Environmental Analysis

PO-EA Award Winners: 2012
Pomona had a wonderful graduation today – balmy, soft breezes, lots of joy! And also great news of the number of PO-EA majors who received awards yesterday at class day. Loud cheers to Emery Donovan, who graduated Magna, and won the EA Program award for her work in and out of the classroom; Hsuanwei Fan, who nabbed the Cecil Short Memorial Prize in Music; Jenya Kahn-Lang received a Lorne D. Cooke Memorial Award in Economics; Thuy Ly was awarded the Ted Gleason Award, on the basis of college service as a student of color; and Will Savage was awarded a Morris B. Pendleton Prize in Economics. Their achievements are a wonderful reflection of all the hard work, initiative, and energy that collectively the EA Class of 2012 poured into their life on campus and in the community

Join the Pomona Farm for the best party of the year! There will be LOTS of FREE food on the grill, some great activities to de-stress before finals week, and live music/ jam sessions! Bring instruments and be ready for a fun time.

See you this Thursday, at the Farm, at 4pm! FMI: http://www.facebook.com/events/218316188279248/, farm@pomona.edu.

Adam Long

New Frontier Family Farm, a sustainable local farm in Ontario/Chino, is excited about opportunities to work with Claremont Colleges students! Whether you have a few hours to help prepare pastures or feed goats, or you want to engage in a longer-term internship or research project, there are great opportunities for you to get involved.

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Oberlin College invites applications for the position of Sustainable Technology Research Fellow. The successful candidate will assist in the development and management of a novel technological system of building and bioregional “dashboards” and other devices that provide city and college residents with environmentally and socially contextualized real-time feedback on electricity and water flows through college, residential and commercial buildings and through the City of Oberlin. We seek a recent college graduate (or equivalent experience) with advanced computer skills and experiences and
excellent organizational skills who is excited by the opportunity to develop and manage novel technology designed to motivate and empower citizens to take better care of the environment. Applications will be reviewed starting 5/1 and applicants will be considered until the position is filled (6/1 limit). Graduating seniors and recent graduates with appropriate skills are encouraged to apply. A full description and instructions for application are posted at: new.oberlin.edu/home/jobs/jobs_detail.dot?id=3872517

EA Senior Seminar Project Presentations
Wednesday May 2
PO Rose Hills Theater
7:00 p.m.

How efficient are the PO Dining Halls? How effective are home-energy retrofits? What will it take to reduce Claremont’s food-wastestream or enhance Rancho Santa Ana Botanical Garden’s sustainability? These are among the fascinating projects that EA seniors have been addressing this semester – please join us as they present their results in a public forum.

“Winter Harvest in the Cold City: food security, urban agriculture, & season extension technology“: Curious about hoop-houses, cold frames & season extension technology? Want to learn more about urban agriculture initiatives in Detroit and other Rustbelt cities? This talk will explore the exciting ways in which growers are using urban farming techniques and season extension technology to bolster local food security and food justice.
 
Stefanie Stauffer is a Ph.D. candidate in the department of sociology at UC Santa Barbara. She is currently living and working in Ypsilanti, Michigan as a grower, producer, chef, and community activist.