[HASTS-jobs] Fwd: MIT Environment & Sustainability Weekly

Mon Jun 14 17:52:26 EDT 2021

Hi HASTS alumni,

I noticed in the below newsletter that there are two postdoc positions, and there are also some other interesting looking positions further down in their newsletter.  If environment and sustainability are areas of interest to you and you’d like to get ESI's weekly newsletter, you can subscribe at the very bottom of their home page (https://environmentalsolutions.mit.edu/).

All my best,
Karen

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Featured This Week

Biodiversity & Cities

On May 26 and 27, ESI hosted one of our largest People, Prosperity & the Planet public events to date, to share findings and ideas from the emerging field of urban policy and design for biodiversity. "Biodiversity & Cities" brought together nine speakers from five continents to discuss how rapid urbanization is impacting the richness and variety of life on Earth—as well as the new realm of policy ideas and experiments to make cities into positive forces for biodiversity, both within their borders and far beyond city limits.

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Speakers addressed the ways the resource needs of cities put pressure on biodiversity across huge distances; the growth of urban bioeconomies that promote biodiversity as an engine for jobs and opportunity; and ecological citizenship, the sense of meaning and political identity that people derive from ecological action in cities.

(On right: Professor Aliyu Barau of Bayero University Kano shared this photo of an indigenous tree planting project in Kano, Nigeria.)

Missed the event? "Biodiversity & Cities" is now available to view online. Watch the first session<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=67b8553589&e=228cc5faeb>, on science, policy and design frameworks for biodiversity and cities, and the second session<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=87563c019d&e=228cc5faeb>, on case studies from the global south, on our YouTube channel. You can also check out the speakers' presentations here<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=404689249c&e=228cc5faeb>.

Announcements

Postdoctoral Job Openings with ESI

ESI is hiring for two full-time, one-year postdoctoral positions. One will help establish an MIT Climate Grand Challenge Team focused on Natural Climate and Community Solutions, in particular, helping local groups restore and preserve carbon-storing ecosystems in the Amazon, the Congo, and Southeast Asia. The other will lay the groundwork for a project to create and expand resources for Climate Change and Sustainability Education in STEM classes within secondary schools and higher education in the U.S. Learn more about both positions<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=47263a2236&e=228cc5faeb>. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until filled.

What We're Reading

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It's not your imagination—ticks are out of control this year<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=d458ea8140&e=228cc5faeb>: Tick populations fluctuate through multi-year cycles, but they're also on a long-term upward trend as a result of climate change and human development. Across wide swaths of North America, this summer is a perfect storm.
- Grist
[the flag of the United Nations]<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=b9c5c9752e&e=228cc5faeb>
As more climate migrants cross borders seeking refuge, laws will need to adapt<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=b123df57ea&e=228cc5faeb>: International law makes provision for refugees fleeing their home countries when staying may cost them their lives. But displacement by climate change doesn't fit well into this legal rubric.
- The Conversation

Events

This Week

  *   Crowdsourcing Sustainability in Math Education at MIT<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=a04317d0f9&e=228cc5faeb>, an opportunity for the MIT community to collectively brainstorm problem sets that connect the 18.02 (multivariate calculus) curriculum to real-world issues in environment, sustainability, and social activism. This will be the kickoff for an ongoing effort; if you want to be involved in this process, but cannot make the kickoff event, you are still invited to register. Monday, June 14, 1-4 pm. Register<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=4422f23a7b&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Who's Delaying Climate Action in Massachusetts?, a webinar from 350 Mass presenting a Brown University report on climate lobbying in Massachusetts. Monday, June 14, 7 pm. Register<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=20cce89ec5&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Resilient Cambridge Plan Virtual Public Meeting, the public announcement of the City of Cambridge's roadmap for climate change preparedness and resilience. Thursday, June 17, 6-8 pm. Register<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=05b0b97a94&e=228cc5faeb>.

Save the Date

  *   Space Environmentalism<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=664e7165d2&e=228cc5faeb>, a discussion of the problem of space debris and its relevance to climate change mitigation. With Prof. Moriba Jah of UT Austin; hosted by the MIT Media Lab. Thursday, June 24, 12-1 pm. Stream here<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=4d01c46a48&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Applied Energy Symposium: MIT A+B<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=2feba8f8d5&e=228cc5faeb>, a three-day symposium co-hosted by MIT and Harvard on A) the rapid deployment of existing, proven low-carbon energy technologies, and B) the development of next-generation energy technologies that could begin deployment at the terawatt scale by mid-century. August 11-13.

  *   Climapalooza<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=483b19c28d&e=228cc5faeb>, Boston's annual climate action rally and benefit concert. Friday, September 17, 7-9 pm. Save the date<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=0f3d635bd8&e=228cc5faeb>.

News & Media from MIT

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When the bison come back, will the ecosystem follow?<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=66567ffc88&e=228cc5faeb>: Native American tribes in the U.S. and Canada are trying to restore large, free-roaming herds of bison on their lands. In many subtle ways, the biology of these animals may provide services for the Great Plains' ecology and climate resilience.
- Undark
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Environmental podcasts<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=63c3c7c711&e=228cc5faeb>: Students in the class "Environmental Governance from National Parks to the Green New Deal" created short podcast segments covering environmental issues in the U.S. from a historical perspective, from international development funds to public perception of pesticides.
- MIT SHASS

Opportunities

Internships, Fellowships and Work Opportunities

  *   Job: ESI is hiring a one-year, full-time postdoctoral associate in environment and sustainability education, to execute phase 1 of a project expanding climate and sustainability education capacity in U.S. secondary and higher education. Learn more<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=c494c9f802&e=228cc5faeb> and apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=9235bd8849&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Job: ESI is hiring a one-year, full-time postdoctoral associate to work with our group and partners across MIT on Natural Climate and Community Solutions<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=33cb6430ab&e=228cc5faeb>, an MIT Climate Grand Challenge proposal in support of local, economically beneficial modes of permanently protecting tropical carbon-storing ecosystems. This position will provide research and engagement support in defining and advocating for this proposal. Learn more<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=4f26d9167f&e=228cc5faeb> and apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=c0ff582f7a&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Job: The Abdul Jameel World Water and Food Systems Laboratory<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=85faab8462&e=228cc5faeb> is seeking a Communications and Program Manager to support the Laboratory's communications, internal and external engagement, resource development, events, and grant-giving. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=0168ddc199&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   UROP: A team including ESI is seeking a summer UROP to aid a project that will add climate and sustainability problem sets to a GIR math course at MIT. The UROP will edit problems and interview socially engaged mathematicians. Email Jen French<mailto:jfrench at mit.edu?subject=summer%20UROP>to apply.

  *   UROPs: The Plata Lab at MIT is seeking undergraduates for summer UROPs with the Healthy Farms project, to evaluate water and soil quality at Massachusetts Farms. Email to inquire<mailto:dplata at mit.edu?subject=summer%20UROP>.

  *   Student Job: The MIT Office of Sustainability is hiring upper-level undergraduate or graduate students as summer fellows, to advance projects in data analytics and carbon offsets. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=d2ed9cd814&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Fellowship: The Religion & Environment Story Project at Boston University is offering U.S.-based journalists, editors, and college and university faculty a fellowship including a stipend, two workshops and trade memberships for work on stories that connect religious and spiritual commitments with environmental action. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=e70eaa1e01&e=228cc5faeb> by June 15.

  *   Fellowship: The World Economic Forum and INSEAD are advertising a two-year Hoffman Fellowship in Food Systems and Data, to create action-oriented recommendations for using data analytics and technology to incentivize net-zero, nature-positive food systems. Learn how to apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=62d16d4cbc&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Job: Rare is a hiring a Boston Program Director to lead a local program inspiring individuals to make high-impact behavior changes to reduce carbon emissions. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=5331b90719&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Jobs: The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative is hiring a part-time UX designer<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=b802eeb54c&e=228cc5faeb> and web developer<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=3f21f07ec2&e=228cc5faeb>, to create an online portal for public access to EPA data on nearby polluting facilities.

  *   Job: HEET is hiring an Environmental Justice Outreach Director to coordinate outreach and operations for a program to reduce energy bills, emissions, and local air pollution in the Boston neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, and Charlestown-East Boston. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=be6f7ec5da&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Job: The Sequoia Climate Fund is hiring a Climate Policy Data Scientist to support the fund's grantmaking with credible data analyses and methodologies to assess the emissions abatement potential of a wide variety of project types. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=d99ea688c2&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Job: Better Future Project is hiring a 350 Mass Membership Manager to help coordinate the organization's large network of Massachusetts volunteers. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=fc3200bf58&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Job: Cornell University is hiring a social-ecological systems scientist for a tenure-track assistant or associate professor position. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=e52960ad05&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Job: Penn State is hiring two full-time, non-tenure-track faculty in their Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, connecting earth systems science with climate risk management. Learn how to apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=07a537dd7f&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Internship: Prime Impact Fund is looking for an investment operations intern to research and analyze opportunities to invest in technology companies with the potential to mitigate or remove carbon emissions at the gigaton scale. Learn more<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=1a13a4d999&e=228cc5faeb>and apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=485b82acc9&e=228cc5faeb> by June 15.

Grants, Scholarships, Contests and Funding Opportunities

  *   Grant: The Society of Environmental Journalists is offering grants of up to $5000 for journalism projects in climate-religion connections and environmental health and justice. Learn how to apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=2412feef53&e=228cc5faeb> by June 15.

  *   Contest: MIT Solve has opened its 2021 challenges, including one on Resilient Ecosystems<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=e5bcc1fbdd&e=228cc5faeb>. Compete for multiple rounds of grants, beginning at $10,000, to preserve and restore carbon-rich ecosystems and biodiversity hotspots. Learn more<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=98ad72491c&e=228cc5faeb>and submit your solution<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=47a8654b95&e=228cc5faeb> by June 16.

  *   Contest: Conservation X Labs has launched a Microfiber Innovation Challenge<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=82acc1d1a8&e=228cc5faeb>, offering $650,000 in grants to teams creating alternative, non-microfiber-shedding fabrics or improving textile manufacturing to prevent microfiber shedding. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=7244e57184&e=228cc5faeb> byJune 25.

  *   Contest: The ClimateScience Olympiad 2021<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=a620acdc35&e=228cc5faeb> is open for registrations. Compete in teams of 2 to create solutions for the UN sustainable development goals, with $10,000 in prizes on offer in the final round at the COP25 UN climate summit in Glasgow. Register<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=22853167c1&e=228cc5faeb> by August 1.

  *   Accelerator Program: Greentown Labs has launched the Healthy Buildings Challenge<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=b3952928b1&e=228cc5faeb>, offering networking, mentorship, office space, and $25,000 in grant funding to startups focused on building technologies that optimize for both human health and climate change mitigation. Read the RFP<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=693a5cd747&e=228cc5faeb> and apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=b970149696&e=228cc5faeb> by August 25.

Volunteer and Student Group Opportunities

  *   Student Group: The MIT Energy Club is looking for directors to lead the 2021 EnergyHack. Apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=8f418c8c45&e=228cc5faeb> by June 16.

  *   City Service: The City of Boston is seeking members for two community advisory boards related to climate change measures: one for green jobs<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=37f8893f7d&e=228cc5faeb>, and one for wetlands protection<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=2b3fbe8c6f&e=228cc5faeb>. Apply by June 30.

  *   Climate Education: Climate Interactive<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=03206823a8&e=228cc5faeb> is seeking En-ROADS Climate Ambassadors<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=20bea84a10&e=228cc5faeb>to learn how to run climate policy simulation games for classrooms, legislators, and community groups. Learn how to apply<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=641cb7241a&e=228cc5faeb>.

  *   Campus Volunteering: ClimateVoice is seeking student engagement coordinators<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=43d44c1841&e=228cc5faeb>and a student engagement team lead<https://mit.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7247cc773946fb96a52ecfa04&id=c1fd52a835&e=228cc5faeb> to promote concrete climate action on college campuses.

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