EA at the Claremont Colleges: a 5C academic program
Like mud? Then we have the perfect volunteer opportunity for you. Get your hands dirty (literally) and give back to your community, while also being part of a ridiculously cool and unique building project.
Come out and volunteer at Uncommon Good’s superadobe building, Greenspace, any Saturday this month or next!
Contact Michael Peel if you’re interested.
mpeel@uncommongood.org
Farm Background:
This is our 38th year selling certified organic produce within the Pacific Northwest, and 25th year on Bainbridge Island.
-raise animals as well as every type of produce feasible in the Pacific Northwest climate.
-specialize in extending seasons with greenhouses, row covers, and mulches.
-practice biodynamics techniques and other alternative agricultural practices to ensure the highest quality soil possible as well as the lowest impact upon the local ecological systems.
-produce is sold and distributed through a 220 family CSA program, local farmers’ markets, local and downtown Seattle restaurants, and local grocery stores.
-interns can also participate in our educational outreach programs with local schools (field to table school lunches, farm camps, greenhouse classrooms, etc).
Hi,
The Farm Stand is be back this Thursday from 4-6pm at SCC Courtyard. There will be t-shirts, sweatshirts, and tank tops for $5 and lots of citrus and other produce for very low prices.
Please RSVP here: http://www.facebook.com/
Also, anyone interested in helping to harvest should e-mail farm@pomona.edu for more information. Thanks and see you on Thursday!
Adam Long
The students, faculty, and staff of the EA Program mourn the sudden loss of one of their own, Ricky Normington’13—and send their thoughts and prayers to his family and all those who knew and loved him. Ricky was an EA major, concentrating in Physics and Engineering, and had spent the fall semester studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa. In his memory, the campus will hold a candlelight vigil tonight, (Saturday, January 21), at 9:00 p.m. in the Academic Quad near Crookshank.
For information on how the SCA can help with your career goals, visit their website here. The first two posts, “Top 10 Awesome Internships for 2012″ and “Finding a Summer Job May Get Easier,” are of particular interest. Check it out!
A new class exploring the impact of climate change on species’ behaviors; this discussion-based class is designed for those who have had a general biology course, and students will read and consider what the scientific literature tells us about the biological impacts of climate change.
MWF: 10 a.m. – PO Seaver 111
For more information contact Pete Zani <peter.zani@pomona.edu>.
See attached: New Class Flier
The Bard Center for Environmental Policy is offering a $1000 scholarship for training to at starting bloc or wellstone. To be eligible for the scholarship, students may apply to C2C fellows, a national network for undergraduates and recent graduates aspiring to sustainability leadership in politics and business.
For more information go to: Bard Center
The University of Minnesota’s Department of Landscape Architecture will host an information session for prospective students in the Masters of Landscape Architecture program.
Monday, January 23rd
12pm to 1pm
Broad Center 208
Pitzer College
Dear Colleagues: the EA Physical Geography search is bringing four candidates to Claremont in the next two weeks. Below is a description/date/time/place of their job talks–we hope many of you will be able to attend!
All research presentations will be given in Room 127, Keck Science Center (the former Joint Sciences):
Travis Horton (University of Canterbury, New Zealand) – Tuesday December 6
Research Talk: 11 am- noon “The Migration Matrix and the Paleotopography Paradox: Transdisciplinary Geospatial Research”
Colin Robins (Macalester University) – Friday, December 9th
Research Talk: 11 am-noon “Rare Plants, Rare Soils: Seeking Edaphic Controls of a Presumed Gypsophile, Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii (Las Vegas Buckwheat) in the Mojave Desert”
Joel Sankey (US Geological Survey) – Tuesday, December 13th
Research Talk: 10-11 am “Earth, Wind, and Fire: Quantifying Resilience of Soil Resources to Biogeomorphic Disturbance”
Umesh Haritashya (University of Dayton) – Friday, December 16th
Research Talk: 11 am-noon “Climate Forcing and Glacier Fluctuations: Four Dimensional Approach using Environmental, Hydrological, Geomorphologic, and Geospatial Techniques”
“BIKEurious Bikestravaganza,” the public event associated with Aerienne Russell’s EA senior thesis, is a celebration of the community surrounding bicycling as a form alternative transportation. The festivities will include an exhibition of her BIKEurious sexy bike calendar [and a chance to win your very own], a bicycle bedazzling booth, a “party helmet” decoration station, dancing, and more! All members of the 5C community are welcome to attend.
Thursday, December 1st
7:30pm – 9:30pm
South Campus Parking Structure, Pomona College
fmi: or see flyer
Environmental Activist Training
1pm-4pm January 27th
Bauer Center Forum
Claremont McKenna College
The 5C Environmental Council will be hosting an environmental activist training on January 27th, from 1-4pm with Charlie Furman from Green Corps. This training will be a great chance for current and future environmental leaders to learn better methods, improve their current efforts, and learn what other groups and organizations are currently achieving. It will be held in Bauer Center Forum on CMC's campus. If your organization could contribute funding to help cover the costs of the event (airfare, food), it would be greatly appreciated! Please reply with whether or not you would be willing to help cover some of the costs of the event.
For more information, see the poster or contact: the Community Outreach Chair of the 5C Environmental Council.
185 E. 6th St.
Claremont, CA 91711
(909) 607-8343
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