Environmental Studies Department Weekly Update
April 7, 2009
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EARTH ISSUES / EVENTS / ANNOUNCEMENTS / GRADUATE PROGRAMS / JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Earth Issues:
B’more Green and Green Collar Jobs For All
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
12:00-1:00 HUB side room 205-206
John Mello, Project Supervisor, will discuss Civic Works green jobs training program for urban Baltimore residents and its
place in the nation-wide movement: Green Jobs for All. Civic Works offers entry-level training in green-job fields like
Brownfields clean-up and weatherization and energy efficiency.
Earth Issues - Student Lunch with Dr. Pete Myers, Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health
Sciences and co-author of Our Stolen Future
Tuesday, April 14,
12:00-pm – 1:00 HUB sideroom 205-206
The Clarke Forum and the Environmental Studies Department will be hosting Dr. Pete Myers. If you are an Environmental
Studies or Science Major, or if you have a particular interest in the field of Environment Health, this lunch will provide an
opportunity to discuss Dr. Myers research and writing. Please contact edenbov@dickinson to RSVP by Friday, April 10.
The Spring 2009 Earth Issues Schedule is available at http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/envst/news.html.
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Department, Earth Issues is a presentation/discussion of environmental issues.
Seminars are held on Tuesdays, from 12:00-1:00 PM in the HUB Siderooms, unless otherwise noted. If you are a student,
faculty member, alumnus or professional in the field of environmental studies or environmental science, and you are
interested in presenting for an upcoming Earth Issues, please let us know by emailing edenbov@dickinson.edu
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Events:
On-Campus Events:
April 14- Toxins: Toys to Toothpaste
Pete Myers, Founder, CEO and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences
Stern Center, Great Room - 7:00 p.m.
Revolutionary advances in the environmental health sciences have discovered that low exposure to materials found in
many of today's consumer products - materials once thought safe - in fact have adverse consequences on human health.
April 19- Earth Fest
Celebrate Earth Fest on Morgan field. The day’s events will feature local musician Janet Spahr on hang drum, a YERT
presentation, the Silent Poets, the Wild and Scenic Film festival, and a Fare Wares market. Contact Earth Now for more
information.
April 29 – Climate Change Action Plan Town Meeting
4:30-5:30pm, Stafford Lecture Hall, Rector Science Building
Details TBA
May 2 – Medication Collection and Disposal Event
10 am – 2pm, Dickinson College Drop off site in the Kaufman Hall Parking Lot.
Drop off you unwanted and expired medications, both prescription and over – the-counter, in tablet, liquid ointment,
inhaler, powder or patch form.
Call 717-240-6489 for more information
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Off Campus Events
Wednesday, April 15
Robert F. Kenedy Jr. “Our Environmental Destiny”
7 pm in ford Chapel at Allegheny College in Meadville, PA
Environmentalist, activist and attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will speak on “Our Environmental Destiny” at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday, April 15 in Ford Chapel at Allegheny College. Kennedy will discuss the role that our natural surroundings
play in our work, our health and our identity as Americans. Using examples gathered from relevant art, history, litigation
and literature, he will remind listeners of their responsibility to protect and preserve the environment for future generations.
Kennedy is chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeepers, senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense
Council and president of the Waterkeeper Alliance. A high-profile political speaker and activist, he has used numerous
media outlets, including his 2004 book, “Crimes Against Nature,” to call into question the environmental policies of the
United States.This lecture is the final event of the public programming of Allegheny's Year of Health and is free and open
to the public. For more information, contact Professor Caryl Waggett at caryl.waggett@allegheny.edu.
April 16 – Bill McKibben to speak at Gettysburg College
Environmental activist and best-selling author Bill McKibben will give a lecture at Gettysburg College at 7:30 p.m. on April
16, 2009 in the College Union Building ballroom. He will discuss his book, Deep Economy: the Wealth of Communities
and the Durable Future, which puts forward a new way to think about the things we buy, the food we eat, the energy we
use, and the money that pays for it all. The lecture is free and open to the public. McKibben will be available for book
signing following the lecture.
McKibben’s appearance is the culminating event in Musselman Library’s “Read Green” series, a reading and discussion
program focused on environmental and sustainability issues. The series included three book discussions and two films.
Additional information about Read Green can be found here:
http://www.gettysburg.edu/library/news/special_events/readgreen/.
April 18- New Jersey Farm to School Conference
8:30-3:30, The Lawerenceville School, Lawrenceville, NJ
http://www.njfarmtoschool.org/index.html
Monday, April 20th
7:30pm in Pfahler Auditorium
Ursinus College, 601 East Main Street, Collegeville, PA
An evening with renowned author and naturalist Scott Weidensaul, discussing the explorations of North America’s
natural heritage chronicled in his book Return to Wild America.
Scott Weidensaul, a native of the Appalachians of eastern Pennsylvania, has written more than two dozen books on
natural history, including Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize;
The Ghost with Trembling Wings, about the search for species that may or may not be extinct; and his most recent book,
Of a Feather: A Brief History of American Birding. Weidensaul's writing has also appeared in dozens of publications,
including Smithsonian, the New York Times, Nature Conservancy, National Wildlife and Audubon, among many others. In
addition to writing about wildlife, Weidensaul is an active field researcher whose work focuses on bird migration. Besides
banding hawks each fall (something he's done for almost 20 years), he directs a major effort to study the movements of
northern saw-whet owls, one of the smallest and least-understood raptors in North America. Most recently, he has joined
a continental effort to understand the rapid evolution, by several species of western hummingbirds, of a new migratory
route and wintering range in the East. For more information, please e-mail rwallace@ursinus.edu or call (610) 409-3730.
April 26-28, 1st Statewide Environmental Justice Conference: "Building Healthy & Improved Communities for
All" Sheraton Hotel Harrisburg-Hershey
Please visit the conference's web site for general information and to download the Registration and Scholarship
Application Forms http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/ejconference Scholarships are available! Scholarship applications must
be received no later than January 30, 2009. Spaces are limited, so we encourage you to register early. This Conference is
sponsored by: PA Environmental Justice Advisory Board, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Drexel University
School of Public Health, PA Department of Community & Economic Development, PA Department of Health, PA
Department of Transportation, PA Department of Welfare, PA Department of Education, Waste Management, Other
sponsors listed on our web site.
May 7-9- Working Together to Protect Our Land, Water, & Communities
Conference at Penn State co-sponsored by PA Land Trust Association and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
http://landandwater.org/
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Announcements:
To list events, announcemtents and opportunities in this newsletter, please email edenbov@dickinson.edu
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Graduate School Opportunities:
Jobs and Internships:
Intern Opportunities with the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education
Two paid internship positions are available with the Center for Environmental and Sustainability Education in Fall and
Spring 2009. The internships are eligible for transcript notation. Applications FOR FALL due May 1. A full position
description and application details are available at http://www.dickinson.edu/departments/cese
Farm Employment Opportunities
The Dickinson College Farm will have positions available starting the fall 2009. Students interested in engaging in farmrelated projects; from compost to renewable energy are welcome to apply! Students can earn up to 10 hours of work per
week at a competitive pay rate. To access an application, please go to: www.dickinson.edu/storg/sisa and click on the
"student farmer" link.
National Council for Science and the Environment Paid Internships, career opportunities and events
NCSE's Campus to Careers (C2C) Program http://ncseonline.org/02education/CampusToCareers/cms.cfm?id=2233
NCSE has several positions and internships available: http://ncseonline.org/01about/cms.cfm?id=1144
Visit the calendar of events for upcoming conferences, seminars and workshops on environment, energy and related
topics here http://www.ncseonline.org/CEDD/cms.cfm?id=1417
For additional jobs, fellowships and award opportunities of interest http://www.ncseonline.org/CEDD/cms.cfm?id=395
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