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Weekly Newsletter |
November 9, 2020
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Dear colleagues-
We’ve made it through election week, only two weeks until in-person classes end and we move towards an online world until the holidays…
What I’m looking forward to this week is engaging with our 3rd Lunch and Learn with Laura Zanotti on 11/11. It feels like a great week to be talking about environmental justice, hope you can join us.
In two weeks we will also hold our second co-sponsored film in our ongoing EJ film series, También la Lluvia (Even the Rain). Registration is open now.
The last week has been full of shout outs and recognition for some spectacular center affiliates including Liz Flaherty, Songlin Fei, Dieudonné Baributsa & Charlie Woloshuk
As a reminder, our third issue of Earth Today is now available and this month's departmental focus is on EEE, Environmental and Ecological Engineering.
Read on for additional opportunities and events.
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| Upcoming Events |
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| Building on the Center for the Environment’s year-long program of conversations about intersections between environmental and social justice, Dr. Laura Zanotti, Center Associate Director and Professor in Anthropology, will highlight frameworks of environmental justice and ways they have been mobilized at both sites of global environmental governance and in national contexts to support Indigenous Peoples' rights. Reflecting on collaborative partnerships with Mebêngôkre-Kayapó Peoples, she will detail current threats facing Indigenous Peoples rights in Brazil and pursuits for justice. All are welcome to attend. Register here. |
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Environmental Justice Film Series
Monday, November 23, 6:00 PM | Virtual The 2020-2021 Environmental Justice Film Series continues with the film También la Lluvia (Even the Rain), a story about a director and producer who travel to Bolivia to shoot a film depicting the conquests of Christopher Columbus and, while there, find themselves embroiled in controversy. The film will be followed by a post-screening discussion. The Series is Co-Sponsored by the Center for the Environment, Native American Educational and Cultural Center, The Department of Spanish and Portuguese/School of Languages and Cultures, Department of Anthropology, The Arequipa Nexus Institute JEDI Postdoctoral Working Group, & The Division of Student Life. Register for the screening here. |
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| Affiliate News & Awards |
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Wildlife Ecologist and C4E Affiliate Liz Flaherty Receives National Excellence in Teaching Award
Liz Flaherty, associate professor of wildlife ecology and habitat management, has been named as one of two national recipients of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Excellence in College and University Teaching Awards for Food and Agricultural Sciences. The award, which is presented by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU), celebrates university faculty for their ability as instructors, use of innovative teaching methods, service to students, professionalism and scholarship. Read more. |
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Songlin Fei weighs in on the long-term fate of Ash Trees in the US
Since the emerald ash borer’s introduction to the United States at the beginning of the 21st century, forest ecologists and government officials have striven to stem its destruction of ash forests. Despite those efforts, the invasive pest may be winning the war. Mining 16 years of U.S. Forestry Service Forest Inventory Analysis data for 960 counties, Purdue University FNR professor and C4E affiliate Songlin Fei has shown that in impacted areas, young trees are dying before they can reach their reproductive stages. Continue reading. |
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PICs makes inroads in Peru with extensive survey study
Learn more about the PICS (Peru Improved Crop Storage) technology program and the work of Dieudonné Baributsa & Charlie Woloshuk’s Arequipa Nexus project in Peru in this article from Ag Comm. |
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| Other Upcoming Events |
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The Indiana Recycling Coalition is celebrating America Recycles Day by bringing back their ever-popular webinar: How to Recycle Right. Have you ever wondered which items can be put in your recycling bin? Or what actually gets recycled? How about the role contamination plays in your bin or drop off recycling location?
IRC's Executive Director, Allyson Mitchell, answers all those questions and more as they dive deep into the best practices for recycling while identifying the key questions every Hoosier needs to answer before they can begin their quest to recycle right.
Register for the webinar here |
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Issue number 3 of Earth Today, our monthly environmental newsletter for undergrads, came out last week.
As a new initiative of the Center this year, we are now providing a newsletter that brings together environmentally-focused resources and news, specifically for undergraduates at Purdue. Each issue features an academic program and a course that each emphasize environmental programs at Purdue, an active, environmentally-driven student club, and an array of events and programs on and off-campus.
Faculty are encouraged to forward the link to their students. |
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Funding Opportunities & Workshops
COVID-19 Funding Opportunities – This list is
updated frequently.
USDA-NIFA Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative
The Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) seeks to solve critical organic agriculture issues, priorities, or problems through the integration of research, education, and extension activities. The purpose of this program is to fund projects that will enhance the ability of producers and processors who have already adopted organic standards to grow and market high quality organic agricultural products. Priority concerns include biological, physical, and social sciences, including economics. The OREI is particularly interested in projects that emphasize research, education and outreach that assist farmers and ranchers with whole farm planning by delivering practical research-based information. Deadline: January 14
EPA National Wetland Program Development Grants ($75K-$220K over 1-4 years)
The goals of EPA’s Wetlands Program include increasing the quantity and quality of wetlands in the United States by conserving and restoring wetland acreage and improving wetland condition. Under the WPDGs, EPA seeks to build the capacity of all levels of government to develop or refine effective, comprehensive programs for wetland protection and management. This announcement seeks applications from eligible applicants for projects that develop or refine state, tribal, or local government wetland programs as a whole, or individual components of those programs.
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