided by senior occupational health researchers from UC Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego State University, University of Illinois at Chicago, Tufts University, Louisiana Department of Health & Hospitals, National Farm Medicine Center and the California Department of Public Health. Application information about the can be obtained at the OHIP website.

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Operation Wallacea Summer Research Expeditions

Operation Wallacea is a biodiversity research and conservation management organization hosting scientific expeditions in Indonesia, Transylvania, South Africa, Madagascar, Peru, Guyana, Honduras and Mexico. These research sites are run in remote locations with the help of university volunteers and academics from around the world.

Most importantly, all the research goes towards protecting valuable ecosystems by levering funding and monitoring the success of various conservation management strategies.

Students can join the research expeditions during the summer months to gain experience with field research and data collection:

Undergraduate Research Assistant
Senior Thesis Options

To learn more about these research opportunities and conservation management programs, please feel free to email them for more details.

Student Academic Success Center Tutor Openings

SASC currently has openings for tutors in the following areas:

PSYC 4136 (Judgement & Decision)

ENVS 3070 (Energy & the Environment)

BCOR1025 (Data Analysis)

EBIO 2070 (Genetics)

PHYS 3220 (Quantum Mech/Atom)

CHEN 2810 (Bio for Engineers)

Applicants must:

* Be a current degree-seeking student at CU-Boulder

(unable to hire non-students) * Have taken this (or similar) course * Be a Junior, Senior, or Graduate Student status * Have a minimum GPA of 3.0 in applicable courses *A strong desire to advance study skills and promote excellent academic standards for students is essential.

Pay is $14 per hour for graduate students ($16/hour for group tutoring), $9.50 ($12/hour for group tutoring) for undergraduate students.

THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE BACK TO THE CU COMMUNITY & GAIN VALUABLE EXPERIENCE!

All Interested Students can access an application here.

Click on "Become a Tutor", then "Tutor Application for Current CU Students"

Bring your application to:

Tutor Coordinator, Student Academic Success Center

Fleming 190 303-492-8761 tutors@colorado.edu

Thorne Nature Experience

Thorne has several job, intern, and volunteer opportunities available for Winter/Spring and Summer 2015. If you're looking for employment or opportunities in the Environmental Education field this is for you!

Volunteers Needed for 2015 Solar Power Colorado

Omni Resort and Conference Center

Broomfield, Colorado

February 23-25, 2015

Volunteers are needed for Tuesday and Wednesday (7am-6pm). This is a great deal since volunteers will work (1/2 or full day shifts) in exchange for an equal amount of all-access conference time.

To volunteer, email solarpowercolorado@coseia.org or call Alison at 303-333-7342.

Want to learn how to get involved in Colorado's exciting solar energy industry? There's no better way than to attend the Rocky Mountain's leading solar conference and exposition.

Register today for Solar Power Colorado, taking place February, 23-25 at the Omni Resort in Broomfield. Learn from industry leaders, government officials and top analysts as we explore what it will take for the solar industry to grow and prosper.

The conference features DU Law Professor K.K. DuVivier and CU's Wirth Chair Mark Safty. Registration includes great speakers, interactive panel discussions, training sessions, networking opportunities with solar leaders and an extensive Expo Hall featuring leading companies and the latest technology.

Students can also join us Wednesday afternoon from 1:30-6pm at a discounted rate of $25. Just bring your current school ID to registration.This pass would include the training and breakout sessions plus access to the Expo Hall.

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Wildlands Restoration Volunteers is Hiring for Summer

WRV engages thousands of volunteers each year through over 100 restoration and stewardship projects across Colorado and southern Wyoming. The Restoration Project Coordinators plan and run stewardship projects across the state, lead teams of skilled volunteers, provide logistical support, manage outreach and volunteer recruitment events, and coordinate the expectations of land management agencies while achieving other project goals.

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Contact Dani Doyle with questions.

Classes and Certificates

Apply to INVST!

INVST is for CU students from all majors & minors who are passionate about social & environmental justice. Join their two-year program that combines theory, practical skills and community-based action in a unique, small-group setting! Travel in the summers and learn first-hand about sustainability, climate justice, immigration and economic justice. Find your community in small classes. Learn practical skills through internships with local non-profits. Meet others who are committed to making a difference. Gain the skills and empowerment to pair with your major and develop yourself as a change-maker.

They offer $2000 scholarships & $4000 scholarships to those who qualify. They offer 18 upper-division credits and the possibility of earning the Leadership Studies Minor!

Final Application Deadline: February 23, 2015. To learn more, visit their website, contact Sabrina Sideris or call

303-492-8045.

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Brazil Conservation Global Seminar Study Abroad Application Deadline Extended to February 16

Earn three credits this May in Brazil's Atlantic Forest on this exciting CU-Boulder Global Seminar. Obtain hands-on experience in the principles and practice of conservation biology. Experience operational conservation programs in the Serra do Mar Biodiversity Corridor, participate in community-based conservation solutions, and much more. Students from a range of disciplines with an interest in conservation are encouraged to apply. This course fulfills ENVS's Application requirement and counts toward the Specialization requirement. Contact Sarah Kate Hartt or Dr. Timothy Kittel with questions.

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ENVS 2100 Permaculture Design-Offered in Maymester

May 11-29, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Instructor: Kelly Simmons
Fulfills the Application requirement

ENVS 3521 Climate Politics and Policy-Offered Summer A Term

Course Description:

The objective of this course is to understand, explore and critically analyze how climate changing activities are governed. The class sessions will consist of four main components:

1. general introduction: mitigation & adaptation; frames,

perspectives & responsibilities; impacts

2. climate politics and policy at the national and international levels

3. climate politics and policy at the sub-national level: regional, state and city-level governance

4. where climate politics and policy meet the public: non-nation state actors and everyday spaces

By way of four main themes addressed in the sessions over the semester, we will work to distinguish patterns, appraise and assess values, and gain insights from a variety of perspectives and viewpoints concerning climate change politics and policy. Through the class readings, lectures and discussions, course participants will come away with a clear understanding of current international, national, regional, state and local policy activities on climate change. Students will also better understand how these policy formulations and proposals have developed through history. In addition, course participants will gain an improved understanding of the many dynamic and contested factors, pressures and processes that are involved in contemporary climate politics undergirding explicit policy proposals. Overall, students who critically engage with the course themes, concepts and case studies can expect to complete the semester better equipped to understand, analyze and engage in the high-stakes 21st century arena of climate politics and policy.

Partially fulfills the Specialization requirement

ENVS 4100-001 Special Topics in ENVS: Environments & Peoples: Environment & Human Migration-Offered in Maymester

There is growing concern that in coming decades global migration patterns will be affected by land degradation, weather extremes, food insecurity, pollution, and climate change. As the impacts of global and local environmental change take hold, there is increasing need for researchers, policymakers, and the general public to understand better the complex relationship between environment and migration and the various shapes it may take. In this course, students will develop a basic understanding of the physical processes most often associated with environmental migration and learn the socio-economic, political, and demographic theories and concepts commonly used in the social sciences to explain migration behavior. Students will combine these two sets of knowledge and apply them using a socio-ecological systems approach to explore past and present cases of environment-related migration from the US and around the world (e.g. Dust Bowl, Hurricane Katrina, flood-related migration in Bangladesh and China, Hurricane Mitch/Honduras). A key feature of the course will be a mock UN negotiation, in which students will represent key countries and multilateral agencies in an attempt to draft an international agreement to respond to potential future population displacements from small island states as a result of climate change. Same as GEOG 4742-001.

Partially fulfills the Specialization requirement

ENVS 4800 Capstone: Culture, Media and Environmental Issues Offered Summer A Term

Course Description:

In this course, we will critically analyze environmental issues find meaning in our daily lives by way of intertwined media representational practices and culture. By way of four main themes addressed in the sessions over the summer session:

1. institutions, actors, (collective) psychology

2. mass media

3. understanding and engagement in the public sphere

4. non-nation state actors - we will explore how more formal science and policy permeate the spaces of our 'everyday', in terms of attitudes, perspectives, intentions, behavioral change and resistances therein. In a discussion-based seminar format, we will attempt to understand the intricate dynamics between multilevel institutional architectures and the landscape of actors, primarily those outside national governments which are able to influence outcomes. In the course, we will aim to challenge our thinking about environmental issues, develop new frameworks for analyzing environmental challenges, and discuss practical and conceptual environmental actions in our individual and collective lives.

Fulfills the Capstone requirement

ISIS Belize
Posting of this announcement is purely for information 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.

ISIS Belize, offers conservation and ecology courses over the summer in English speaking Belize, in Central America. Their courses offer experiences in the jungle, the Belize Zoo, the savannahs, crystal clear rivers and in the Caribbean Sea.

Summer sessions run in two week sections during June and July and carry three credit hours each. Students can take two courses back to back for six credits and spend a glorious month in Belize. For full details on the courses offered and the syllabus for each course, please click on the links below. Class sizes are limited to 12 students to provide the best learning experience.

Wildlife Health, Ecology and Conservation

Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation

Watershed Ecology, Conservation and Management

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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

AAUW Seeking Volunteers for Expanding Your Horizons Conference February 28

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) is hosting their annual Expanding Your Horizons event on Saturday, February 28 from 9a.m.-2p.m. in the CU Engineering Center.

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) is a one-day conference designed to encourage middle school girls to pursue higher education and careers in math, science, and engineering.

They are looking for undergraduate volunteers to help out with a group of ~10 girls throughout the event. Lunch will be provided. Male and female volunteers are welcome.

The girls meet in small groups for hands-on workshops conducted by women whose professions involve math, science, technology and engineering. As part of the conference, the college guides chaperone the groups, help them get from one workshop to the next, and can participate in the workshop with the students. Anna Vinton or Shelby Golden if you are interested in volunteering.

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ATLAS Speaker Series
The ATLAS Speaker Series hosts distinguished visitors from academia, industry and the arts. The series is an educational and experiential resource for students, faculty and the local community to discuss the challenges, opportunities and innovative applications of technology. Unless otherwise noted, talks are held in the Cofrin Auditorium (ATLAS 100) of the Roser ATLAS building (campus map).

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Be Boulder in Sustainability: Sustainable Solutions Brown Bag Series

Weekly on Fridays

February 6 - May 1, 2015

Noon -1:00 p.m.

UMC 425, unless otherwise noted

The series will cover a variety of topics in sustainable solutions around CU's Campus and the Boulder community as a whole. You are invited to bring your lunch, meet local leaders and innovators, participate in discussion on sustainable solutions. Sweets and beverages provided.

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Campus Sustainability Awards Call for Nominations

Deadline February 27, 2015

The University of Colorado wishes to recognize outstanding individuals and departments who demonstrate a sincere commitment to transforming the CU-Boulder campus into a living laboratory for sustainability through innovation that directly reduces the university's ecological footprint, enhances social cohesion and equity in the campus community and, or integrates sustainability into the culture of Boulder and our local communities.

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Campus Sustainability Summit

Friday, April 17, 2015

9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

UMC Gallery

The round table features strategic updates and inter-departmental discussion on campus sustainability initiatives.

What sustainability-related developments are happening in academic, engagement and operational realms? What is new, innovative, interesting that should be shared?

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