View the virtual book launch of Global Im-Possibilities: Exploring the Paradoxes of Just Sustainabilities, which has just been published by Bloomsbury (the bookwebpage is here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/global-impossibilities-9781786999542/). This event features Dr. Julian Agyeman, the originator of the “just sustainabilities” framework, as well as five authors from the edited volume speaking about their case studies. The co-editors of […]
UConn Ranked #8 as One of the World’s Most Sustainable Campuses
UConn has been ranked #8 by the Sierra Club in their “Cool Schools” list this year, which places UConn as one of the world’s most sustainable campuses. See the UConn Today Article and the Sierra Club magazine article to read about the impressive measures UConn has taken and goals that we have set in environmental […]
Youth Environmental Conservation and Action
UConn students are depicting youth environmental conservation and action throughout the Northeast A group of UConn students spent their summer creating a short documentary film and photography project that focuses on youth environmental conservation and action throughout the northeastern United States. Watch video. https://today.uconn.edu/2021/07/youth-environmental-conservation-and-action/
UConn Phi Beta Kappa (PKB) Chapter Inductees
Congratulations to this year’s Environmental Studies UConn Phi Beta Kappa (PKB) chapter inductees: Kelly-Anne Moffa, Elaine Nguyen, Lauren Ann Pawlowski, and Sarah Nicole Schechter. PKB is an academic honor society for liberal arts and sciences students, and admits individuals based on a review of coursework and academic achievement. The full video of the induction ceremony […]
World Wildlife Fund summer 2021 virtual internships!
World Wildlife Fund summer 2021 virtual internships! Our team will be posting 30 open positions to our Careers page. We have paid internships supporting both business and conservation departments at WWF. These include Communications, Human Resources, Finance, Policy, Forests, Oceans, Climate, Wildlife, and more! Internships will pay $15/hour for an 8-week full-time position, starting at the […]
8-month Paid NRCA Difference Maker Mentor Opportunity
Want to be a mentor to teens as they carry out a community conservation project & gain environmental education experience? Become a Difference Maker Mentor with UConn’s Natural Resources Conservation Academy (NRCA)! Here are some quick details about the positions: We are seeking undergraduate students for paid 8-month (June- March) Difference Maker Mentor positions to primarily assist with the NRCA Conservation […]
Coltsville National Park Internship
There’s an exciting paid opportunity for students to be involved in the development of Coltsville National Park in Hartford. Please share or apply. More details at: nps.gov/colt/getinvolved/sca-recruitment.htm
Fall Course – Human Societies and the Living Earth
Timely new course topic! This course explores multi-cultural perspectives – in particular, Western/Industrial cultures versus Indigenous cultures – on the ‘Living Earth’, as in non-human animals, plants, trees, fungi, etc. The course is divided into the following topics: Religion/Spirituality Labor/Human Production Medicine/Science Art/Entertainment Environmental Destruction/Species Extinction Sustainability/Ecological Diversity All these topics are explored using student […]
Summer Internships
Summer stipends available of up to $4,000. Contact Phoebe Godfrey Visit the website and see Poster below for details.
The Quest for Environmental and Climate Justice
Part of the Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series Lecture Series on Nature and the Environment This event was originally scheduled for March 11. JOIN US NOW ON 8th. Public Event Online – Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 4:30 pm EST Presented by Robert Bullard, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy, Texas Southern University […]