Discussion Question 9

This week you'll be reading Cradle to Cradle for class.

What are some of the authors' main premises and do you think they are on the right track? Why or why not? Feel free to compare some of your own experiences with specifics from the text.

Kinship Conservation Fellowship

Applications have just opened for the 2011 Kinship Conservation Fellowships. As a Kinship faculty member, I encourage you to recommend this program to grantees and colleagues interested in applying market-based tools for conservation, and in developing skills in leadership, finance and business management. More information is available at this link.

http://www.kinshipfellows.org/go.php?id=1

The Kinship fellowship is a month-long in-residence program at Western Washington University (June 28-July 29, 2011). Eighteen Fellows are selected each year and become part of a global Fellows community now numbering 154 Fellows in 40 countries. The Fellowship includes a $6,000 stipend award; lodging is also provided. Online applications must be submitted by 24 January 2011.

Fellowship opportunity in India

Are you looking for an opportunity to experience and contribute to the development sector in India?

Are you passionate, enthusiastic and flexible??

The Global Exchange Program Junior Fellowship may be the right opportunity for you!

The Deshpande Foundation has short term opportunities for individuals interested in gaining experience in exciting and growing organizations: The Deshpande Center for Social Entrepreneurship (DCSE) and other nonprofits based in the Sandbox of Innovation (in Hubli, Karnataka). Opportunities available in cost/benefit analysis, teaching, documentation, monitoring and evaluation, curriculum design and more. Time frame between 5-6 months. These opportunities are unpaid, but a very modest stipend is provided in addition to housing. If this is something that interests you, please send an email with your resume and cover letter to gep@deshpandefoundation.org, outlining your skills and areas of interest along with the time period. Junior fellowships are available year round.

Allegra Harris

Associate, Deshpande Foundation

92 Montvale Ave, Suite 2500
Stoneham, MA 02180
Phone: (781)-481-9055 ext.36

SAIS forum on solar energy in India

Energy, Resources and Environment Program (ERE) Global Leaders Forum presents:

Clean Energy In Emerging Markets: Industry and Investment Perspectives from India

WHO: Damien Miller, Orb Energy Saurabh Lall & Ella Delio , World Resource Institute (WRI)
Santosh Singh, The Centre for Development Finance (CDF)
WHEN: 12:30 – 2:00 PM, Friday, November 12th, 2010
WHERE: BOB 500, 1717 Massachusetts Avenue. NW, Washington D.C., 20036
RSVP: eregloballeadersforum@jhu.edu

About the Event : What are the obstacles to developing a solar energy industry in India? How do these challenges reflect the broader challenges faced by emerging markets in their goal to develop clean energy industries?
Damien Miller, CEO of Orb Energy will address these questions and discuss the findings of his new book, Selling Solar: The Diffusion of Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets.

Lall, Singh and Bairiganjan will present the findings of a recently published WRI and IFMR Centre for Development Finance (CDF) report on Clean Energy Investment for the bottom of the Pyramid in India.

About the Speakers
Damian Miller, Orb Energy: Damian Miller is the CEO of Orb Energy, a leading provider of solar energy solutions in India. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has more than ten years of solar industry experience. Selling Solar is written from the perspective of someone who has both analyzed and influenced the diffusion of solar energy in emerging markets. He is the author of Selling Solar: The Diffusion of Renewable Energy in Emerging Markets (2010).

Saurabh Lall, World Resource Institute (WRI): Saurabh Lall is the Research Officer with the New Ventures objective of the Markets and Enterprise Program. His research focuses on the investment potential of Small and Medium Enterprises that deliver positive impacts on the environment and society. Saurabh’s research areas include: market-based sustainable solutions to the needs of low-income groups, clean energy, energy efficiency and water. Originally from Mumbai, Saurabh has previously worked on rural water and sanitation issues in several states across India. He has a Master of Public Policy degree from George Washington University and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the University of Mumbai. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Policy and Administration at the George Washington, focusing on social entrepreneurship and program evaluation.

Ella Delio, World Resource Institute (WRI): Ella Delio is the Global Director of the New Ventures initiative at the World Resources Institute. Prior to joining WRI, Ella led the Springboard program at the Center for Women and Enterprise, a program that helps facilitate investments into high-growth women-led businesses. Ella started her career at Procter & Gamble in the Philippines where she managed their Healthcare business and led special projects in the Food and Beverages business. She also ran two small and medium-sized enterprises in the services industries. It was then that she saw the important role of SMEs in sustainable development. Ella received her MBA and MPA degrees from the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School and her Management Engineering and Economics (Honors) degrees from the Ateneo de Manila University.

Santosh Singh, The Centre for Development Finance (CDF): Santosh Singh is a Senior Researcher in CDF's Rural Market Insight Group. His research interests include Rural Market/BoP Market Strategy, Demand Dynamics of BoP Markets and demand estimation methodologies. He has extensively used qualitative and quantitative research tools to understand the BoP sector issues, especially 'the clean energy products/services market." He is currently working on "Clean Energy for BoP Market" and developing demand estimation methodologies and tools for BoP products and services. He is also involved with Development Matrics group at CDF and working on District Level Economic Environment Index for Tamil Nadu. Before coming to CDF, he worked with Olam International in Côte d'Ivoire establishing a Sawn Timber Trading division for the organization. He graduated with an MBA (PGDFM) from Indian Institute of Forest Management in Bhopal.

Invitation to free IMAX movie of Grand Canyon

You are warmly invited (for free!) to see one of our latest 3D IMAX films at the National Museum of Natural History’s Johnson IMAX Theater. Please RSVP per the instructions on the invitation below.

I executive produced this film, and the MacGillivray Freeman Films Educational Foundation (of which I’m the president) produced it in association with the Waterkeeper Alliance and the Museum Film Network.

Grand Canyon Adventure has so far grossed over $25 million, and the Foundation has donated a portion of the film’s box office sales to build much-needed water wells in Uganda to benefit thousands of African school children. The film is about water and the fact that 1 in 5 people on the planet lack access to safe water, while five million people die every year due to water-borne illnesses.

In our film, the Colorado River becomes a metaphor for global water issues, revealing how interconnected our rivers, water supply and human actions really are. Our hope is that the film will remind the world that restoring our waterways and conserving fresh water are important, not just in developing nations but here at home.

I hope to see you at either the 7 pm or 8:30 pm screenings on Friday, November 12. I’ll be introducing Wade Davis at both events.

Best, Chris Palmer

Please RSVP* to imax@si.edu or

call Holly Williamson at (202) 633-6071.

RSVP's and seating are on a first-come, first-served basis. This invitation admits two and is non-transferrable.

*Please include the following in your reservation request:

name, telephone number, email address, number of members in your party and the desired screening time (7:00 PM or 8:30 PM).

OECD recruiting young professionals (Nov 5 deadline to express interest)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Young Professionals Programme Information Session
Wed, Nov. 10, 4:30 pm
1717 Massachusetts Ave NW, BOB 500 (opposite the main SAIS Building)

Ms. Nicola Ruggeri, OECD representative, will speak. The OECD is launching the search for promising young talent for their Young Professionals Programme and Ms. Ruggeri will be hosting an information session at the Johns Hopkins' School of Advanced International Studies on Wednesday, November 10, 4:30 p.m.

To find out if you are qualified for this program, please visit the list of OECD member countries--if your country is a member, you may apply:
http://www.oecd.org/document/58/0,3343,en_2649_201185_1889402_1_1_1_1,00.html

The OECD Presentation will take place in BOB 500, 1717 Massachusetts Ave, (opposite the main SAIS building on Massachusetts Ave).

Students must have some form of ID to show at security.

If you are interested, you must provide your name to John Charles:
202-885-1810 or
charles@american.edu (please put OECD in the subject field)

DEADLINE to contact John: Friday, November 5

Information on the Young Professionals Programme:
http://www.oecd.org/document/54/0,3343,en_21571361_34950072_40833782_1_1_1_1,00.html

Eco-sense panel on the DC Bag Fee, Wed. 11/3

Eco-Sense is hosting a panel discussion this Wednesday from 8:15 to 9:30 pm in MGC 247. The panel is titled "DC Bag Fee: Pilot for the Nation?" and will consider the successes and challenges of the DC bag fee, as well as its future implications for the nation.

Our speakers, as indicated on the attached poster, include Delegate Al Carr of Maryland's 18th Legislative District (Chevy Chase and the surrounding area), Julie Lawson of DC Surfrider, and Laura Chamberlin of the Alice Ferguson Foundation. Charles Allen, chief of staff for DC Councilman Tommy Wells, has also indicated that he may be available to attend.

The panel will be this Wednesday, Nov. 3 from 8:15-9:30 in MGC 247. Hope to see you there!

-Alli
Vice President, Eco-Sense

Animal Planet Lecture by Jason Robey and Dawn Sinsel

Animal Planet Lecture by Jason Robey and Dawn Sinsel
Tuesday, November 2, 7:00 p.m., Wechsler Theater
Dawn Sinsel and Jason Robey from Animal Planet will provide a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of the Blood Dolphins television series and Web site. Senior executive producer Dawn Sinsel will discuss the production process, including the unique challenges that Blood Dolphins presented, and senior interactive producer Jason Robey will explain how the Web site helped to promote, balance, and extend the series online.
Sponsor: Center for Environmental Filmmaking
Contact: Chris Palmer, palmer@american.edu

Sustainable Food Challenge @ AU

Want to compete in a 30 min, Sustainable Iron Chef like challenge? Contact Carolina below:

Carolina Fojo
East Coast Fellow, Bon Appétit Management Company Foundation
carolina.fojo@bamco.com
Cell: 650-906-4304

Framing Nonprofit Communications

Evaluating Social Issue Campaigns:

How Do We Demonstrate Impact When Re-Framing a Debate?

Friday, Nov. 12 11:30am-12:30pm

Location Ward 2

Tiffany Manuel, Ph.D.

FrameWorks Institute

In this presentation, Manuel discusses the research challenges in assessing The FrameWorks Institute’s mission to advance the nonprofit sector's communications capacity. FrameWorks designs, commissions, manages and publishes communications research to prepare nonprofit organizations to expand their constituency base, to build public will, and to further public understanding of specific social issues. Its work is based on an approach called "strategic frame analysis," which underscores the value of empirical research that has been developed in partnership with UCLA's Center for Communications and Community.

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Tiffany Manuel, Ph.D. is Director of Institutional Impact and Evaluation at The Frameworks Institute. Prior to joining Frameworks, Manuel served as a senior policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services where she was responsible for conducting and directing public policy research. She has served as a senior researcher at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and has served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She has worked as an economic development consultant in the areas of program evaluation, comparative regional economic analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and social welfare and labor policy analysis.

Climate Scientist or Weather Guy?

Station Science?

What News Directors and Meteorologists Think About Climate Change

Friday, Nov. 5

11:30am-12:30pm

Location MGC 203/205

Joe Witte

Center for Climate Change Communication

George Mason University

and meteorologist with TBD.com

In this presentation, Witte reviews research on how local TV news directors and meteorologists serve as "gatekeepers" of climate change information. More people get their news from local TV than any other source, TV news directors make the decisions as to which stories to run, and polling indicates that meteorologists are among the most trusted sources of information about climate change. Yet as the Columbia Journalism Review recently reported in a cover story, whether and how to cover climate change at local TV stations remains a political charged debate within news rooms. Witte presents findings from nationally representative surveys of local meteorologists and news directors, analyzing their perceptions of climate change risks, their news decisions on the issue, and their willingness to engage their communities on the problem.

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Joe Witte, Ph.D. is a researcher at George Mason University's Center for Climate Change Communication. Witte started with a career as a USGS glaciologist, investigating, with crampons on his feet, the glaciers of Washington State and the sea ice in the middle of the Arctic Ocean. He's now working on an NSF funded project under the direction of Professor Edward Maibach at GMU about enabling local TV weathercasters as climate change communicators/educators. During the nearly 20 years with New York City’s NBC affiliate as chief meteorologist, many of his reports on flights into the eye of hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, and climate change also aired on NBC’s Today and Nightly News. Witte is currently seen during evenings on TBD TV.

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The Media & Communication Research Group (MCRG) in the School of Communication is a collaborative network of American University faculty and students studying the influence of media and communication on public life, civil society, and social problems. MCRG also serves as a public forum for discussion and debate and as the host for a speaker and seminar series.

Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development in CUBA

Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development in CUBA

Research Tour

http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/1155.html

December 27, 2010 - January 5, 2011

"From high above, what we need to do is so obvious... US - Cuba, one ecosystem, one planet, one world..."

Dear Colleague,

In its 2006 Sustainability Index Report, the World Wildlife Fund, utilizing a combination of the United Nations Human Development Index (a measure of how well a nation is meeting its nutrition, water, health care, and education needs, etc.) and the Ecological Footprint (natural resource use per capita) determined that there is only one nation in the world that is currently living sustainably -- and that nation is CUBA.

How did Cuba, a small island nation of 11,000,000 people, struggling with issues of poverty, the U.S. embargo, and devastating annual hurricanes, achieve this extraordinary distinction? And what can environmentalists in the U.S. learn from Cuba's struggles and successes?

Travel with us and meet the policy makers and practitioners who make it happen!

Throughout the 1960's, 70's and 80's, the Cuban people enjoyed the highest quality-of-life indices in Latin America, rivaling the United States and other countries of the developed world. Cuba was internationally praised as the one developing country that had eradicated hunger and the World Health Organization touted the Cuban health care system as a "model for the world." As early as 1989, Cuba ranked 11th in the world in the Overseas Development Council's Physical Quality of Life Index, (which includes infant mortality, life expectancy and literacy) while the U.S. ranked 15th.

After the setbacks of the 1990's, caused by the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the tightening of the U.S. Embargo, Cuba's quality of life indices did decline slightly for a few years, but then steadily improved. Denied their former imports of petroleum products and pharmaceuticals, Cuba's 35,000 scientists, operating in 200 research institutes across the island, began to explore indigenous and more sustainable ways to meet their food, medicine and energy needs. Extraordinary innovations in organic agriculture and urban gardens earned Cuban agriculturists the Alternative Nobel Prize/Right Livelihood Award; advances in renewable energy including solar, wind, micro-hydro, biogas, and biomass, and island-wide energy efficiency campaigns earned the Cuban NGO Cuba Solar, the UN Global 500 award; and the development of alternative and traditional health care practices earned Cuba recognition by the UN Development Council, as one of the five most important projects in health care internationally.

25% of Cuba's land is in a "Protected Area"; it's coral reefs are healthy (Jacques Cousteau used to say that whenever he was in despair about the state of the world's ocean ecosystems, he thought of Cuba and his hope was renewed); and it is one of the few nations in the world to have increased its percentage of forested land in the past several decades.

Cuba models, for the rest of the world, the possibility of obtaining a high quality of life, on a relatively small national budget, while utilizing low levels of the planet's limited resources. This tiny island nation may be showing us a way to live simply, healthfully, and sustainably on the Earth.

Program Highlights:

• Tour of sustainable development projects in Havana and Old Havana
• Urban gardens and farmers' markets in urban and rural Cuba
• Meetings with staff of environmental education NGOs and Ministries
• Tour of Las Terrazas intentional sustainable community
• Environmental Protection in the Sierra Rosario Biosphere Reserve
• Renewable Energy NGO's and vocational-technical school
• Recycling and Environmental Clean up projects
• Cultural Activities
• Small group meetings according to professional interest

1. For complete programmatic and travel / logistical information on this research tour:

http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/1155.html

2. For any questions regarding program or logistics, please email Drea Hightower, Global Exchange Reality Tours, Cuba Department at drea@globalaexchange.org or call 415-575-5527.

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3.

To register for this research tour:

1. Fill out the Cuba Application, Health and Liability, and Travel Affidavit forms on this web page:

http://www.globalexchange.org/tours/forms.html.

2. Scan and email them, along with your CV or resume, to

drea@globalexchange.org

or Fax them Attention: Drea, Cuba Reality Tours at 415-255-7498.

3. If you wish, you may call in your credit card information for your deposit to Drea at 415-575-5527 (a secure line).

We look forward to your inquiries and interest!

Sincerely,

Drea Hightower

Global Exchange Reality Tours, Cuba Department

drea@globalexchange.org

415-575-5527

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Global Exchange Reality Tours, a licensed Cuba Travel Service Provider, has over 20 years experience arranging Cuba travel for professional, educational, cultural, and "people to people" delegations to research every aspect of Cuban life.

Internship: Council on Environmental Quality

If anyone is looking for an internship for next semester, interning with the Council on Environmental Quality is a great opportunity and the application/description is here: http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/ceq/internships

WWF lecture: Dr. Elinor Ostrom (Nov 18th)

World Wildlife Fund’s

Kathryn Fuller Science for Nature Seminar Series

Dr. Elinor Ostrom

Research Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
Indiana University

Date: Thursday, November 18^th, 2010

Time: 4:30-5:30pm (lecture); 5:30-6:30pm (reception)

Admission: FREE!!

Registration: http://www.worldwildlife.org/science/fellowships/fuller/item1816.html

Location: World Wildlife Fund Headquarters

1250 24^th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

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Diagnosing Social Ecological System

Many crucial problems affect social-ecological systems (SES) of diverse scales all the way from small lakes, forests, and irrigation systems to the globe. If we do not really develop a common language for discussing these questions, we are not going to move forward. In her talk, Dr. Ostrom will discuss the SES framework that was initially developed for a special feature of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. This analytic framework examines the interactions among four domains – governance, users, resource systems, and resource units – and the social and ecological outcomes that result from these interactions. She will apply it to the analysis of the impact of institutional arrangements on the performance of irrigation systems in Nepal and forests in 10 countries across the world, and discuss some of the current interests by scholars in Europe and the U.S. to move on and develop it still further.

Abbreviated Biography

Elinor Ostrom is the Arthur F. Bentley Professor of Political Science and Senior Research Director of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Bloomington; and Founding Director, Center for the Study of Institutional Diversity, Arizona State University. She is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society, and a recipient of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2009, Reimar Lüst Award for International Scholarly and Cultural Exchange, the Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award, the Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy, the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, the Atlas Economic Research Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science.

Her books include Governing the Commons (1990); Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources (1994, with Roy Gardner and James Walker); Local Commons and Global Interdependence: Heterogeneity and Cooperation in Two Domains (1995, with Robert Keohane); Trust and Reciprocity: Interdisciplinary Lessons from Experimental Research (2003, with James Walker); The Commons in the New Millennium: Challenges and Adaptations (2003, with Nives Dolšak); The Samaritan's Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid (2005, with Clark Gibson, Krister Andersson, and Sujai Shivakumar); Understanding Institutional Diversity (2005); Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice (2007, with Charlotte Hess); and Working Together: Collective Action, the Commons, and Multiple Methods in Practice (forthcoming 2010, with Amy Poteete and Marco Janssen).

"Looting the Seas" - New Documentary on Bluefin Tuna Black Market

Position in financing sustainable biz in WV

Natural Capital Investment Fund focuses on financing sustainable businesses in areas such as energy efficiency, sustainable forestry, local food, and renewable energy. They're a great organization, a big supporter of my local foods program, I think they'd be fun to work for and would offer a chance to help grow a sustainable economy in Appalachia.

The position would be in Beckley or possibly Charleston.
Word is, they soon will have another lending position opening that is specifically focused on energy. If that interests you more, give me or NCIF a shout.

Here's the link!

http://www.conservationfund.org/employment_opportunities/business-lender-ncif

Contact: Savanna Lyons - savanna.may@gmail.com

Paid PT Internship, Center for Food Safety

Job Title: Part-Time Intern, Center for Food Safety

Description: Assist various staff members at the Center for Food Safety with research projects aimed at informing policy makers and non-governmental organizations about sustainable agriculture and food production.

Research Projects:

· Links between climate change and agriculture (including potential mitigation and adaptation measures) and the resulting impacts on food security.

· Relationship between world hunger/food security and genetically engineered (GE) seeds and crops developed by large agribusiness firms.

Duties may include:

· Assisting staff with research projects by accessing applicable journal articles, books, academic studies, news articles and UN/NGO/government reports

· Preparing and writing research summaries

· Filing and cataloguing research materials

· Maintaining or updating administrative/research database

· Fulfilling administrative tasks when needed

Hours per week: 15-20 hours per week

Compensation: $10 per hour

Please submit cover letter and resume to: avannoy@icta.org

Abbey Vannoy

Policy Intern

Center for Food Safety

660 Pennsylvania Ave SE, 302

Washington, DC 20003

P: 202.547.9359 F: 202.547.9429

Biggest Vegan potluck ever!

(I literally copied and pasted from their .pdf poster. If you want the original, let me know - Peter)

Celebrate climate action with delicious eco-friendly, vegan food!
Bring a vegan dish to share with a list of ingredients (no meat, dairy, or eggs).
COMMUNITY PEACE POTLUCK
October 10, 2010 4:30–7pm
Bread for the City / 1525 7th St, NW
We'll tell leaders: “We're getting to work—what about you?”

Cohosted by: Live Green; 10/10/10 Global Work Party; A well-fed world

LEARN MORE AT: www.livegreen.net/events
RSVP: contactlivegreen@gmail.com

Come out early to check out the LOCAL FOOD BLOCK PARTY with Roadside Organics and the HIP HOP CAUCUS from 12-4pm.

JOIN US FOR THE PEACE POTLUCK THE LARGEST VEGAN POTLUCK EVER!
Celebrate climate action with delicious eco-friendly, vegan food!
Bring a vegan dish to share with a list of ingredients (no meat, dairy, or eggs).

Luncheon with Afghan Governor Habiba Sarabi and Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai - Oct 7, 11:30a - 1:00p

Space is limited. RSVP as soon as possible to reserve a space on Oct. 7, 11:30am-1pm, in the Cannon Caucus Room.

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Pew Environment Group | The Pew Charitable Trusts

901 E Street, NW | Washington, D.C. 20004

p: 202.540.6455 | f: 202.552.2299

The United Nations Foundation, the Alliance for Global Conservation and

The Green Belt Movement

in cooperation with

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jan Schakowsky, Rep. Gwen Moore, Rep. Judy Biggert,

Rep. Carolyn Maloney, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz,

Rep. Lois Capps, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Rep. Barbara Lee, Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite

cordially invite you to attend a luncheon event

WOMEN HEROES OF GLOBAL CONSERVATION:

REPAIRING NATURE, EMPOWERING COMMUNITIES

Maria Otero

Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs

and women from the frontlines including:

Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Green Belt Movement, Kenya

Habiba Sarabi, Governor, Bamyan Province, Afghanistan

Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment”

and other inspiring women conservation leaders

from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

“[W]omen are the primary caretakers, tilling the land and feeding their families. . . . Environmental degradation forces them to walk farther to attain wood for cooking and heating, to search for clean water, and to find new sources of food. . . . When the environment is destroyed, plundered, or mismanaged, it is their quality of life, and that of their children and families, that is ultimately undermined.” – Wangari Maathai

Moderated by

Katty Kay

Washington Correspondent, BBC World News America

Thursday, October 7, 2010 * 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Cannon Caucus Room

(3^rd Floor of the Cannon House Office Building, Independence Avenue and 1st Street, SE Washington, DC 20003)

Please RSVP at bkramer@pewtrusts.org

The Alliance for Global Conservation, the UN Foundation, and the Green Belt Movement make every effort to comply with federal, state and local government ethics rules when hosting events. Please make sure that your participation is consistent with applicable ethics rules.

Center for American Progress: Cultural Advocacy: Connecting Art and Climate Change October 7, 2010, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

It's free....

Center for American Progress: Cultural Advocacy: Connecting Art and Climate Change October 7, 2010, 7:00pm – 8:30pm

RSVP required. Follow link below to see invitation and link to register.

Full in-browser view: click here or copy/paste link below:

http://app.mx3.americanprogressaction.org/e/es.aspx?s=785&e=155435&elq=b6493b10a4334166abbc6bb80b400773

Reminder: volunteer at Peak Oil conference

All - I just wanted to reiterate this opportunity to volunteer for ~2 hours and get free registration to a weekend conference in DC about Peak Oil. Please contact me (Peter) if you're interested.

This is a friendly reminder that our registration fees for next week's conference will increase to on site rates on October 7, 2010. If you plan to attend and have not registered please do so as soon as possible. We hope to see you in Washington, DC next week!

• Speakers Dinner Friday Evening is included with ASPO-USA Membership
• New Registration Categories
• Full Conference Agenda
• Full Speaker List

2010 Peak Oil Conference
The Future of Oil, Energy, and the Economy

Oct 7-9 Washington, DC
For More Information visit http://www.aspousa.org/

Reminder: Environmental Politics of Sacrifice book launch

Invitation for September 30th:

American University’s Global Environmental Politics program and Allegheny College present a public Book Launch and Panel Discussion of:

The Environmental Politics of Sacrifice

Featuring:

Erik Assadourian, Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute

Leslie Fields, National Environmental Justice Director, Sierra Club

John Meyer, Department of Politics, Humboldt State University, (Co-Editor)

Matthew Nisbet, School of Communication, American University

Paul Wapner, School of International Service, American University



Moderator: Michael Maniates, Dept. of Political Science, Allegheny College, (Co-Editor)


Thursday, September 30th
5:00 – 6:30pm

A reception and book signing will follow from 6:30 – 8:00pm

School of International Service Building
Founder’s Room, Terrace Level
4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC 20016

If the current impasse over energy and environmental policy teaches us anything, it should be that the election of sympathetic leaders is insufficient to tackle environmental challenges meaningfully. Politicians appear stymied by the fear that substantive action will be viewed as harmful to their constituents, especially during economic hard times.

This panel will explore new strategies and ways of thinking about environmental challenges featured in Michael Maniates and John Meyer’s new MIT Press book The Environmental Politics of Sacrifice. Can this fear be successfully countered by optimistic narratives about bold technological innovations? Must environmentalists also confront the fear of ‘sacrifice’ that is so often the basis for oppositional attacks?

Parking is available beneath the School of International Service building or in the Nebraska parking lot (corner of Nebraska Ave, NW and New Mexico Ave, NW) . For directions, see www.american.edu/sis/about/directions.cfm

For more information, please contact Simon Nicholson, simon.nicholson@american.edu, (202) 885–1614

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Unpaid internship at EPA (resume due Oct 11)

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation is currently seeking enthusiastic and dedicated students to serve as unpaid student interns to assist in the performance of communications activities involving clean air, public health and climate change. An intern for EPA's Office of Air and Radiation Communications Team is involved in the many different aspects of the Office's responsibilities (see http://www.epa.gov/air).

The intern assists the Communications Staff with the review of products: including the review and analysis of conceptual, draft and final communications products (such as Web sites, brochures, reports, newsletters, fact sheets, Public Service Announcements, press advisories and press releases etc.) for message, format and programmatic content related to regulations and voluntary programs.

The intern supports the staff by conducting research about air quality issues and other information needed to assist in communicating policy decisions. The intern also assists with logistics, coordination and information sharing between the EPA Regional Offices and Program Offices, EPA Press Office, and the Administrator's Office.

The intern assists in preparation for briefings for the Assistant Administrator of Air and Radiation, staff meetings, and coordinates a weekly regional communications teleconference.

The unpaid student intern should be able to work 20-40 hrs a week. If you are interested in this opportunity please submit a resume and cover letter to millett.john@epa.gov by no later than October 11, 2010.

Panel and Book Launch: Environmental Politics of Sacrifice

Invitation for September 30th:

American University’s Global Environmental Politics program and Allegheny College present a public Book Launch and Panel Discussion of:

The Environmental Politics of Sacrifice

Featuring:

Erik Assadourian, Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute

Leslie Fields, National Environmental Justice Director, Sierra Club

John Meyer, Department of Politics, Humboldt State University, (Co-Editor)

Matthew Nisbet, School of Communication, American University

Paul Wapner, School of International Service, American University



Moderator: Michael Maniates, Dept. of Political Science, Allegheny College, (Co-Editor)


Thursday, September 30th
5:00 – 6:30pm

A reception and book signing will follow from 6:30 – 8:00pm

School of International Service Building
Founder’s Room, Terrace Level
4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC 20016

If the current impasse over energy and environmental policy teaches us anything, it should be that the election of sympathetic leaders is insufficient to tackle environmental challenges meaningfully. Politicians appear stymied by the fear that substantive action will be viewed as harmful to their constituents, especially during economic hard times.

This panel will explore new strategies and ways of thinking about environmental challenges featured in Michael Maniates and John Meyer’s new MIT Press book The Environmental Politics of Sacrifice. Can this fear be successfully countered by optimistic narratives about bold technological innovations? Must environmentalists also confront the fear of ‘sacrifice’ that is so often the basis for oppositional attacks?

Parking is available beneath the School of International Service building or in the Nebraska parking lot (corner of Nebraska Ave, NW and New Mexico Ave, NW) . For directions, see www.american.edu/sis/about/directions.cfm

For more information, please contact Simon Nicholson, simon.nicholson@american.edu, (202) 885–1614

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These guys will be at AU Career Fair

Job Opportunity

Green Corps the Field School for Environmental Organizing and Advocacy will
be attending the American University career fair on Wednesday September 29th
in the Bender Arena from 1:00 - 4:00 PM and will be interviewing students
who are interested in the program.

Green Corps' Job description is pasted below

Green Corps 2011-2012 Field School for Environmental Organizing

Green Corps is looking for college graduates who are ready to take on the
biggest environmental challenges of our day.

In Green Corps' year-long paid program, you'll get intensive training in
the skills you'll need to make a difference in the world. You'll get
hands-on experience fighting to solve urgent environmental problems - global
warming, deforestation, water pollution and many others - with groups such
as Sierra Club and Greenpeace. And, when you graduate from Green Corps,
we'll help you find a career with one of the nation's leading environmental
and social change groups.

For more information, read below or visit our web site: www.greencorps.org.

In your year with Green Corps:

You'll get great training with some of the most experienced organizers in
the field: Green Corps organizers take part in trainings with leading
figures in the environmental and social change movements: people such as
Adam Ruben, political director of MoveOn.org, and Bill McKibben, author and
organizer of the "Step It Up" rallies for climate action.

You'll get amazing experience working on environmental issues across the
country: Green Corps sends organizers to jumpstart campaigns for groups such
as Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and Environment
America in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston and dozens of other places in
between.

You'll have a real impact on some of the biggest environmental problems
we're facing today: Green Corps organizers have built the campaigns that
helped keep the Arctic safe from drilling, that led to new laws that support
clean, renewable energy, that convinced major corporations to stop dumping
in our oceans and much, much more.

You'll even get paid: Green Corps Organizers earn a salary of $23,750.
Organizers also have a chance to opt into our health care program with a
pre-tax monthly salary deferral. We offer paid sick days and holidays, two
weeks paid vacation and a student loan repayment program for those who
qualify.

And when you graduate from the program, you'll be ready for what comes
next: Green Corps will help connect you to environmental and progressive
groups that are looking for full-time staff to build their organizations and
help them create social change and protect our environment.

In the next few months, we'll invite 35 college graduates to join Green
Corps in 2011-2012. We're looking for people who are serious about saving
the planet, people who have taken initiative on their campus or community,
and people who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work for change over
the long haul.

If you think you're one of those people, visit
http://www.greencorps.org/apply to submit your application to join the
2011-2012 class of Green Corps' Field School for Environmental Organizing.

Green Corps' year-long program begins in August 2011 with Introductory
Classroom Training in Boston, and continues with field placements in
multiple locations across the U.S. Candidates must be willing to relocate.

For more information, visit www.greencorps.org or contact Aaron Myran,
Green Corps Recruitment Director, at Aaron@greencorps.org or (617) 747-4302.

US-India Energy Security Summit 9/29

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Yale University, in
association with the US India Business Council, are convening the second
US-India Energy Partnership Summit, this coming Wednesday (September 29),
in Washington. The summit will focus on "Technologies and Policies for
Energy Security," and is being attended by many of the key stake holders in
the growing US India relationship on climate and energy.

Attached is a student registration form (word doc) and
the agenda. The website is here (http://www.terina.org/usindiasummit/).
We have a few spaces open for graduate students, and it will be on a first
come, first serve basis. Students will attend free of cost.

International Coastal Cleanup Day & Urban Waters Cleanup

September 25 - International Coastal Cleanup Day & Urban Waters Cleanup.

Sign up to clean up! The International Coastal Cleanup is a reminder of the importance and value of our coasts and engages people to get out and pick up trash and debris from their beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris, and help change the behaviors and prevent marine debris.

Find a location in your city & state.
http://www.signuptocleanup.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Projects.Main

URBAN WATERS - If you are in the Washington, DC or New York City areas, EPA and Ocean Conservancy will be co-hosting two special Urban Waters Cleanups on September 25, 2010, to highlight EPA's Urban Waters efforts in conjunction with the International Coastal Cleanup. These events will include cleanup activities, exciting speakers, and demonstrations on how you can help your local neighborhood and waterways become clean and litter free!

FOR DC - at Anacostia Park from 8 am - 1 pm. To sign up for the Washington, DC event visit the Anacostia Park Registration Site: http://bit.ly/dxh3F5

Great opportunities at Peak Oil conference.

Hi all! I said I would return with more details about the ASPO conference on Peak Oil. They are looking for volunteers, and just two hours worth of volunteering will get you free admittance to an event where you'll meet some of the major players around DC. See the invitation below for full event details to just attend, or contact me and Liz Longenecker directly (liz@terrachord.com) if you're interested in volunteering.

Who: Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas-USA (ASPO-USA)
What: 6th Annual International Conference on Peak Oil
When: October 7-9 (Thurs. - Sat.), 2010
Where: Capitol Hill Hyatt Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Why: To Alert Policy Makers & Public of Pending Energy Crisis
Contact: Jim Baldauf, 512-517-2663; Kim Comart, 617-548-6442

What Do These People Have in Common:

Bianca Jagger, Ralph Nader, the US Navy,
Dr. James Schlessinger, Jeff Rubin?

They all Say the Peak Oil Debate is Over! (and are keynote speakers at the event)

Washington, D.C. - The ASPO-USA Peak Oil Conference, October 7-9, will be the sixth annual gathering of international energy experts from industry, academia, government, NGOs and the environmental community. The previous conferences have been highly acclaimed by attendees, media, participants and the energy community.

Speakers this year will include Bianca Jagger (International Climate Change and Human Rights Advocate), Ralph Nader (Energy Reform Sdvocate), Dr. James Schlesinger (Former Sec. State, Sec. Energy, and CIA Dir.), Jeff Rubin (Former Chief Economist CIBC), Rear Admiral Lawrence Rice (USN), Dr. Charles Schlumberger (World Bank), Charlie Maxwell, (Chief Energy Analyst, Weeden & Co), Dr. Robert Hirsch (the Hirsch Report to DOE), Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, (R-MD), (Founder of the Congressional Peak Oil Caucus), and other prominent energy analysts.

The conference will cover subjects ranging from national security to personal and institutional investing.

The Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO-USA) is concerned about the peak and decline of all hydrocarbon energy sources. Crude oil, natural gas and coal are the top three energy sources for our nation; they are all finite resources that will, sooner rather than later, peak and decline in supply; and they are also at the heart of two major tragedies and one possible future problem during the last year: the BP deepwater disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, the West Virginia coal mine explosion, and the fracking of shale formations and possible pollution of ground water.

According to ASPO-USA president and co-founder, Jim Baldauf, “We are drilling miles below the Gulf of Mexico and trying to squeeze oil and gas from shale rock because the conventional land-based oil and gas reservoirs are becoming depleted. The low-hanging fruit has been picked and we are scraping the bottom of the barrel.”

ASPO-USA is a non-profit, non-partisan, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt group that is dedicated to research, study and education, rather than advocacy of specific policy goals. That said, the organization does advocate general policies that will help to ensure our country's ongoing security and prosperity. Peak and decline of hydrocarbon production without intelligent responses and effective mitigation planning will impact U.S. business, jobs, and our entire economy.

“There are no silver bullet techno-fixes at this time: a combination of increased conservation, improved efficiency, faster alternative energy development, and greater oversight in prudent exploration and production are needed immediately,” Baldauf says.

The conference is supported by more than 40 sponsors, publications, websites and partnering associations. Call Greg Geyer for sponsorship opportunities at 413-684-2403, or visit www.aspousa.org/worldoil2010/ .



Headline Sponsors:
M. Gottlieb Associates, Inc.

Ravenna Capital Management


ASPO-USA


Call 877-363-ASPO (2776) or email webmaster@aspousa.org

Forum event with Ken Salazar, US Secretary of the Interior

Please join the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars for the
Director's Forum event

Toward a Safe, Secure, and Clean Energy Future

with

The Honorable Ken Salazar
United States Secretary of the Interior

Thursday, September 30, 2010
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
6th Floor Flom Auditorium
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20004 USA

Please RSVP to Maria-Stella.Gatzoulis@wilsoncenter.org with your name
and affiliation.

Secretary Salazar will discuss the Obama Administration's
comprehensive energy strategy, the path to a clean energy economy, and
the Department of the Interior's progress in raising the bar for the
oil and gas industry's safety and environmental practices in
deepwater.

Location: Woodrow Wilson Center at the Ronald Reagan Building, 1300
Pennsylvania Ave., NW ("Federal Triangle" stop on Blue/Orange Line), 6th
Floor Flom Auditorium. A map to the Center is available at
www.wilsoncenter.org/directions. Note: Due to heightened security,
entrance to the building will be restricted and photo identification is
required. Please allow additional time to pass through security.

Panel and Book Launch: Environmental Politics of Sacrifice

Invitation for September 30th:

American University’s Global Environmental Politics program and Allegheny College present a public Book Launch and Panel Discussion of:

The Environmental Politics of Sacrifice

Featuring:

Erik Assadourian, Senior Fellow, Worldwatch Institute

Leslie Fields, National Environmental Justice Director, Sierra Club

John Meyer, Department of Politics, Humboldt State University, (Co-Editor)

Matthew Nisbet, School of Communication, American University

Paul Wapner, School of International Service, American University



Moderator: Michael Maniates, Dept. of Political Science, Allegheny College, (Co-Editor)


Thursday, September 30th
5:00 – 6:30pm

A reception and book signing will follow from 6:30 – 8:00pm

School of International Service Building
Founder’s Room, Terrace Level
4400 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington DC 20016

If the current impasse over energy and environmental policy teaches us anything, it should be that the election of sympathetic leaders is insufficient to tackle environmental challenges meaningfully. Politicians appear stymied by the fear that substantive action will be viewed as harmful to their constituents, especially during economic hard times.

This panel will explore new strategies and ways of thinking about environmental challenges featured in Michael Maniates and John Meyer’s new MIT Press book The Environmental Politics of Sacrifice. Can this fear be successfully countered by optimistic narratives about bold technological innovations? Must environmentalists also confront the fear of ‘sacrifice’ that is so often the basis for oppositional attacks?

Parking is available beneath the School of International Service building or in the Nebraska parking lot (corner of Nebraska Ave, NW and New Mexico Ave, NW) . For directions, see www.american.edu/sis/about/directions.cfm

For more information, please contact Simon Nicholson, simon.nicholson@american.edu, (202) 885–1614

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Panel on GE Fish 9/22 (off campus)

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?

GE Salmon Could Be Your Main Course

Join Us For A Panel Presentation Wednesday, September 22nd

From 12 noon – 2pm at

Busboys and Poets

2021 14th St NW

Washington, DC 20009

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced that they are in the process of approving genetically engineered (GE), or transgenic, salmon.

Untested, Unlabeled, and You’re Eating It

If the FDA approves GE salmon, they may not require labeling of these fish.

Transgenic salmon is the first GE animal intended for food yet impacts on human health have not been sufficiently reviewed. Additionally, GE fish pose unacceptable risks to wild salmon populations and the marine environment.

Come learn what you can do about it!

Speakers Include:

Andrew Kimbrell, Executive Director, CFS

George Kimbrell, Senior Attorney, CFS

Jaydee Hanson, Senior Policy Analyst, CFS

Moderated by Debbie Barker, International Program Director, CFS