Environmental Science and Policy

Environmental Science and Policy

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1. Hail and Farewell Program Announcement
2. Lecture on fashion, ethics and sustainability in Latin America
3. The Virginia Environmental Assembly 
4. Register Now for the Virginia Bike Walk Conference
5. Looking to Intern Abroad? Want to Engage Global Poverty Issues with Sustainable Solutions?
6. Virginia Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Positions 

Hail and Farewell Program Announcement

Please join us in our temporary farewell to Prof. John Swaddle who is on sabbatical this year and relinquishing his duties as the Director of the Environmental Science and Policy Program to Prof. Timmons Roberts.  Thank you Prof. Swaddle for a job well done and we welcome Prof. Timmons Roberts to the post for the next year. 

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Laura Novik of Raíz Diseño (Chile)
Fashion, Design, and Cultural Identity: The Ethics Behind the Aesthetics
Tuesday, September 11th
4:00-5:00 p.m.
301 Washington Hall
Laura Novik is a fashion design and design management professor affiliated with the Pontificie Universidad Catolica de Chile, Inacap / Technology 
University of Chile, Universidad del Pacífico, Universidad Mayor de Temuco and Universidad Católica de Temuco. She is also affiliated with ITACA, an
international research network focused on design and community development. She is the founder of an NGO called Raiz Diseno that focuses on
design and local development – and questions of fair trade, sustainability, and identity. Her design studio is called blink.d-sign She works continuously with
Mapuche artisans, local and government agencies, and designers in Argentina, Brasil, Colombia. Raíz Diseño, the non-governmental organization that
she co-founded, is affiliated with UNESCO’s Alliance for Cultural Diversity.
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The Virginia Environmental Assembly 
Andrews lecture hall on Saturday, October 6. The conference will begin with registration at 9am and conclude at 4:00pm. 
Exhibitors will set up in the main hallway of Andrews.  The Wild & Scenic Film Festival, co-sponsored by SEAC, will be held that evening in Andrews Lecture Hall from 7:00p.m. to 10:00p.m., with doors opening at 6:15pm.
Schedule

Sat., Oct. 6, College of William & Mary Andrews Hall Auditorium
9:00 –   Registration, exhibits, coffee
10:00 – Welcome
10:15 – Virginia's Changing Political Climate, Professor John McGlennon
11:00 – Break
11:15 – Wild & Scenic film fest previews
11:30 – Plenary Panel: Models of Sustainability 
12:15 – Annual Meeting for VCN organizational representatives
12:30 – Lunch

1:30 –  Workshops A:
** Birds-Eye View of Local Land-Use
** Next-Generation Biofuels
** Sustaining the Movement: Kids and Nature
** Next-Generation Activism

2:45 –   Workshops B:
** I Love Mountains: Online Activism
** The Energy-Smart Growth Connection
** Buying Green
4:00 –   Conference concludes

Selections from the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Fest
For more Information Click http://www.vcnva.org/vea/2007/FilmFestival.php

6:15 p.m. –   Doors open, nonprofit exhibit tables
7:00 p.m. –   Selections from the Wild & Scenic Film Festival (open to campus & community)
10:00 p.m. - Festival Concludes
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Virginia Bike Walk Conference
Make plans now to join us for the 9th Annual Virginia Bike Walk Conference to be held in Williamsburg from September 20-22.  For more information, please visit the website at http://www.bikewalkvirginia.org/conference/index.asp.
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Looking to Intern Abroad? 
Want to Engage Global Poverty Issues with Sustainable Solutions?
 
Join the Foundation for Sustainable Development – www.fsdinternational.org – in working with local communities to support economic, social, and educational transformations around the globe. Learn the hard skills needed to enter the competitive field of development, while building capacity and delivering financial resources to over 200 partner organizations located in:
 
Argentina • Bolivia • Ecuador • Nicaragua • Peru • Kenya • Uganda • India
Visit our website – www.fsdinternational.org. Our participants come from over 300 universities and a wide variety of professional vocations. Read about their projects recently funded by FSD and review our database of over 200 unique host organizations in eight countries.
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The Virginia Chesapeake Climate Action Network is seeking a new Director and a Grassroots Community Organizer.  Deadline for both positions September 15th.
The Virginia Campaign Director’s primary responsibility will be devising and managing Virginia clean energy and global warming campaigns.  Among the Director’s many tasks, he/she will be responsible for training, expanding and organizing CCAN’s volunteer activist base in Virginia, expanding our partnerships, organizing chapters and affiliate groups, and helping lead them towards effective social and political action on global warming. Weekend and evening work is common, so flexibility on hours and days is essential. 
The Virginia Grassroots Organizer’s primary responsibility will be to maintain and build CCAN chapters and CCAN supporters, develop grassroots leaders, and embrace other organizations in an effort to build a stronger coalition in the fight to stop global warming.  The organizer will also assist the State Director as needed to achieve statewide goals.  Weekend and evening work is common, so flexibility on hours and days is essential. 
Salary for both positions is commensurate with experience. Benefits include healthcare and a very generous vacation package.  Position is located in downtown Richmond, VA.   The job starts in late September, early October. 
Deadline is September 15th. Send resume, cover letter, and any extras (writing sample, clips, etc.) to:
Josh Tulkin
Deputy Director
josh@chesapeakeclimate.org
PO Box 11138
Takoma Park, MD 20912