EarthLab News

Climate

Population health grants boost wildfire and climate research

In addition the the EarthLab-Population Health grant awarded to “Characterizing risk communication around smoke exposure in rural and tribal communities in the Okanogan River airshed emphasis area,” EarthLab celebrates member organization directors Jeremy Hess (Climate Health and the Global Environment) and Jason Vogel (Climate Impacts Group) for their newly funded project, “A collaboratory to support equitable and just climate action”

Careers

Apply today to be our next marketing & communications specialist

We are seeking a full-time marketing and communications specialist to join our communications and engagement lead in supporting and amplifying our program and our eight member organizations. This is an outstanding opportunity to use your communications expertise to bring the UW and wider community together to solve pressing environmental challenges.

Grants

Green ways to keep food trucks clean

To bring attention to effective alternatives, experts from the University of Washington, a state agency and a nonprofit formed a team to identify and promote safer cleaning methods, starting with food trucks. Read more about the EarthLab-funded project, Clean SHiFT (Safety & Health in Food Trucks).

Equity and Justice, Nature

Nature & Health Speaks: Beyond Inclusive Design with The Eli’s Park Project

On February 10th, University of Washington’s Nature and Health invited The Eli’s Park Project to share their inclusive design process through the Nature and Health Speaks series. Learn more about this project from Urban@UW.

Announcements, Equity and Justice, Grants

EarthLab and Population Health co-fund pilot grant to improve communication around smoke exposure in rural and Tribal communities

EarthLab and the Population Health Initiative have announced a new pilot research grant award to study how Tribal and non-Tribal communities in the Okanogan River Airshed Emphasis Area (ORAEA) receive and communicate information about smoke exposure.

Surging snowpack can have positive impact on salmon, slow start to wildfire season

Powerful winter storms this season have made for terrible pass travel and avalanche danger. However, scientists say this surging snowpack will do wonders for our environment. Dr. Crystal Raymond, climate adaptation specialist, is quoted.

Achoo! Climate Change Lengthening Pollen Season in U.S., Study Shows

This article, featuring a quote from Kristi Ebi (Center for Health and the Global Environment) was originally published in The New York Times.

Announcements

CHanGE Comes to EarthLab

New collaboration between UW Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHanGE) and EarthLab will accelerate climate research, action and resilience.

Announcements

Bookmark These New Websites for Future Rivers, Ocean Nexus Center & Washington Ocean Acidification Center

We're thrilled to present three new websites for Future Rivers, Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center & Washington Ocean Acidification Center (WOAC).

Announcements, Grants

Project to Create Anti-Racism Education Wins Mellon Grant

Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, faculty advisor for EarthLab member organization Future Rivers and assistant professor in the School of Marine & Environmental Affairs, is part of a team of academics that was recently awarded $5 million from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund an interdisciplinary, multi-year project to advance anti-racist practices and pedagogy in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine (STEMM).