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Sustainable NSCC Students: Green Sleeves

This is a guide for students at NSCC interested in making the campus more sustainable and in pursuing an environmental career.

Events

Wetlands need help -- Major call to action!!! 

Tennessee's environment seriously needs your help! I crafted this for my social media and figured I would just send it over to you all:

Please take the time to reach out to your legislator to let them know that you are opposed to the House and Senate bill HB1054/SB0631. This bill aims to peel back the already limited protections we have for our critically important wetlands.

Valued at $7.8 Billion, our wetland forests not only provide billions in protection from extreme events and water flow regulation, but also billions in water supply, waste treatment, food, tourism, and recreation–just to name a few services we receive from this ecosystem.

Thus, this is not a political nor ideological issue, this is simply an issue that is detrimental to all Tennesseans.

We have an inherent responsibility to care for the land around us. Our legislators have an inherent responsibility to represent our wishes as constituents. Please take a moment to contact your representatives and let them know you choose Tennessee’s sustainability and longevity.

Link for how to find/locate your representative:

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/Apps/fml2022/search.aspx

Link for more info on the House and Senate bill:

https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1054.pdf

Tennessee Tree Day-March 16th, 2024

Campus wide or Green Sleeves collectively plant trees at a location.

Pollinator Garden with TEC

Dr. Rabb's Plaza Garden

Dr. Rabb has a space on campus for us to utilize as a garden space. A great opportunity to beautify the Nashville State White Bridge Campus!

Upcoming Conservancy Events

When able, let's attend these as a group to increase our presence in the community! I want these groups to know we mean business, and as a result, we will garner resources to use in our own projects!

Upcoming Events with Harpeth River Conservancy:

https://harpethconservancy.org/events/

Upcoming Events with Tennessee Environmental Council:

https://www.tectn.org/getinvolved.html

Upcoming Events with Cumberland River Compact:

https://cumberlandrivercompact.org/events/

Thank you all for your commitment to a cleaner, greener Tennessee!

Best regards,

Seaver Harp

Pollinator Garden with TEC

Dr. Rabb's Plaza Garden

Dr. Rabb has a space on campus for us to utilize as a garden space. A great opportunity to beautify the Nashville State White Bridge Campus!

 

Take the Clean Earth Challenge  Do you love your campus, community, local park or cool camping spot? Have you noticed trash and debris that litter the landscape—whether it’s studying, hanging out with friends or spending time at your favorite outdoor spot?  By taking simple steps you can help clean it up! 

Green Sleeves Nature Walks and Trash Pick-Up (Counts as Community Service). Green Sleeves is the student environmental organization. Contact: jessica.rabb@nscc.edu

  • After Spring Break: Let me know if there would be a better time or campus for you. I plan to do this at least once a week after the break. 

Sustainability Podcasts 

Global Climate Change Week is October 12-18 on campuses across the nation. The library has a lot of books on the topic of Climate Change.  Come check them ou and "be the change". We even have The Insect Cookbook.

Try riding your bike as transportation.

You can e-mail -- Sally Robertson, sally.robertson@nscc.edu -- Sustainability/Biking Librarian

Or, Jessica.Rabb@nscc.edu  -- Biology professor.

 The art of being fully human in a time of crisis

https://climatechangeconversationsinlibraries.umasscreate.net/climate-prep-week-2019/

If you are interested in Green Sleeves, but cannot attend at this time, send your schedule to Dr. Jessica Rabb.

You cab also come to the Main Campus (White Bridge Road) library and ask for Sally Robertson, the Sustainability Librarian.

Some good environmental movies in the campus library:

  • Deepwater Horizon (we also have the book)
  • An inconvenient Truth

  • Global Warming: the signs and the science

  • Chill Out: campus solutions to global warming

  • Carbon Nation: a climate change solutions movie

  • Six Degrees could change the world.

  • The Journey to Planet Earth (television series)

  • Planet Earth II  (2017) trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8aFcHFu8QM

Dr. Rabb—Faculty Advisor-- jessica.rabb@nscc.edu

Sally Robertson – Sustainability Librarian -- sally.robertson@nscc.edu

 

Keep the Conversation Going via the Now What?! Gathering

Now What?! is a global gathering of people and resources for collectively navigating the complexity of our times, in order to co-create learning, build community, unleash generosity, and support Life. It takes place in multiple venues both virtually and in person, from October 14 through November 22, 2019.

Beyond C3L is one of seventeen organizations partnering with Now What?! to convene conversations on topics relating to a Just Transition/Green New Deal, Adaptation to a Transforming World, and more. Connect and engage with one another as part of a special Beyond C3L cohort, and cross-pollinate with other people from around the world who are gathering via Now What?! to practice “the art of being fully human in a time of crisis.”

REGISTER FOR NOW WHAT?! HERE

Beyond C3L Partner Organizations and Initiatives

The Beyond C3L team has been coordinating with a number of organizations and initiatives to create an exciting menu of opportunities for people to engage in climate related work on a persona level, in their communities and across the New England region.

To follow up on any of the offerings from the partners below, contact them directly, ask the Beyond C3L team to connect you, or complete the Beyond C3L Survey and indicate your interest there.

The Jarchow Lab at the University of South Dakota is seeking an innovative and hard-working student to be part of the first cohort of students in a graduate program in sustainability that is being developed at USD.  The PhD position is fully funded for four years at ~$22,000 per year.  The position has a flexible start date of either summer or fall 2017.

The PhD position is part of a project, funded by NSF, titled “Sustainable socio-economic, ecological, and technological scenarios for achieving global climate stabilization through negative CO2 emission policies.”  The project brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers from USD, Montana State University, and the University of Wyoming to evaluate the role that a BEECS (bioenergy and carbon capture and sequestration) economy would have on the Upper Missouri River Basin (UMRB).  The Jarchow Lab-led project has two main components.  First, we will assess, map, and quantify how residents of the UMRB perceive the social values of the ecosystem services provided by their environment.  Second, we will do sustainability visioning to develop a scenario of a desirable future for the UMRB. 

Applicants with training in a number of academic disciplines will be considered for this position including sustainability, biology/ecology, environmental science or studies, political science, sociology, or other related fields.  Additional qualifications include knowledge of geographical information systems (GIS) software, excellent oral communication skills, and interest in conducting interdisciplinary research.

To apply for this position, please send a cover letter describing your career goals and how your experience and qualifications make you a strong fit for this position to me (Meghann.Jarchow@usd.edu).  Also attach your CV or resume, unofficial transcript(s), GRE scores (unofficial OK), TOEFL scores (for non-native English speakers only), and the names and e-mail addresses of three references.  Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials by 16 December 2016.

For more information, please contact me.

Meghann Jarchow

Assistant Professor

Sustainability Program Coordinator

Department of Biology

University of South Dakota

Churchill-Haines Labs 171E

(605)677-3115 (office)

(605)659-1889 (cell)

http://www.jarchowlab.org/

The Bard Center for Environmental Policy / The National Climate Seminar

Jobs, a Green New Deal and 

Solving Climate By 2030

 

Joseph Kane, Senior Research Associate, 

The Brookings Institution 

Webinar, Wednesday November 13, 2019, 12 Noon EST.  

Webinar Link Here Dial in information Here

The 2030 date to achieve the Paris Climate Accords is forcing all of us to rethink "Business As Usual.  Suppose that we did transition towards 100% renewable energy + electric vehicles in ten years: millions of green jobs would be created, but there would also be substantial disruption for workers in sectors ranging from fossil fuel to automotive to transportation.What kind of federal policy could support a just transition? Join the Brooking Institution’s Joseph Kane on Bard’s National Climate Seminar for a conversation about jobs, the Green New deal, and Solving Climate by 2030. 

This webinar is part off a year-long project: Solve Climate By 2030  sponsored by The Bard Center for Environmental Policy  The project takes as its starting point recent IPCC report that we have only ten years to forestall catastrophic climate change. Combining a national speakers network with a call for One-Night Teach-in’s, the project culminates on April 7, 2020 in a national Power Dialog: 52 simultaneous, university hosted webinars, one in every stateDC and Puerto Rico. In these webinars, local climate solutions experts will suggest the top three ambitious but feasible state, urban, utility or business initiatives that need to occur in Tennessee and Idaho, Missouri and New Jersey, Florida and Minnesota,  if we aim to forestall catastrophic climate change. Following these state webinars, classes and other groups tuning in will have 45 minutes for “solutions sprints” designed to identify civic action opportunities for participants.

Learn more at  Solve Climate By 2030 , and sign up here to stay informed about the project.