Join our team as a Data Scientist!

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UW EarthLab has an outstanding opportunity for a Data Scientist for research on outdoor recreation and nature-based tourism. The employee will join a team of researchers and practitioners who develop novel methods and information to inform public land management and improve opportunities for outdoor recreation.

The successful candidate will advance methods that mix traditional survey methods with data from citizen science and social media to more effectively measure park use and generate fine-scale maps of where and how people recreate. The Data Scientist will be responsible for developing, improving, and maintaining existing workflows for managing these various data streams. They will also be involved in many aspects of data management, analysis, and visualization.

The successful candidate will be an organized, friendly, self-directed individual who is passionate about working on collaborative projects for social good.

Apply Here

Webinar: Opportunities for UW research & collaboration in corporate climate commitments

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Over the past year, the corporate sector has become a bright spot in the fight against climate change, setting increasingly ambitious goals. The movement couldn’t come too soon as a January 2020 report from McKinsey reveals the physical and socioeconomic effects of climate change on individuals and communities.

Companies from a variety of industries across the world, including local leaders such as Microsoft, Costco and Starbucks, have stepped forward with an unprecedented level of commitment to voluntarily mitigate their own contributions to climate change and to make investments helping communities adapt to climate impacts.

EarthLab Distinguished Fellow Josh Henretig will present his findings on the scope and impact of corporate climate commitments, what companies are committing to actually do, and what these commitments may mean for applied research and other collaboration at the University of Washington.

Details

Where: Online – RSVP to receive the Zoom link

When: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 | 2:00 – 3:30 pm PST

RSVP TODAY

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Climate Jam: Exploring solutions for a rapidly changing world

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EarthLab is a proud co-supporter of Climate Jam, a virtual event that brings game developers and creators together from around the world to take action and raise solutions.

Currently, it is more important than ever to think about people, nature, and resilience in the face of global crises. This event will give gamers and creators a platform to explore how new and different kinds of relationships between people and nature might build the resilience needed for a rapidly changing world.

When: April 18 – 22, 2020

Sign-ups are now open!

Join Climate Jam

This event is presented by IndieCade in collaboration with Games for Our Future.

Join our team as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar!

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The Nippon Foundation Ocean Nexus Center, a new member organization of EarthLab in the College of the Environment at the University of Washington, invites applications for a highly motivated, independent and creative Postdoctoral Research Scholar. This is a full-time (100% FTE), 12-month term appointment, with potential for extension up to three years based on performance and continued funding.

As part of a new research program on Ocean Equity, Dr. Yoshitaka Ota, Director of the Ocean Nexus Center, is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Scholar to work within a new team of transdisciplinary scholars investigating the relationships between people and the sea, with an explicit aim to address equity and justice issues in the emergent ‘blue economy’ agenda.

The Ocean Nexus Center aims to develop evidence-based policies for sustainable and equitable ocean and society relationships by creating fellowship programs, engaging in interdisciplinary research, developing an innovative ocean network, and through building effective science communication capacity.

Apply Here 

The Ocean Nexus Center has an additional Postdoctoral Research Scholar position available at Arizona State University and Conservation International.

The 2020 Environmental Innovation Challenge sparks impactful solutions

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The all-virtual 2020 Alaska Airlines Environmental Innovation Challenge, hosted by the UW Foster School’s Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship, brought together nearly 200 student teams and judges. Winning ideas include a water treatment solution that destroys toxic water, a sustainable oxygen concentrator used in areas affected by natural disasters, a water quality monitoring system that protects human and wildlife health, and more.

EarthLab is a proud sponsor of this challenge that brings together interdisciplinary student teams to identify an environmental problem and develop a solution. Teams must design and build a prototype as well as create a business plan that highlights the market potential for their solution.

For more information about the Environmental Innovation Challenge, please visit the UW Foster School of Business website.

 

EarthLab funds environmental research for underrepresented communities

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This article was written by The Daily.

After founding the College of the Environment in 2009, the board of regents saw the UW’s potential and responsibility to contribute the knowledge and skills of researchers and students toward solving complex environmental challenges.

As a result, EarthLab was created.

“EarthLab’s mission is to identify the places where life on our planet is at the greatest risk and to co-create solutions that will have a real impact on people’s lives and livelihood,” Anastasia Ramey, EarthLab’s Innovation Grants Program lead, said.

Through various projects and innovation grants, EarthLab combines the research and expertise from UW faculty, staff, and students with nonprofits, businesses, policymakers, and other stakeholders to develop solutions to environmental challenges.

“EarthLab is here to engage public, private, nonprofit, and academic sectors in a shared and ongoing conversation that converts knowledge to action,” Ramey said.

Through EarthLab’s Innovation Grants Program, teams who are passionate about pressing environmental challenges can receive funding. The program awards up to $75,000 per project, and funds between four to six projects each year. This year, they have $300,000 available to support new partnerships.

“We’re interested in projects that address everything from effects of climate change on people and ecosystems, to environmental pollution or hazards that disproportionately affect Indigenous communities, communities of color, and low-income communities, to the impact of nature on the built environment and human health,” Ramey said.

Read more here.

Winners announced for the 2019 UW Student Film Contest

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The 2nd UW Student Film Contest commenced in 2019 to bring together STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Maths) majors across the world to collaborate within the arts and humanities through film making. With this transdisciplinary approach, the contest centers around incorporating more art within the STEM field. In fact, the contest centers around STEAM (Science Technology Engineering ARTS and Maths).

As a sponsor of the award category Planet Earth, EarthLab would like to congratulate the winners of this category: Ocean State of Debris and Exist.

Webinar: Health and Nature During Covid-19

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Over the past few years, Nature and Health’s coalition of scientists and practitioners has been exploring the nexus of nature and health. While based in the Seattle area, this lively group includes people and organizations active across the nation, indeed the planet. The Nature and Health group seeks to understand the connections between nature and human health and well-being.

What does this mean for health and nature during Covid-19? Find out during Nature and Health’s webinar as they explore this question.

When: March 24, 2020 | 12:00 PM PST

Where: Online – please RSVP and you will be provided a link to the presentation.

In this webinar, you will join health and nature experts, and the session will include time for Q&A. The discussion will focus on the connections between nature and human health during Covid-19.

Introducing our new team members!

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We would like to welcome Madison Canfield, Jessica Peyla Nagtalon, and Rabia Ramzan to our growing team!

As a new initiative at the University of Washington, we are excited to continue growing our team with professionals to excel in our shared vision for tomorrow by helping us collectively act now to make our vision real today.

Madison Canfield, Grants Specialist
Jessica Peyla Nagtalon, Assistant to the Director
Rabia Ramzan,
Fiscal Specialist

 

 

 

 

 

 

To see our full team, please visit our staff page.

POSTPONED: Voices Unbound art exhibition opening soon

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We are closely monitoring the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) situation. Out of an abundance of concern for the health of our community, we have decided to postpone our Voices Unbound event that was scheduled for March 14 and 15. We thank you for your interest and support and hope to reschedule in the future.

As one of EarthLab’s 2019-2020 Innovation Grant grantees, the Voices Unbound project will be opening an eco-gallery to showcase their work!

The Voices Unbound project asked people throughout Pierce County to document environmental challenges that are impacting them and their community by using enviro-postcards. These enviro-postcards were distributed to communities and asked:

What environmental challenges are most important to you? 

How are you coping with or surviving these challenges?

From this, the gallery will showcase 1,000 south sound perspectives on our most important environmental challenges.

Details

Voices Unbound: An Art Exhibition

When: POSTPONED until further notice

-Opening night: March 14 at 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. TBD

-Open house: March 15 at 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. TBD

Where: Fern and Foster Family Wellness, 1402 S 11th St. Tacoma, WA 98405

For more information, please visit the Voices Unbound webpage or contact voicesunbounduwt@gmail.com

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