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ISE and Office of Graduate Education Announce the First Cohort of Sustainability Summer Research Fellows!
Congratulations are in order for eight Mason graduate students selected for the inaugural cohort of Sustainability Summer Research Fellows! Unique among summer research opportunities, this fellowship pairs Mason doctoral or masters students with organizations engaged in applied and impactful research on a host of sustainability, resilience, and environmental justice initiatives.
In Summer 2022, the following graduate students from a wide array of programs and backgrounds will co-create and conduct research activities with partner organizations that are making a positive impact on our world:
- Arvind Geetha Christ, PhD student in Sociology (CHSS)
- Ashton Rohme, PhD student in Conflict Analysis and Resolution (Carter School)
- Stacy Lynn Yike, MS student in Environmental Science and Policy (COS)
- Sri Saahitya Uppalapati, PhD student in Communication (CHSS)
- Blake Vullo, PhD student in Sociology (CHSS) and Bradley Gay, PhD Student in Earth Systems and Geoinformation Sciences (COS)
- Shawn Smith, PhD student in Environmental Science and Policy (COS)
- Dhruv Deepak, PhD student in Sociology (CHSS)
- Learn more about the 2022 Sustanability Fellows and their research!
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Solve Climate by 2030: Worldwide Teach-In on Climate and Justice
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Carter School's Spring 2022 Peace Week
The Carter School's Spring 2022 Peace Week will be held April 4 - 8, 2022. Join the Carter School for a series of workshops, presentations, and discussions focused on Ideas and Action: Integrating Theory and Practice for Peace and Conflict Resolution. The Carter School highlights innovative work in theory and practice of peace and conflict resolution in a week of cross-fertilizing amongst diverse practitioners, researchers, and teachers. This collaborative space will be devoted to the multitude of efforts to prevent and transform the most destructive impacts of conflicts, support justice, and build peace. Events will be held in-person, online, or hybrid formats.
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Congressional Fellowship Opportunity
The Climate Solutions Foundation is launching a 12-month Congressional Fellowship Program which will provide participants an opportunity to work alongside U.S. House of Representatives staff, and to gain invaluable and practical public policy experience. This program is ideal for those interested in leveraging their expertise in order to inform policy and inspire pragmatic climate change solutions.
Fellows must be U.S. citizens and have a master's degree in a political, scientific, or climate field. The program will run from August 10, 2022 through July 31, 2023. Fellows will receive a $80,000 stipend, plus reimbursement for health insurance coverage.
Applications are due by 7pm EDT on Friday, April 22nd. To learn more, visit climate solutions foundationon.com/csffellows.
The Climate Solutions Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded by Foundation Co-Chairs, Former Senator Mary Landrieu and Former Congressman Carlos Curbelo. They launched the Foundation with a series of bipartisan, bicameral gatherings of Members of Congress, executives, and scientists with one purpose: to build trust within the climate change community that inspires collaborative efforts that advance the agenda on climate. The Foundation supports the work of the House and Senate Climate Solutions Caucuses, and works with Members and staff who want to be more involved in these critical and bipartisan conversations.
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25Live Guide – Feature Your Sustainability Events
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ISE Faculty Profiles
The ISE faculty directory is a tool for you to find others with complementing expertise and for external and internal audiences to find you! If you haven’t yet submitted your research profile information for the directory, please complete your profile here.
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Film and Panel Discussion: Guardians of the Forest
Wednesday, April 13, 2022, 6pm - 8pm ET via Zoom
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Guardians of the Forest is an award-winning documentary film that tells the inspiring story of the Maijuna Indigenous group of the Peruvian Amazon as they fight for their biologically rich ancestral lands and cultural survival. The Maijuna culture is sustained and nourished by their heavily forested ancestral territory, which is increasingly threatened by outsiders. After introducing and screening the film, this event will culminate in a question-and-answer session with Maijuna leaders and the film’s producer and director. This documentary film will be of broad interest to attendees as it touches on rainforest conservation, Indigenous rights and lifeways, community empowerment, human rights, and environmental justice, among other critical topics. To register for free, please visit:
Event Sponsors: School of Integrative Studies, Institute for a Sustainable Earth, Environmental Science and Policy Department, Smithsonian Mason School of Conservation, Global Affairs Program, Social Justice and Human Rights Initiative, LEAD, ACEER, Film and Video Studies Program, and the Center for Humanities Research.
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A Living Vision for the Amazon: Valuing A Most Precious AssetMonday, April 25, 2022, 10:00am - 11:30am ET via Zoom
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Join world-renowned thinkers as we explore science-based strategies for strengthening Amazonia’s resilience in the midst of accelerating environmental crises. Participants will share insights and experiences from the Science Panel for the Amazon, which in 2021 published a first-of-its-kind scientific assessment of the state of the Amazon, current trends, and recommendations for the long-term well-being of the ecosystem and its people. If implemented, the Panel’s recommendations will promote conservation as well as sustainable development of the region, with a vision of a standing forest, flowing rivers bioeconomy based on local and Indigenous knowledge, technology, and innovation
This webinar is sponsored by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, the Institute for a Sustainable Earth at George Mason University, and the Wilson Center, and will feature special participation from Carlos Nobre (University of São Paulo), Beka Munduruku (Brazilian Indigenous Leader), Luciana Villa Nova Silva (Natura, Inc.), Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University), and panel moderator Jeremy Campbell (Mason’s Institute for a Sustainable Earth)
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Interactive Workshop Series: Planning for a Productive SummerMonday, April 18, 2022, 1:30pm - 3:00 pm ET
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Faculty Affairs and Research Development Services will host the final interactive workshop of the semester. This workshop, facilitated by three Mason faculty members, will focus on identifying and making plans for achieving those (sometimes) elusive summer goals. We encourage you to attend and please share broadly with your colleagues. Registration is required, please use this link. We look forward to seeing you!
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Mason Vision Series: Living Native American Histories Across Generations
Wednesday, April 20, 2022, 7pm - 8pm ET
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The next installment of the Mason Vision Series will be held from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 20, and feature Gabrielle Tayac, historian and activist scholar, who will discuss Living Native American Histories Across Generations.
Native America holds histories encompassing millions of people, spanning thousands of years, and shaping present-day societies. Too often rendered exotically remote and stereotyped in popular presentations, accessing indigenous realities can require unlearning as a prerequisite to learning. Creating a dynamic applied approach to methodologies uplifting community-based Native knowledge holders as partners in scholarship, Dr. Gabrielle Tayac engages with research to link public understandings with indigenous voiced teachings. This work also minds the interests and reciprocities that American Indian communities seek to protect and restore knowledge disrupted through centuries-long colonial policies. In her presentation, Dr. Tayac will consider acknowledgment, right relationship, and the ways that Mason is at the forefront of developing public history as a community-engaged scholarly practice.
The Mason Vision Series will be live streamed through GMU-TV. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in the discussion by submitting questions via email (GMUProv@gmu.edu) or Twitter by using #VisionSeriesMason. To RSVP, click here.
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Democratizing NOVA Summit
Saturday, April 23, 2022, 10am - 4:30pm ET
Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall, George Mason University at Fairfax
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It’s time to gather the energies and initiative of the many people of northern Virginia who are working to build a regional community, economy, and politics that are truly inclusive, democratic, equitable, and sustainable.
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From Great Ideas to Global Impact: A Talk with Andrew Byrnes
Leveraging experiences from his decades-long career in the private and public sectors working alongside innovators and entrepreneurs, Byrnes will offer insights on leadership, building highfunctioning teams, engaging policymakers, and other critical stakeholders, and navigating existing and emerging regulatory regimes and challenges. There is no cost to attend, but preregistration is required.
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Climate Innovation Ideathon
Co-hosted by the Global Social Innovation Lab (GSIL) and Plan-It Earth, the Climate Innovation Ideathon on April 9 - 10, 2022 at Georgetown University brings together students, experts, and practitioners to generate entrepreneurial solutions to critical environmental challenges for a chance to win a total of $10,000 in prize money to launch their venture.
The Climate Innovation Ideathon is open to all undergraduate and graduate students. Students will form teams around specific climate change issues and work directly with relevant environmental and sustainability experts from the DMV area to discuss possible solutions and practice pitching.
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2022 Earth System Observations & Modeling Graduate Symposium
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Spring Resiliency Academy
The Spring 2022 Resilience Academy is a free opportunity for students to learn about resiliency efforts at the local, state, and federal levels. Students can register as a "Special Guest" with the codes below for no cost. Attendees have the option of registering for all sessions at once or they can select individual sessions from the series.
Event Details:
April 7th - Session 2: Community Action: Tools for Resiliency Planning
Register for Session 2
Students can use code: RA2022SGS2 to get free registration for Session 2 - Community Action: Tools for Resiliency Planning
May 12th - Session 3: Ecosystem Services: Green Infrastructure Utilized
Register for Session 3
Students can use code: RA2022S3SG to get free registration for Session 3 - Ecosystem Services: Green Infrastructure Utilized
June 9th - Session 4: Infrastructure & Buildings: Transportation Progress Report
Register for Session 4
Students can use code: RA2022SGS4 to get free registration for Session 4 - Infrastructure & Buildings: Transportation Progress Report
Cost: $25/session or $75 for all sessions; Students and Resilient Virginia Members are free
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CREF Compost Research Scholarship
Deadline: April 15, 2022
The Compost Research & Education Foundation (CREF) is offering scholarships to undergraduate through PhD students, studying at a college or university in the US, interested in doing a compost-related research project. The scholarship is for $4,000, and also includes an invitation to present research findings at a US Composting Council Annual Conference during a CREF research session.
The goal of this scholarship is to bring assistance to students doing compost-related research and to spark interest in future careers in the composting industry.
Learn more about the scholarship requirements and to apply: Here.
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NCDS Lunch & Learn: How to Be An Antiracist Researcher
Thursday, April 7, 2022, 12:00pm ET
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Antiracist researchers combat inequality and racism by conceptualizing, implementing, and disseminating research that dismantles racism, oppression, discrimination, and structural inequalities. This presentation offers participants an opportunity to learn how to engage in antiracist research by presenting a counter-narrative to the traditional conceptualization and implementation of research with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). During the session, panelists will define antiracist research, offer unique principles for conducting antiracist research, present challenges the antiracist researcher will encounter, and offer practical recommendations. Learn more on their website.
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2022 Spotlight on National Park Resources in the National Capital Region
This year’s Spotlight features 16 speakers and up to 30 posters highlighting science and scholarship from 12 National Capital Region (NCR) parks. Resource specialists and cooperators from as far as Nebraska will describe their work and findings. Each presentation is 10 minutes, with 5 minutes for audience questions. Some of the diverse topics you will hear about at the 2022 Spotlight include:
- Grassland bird management in National Battlefield Parks
- Topo-bathymetric lidar acquisition for the Potomac River corridor
- The Power of Music and Memory: Fisk Jubilee Singers and the Underground Railroad
- Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) habitat
- Dragonflies along the tidal freshwater Potomac River
- Artifacts of War, Sites of Resistance: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection
- Water Quality Monitoring: Clean Water Awareness and Citizen Science
- The Loop Trail “Quest”: Analyzing Decision-making of Park Visitors
To join us for any or all of the presentations, please register for Spotlight using this form. Once registered, you will receive information about how to access the Teams platform for the event and the final schedule of presentations. The Spotlight is a biennial event coordinated by a multi-disciplinary Steering Committee and supported by NCR’s Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance, Cultural and Natural Resource Advisory Teams, and the Resource Stewardship and Science Directorate.
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The Institute for a Sustainable Earth (ISE) aims to connect members of the Mason community with others across the Mason community–and with other communities, policy-makers, businesses and organizations–so that, together, we can more effectively address the world’s pressing sustainability and resilience challenges.
The ISE Newsletter provides up-to-date information on conferences, funding opportunities, and research pertaining to environmental science and sustainability. The biweekly newsletter aims to facilitate information sharing among researchers, practitioners, and relevant local, national, and international organization.
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