Community Voices Heard (CVH) is a member-led multi-racial organization, principally women of color and low-income families in New York State that builds power to secure social, economic and racial justice for all. Founded in 1994 by welfare recipients in New York City working to fight unjust welfare policies, we have since expanded our organization to include working on multiple issues in three additional counties in the Hudson Valley. Our long-term vision is to build statewide power to win important political and policy objectives at the state level. Our core organizing buckets include fighting for: a just social safety net; good …
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Environmental Policy Adjunct needed @LehmanCollege
Lehman College, part of the CUNY system, is seeking an adjunct faculty member to teach a brand new course on Environmental Policy within the Environmental Science undergraduate program. It can potentially run in Summer and/or Winter. It can also be developed as an online course. ENV 326: Environmental Policy. 3 hours, 3 credits (total 45 hours). Background, development, application, implications, and evaluation of environmental policies in the United States. Information on the program can be found here: http://www.lehman.edu/academics/eggs/environmental-science.php Contact: Dr. Yuri Gorokhovich, Associate Professor, Chair, Lehman College, City University of New York (CUNY) Department of Earth, Environmental, and Geospatial Sciences Gillet …
.@MuseumofCityNY #BookClub on 5/12: #Gowanus, Bklyn’s Curious Canal. Get free tix here!
Use code MCB1 for discounted tickets or even better comment on this post, the facebook post, or retweet for free tickets! In Gowanus: Brooklyn’s Curious Canal (NYU Press, 2015), author Joseph Alexiou traces the canal’s history through the Revolutionary War, several waves of immigrants, its frenzied rise as one of America’s paramount industrial centers, and the widespread environmental degradation that followed. Join us for a conversation about how gentrification is again transforming this dynamic urban landscape and toxic waste site into a reinvigorated center of post-industrial chic. Reception and book signing to follow! TICKETS Free for Museum members; Use code $MCB1 for discount tickets! Or comment/retweet …
#EESPublishes: 1st Year #HarryMaischIV on #Trilobite bearing #erratics
First year student Harry Maisch IV coauthored a paper entitled “PLEISTOCENE ICE FLOW DIRECTION INDICATED BY TERATASPIS GRANDIS (TRILOBITE)-BEARING ERRATICS FROM THE RICKARD HILL FACIES OF THE SAUGERTIES MEMBER OF THE SCHOHARIE FORMATION (LOWER DEVONIAN)” in Northeastern Geoscience. ABSTRACT: Glacial erratics belonging to the Rickard Hill Facies of the Saugerties Member of the Schoharie Formation occur scattered throughout the Piedmont of New Jersey and Lower Hudson Valley of New York. Analysis of these erratics identified four specimens belonging to the historically significant trilobite, Terataspis grandis (Hall, 1861). Reconstructions of Wisconsinan glacial ice advance and retreat identify the likely source of …
Urban Research Book Series Launch by @TerreformUR
UR is a book series that aims to promote the urban discourse in the broadest sense, ranging from the social to the environmental to the theoretical to the speculative to the formal – including comprehensive publications of “real” projects. Our ambition is to produce volumes on the basis of their intrinsic interest and at the level of visual quality they demand. Many more exciting, deep, and visionary, titles are in store and we are committed to expanding this project to embrace a very wide range of topics and contributors. UR01: Gowntown: A 197X Plan for Upper Manhattan By …
Now Hiring! Director for All-In Cities Initiative @Policylink
[www2.policylink.org] Job Announcement Director, All-In Cities Initiative (position located in Oakland, CA) 100% FTE Salary commensurate with experience This position, available immediately, is an exciting opportunity to join the staff at PolicyLink. PolicyLink is a national research and action institute that works to advance policies at the federal, state, and local level to achieve economic and social equity by Lifting Up What Works®. Please visit our website at: www.policylink.org. Position Overview We are seeking a dynamic leader to successfully implement the All-In Cities initiative (www.allincities.org), an effort to support cities in implementing new models of inclusive growth and development at …
Post Graduate Opportunity at US @EPA RTP
This research training opportunity is available at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL). The appointment is with the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division (APPCD) in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina. APPCD helps provide the basis for EPA’s environmental policies and programs by playing a vital role in the scientific research mission of the Agency. The division seeks to provide information and tools that enable the Agency to develop cost effective and sustainable approaches to protecting human health and the environment. APPCD concentrates efforts in …
2016-2018 @NOAADigCoast Fellowship Proposals due 10/16
Click here for more information Coastal Management Fellowship Fellow Eligibility and Selection Eligibility Any student who will complete a master’s, doctoral, or professional degree program in natural resource management or environmental-related studies at an accredited U.S. university between January 1, 2015, and July 31, 2016, is eligible. Students from a broad range of environmental programs are encouraged to apply. Students from non-U.S. institutions are not eligible. Application Requirements All applications must include: Resume or curriculum vitae (not to exceed two pages using 12 point font). Statement of the applicant’s goals with emphasis on what the applicant expects from and can …
