Water
International Rivers South Asia Program Intern
Submitted by mia5793 on June 19, 2008 - 5:53pm.Name of Job:
International Rivers South Asia Program Intern
Description:
The International Rivers South Asia Program is looking for an intern to help
with the new program focus on dam building in the Himalayas. The intern
would support the research on new trends in hydropower development in
Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bhutan. The internship would ideally start on
August 4, 2008 and last until September 30, 2008. The intern would work,
full-time or part-time, from International Rivers's head office in Berkeley,
California.
We are looking for an individual with strong research skills, knowledge
about water issues in South Asia as well as possibly some knowledge about
hydropower development.
We offer an international and stimulating working environment in the leading
non-profit organization campaigning on dams and rivers globally.
Please send your cover letter and CV via e-mail to
Ann-Kathrin Schneider
Director, South Asia Program
International Rivers
annkathrin@internationalrivrs.org
Application Deadline:
Until filled
Contact E-mail:
Date Posted:
June 19, 2008
Environmental Capital Group Environmental Analyst
Submitted by mia5793 on June 19, 2008 - 5:48pm.Name of job:
Environmental Capital Group Environmental Analyst
Description:
Environmental Capital Group has been at the forefront of the clean technology sector, catalyzing the first institutional investments in cleantech and providing pioneering measurement and accountability for environmental efficacy. We are seeking an individual with strong analytical skills, a background in clean technology, and high energy to join our team
Application deadline:
Until filled
Contact e-mail:
Date posted:
June 19, 2008
Building Sustainability at Cal Program Coordinator
Submitted by mia5793 on June 19, 2008 - 3:10pm.Name of Job:
Building Sustainability at Cal Program Coordinator
Description:
The Building Sustainability @ Cal (BS@C) Program trains and utilizes students to help reduce the environmental footprint of buildings by educating building inhabitants and identifying structural and operational changes that can be made to the building, in addition to designing and implementing educational projects.
The BS@C Program is looking for a student to serve as one of the four Program Coordinators. The Program Coordinator would:
1) Help oversee a service learning class on sustainability
2) Train students how to perform waste, water, and lighting audits and implement projects/programs
3) Manage student interns working in buildings
4) Work with staff and faculty to help reduce the environmental impacts of campus buildings
Training will be provided for the program coordinator, but some experience with environmental issues is required. This position requires at least a one-year commitment.
Application Deadline:
June 30, 2008
Contact E-mail:
Date Posted:
June 19, 2008
Obama adviser talks green streak on climate change
Submitted by admin on June 18, 2008 - 10:43am.Date Posted:
Jun 18 2008
Title of News:
Obama adviser talks green streak on climate change
Summary:
The United States may be late to the battle against global warming and the move toward energy independence but decisive action can still save the day, a Barack Obama adviser who was stumping for the Democratic presidential candidate in Oregon said Thursday.
Daniel Kammen, senior policy adviser on energy and the environment, conducted town hall meetings in Eugene and Portland with a message balanced between fear and hope. On the one hand, the damaging effects of climate change; on the other, a raft of proposals that will cut carbon emissions, develop new sources of renewable fuels and clean technologies, and usher in an era of “green-collar” jobs.
Kammen knows a thing or two about those issues. He’s a professor at the University of California at Berkeley who specializes in energy. He’s the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory that is affiliated with the university. And he’s a lead scientist with the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, one of the groups that shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with former Vice President Al Gore.
Source:
The Register-Guard
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KQED QUEST to feature the Hydrowatch Project: Water in Motion
Submitted by admin on June 17, 2008 - 11:39am.Date Posted:
Jun 18 2008
Title of News:
KQED to Feature Keck Foundations Hydrowatch Project
Summary:
We are extremely pleased that KQED QUEST has put together a piece on the HydroWatch Project funded by the W.M. Keck Foundation. The theme of HydroWatch is water in motion. A center piece is David Culler's microclimate motes, deployed at a mini-watershed of a UC Natural Reserve. The Keck HydroWatch Story focusing on the work being done at the Angelo Coast Range Reserve is scheduled to air on KQED Quest on July 22 at 7:30 pm. The story will be available on the Quest website on July 21.
Source:
http://www.kqed.org/quest/
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Watching the Watershed: Wireless sensor networks uncover the real water cycle
Submitted by admin on May 14, 2008 - 10:46am.Date Posted:
May 14 2008
Title of News:
Watching the Watershed: Wireless sensor networks uncover the real water cycle
Summary:
"Water, water, everywhere, / Nor any drop to drink." These words, written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in the 18th century, may soon describe the 21st. In fact, access to fresh water is already an issue of global concern. Scientists involved in UC Berkeley's Keck HydroWatch Center, established in 2006, are hoping to correct our sketchy comprehension of the water cycle by delving into a study so detailed that the water will have nowhere to hide.
Source:
Berkeley Science Review
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