From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Wed May 5 09:09:15 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 09:09:15 -0400 Subject: [ESSP] student activism survey Message-ID: Dear Students, Please take 5 minutes to fill out this survey about your activism/community-based work/community service at Hampshire. Hampshire has been selected as a finalist for a new book on socially responsible colleges and universities. The national community-based learning organization, Campus Compact, is asking students from Hampshire to fill out this survey to assist them with their decision. Please see details in the letter from Campus Compact and web site information included below. Responses would be most helpful by Friday, May 7th. Thanks for your assistance! Mary Bombardier Community Partnerships for Social Change Letter from Campus Compact Dear Student Leader, Your campus has been selected as a finalist for inclusion in a new book, Colleges with a Conscience: An Engaged Student's Guide to College, forthcoming from Campus Compact and the Princeton Review, in partnership with Random House. The book is designed to help high school students incorporate service and activism opportunties into their college selection process and to showcase campuses that have made an institutional commitment to engagement in their community. Each campus included in the book will have a two-page profile focusing on programs and practices that support student engagement. To help prosepective students and to accurately portray your campus, we want to hear from you about your experiences with service and activism. You can do this by spending 5 minutes filling out a survey at: http://www.zoomerang.com/recipient/survey.zgi?p=WEB2G3WTFW9B Thanks for your help! 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Prepare materials for those >>events. Contact local environmental and >>community groups to encourage participation. >>Prepare a comprehensive annotated directory of >>nonprofit organizations and community groups >>that work on, or potentially work on, renewable >>energy in Massachusetts. Analyze the role >>particular groups play in advancing the RET >>goals. >>Prepare materials for the RET website on renewable energy topics. >>Requirements: Must be willing and able to work >>several weekends for the Clean Energy Tour >>(June 12;July 24-25;July 31-Aug 1). Prefer an >>Undergraduate student in junior or senior year >>with experience working with grassroots >>organizations. Contact: Warren Leon, Program >>Director >>leon at masstech.org >>Rate: $10-12/per hour >> >>Summer Research Intern-Green Schools >>Duties: >> >>Coordinate a variety of research activities to >>include data collection and analysis >>Prepare memoranda relating to existing green >>schools resources that MTC may be able to lean >>from such as the U.S. EPA's Tools for Schools >>and energy design guideline for high >>performance schools prepared by U.S. DOE >>Document lessons learned from projects that >>have submitted feasibility studies >>Participate in weekly project meetings , >>summarize reports and articles, and assist with >>other project-related tasks as necessary >>Requirements: An undergraduate student in >>junior or senior year with an interest in >>alternative energy systems, public policy, and >>energy/environmental issues strongly preferred. >>Contact: Dick Tinsman, Program Director >> tinsman at masstech.org >>Rate: $10-12 per hour. >> >> > >-- >Charlene > >?????????????????????????????? > >Charlene D'Avanzo >Professor of Ecology and Dean >School of Natural Sciences >Hampshire College > >Phone 413-5595569 >FAX 413-5595448 > >Homepage: http://helios.hampshire.edu/~cdNS/ >TIEE: http://tiee.ecoed.net/ >Course website: http://ns.hampshire.edu/ns207/ >ns/ns207 > >?????????????????????????????? -- Vanessa Paulman Science Outreach Coordinator Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Fri May 7 12:14:03 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 12:14:03 -0400 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: Sustainability Seminar - Monday at UMass Message-ID: >> >> >>TO: Friends of Sustainability >>FROM: John Gerber >>SUBJECT: Seeds of Solidarity at UMass on Monday >> >>Deb Habib and Ricky Baruc will be speaking on Monday afternoon (May 10) >>at 2:30pm-4:30pm in room 174-176 of the UMass Campus Center on their >>work and lives at the Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center in >>Orange, MA. You are invited to join us (and bring a friend). >> >>For information on the seminar, see... >>http://www.umass.edu/umext/jgerber/SOS.htm >> >>This is my last reminder - promise! >> >> >>Content-type: text/x-vcard; name=jgerber.vcf; charset=us-ascii >>Content-description: Card for John Gerber >>Content-disposition: attachment; filename=jgerber.vcf >>Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >> -- Vanessa Paulman Science Outreach Coordinator Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu -------------- next part -------------- begin:vcard n:Gerber;John tel;fax:(413)-545-0260 tel;home:(413)549-6949 tel;work:(413)545-5301 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.umass.edu/umext/jgerber org:University of Massachusetts Amherst;Department of Plant and Soil Sciences adr:;;210 French Hall;Amherst;MA;01003;USA version:2.1 email;internet:jgerber at pssci.umass.edu title:Professor fn:John Gerber end:vcard From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Fri May 7 12:14:54 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 12:14:54 -0400 Subject: [ESSP] Fwd: Job Posting Message-ID: SEE JOB ATTACHED >> >> >>Dear Ms. D'Avanzo, >> >>I wanted to notify the students in your department about a job >>opening we have here at Nasami Farm. Would you be willing to print >>and post the attached job posting for us? If there is another >>person whom I should contact instead, please let me know. >> >>Thanks in advance for your help, it's appreciated! >> >>Miranda Fisk >>New England Wild Flower Society >>Nasami Farm Nursery Manager >>128 North Street >>Whately, MA 01373 >> >>Phone (413) 397-9922 >>Fax (413) 397-9944 >>Cell (413) 822-6876 >> >>Email: newfsnasami at the-spa.com >> >> > -- Vanessa Paulman Science Outreach Coordinator Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Tech_job_post.doc Type: application/msword Size: 31744 bytes Desc: not available URL: From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Mon May 10 09:37:12 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 09:37:12 -0400 Subject: [ESSP] sea education offer Message-ID: >Greetings from Sea Education Association! > > > > As always, the Spring is a very busy time here >in Woods Hole. Recently, we sent our Spring >Class II to the open ocean. The students on the >SSV Robert C. Seamans have departed Hawaii and >are on their way to the Pacific Northwest. >Meanwhile, the SSV Corwith Cramer is also >underway, having left Key West and heading >North, ultimately returning to Woods Hole by the >middle of June. With the departure of this >class, the campus is quiet for the next month, >and then students arrive for our SEA Summer >Session. It is nice to have a short time to >catch up on projects before the whirlwind energy >and enthusiasm of our students returns. > > > >With the Summer quickly approaching, I wanted to >pass a message to you about the $5,000 "El Ni?o" >Scholarship SEA will automatically grant to >students from Hampshire College who are accepted >into our Fall II (mid-October to early January) >program! > >The two cruise tracks (Mexico to Tahiti in the >Pacific and St. Croix to Key West traveling >South of Cuba) offer excitement and, as always, >many educational opportunities. Now is the time >for students to apply for this fall trip! This >is a great opportunity to send your favorite >students to this wonderful and life-changing >experience with a large scholarship. Please send >an email to >admission at sea.edu to >nominate your candidate for the El Ni?o >Scholarship. Attached is a flyer discussing the >scholarship and our program. > > > >In addition to the "El Ni?o" Scholarship, we >offer other merit and need-based scholarships >for this and all of our other SEA Semester >classes. Please contact your motivated students >to spread the word. > > > >Fair winds and following seas, > > > >Dutch Keel >Admission Counselor > >dkeel at sea.edu > > > > > Attachment converted: internal_drive:El_Nino_Flyer.doc (WDBN/MSWD) (0004B03F) -- Vanessa Paulman Science Outreach Coordinator Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Anyone interested is invited to >stop by at 11 am (enough time to see and help and get back to NS for >the Div III presentations!) > >The students in NS143 have spent the last half of this semester >making this frame from locally cut and milled oak and pine. > >The building site is on the path from the RCC to Enfield, south side >as you reach the mods. > > >We look forward to seeing you! > >Larry -- Vanessa Paulman Science Outreach Coordinator Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From vpaulman at hampshire.edu Tue May 11 11:44:06 2004 From: vpaulman at hampshire.edu (Vanessa Paulman) Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 11:44:06 -0400 Subject: [ESSP] straw bale workshop Message-ID: STRAW BALE AND NATURAL PLASTER WORKSHOP June 14-18 with Paul Lacinski at Sidehill Farm, Ashfield, MA $495 by June 1; $545 thereafter. Includes lunch. A balance of hands-on and classroom sessions covering all the fundamentals of designing and building a straw bale house in a cold and wet climate. Contact GreenSpace Collaborative for more information 413-628-3800 or workshops at greenspacecollaborative.com -- Vanessa Paulman Science Outreach Coordinator Center for Science Exploration Hampshire College phone: (413) 559-5792 fax: (413) 559-5438 Adele Simmons Hall #132 http://ScienceExploration.hampshire.edu