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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM NEWSLETTER

MARCH 31, 2008

In this issue:

** UPCOMING ES PROGRAM EVENTS: Film: Everything's Cool 7 PM in Olin 1, Wednesday lunchtime colloquia: Environmental Justice and Indian Water Rights: 100 years of Paper Water

** CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY: Go-Ho info session Tuesday 4/1 9:00

** OFF CAMPUS STUDY OPPORTUNITY: SUSTAINABILITY FIELD STUDIES PROGRAM - FOCUS YOUR SUMMER ON GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS

** GRAD PROGRAMS: Master's Degree Assistantship on Participatory and Sustainable Development in the Eastern Caribbean

** JOBS & INTERNSHIPS: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida, Environmental Health Strategy Center, Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program & Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection, NRCM (full time job), Harvard Green Campus Initiative

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** UPCOMING ES PROGRAM EVENTS:

Tuesday, April 1

7:00 Olin 1

Everything's Cool

A REAL-LIFE DISASTER MOVIE

EVERYTHING'S COOL is a film about America finally "getting" global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action. While industry funded nay-sayers sing what just might be their swan song of pseudo- scientific deception, a group of global warming messengers are on a high stakes quest to find the iconic image, the magic language, the points of leverage that will finally create the political will to move the United States from its reliance on fossil fuels to the new clean energy economy - AND FAST.

Wednesday, April 2

12:00 pm in the Fairchild Room in Dana, join us at 11:30 for lunch with Peter.

Peter Sly, Mellon Fellow in Environment and Justice

Environmental Justice and Indian Water Rights: 100 years of Paper Water

In 1908, the United States Supreme Court determined that an Indian tribe had an implied "reserved water right." How has this promise held up over time? One hundred years ago, national policy was to make Indians into a pastoral people. The idea, sponsored by liberal New England churches and Indian activists, was to teach Indians the "arts of civilization." In the dry western states, that included irrigated agriculture. Peter Sly, Mellon Fellow in Environment and Justice and author of the RESERVED WATER RIGHTS SETTLEMENT MANUAL will describe the claims, litigation and settlements that have grown from this water rights doctrine.

** CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY:

Go Ho Info Session

9:00 pm (rescheduled so all can attend Everything's Cool)

Go-Ho lounge

This is a shout-out for student support to secure Go-Ho's future! In order for the Green Dorm to continue next year, we need some strong leadership on behalf of future residents. If you're at all interested in being involved in Go-Ho leadership or community next year, please attend a meeting at 9:00 on Tuesday, April 1st in the Go-Ho Lounge. We will be discussing the future roles of dorm president and head resident, as well as stressing the importance of residential contribution to the dorm. The future holds a lot of potential for the Green Dorm as a hub of environmentalism on campus. We need to make the voice of green living HEARD as Colby plans to renovate this space. Go-Ho can provide powerful resources for those initiatives of our environmental community, especially in regards to plans for a campus co-op and a recycled bike program. Go-Ho has a lot of plans for next year, but any current Go-Ho project requires continuity in leadership, or at least a smooth transiti! on of student interest. Since its inception three years ago, Go-Ho has grown in its influence of green living on the Colby campus. On Tuesday, come find out what the future holds for this green living initiative, as that future is in YOUR hands!

For more information contact kawhitta@colby.edu , Kerry Whittaker (current HR of GoHo!)

** OFF CAMPUS STUDY OPPORTUNITY:

The University of Vermont is inviting you to our beautiful Burlington, Vermont campus to join UVM students who are committing part of their summer to promote global warming solutions. Through UVM’s new Sustainability Field Studies Program – Focus Your Summer on Global Warming Solutions you can earn 3 academic credits doing something you care deeply about - supporting the development of climate change solutions.

SUSTAINABILITY FIELD STUDIES PROGRAM - FOCUS YOUR SUMMER ON GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS:

Engage directly "in the field" with innovators and experts who are already working to redesign our world.

See first-hand positive solutions to environmental problems and gain empowerment in the process.

Discover why UVM and Vermont are both celebrated as national "green" leaders.

Profile sustainability pioneers and leaders who you’ll come to know well.

Identify strategies and skills that will help you be a catalyst for change and solve problems in your community of choice—your hometown, a sister city, or even an international destination.

For more information on the Sustainability Field Studies Program – Focus Your Summer on Global Warming Solutions offered through UVM’s new summer Institute for Global Sustainability, please call 1-800-639-3210 or visit www.uvm.edu/summer/igs/.

** GRAD SCHOOL INFO:

Master's Degree Assistantship on Participatory and Sustainable Development in the Eastern Caribbean

This Graduate Assistantship is to participate in a research project involving Miami University faculty and students, and collaborators in

the Eastern Caribbean country of Dominica. The project seeks to foster sustainable development through grassroots engagement, reciprocity, and partnerships. We see sustainable development as an on-going challenge that must balance ecosystem health, economic security, and social justice and inclusion. Our collaborations to date include work with ecolodges to extend economic benefits into surrounding villages, hands-on renewable energy projects, water quality analysis, support for Native American communities, and matching-fund campaigns with village schools. The research may extend from Dominica to the neighboring countries of St Lucia and St Vincent.

The student will devote approximately 9 hours per week to this project, and 9 hours per week to teaching-related duties (assisting in

introductory geography courses or our GIS lab). Simultaneously, the student will write a thesis related to this project and work toward a

two-year Master's Degree in Geography at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio beginning in August, 2008. I anticipate that the student will be

co-author on one or more publications from the research.

The stipend will be a little more than $11,534 for 9 months, a summer stipend of $1,800, and funding for research-related travel expenses. The award also includes waivers of annual instructional fees ($9,643) and out-of-state tuition ($12,860). You will have to pay fees of approximately $1,247 (these are all 2007-8 rates; 2008-9 rates are not yet set). The assistantship is renewable for a second year subject to maintaining satisfactory progress toward the MA degree.

Interested individuals are urged to email me

(klakt@muohio.edu<mailto:klakt@muohio.edu>) immediately with any questions or for example publications from this research. To be

considered for the position, please email me (1) your resume, (2) university transcripts (courses & grades), (3) a brief statement of

your interests in and qualifications for the position, and (4) the names and email addresses of 3 referees. Recommendation will be made as

soon as a qualified candidate is identified, who then must apply and be admitted to the MA program.

Thomas Klak, Professor of Geography & Graduate Program Advisor, Miami

University, Oxford Ohio, USA; Web site:

http://www.units.muohio.edu/geography/people/tklak.php

** JOBS & INTERNSHIPS:

FIELD HERPETOLOGISTS NEEDED TO ASSIST IN THE STUDY OF ANOLINE FOOD WEB INTERACTIONS----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM NEWSLETTER

MARCH 31, 2008

In this issue:

** UPCOMING ES PROGRAM EVENTS: Film: Everything's Cool 7 PM in Olin 1, Wednesday lunchtime colloquia: Environmental Justice and Indian Water Rights: 100 years of Paper Water

** CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY: Go-Ho info session Tuesday 4/1 9:00

** OFF CAMPUS STUDY OPPORTUNITY: SUSTAINABILITY FIELD STUDIES PROGRAM - FOCUS YOUR SUMMER ON GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS

** GRAD PROGRAMS: Master's Degree Assistantship on Participatory and Sustainable Development in the Eastern Caribbean

====================================================================================================

** UPCOMING ES PROGRAM EVENTS:

Tuesday, April 1

7:00 Olin 1

Everything's Cool

A REAL-LIFE DISASTER MOVIE

Wednesday, April 2

12:00 pm in the Fairchild Room in Dana, join us at 11:30 for lunch with Peter.

Peter Sly, Mellon Fellow in Environment and Justice

Environmental Justice and Indian Water Rights: 100 years of Paper Water

** CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY:

Go Ho Info Session

9:00 pm (rescheduled so all can attend Everything's Cool)

Go-Ho lounge

For more information contact kawhitta@colby.edu , Kerry Whittaker (current HR of GoHo!)

** OFF CAMPUS STUDY OPPORTUNITY:

SUSTAINABILITY FIELD STUDIES PROGRAM - FOCUS YOUR SUMMER ON GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS:

Engage directly "in the field" with innovators and experts who are already working to redesign our world.

See first-hand positive solutions to environmental problems and gain empowerment in the process.

Discover why UVM and Vermont are both celebrated as national "green" leaders.

Profile sustainability pioneers and leaders who you’ll come to know well.

Identify strategies and skills that will help you be a catalyst for change and solve problems in your community of choice—your hometown, a sister city, or even an international destination.

** GRAD SCHOOL INFO:

Master's Degree Assistantship on Participatory and Sustainable Development in the Eastern Caribbean

This Graduate Assistantship is to participate in a research project involving Miami University faculty and students, and collaborators in

The student will devote approximately 9 hours per week to this project, and 9 hours per week to teaching-related duties (assisting in

introductory geography courses or our GIS lab). Simultaneously, the student will write a thesis related to this project and work toward a

two-year Master's Degree in Geography at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio beginning in August, 2008. I anticipate that the student will be

co-author on one or more publications from the research.

Interested individuals are urged to email me

(klakt@muohio.edu<mailto:klakt@muohio.edu>) immediately with any questions or for example publications from this research. To be

considered for the position, please email me (1) your resume, (2) university transcripts (courses & grades), (3) a brief statement of

your interests in and qualifications for the position, and (4) the names and email addresses of 3 referees. Recommendation will be made as

soon as a qualified candidate is identified, who then must apply and be admitted to the MA program.

Thomas Klak, Professor of Geography & Graduate Program Advisor, Miami

University, Oxford Ohio, USA; Web site:

http://www.units.muohio.edu/geography/people/tklak.php

** JOBS & INTERNSHIPS:

FIELD HERPETOLOGISTS NEEDED TO ASSIST IN THE STUDY OF ANOLINE FOOD WEB INTERACTIONS

Dates: May 12- July 18 2008

Location: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida

Description of work: Two field assistants are needed for a study comparing the food web interactions of native and exotic lizards of the genus Anolis in Florida. Fieldwork will involve capturing anoles and arthropod prey species and monitoring their interactions in

field enclosures. Start and end dates are flexible. Housing and a small living stipend ($200/month) will be provided. Assistants will be responsible for travel to and from Orlando, Florida. This is a great opportunity to see a wide variety of Florida’s herpetofauna

and other wildlife.

Qualifications: Experience capturing and handling lizards preferred, but not required. Must enjoy working outdoors and be motivated, hardworking, good-natured, and able to work well with others. Applicants must be in good physical condition and willing to work in hot

and humid conditions in areas with biting insects and venomous snakes.

To apply: Email a letter of interest, resume or CV, and contact nformation for three references to:

Nathan Turnbough

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

University of Tennessee

nturnbou@utk.edu

Please put FIELD ASSISTANT in the subject line. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled.

Environmental Health Strategy Center

The Environmental Heath Strategy Center is the leading environmental health organization in Maine. They will be hiring two interns this summer to work on various projects. Visit their website: http://www.preventharm.org/ and contact Gail Carlson <gcarlson> for more information.

2008 Summer Internship Opportunities: Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program & Maine Dept. of Environmental Protection

Are you interested in gaining real world experience while working to protect Maine lakes?

Interns will work closely with Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (VLMP) staff and volunteers and as well as with Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) biologists. Learning opportunities as a VLMP and DEP intern are potentially extensive. All interns

attend special workshops that are designed to train volunteers to measure various aspects of lake water quality, and to identify and

take preventive measures against invasive aquatic plants. Interns can become certified to collect water quality data in Maine. Maine

DEP projects will require field work and assisting with special studies, including equipment preparation and deployment. Resources

available for independent study include expert staff, and partnering organizations such as the Maine Department of Environmental Protection on relevant projects. As a staff member of VLMPâ€™s small non-profit organization, interns may also assist with aspects of program administration, including scheduling, materials preparation and budget management.

Some 2008 Projects:

* Training Workshops

* Collect and Organize Plant Specimens

* Prepare Workshop Materials

* VLMP Annual Meeting

* Coordinate Volunteer Recognition & Award Ceremony

* Baseline water quality monitoring

* Visit Lakes Statewide as a VLMP/DEP Team Member

* Biological Monitoring

* Assist with Biological and Habitat Surveys Related to Water Levels in Lakes or Ecological Reserves

* Invasive Species Monitoring and Management

* Assist Teams in Surveys for Invasive Plants

* Outreach Projects about Invasive Plants

All interns should be prepared to assist the permanent staff with routine administrative tasks, such as preparing volunteer information materials and data entry. These tasks are necessary for the successful training and education of our volunteers in all areas of the program.

There will be two internship positions available and both will be paid hourly.

How to apply:

Contact the VLMP with information concerning your availability, area of interest, and how you learned about the program. Inquiries

are welcomed.

Jim Entwood, VLMP Program Coordinator

Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program

24 Maple Hill Rd, Auburn, ME 04210

jim@mainevlmp.org

www.MaineVolunteerLakeMonitors.org

207-783-7733

Grassroots and Online Organizer

The Natural Resources Council of Maine (NRCM) seeks a Grassroots and Online Organizer to play a central role in our outreach, on-line advocacy, and environmental campaigns. This position will play a leadership role in helping NRCM – Maine’s largest environmental advocacy organization – mobilize citizen activists and public opinion in support of the protection of Maine’s environment. Through electronic communications, grassroots meetings, and outreach events, this position helps to inform citizens and activists about opportunities to participate in the environmental policy-making process. Candidates should have strong people skills; proficiency with and excitement for grassroots and online organizing; excellent writing and communications skills; and a capacity to manage multiple projects/deadlines. Leadership and strategic campaign skills desired. NRCM is a great organization, and this is an excellent opportunity for individuals who want to make a difference working to protect the environment. For more information about NRCM visit http://www.nrcm.org or for a full job description see http://www.nrcm.org/employment.asp

Send cover letter and resume by April 14, 2008, to Leisa Dennett, NRCM, 3 Wade Street, Augusta, ME 04330, or e-mail to ldennett@nrcm.org.

Pete Didisheim

Advocacy Director

Natural Resources Council of Maine

pdidisheim@nrcm.org

(207) 622-3101, ext. 213

Coordinator, Green Campus Initiative, Harvard U

Harvard University is seeking a Coordinator for the Harvard Green Campus Initiative to coordinate energy management strategies, implement energy conservation measures and manage a range of campus sustainability projects for departments across the University. A particular focus will be placed on project management, in which the coordinator will prioritize, cost out and implement energy conservation projects by working directly with contractors. Additionally, this position will promote best practices in building operations and maintenance and assist with LEED for Existing Building certification. Familiarity with facility management and LEED certification process is preferred. A related undergraduate and/or graduate degree is required.

http://jobs.harvard.edu/jobs/summ_req?in_post_id=37113

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Beth Kopp

Coordinator, Environmental Studies Program

Colby College

5356 Mayflower Hill Drive

Waterville, Maine 04901

Office: 208 Diamond Building

207.859.5356