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ES Newsletter Week of April 12, 2021

*Events on & off campus events, *Clean Energy Mentorship, *Undergraduate Fellowships & Jobs;*Environmental News, *Jobs & Fellowships for Graduating Seniors & Alums
* ES Newsletters are archived on the ES campus groups website/ Resources/ Past Newsletters

Challenges and Choices: Rapid Changes in the Arctic

Wednesday, April 14, 4:00 pm
Explore the social and environmental challenges and choices in the contemporary Arctic with Andrew Hartsig '95, director of the Arctic Program at Ocean Conservancy; Susan Kaplan, professor of anthropology and director of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center at Bowdoin; and Laura Henry, professor of government at Bowdoin. Their discussion will be followed by a Q&A moderated by Genevieve LeMoine, curator and registrar of the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum at Bowdoin. Register here

Green Team Planting Meeting

Friday, April 16 5:00-6:00

Environmental Alumni Panel: Green Finance

Wednesday, April 21st 7:00 PM
Join recent ES Alumni Linnea Patterson '18 (ES/Bio), Renewable Energy Specialist at CEI, Luke Tercek '18 (Econ) who splits his time between two start-ups: Ando, adigital Banking platform that fights climate change, and Cultivo, a tech company developing climate solutions, and Anna Noucas '11 (ES/Gov) working to find innovative financing of clean, and renewable energy projects at Sol Systems. The panel will be moderated by Eileen Sylvan Johnson, ES Lecturer and Program Manager. Learn more about our panelists and register on campus groups.

Call for Art! aARTh Exhibition at Roux

eARTh submission form
See attached for more information

Please email me or agunther@bowdoin.edu if you have any questions.

Maine Climate Table Climate Communications Virtual Workshop

Wednesday, April 14, 10:00 am-noon

The 2021 Justice For Women Lecture will bring together an amazing lineup of activists from around the world for an engaging discussion on the impact of climate change on indigenous women. The tenth annual event is scheduled to take place virtually on Thursday, April 15, 2021 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT.

The Lecture will kick off with a special message from Representative Deb Haaland and a reading by Joan Naviyuk Kane, Inupiaq writer, Harvard, Scripps, and Tufts faculty. The panel discussion will be moderated by Joaqlin Estus, national correspondent for the Alaska bureau of Indian Country Today. Learn more and register

Sustainable Food System Lecture Series
Taking Action Against Hunger: An NGO Perspective
Dr. Charles Owubah, CEO, Action Against Hunger
Tuesday, April 13 : 6:00-7:00pm

See recordings of previous lectures, or register:
https://agnr.umd.edu/sustainable-food-systems-lecture-series

How A Student’s Human Centered Design Project Turned Into An Urban Farm: Implications for Addressing COVID-19 Vaccination and Health Disparities
Dr. Stephen Thomas, Professor of Health Policy and Management and Director, Maryland Center for Health Equity
Tuesday, April 20 : 6:00-7:00pm
See recordings of previous lectures, or register:
https://agnr.umd.edu/sustainable-food-systems-lecture-series

Calling all undergraduate students: Join the 2021 Mentorship Program as a Clean Energy Mentee! Young Professionals in Energy NYC (YPE NYC). Deadline to apply: May 1st at 5pm

Shared by Bowdoin alum Claudia Villar-Leeman '15, MA Climate & Society, Columbia University.

Get Outside!
See: Maine by Foot
BUT Beware of Ticks: Learn more

Undergraduate Fellowships & Jobs

-Invasive Plant Biology Internship, Maine, Maine Natural Areas Program, Maine Dept. of Ag. & Forestry. Deadline to apply: April 23, 2021
-National Sea Grant College Program’s Community-Engaged Undergraduate Internship Program. The fellowship is intended to specifically engage students from underrepresented and indigenous community. Ten weeks, $6000. Application review: Late April
-Coastal Adaptation Funding Intern, The Nature Conservancy (Job ID 49574 Position location negotiable within the U.S.
-Aquatic Assessment and Monitoring Intern, Temporary, Olympia, WA, Washington Dept of Natural Resources, Full-time to Part-time (3-12 month)
-Forest Data Technician, North Central MN. The Nature Conservancy (Cass Lake MN) Position number 49524. Full-time, temp (summer 2021)
-Municipal Resilience Program Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy, Rhode Island, Part time, Temporary, Location for position is flexible. Position open until filled. Job ID: 49605
-Behavioral Research Intern, Arlington VA. Remote Position
-Climate Risk and Resilience Analysis Intern, Electric Power Research Institute, Washington, D.C, multiple locations
-Renewable Energy Specialist, The Nature Conservancy, Durham North Carolina, Part-time, Temporary 3 month position, with opportunity to extend Job ID: 49583
-Climate Adaptation Science Intern, Conservation International
-Wildlife Insights Business Development Intern, Conservation International. (US, location negotiable) Deadline to apply: April 30, 2021

-(Maine)The Governor’s Office of Policy Innovation (GOPIF) and the Future and the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) have a limited number of paid internship positions available for the summer of 2021. GOPIF/GEO welcomes applications from prospective undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate interns interested in climate and energy issues. Deadline to Apply: April 16, 2021
- Watershed Protection Specialist, summer position with the Portland, ME Water District. This position is diverse and includes environmental sampling, field inspection work, limited laboratory analysis, as well as office tasks. A primary responsibility of this position will be to organize and conduct our seasonal Sebago Lake Beach Monitoring Program. Some of the non-core responsibilities of this position may include working with our education coordinator and our watershed security officer to help out on public outreach events hosted by PWD. See the attached position description. Deadline to apply: April 23, 2021
- Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, learn more and apply through Handshake:

Environmental Protection Seasonal Resource Assistant, Fisheries - Aquatic Invasive Species

Environmental Protection Seasonal Resource Assistant, Diadromous Inland Fisheries Program
Environmental Protection Seasonal Resource Assistant, Marine Angler Survey Program

-Appalachian Headwaters, a non profit is focused on ecological restoration in Appalachia. They run a three-week Camp Waldo, in southern West Virginia.. Check the website for more information.
- Pendleton Stwardship Internship, Coastal Mountains Land Trust, Penobscot bay region, Maine. Open until filled
- Quahog Bay Conservancy is offering the marine science award opportunity as well as summer internship opportunities this year:
Aquaculture Technician & Conservation Intern Deadline to apply: April 15, 2021
- Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) National Fellowship (full or part-time positions, 4-6 month commitment)
- Rachel Carson Council Fellowship Program (academic year, Sustainability/Env Justice focused project on campus or in the community). Deadline to apply: April 30, 2021
- Seasonal Land Crew Member, The Land & Garden Preserve, Mount Desert Island Deadline to apply: April 15, 2021
- Housatonic Valley Association River stewardship and Outreach internships in CT, and MA

Environmental News

How to Prevent America’s Looming Fertility Crisis, On Point, April 8, 2021

Maine Calling, April 8 2021 (Listen) Indigenous People & Climate Impacts: How Maine's Tribal Communities Are Affected by Climate Change

Most Economists Agree: Benefits of ‘Drastic’ Climate Action Outweighs Costs of Status Quo.

Common Dreams, March 31, 2021 (Based on the Report: Gauging Economic Consensus on Climate Change, Institute for Policy Integrity, March 2021

JOBS/ Fellowship for Graduating Seniors & Alumni

Education Coordinator, Irving Institute for Energy and Society at Dartmouth College, Apply online at https://searchjobs.dartmouth.edu/postings/56864

Project Manager, 30 Mile River Watershed Association

Program Associate, National Estuarine Research Reserve Association (30 hours a week/ $49K) Deadline to apply: April 30, 2021

Common Ground Country Fair (CGCF) Coordinator, Unity Maine

2022 Roddenberry Fellowship seeks individuals who are working to reimagine a future that serves the many, nit just the few. Looking for innovative leaders who are speaking out, organizing, building community and leading in ways that make a tangible difference. *50k in funding; *One-on-one coaching & development opportunities; *ongoing support; *a community of peers who share resources & expertise

Forest Spacial Analyst NatureVest, The Nature Conservancy, Arlington, VA (Work location negotiable. Deadline to apply, April 18, 2021

Food and Farm Policy Fellowship, National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, Washington, DC, One year position Deadline to apply: April 18, 2021

Fisheries Technician 1- North Coast Restoration Monitoring

Restoration Coordinator, The Watershed Project, Full-time, Richmond, CA
First round of applications will be reviewed on April 5

Community Outreach Coordinator: The Watershed Project, Full-time, Richmond, CA. First round of applications will be reviewed on April 5
Coastal Science Specialist, The Nature Conservancy, Delmont, NJ

Rachel Carson Council Fellowship Program (academic year, Sustainability/Env Justice focused project on campus or in the community). Deadline to apply: April 30, 2021

Aquatic Plant Ecology Research (US Dept. of Defense), part-time, 6 month position with possibility for renewal

See Oakridge Institute for Science & Education job search

Job for graduating Senior or Alum

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Attachments:

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Dartmouth Irving Education Coordinator Position.pdf

Watershed Protection Specialist Position Announcement.docx

MNAP_InvasivePlantBiologyInternshipSouthernME_2021.pdf