Another Great Class Opportunity

Local Conference Opportunity

The SER2013 World Conference on Ecological Restoration: Reflections on the Past, Directions for the Future will bring together more than 1,200 delegates from around the world interested in the science and practice of ecological restoration as it relates to natural resource management, climate change responses, biodiversity conservation, local and indigenous communities, environmental policy and sustainable livelihoods.

SER2013 is the 5th World Conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration.

http://www.ser2013.org/

Illinois Renewable Energy Fair

If you are interested in volunteering with the Environmental Studies booth, please contact Melissa Burlingame at mburlingame@niu.edu.

Graduate School Fairs

This fall, Idealist.org is bringing hundreds of grad schools to 18 cities across the country. If you've been thinking of applying to grad school, this is a great opportunity to meet in person with admissions staff from a variety of programs focused on the public good.

The fairs are free, and it would be great to see you there. To RSVP and for more information - including a list of all the schools that will be attending in your city - please click on this link:

http://www.idealist.org/gradfairs

Click on your city, and then on the RSVP button at the top of each page.

Here's the full schedule (all the fairs run from 5:00 to 8:00 PM):

New York - September 16
Philadelphia - September 23
Boston - September 25
Baltimore - September 30
Washington DC - October 1
Ann Arbor - October 3
Minneapolis - October 7
Chicago - October 8
Miami (Coral Gables) - October 15
Houston - October 17
Austin - October 22
Atlanta - October 23
Charlotte - October 24
Seattle - October 28
Portland - October 29
Denver - November 4
San Francisco - November 6
Los Angeles - November 7

To get a feel for the fairs, check out this short video, shot at an Idealist Grad Fair in 2012:

http://youtu.be/2gVkbnktD6A

Internship Opportunity in Sweden!

Courtesy of Freedom Field in Rockford

Read more here: http://www.swedishamericangreenalliance.org/2013/05/american-students-and-young.html