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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
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** UPCOMING ES PROGRAM EVENTS:  Speaker Hannah Pingree — Lunchtime Colloquia, Wednesday
** ALSO ON CAMPUS:   School for Field Studies — on campus Wednesday (postponed from Monday)
** BEYOND CAMPUS:    Professor Nyhus to speak the Waterville Library: Restoring China’s Wild Tigers, CO-OP downtown!, The NEW Leadership Summer Institute
** CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY: Recyclemania is underway, Colby is in third in the NESCAC division!
** JOBS & INTERNSHIPS: Slow Food USA, NPS in Colorado and Montana, Summer Field Studies hiring Program Leaders!, and more
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** UPCOMING ES PROGRAM EVENTS:   
February 25
Importance of Pursuing Policy Change a the State and Local Level: A Case Study of Maine’s Efforts to Ban Certain Toxins
Maine, Speaker of the House, Hannah Pingree
Noon, in the Fairchild Room in Dana. Join us at 11:30 for lunch with Speaker Pingree.
(402 credit)

Representative Hannah Pingree is the 99th Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.  This is Speaker Pingree’s fourth term in the Maine House of Representatives and her first as Speaker of the House. Rep. Pingree previously served as the House Majority Leader during the 123rd Legislature and was the House Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee during the 122nd Legislature. In her first term she was a member of the Legislature’s budget-writing Appropriations Committee.
Prior to serving in the Maine Legislature, she was a fundraiser for the U.S. Senate campaign of Chellie Pingree, her mother. She also worked for two years in New York City as the political director and “Election 2000” producer for iVillage.com, the largest political internet site for women. In addition to serving in the Legislature, professionally, Hannah runs a capital campaign to build a new public school facility on North Haven.
In 2008, she successfully introduced and passed a new law that will eliminate dangerous toxic chemicals from household products that children are exposed to. In previous years, she sponsored new laws that banned other dangerous chemicals from Maine households, boosted rural broadband internet access, and ensured reliable records for electronic voting machines.
Hannah is an honors graduate of North Haven Community School, Brown University and was a 1998-99 Fellow for Leadership in Public Affairs for the Coro Foundation in New York City. In the Legislature she represents 11 islands and coastal towns. She grew up on the island of North Haven.

** ALSO ON CAMPUS:    
School for Field Studies
Academic Liaison, Nicole Anderson on campus Wednesday, February 25
11 am – 2 pm in Pulver Pavilion
4 pm talk in Diamond 223

SFS Environmental Field Studies Abroad
5 Summer and Semester Programs in Costa Rica, Australia, Turks and Caicos, Kenya, and Baja Mexico each with a different research theme: Sustainable Development Studies, Tropical Rainforest Studies. Marine Ecology, Wildlife Management Studies, and Coastal Ecology/Marine Mammals.
Our Vision
The School for Field Studies envisions a world where people participate in the responsible, sustainable stewardship of our environment and share a commitment to actions that promote the well-being of the natural world and human communities.
Our Mission
With almost three decades of environmental work behind us, The School for Field Studies is known today as a leader in field-based international education. SFS alumni, now more than 13,000 strong, are making valuable contributions in a multitude of professions throughout the world. The mission of SFS is to deepen students' understanding of the relationships among environmental sustainability, social justice, and economic development. Committed to community reciprocity and guided by the principles of sustainable development, SFS employs a dynamic academic and research model that:
-Educates students about the complexity of local development and conservation issues through field-based teaching, scientific research and training;
-Creates a rich mosaic of research questions centered on supporting functional ecosystems while balancing the needs of human communities;
-Empowers local communities and decision makers to address their sustainable development challenges through applied research that informs local decision making; and
-Contributes to the scientific community through the dissemination of research, including peer-reviewed publications and professional meeting.
        Nicole Anderson
        Academic Liaison
        The School for Field Studies
        10 Federal Street Suite 24
        Salem, MA 01970
        Mobile: 303 810 8137
        SFS: 800 989 4418
www.fieldstudies.org <http://www.fieldstudies.org>

** BEYOND CAMPUS:
Restoring China’s Wild Tigers: How Colby is Using GIS to Save an Endangered Species
Professor Philip Nyhus
Tuesday, February 24
6:30 pm, Waterville Public Library

How are Colby College students, an international research team, and the government of China working together to save the wild South China tiger?

Professor Philip Nyhus of Colby’s Environmental Studies Program will discuss the troubled state of the world’s tigers and describe this exciting project to identify and preserve habitat and reintroduce the critically endangered South China tiger to its historic range in Asia. Philip Nyhus is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Colby College and co-editor of Tigers of the World: The Biology, Politics and Conservation of Panthera tigris.

Barrels Community Market
Great opportunity for students to get involved with the new Co-op downtown, Barrels Community Market.  The first informational meeting will take place Monday, 2/23 at 6:30 PM in Miller 014.  
More information below
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Waterville Main Street is overseeing the development of a community market in Downtown Waterville.  This market, called ‘Barrels’, will be a Non-profit retail marketplace located in downtown Waterville that showcases local goods and events and incorporates a great variety of volunteers from the community.  Half of the first floor will be devoted to selling fresh locally and organically grown produce, meats, grains, dairy products, and baked goods.  The other half will offer locally produced tools, crafts, home goods, kids things, textiles, pottery, and many other enticing products.  The downstairs area will be defined as a community event space that hosts lectures, demonstrations, music, classes, and related performances.

The major goals include supporting local farmers and craftspeople, providing affordable goods to the greater Waterville community, revitalizing downtown through an emphasis on local productivity, and offering opportunities for community involvement and education to all those interested.  On the educational side, we will partner with local schools, both K-12 and college/university, to incorporate their curricula, internships, work study programs, and student/faculty volunteer activities into the management and operation of the market.  

We are currently moving into our new location at 74 Main Street, and we plan to open June 21st.  Between now and then we have a ton of research and renovation tasks that need to be accomplished.  The Barrels Market development team is working closely with a Colby team to recruit Colby student and faculty volunteers to help us get the market off the ground.  At our kick-off meeting at 6:30 on the 23rd we will be recruiting people to sign up for one of the four following groups:

• Art and Signage
  

• Public Relations and Marketing
  

• Physical Renovations
  

• Stocking and Supplies
  

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