How are UBC instructors integrating sustainability into their courses? What do students think about sustainability education at UBC?

Join students, staff and faculty on May 26th at 12:45 p.m. at UBC’s Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability to learn and ask questions about UBC’s plans, initiatives and experiences on sustainability education.

http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/teaching-learning/transforming-sustainability-education

2. Also Check: The Next Generation of Sustainability Panel with Dr. John Robinson

http://www.sustain.ubc.ca/cirs/next-generation-sustainability

The next trip is July 22 – and we need more volunteers! If you or someone that you know would be interested in coming along please email me or go to http://www.elevatedestinations.com/journey_haiti.html for details.

I will not be able to lead this trip (Baby is due July 3!) but in my place, I am sending co-leaders Meryl Zendarski (who has led every trip with me) and Andrew Mersmann (author of Frommer’s 500 Places Where You Can Make a Difference) so it will be amazing.

All are welcome, however, if you or a friend is a teacher, student, or a member of the Haitian Diaspora, you are eligible for sponsorship (email me for details).

If you can’t attend you can also sponsor a volunteer at: http://www.razoo.com/story/Elevate-Haiti-Volunteer-Sponsorship-Fund

Thank you for your support! Please spread the word via your networks!

P.S. Here’s a thank you video I put together for the volunteers from last year, who were able to raise over $10,000 for our partner organization Let Haiti Live: http://youtu.be/tPzrMOuTy8o.

ECCo’s efforts identify, establish, and sustain protected areas and their buffer zones. We give equal consideration to landscape protection, cultural understanding, and sustainable livelihoods for local communities. We are an interdisciplinary team of anthropologists, ecologists, communicators, and educators.  Our goal in the tropics is to put scientific knowledge to work for conservation of large tracts of intact habitat while ensuring sustainable livelihoods for people in the neighboring communities.  ECCo’s tropical work focuses in the Andean foothills and lowland Amazon, primarily in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador.

This position reports to the Social Conservation Programs Manager with guidance from senior anthropologists and ecologists at ECCo. This position requires frequent travel to South America for fieldwork. This position is based in Chicago.

Responsibilities include:

• Training in-country professionals (such as agronomists, forestry specialists, social scientists, and extension agents), including designing and leading workshops and data-analysis sessions
• Contributing to the work of the Rapid Inventories program by conducting social assessments
• Contributing to the conservation sustainability program, specifically using asset based methodologies for protected area sustainability, and building capacity of indigenous organizations and rural communities to sustainable land use plans
• Writing grant proposals, technical reports, publications, and other materials for dissemination

Requirements

The qualified candidate must have:

• Masters or PhD in anthropology, cultural geography, or a related interdisciplinary degree with a social science emphasis
• At least six years of experience implementing community-based conservation (grassroots compatible development) programs, or participatory action research methodologies
• Ample experience working with forest dwellers in Latin America, in the context of environment and sustainable development issues, Andes/ Amazon region experience preferred
• Experience in project development and management, and competency working both independently, and in a team working with multiple partners
• Must be able to maintain a flexible approach to project management and work planning, to take advantage of emerging opportunities
• Ability to work with diverse, multidisciplinary teams
• Complete fluency in spoken and written Spanish
• Facilitation and group management skills and
• Excellent communication, synthesizing and writing skills

The Field Museum is an equal opportunity employer. Salary will be commensurate with experience.

Please apply online at: http://fieldmuseum.org/about/employment http://www.bfound.net/list.aspx?CoId=45&rq=5

First and foremost: In addition to proposals for scholarly panels, we will consider proposals for creative/improvisational/compositional panels. These panels will not involve formal readings, nor will they be traditional workshops; instead, we envision panels that focus on a particular question or topic, combining brief presentations and/or collaborative exchanges between panelists with on-the-ground compositional practice. We are very open to panels that are experimental in nature; please feel free to pitch something you’ve never seen before. We encourage proposals for fully or partially complete panels (panels whose topics and participants are already set).
Secondly: We will hold a series of readings/performances as part of the conference. If you are interested in giving a reading/performance, please let us know and/or include this information with your proposal.

In addition: We hope to include local Bay Area excursions and a service/activist project in our schedule for the weekend. If you are interested in assisting with the coordination of these activities, please let us know and/or include this information with your proposal.

Finally: A word about funding. This is a grassroots conference with a small operating budget, so we will not be providing honoraria or paying for travel expenses. However, we are committed to keeping costs low, so the conference fee will be minimal. Also, we hope to offer a number of scholarships to participants to help cover the cost of travel and lodging, and all participants will be eligible to apply for these funds. Note that we will prioritize applications by scholars, poets, and artists who have no other institutional support for attending the conference. If you would like to apply for a scholarship, please plan to include this information with your proposal. We will provide more information about scholarships and scholarship applications in the coming months.

Moving forward, all conference information will be housed at http://ecopoeticsconference.blogspot.com/. Periodically, we will send updates to this contact list as new information becomes available (just let us know if you do not wish to receive these updates). Please feel free to write to us with any thoughts or questions. We look forward to hearing from you soon and to seeing you this coming February!

All best wishes,
Angie, Gillian, and Margaret

–
Conference on Ecopoetics Coordinators
Angela Hume Lewandowski
Gillian Osborne
Margaret Ronda
http://ecopoeticsconference.blogspot.com

Click here for the conference poster.

Deadline for applications: 2012-05-31

Stockholm Resilience Centre is an international transdisciplinary center for research on the environment and development. Our goal is to contribute with new insights and tools which support long term sustainability and production of ecosystem services and contribute to resilience for human well being. Stockholm Resilience Centre also offers a number of courses on environment and sustainability but our focus is on research that integrates social science, humanities and natural science. For more information see www.stockholmresilience.su.se

Background and Research Topic

International markets increasingly drive local fisheries production systems. They affect marine ecosystems around the world by driving exploitation patterns, sometimes leading to systemic shifts that challenge the capacity of marine ecosystems to support key ecosystem services and coastal livelihoods. Hence, global trade plays an important role in shaping the capacity of marine ecosystems to support societal development. At the same time, global markets can insulate consumers from local collapses by substituting supplies of fish. Multiple market structures and mechanisms limit the potential of price to act as a signal to the public of ecological problems. These thwart peoples’ ability to recognize the issues and change consumer behaviour or to compel decision makers to change governance practices.  With escalating global trade flows, consumers and actors in developed countries are therefore unlikely to perceive multiple instances of over exploitation which, if left unaddressed, could potentially result in ecosystem thresholds at larger scales. Understanding the mechanisms that determine the extent of feed backs from local marine social-ecological systems to the markets that drive and benefit from their exploitation is therefore an important step in addressing the interconnected cross-scale dynamics of global trade and environmental change and addressing a key challenge for sustainable fisheries governance.

Stockholm Resilience Centre is looking for a postdoc to help develop these ideas further and to start to unpack the market mechanisms and structures that affect the flow of ‘signals’ from local production systems to end consumers and back again. You will join the SRC Theme on Governance of Coastal and Marine Systems and will be working in close collaboration with Beatrice Crona. You will also interact with other researchers and thematic groups at the Stockholm Resilience Centre. SRC is an internationally renowned centre for transdisciplinary research on global sustainability. It is a dynamic and collaborative work environment with ample opportunities to develop international networks. For more information on SRC research themes see: http://www.stockholmresilience.org/research/researchthemes.4.aeea46911a3127427980006208.html

Qualifications

Preferably, you have a background in economics with a particular interest in international trade and analysis of trade data but a marine background and a keen interest in the topic and a willingness to independently engage with these issues and explore methodologies to address the question is also welcome. Some experience of addressing economic aspects of fisheries and familiarity with the topic of fisheries, global markets, trade and global change is required. Proof of excellent communication skills is a prerequisite and experience of quantitative statistics and relevant methodologies is meriting

Terms and conditions

The position is for 12 months, starting 2012-09-01, starting date is negotiable.

Other than CV and list of publications your application should include half an A4 page detailing how you, given your background and expertise, would foresee addressing the research topic. Please also include a letter of recommendation detailing your ability to work independently in a research setting.

Stockholm Resilience Centre and Stockholm University use an  individual payment model so you may include your  salary requests.

We are also concerned with your health and contribute to this through a fixed reimbursement for health and fitness activities and rebates on gym membership. In terms of safety you will also be covered by the SU company health service and insurance.

For more information about the position and the project please contact Beatrice Crona (+46737078587), email: beatrice.crona@stockholmresilience.su.se

Union Representatives are Bo Ekengren (SACO), Lisbeth Häggberg (Fackförbundet ST),

tfn 08-16 2000 (vx), and Gunnar Stenberg (SEKO), tfn 070-316 43 41.

Welcome to submit your application, marked with ref: SU 619-1465-12, no later than 2012-05-31, sent to:

Stockholms universitet

Registrator/PÄ

106 91  STOCKHOLM

or via e-mail to: registrator@su.se.

Documents submitted electronically should be in Word- or pdf-format. OBS! Note reference number in the subject heading.

The PDF will focus on quantifying and modeling historical ecosystem services, including finding and analyzing historical airphotos, maps, census data, and other records to estimate past provision of ecosystem services, and modeling the relationships between land use, spatial configuration, and ecosystem services through time. There is considerable room for the PDF to define the scope of the project within these general parameters, to collaborate with other team members (including co-PIs, three postdocs, and many graduate students) working on related aspects of the larger project, and to engage with the local community.

You will be expected to serve as the Acting Program Head of the Master’s in Environmental Education and Communication program and execute other administrative responsibilities in the program. Teaching opportunities both within the School of Environment and Sustainability as well as within the School of Communication and Culture will be part of this position.

Located on one of Canada’s most beautiful campuses just outside Victoria, British Columbia, Royal Roads is the only public university in Canada focused exclusively on the needs of working professionals. At Royal Roads we are committed to providing an exceptional learning environment for our students. Our innovative programs, anchored with an applied relevance, are delivered through either traditional face-to-face, online or blended learning, a combination of enriched web-based learning and short on-campus residencies.

The School of Environment and Sustainability offers programs at the graduate and undergraduate level, providing the leadership skills and interdisciplinary knowledge that lead to sustainable solutions. Our graduate programs consist of a Masters in Environment and Management (MSc or MA), Master’s in Environmental Practice (MA/MSc), and a Master’s, (MA, and Graduate Diploma and Certificate) in Environmental Education and Communication. At the undergraduate level, the School offers a residential degree completion BSc program in Environmental Science, a distance degree completion BSc program in Environmental Management, a BA/BSc and Certificate in Environmental Practice (online only).

To be considered, candidates will posses: 

Doctoral degree completed or near completion, with a minimum of 7-10 years experience

Demonstrated teaching excellence, and an ability to work as a team member within an interdisciplinary outcomes-based curriculum

Strong theoretical and applied skills in an environmental education and environmental communication, demonstrated through current research activities, are essential

Broad theoretical understanding of environmental communication

Knowledge of research, computer literacy and ability to employ adult learning and applied learning principles with mature learners

Experience in distance education teaching

Work experience in the field

Academic administration experience would be helpful

In addition to a collegial learning community, RRU offers a comprehensive compensation package to faculty, with a starting salary and academic rank based on qualifications and experience. This is a two year term position from June 2012 – June 2014.

To apply please forward your cover letter and curriculum vitae (preferably in electronic format) to:

E-mail: rru-career-opportunities@royalroads.ca

Competition #12-039

or

Human Resources – Career Opportunities

Royal Roads University

2005 Sooke Road

Victoria, B.C. V9B 5Y2

Fax: (250) 391-2570 Tel: (250) 391-2511

The competition will begin on May 4, 2012 and will close on May 18, 2012, however, the competition will remain open until a successful candidate is found.

While Royal Roads University values all applications we receive, only those candidates short-listed for further consideration will be contacted. If you are sending your application via e-mail, please ensure that your electronic file is saved in MS Word, Adobe, or text format.

RRU is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the principle of equity in employment. Preference is given to Canadian citizens and applicants with Landed Immigrant status.

Please note that two of our heritage buildings, including Hatley Castle, have some areas that are not easily accessible to persons who use wheelchairs. Please call 391-2511 for information and assistance if you are dropping off your application in person.

CHAIR, COMPUTATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYTICS

The Chair, Computational Sustainability and Environmental Analytics will identify and manipulate diverse data on ecological, environmental and climatic issues, analyze their impacts on the Athabasca River and its landforms and link the outcomes within a decision framework. Working with other senior researchers at the University in semantic technologies, modeling algorithms for environmental applications and dynamic mathematical modeling, this position will provide analytical evidence to support interpretation of data in establishing meaningful models and recommendations for policy and land-use decisions of the land and water. It is expected that the Chair will bridge communication across disciplines and facilitate conversion of results and outcomes that will assist in informing future decisions.

CHAIR, HYDROECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

The Chair, Hydroecology and Environmental Health will advance understanding of ecological impacts and risks of the upper and lower Athabasca regions, with particular focus on the effects of environmental contaminants in communities and national environment of the outlying regions of Athabasca and the Athabasca River. As the senior researcher in Hydroecology and Environmental Health, the Chair will build an integrated research team that will strengthen the academic and research priorities in specific areas such as ecotoxicology, health effects and nutrition, environmental and atmospheric chemistry and applied ecology. Working in collaboration with other institutional partners in related fields, the Chair will complement existing work in biology and organismal ecology of Athabasca land and aquatic environments. The Chair is integral in conducting research that will help inform northern Alberta communities, especially those pertaining to Indigenous Nations to mitigate risks of the regions and waterways as determined by study of ecotoxicological and nutritional analyses and to develop strategies and vision that interface with communities, industry and government. The successful candidate will have a strong research and academic record in one or more areas of hydroecology, ecotoxicology, environmental and hydroecologic modeling strategies.

Athabasca University’s commitment to the greater Athabasca region recently culminated in the formation of the Athabasca River Basin Research Institute (ARBRI) (http://arbri.athabascau.ca/). The Research Institute provides a strategic framework for ensuring an integrated approach to contributing to environmental and ecological sustainability of its northern communities. To this end, Athabasca University is committed to engaging its researchers and the community-at-large in promotion the economic and environmental well-being of the land and water of northern communities and providing Basin-based knowledge that will contribute to improved decision-making and community stewardship. The communication of results across fields and disciplines to the community is of particular importance.

The appointments will be made at the Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level, depending upon the qualifications of the successful candidates.

Athabasca University develops and maintains an environment that supports equitable working conditions for individuals traditionally unrepresented in universities and is committed to employment equity, encouraging applications from women, indigenous people, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority.

Should you want to learn more please call Alex Verdecchia or Maureen Geldart at (604) 926-0005 or forward your CV, a letter of introduction and the names of three referees, in confidence, to alex@thegeldartgroup.com

  SALARY:  EUR 38,000 ($52K) for early-stage researchers to EUR 87,500 ($120K) for experienced researchers

  MOBILITY ALLOWANCE: EUR 700/mo ($950) or EUR 1000/mo ($1300) with family obligations (includes travel, relocation, family expenses, language courses, etc)

  RESEARCH/KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER: EUR 800 ($1000)/month for research consumables, conferences, journals, memberships….

Amount of funding varies on experience, family situation, & host country. Currency conversions are estimates only.

This information is provided as a broad overview only – interested applicants should consult the guide for complete details.

TO HOST EUROPEAN SCHOLARS / RESEARCHERS / POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS AT UBC

Marie Curie International ‘Outgoing’ Fellowships for Career Development (IOF)– enables European experienced researchers (PhD or 4 years FT research experience[1]) to have the opportunity to be trained & acquire new knowledge in a third country (e.g. Canada) high-level research organization. Funding is provided for advanced training & trans-national mobility for nationals of a Member State[2] or Associated Country[3]. Experienced researchersapplying to this action need to identify and develop a research training project that will provide the means to reach professional maturity and independence and to add different/complementary scientific competencies to their careers.

The researcher must not have spent more than 12 mo at the host organization in the 3 yrs immediately prior. Funding is provided for salary (living, mobility & travel allowance), contribution to research costs [and to overhead/mngt costs for ‘host’ European organization]. Amount of funding varies on experience, family situation, & host country.

TO SEND UBC SCHOLARS / RESEARCHERS / POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS TO EUROPE

M.C. International ‘Incoming’ Fellowships (IIF) – to attract top-class experienced researchers (PhD or 4 yrs FT research experience [see above] from third countries (e.g. Canada) to work & undertake research/KT in Europe or Associated Countries for 1-2 yrs, with a view to developing mutually-beneficial research cooperation. For incoming fellowships, it is expected that the researcher will typically have a more senior profile in terms of experience. The research project should be of strong interest for the European Research Areas and help create long term collaborations and mutually beneficial cooperation between Europe and Canada.

European hosts can include universities, research centres, international organizations, commercial enterprises, NGO’s/trusts, International European interest organizations, and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission.

12 mo to 36 mo maximum duration, FT equivalent (incoming phase btw 12-24 mo). The researcher must not have spent more than 12 mo at the host organization in the 3 yrs immediately prior. Sabbatical leaves are eligible. Funding is provided for the researcher (living, mobility & travel allowance), research costs and overhead/mngt costs for host organization. Amount of funding varies on experience, family situation, & host country.

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For more information:

IOF: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people?callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IOF#

IIF: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/page/people?callIdentifier=FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IIF

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