"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/