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Earthzine’s Second Annual College and University Student Essay and Blogging Contest Theme “Making Citizen Observations a Global Vision”

Hickok — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:01:51 +0000

Earthzine invites undergraduate and graduate students from around the world to submit an essay for the 2010 Second Annual College and University Student Essay and Blogging Contest “Making Citizen Observations a Global Vision.”

Earthzine, an online environmental journal, is conducting a competition to encourage students to creatively explore the benefits and challenges of the collaborative role citizen observers play in the collection and validation of Earth observations .

Students should submit essays that reflect the work of citizen Earth observers in their communities, their regions, or the world. They may find citizen scientists on their campuses, in community chapters of national and non-governmental scientific organizations, among disaster responders and readiness planners, in the health care profession, in agriculture, forestry and fishing, among many other domains.

Essays should also be related to one or more of Earthzine’s focal topics: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate, Disasters, Ecosystems, Energy, Health, Water, or Weather. Essays should follow Earthzine’s Writers’ Guidelines.

After initial judges’ review, Earthzine will post several essays on its webpage. The author(s) of the essay will be invited to lead a blog about their essay and to participate in blogs of competing essays. Winners will be determined based on the quality of the essay and the quality of the blog.

Winners will share $1200 in prizes, with $500 for the first prize. They will also receive certificates for themselves and their institution. All finalists will receive a t-shirt.

Eligibility: Enrollment in any (e.g. American, European, African, Asian, etc ) undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited college or university attending full or part-time at the time of the contest. Please indicate your anticipated year of graduation and the contact email of your Registrar.

Submission Guidelines: Queries and final essays should be sent to David Mullins, Ph.D., Associate Education Editor, at any time dmullins@sf.edu.

Important Dates

September 22 (Equinox): Essays due to Earthzine

October 4: Judging complete and finalist essays prepared for posting

October 7 (New Moon): Blogging begins

November 13: Essay blogging ends and judging occurs

November 21 (Full Moon): Announce winners

The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative [ELTI]: Inspiring Leaders to Conserve Tropical Forests and Biodiversity

JMVega — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:01:55 +0000

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama joined forces in a novel initiative to improve the management and protection of tropical forests in Latin America and Southeast Asia. Unlike most training programs, which focus on the people who manage or work in protected areas, ELTI pursues a different group for its workshops: policymakers, community officials, indigenous leaders and managers of working landscapes.

Education Around Earth – Under the Sea at the Top of the World

GSheehan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:01:32 +0000

Come with us as we go “Under the Sea at the Top of the World” and visit the Barrow Arctic Science Consortium (BASC) in Barrow, Alaska. BASC brings together a unique blend of scientists, native people, and centuries of Earth observing experience in a coordinated effort of research and education from above the ice to the sea floor below!

Education Around Earth – Ocean Literacy for a Blue Planet

PSteffen — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 04:01:33 +0000

Ocean and aquatic sciences remain among the most underrepresented disciplines in K–12 educational curricula. Rarely taught at any level, concepts about the ocean, the coasts or the Great Lakes infrequently appear in K–12 curriculum materials, textbooks, assessments or standards. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is working to help educators bring ocean sciences into the classroom.

2010 IGES Earth Day Photo & Essay Contest for Grades 5-8

adam — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:41:35 +0000

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stillman — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:01:49 +0000

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United Nations Decade for Education and Sustainable Development

Combes — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:01:18 +0000

For the past few months, students and Earthzine readers from around the world have been discussing sustainability during the 2009 Earthzine Student Essay Competition. According to Earthzine's Associate Editor for Education, Dr. David F. Mullins, "Educators need to think in the broadest of strokes when they envision sustainability. As the students' essays and blogs pointed out, sustainability is understood differently in different parts of the world. Sustainability is about social and cultural forces as much as it is the environment. And, that's exactly what UNESCO has found at the midpoint of the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development."

And The Winners Are…

Paul Racette — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:00:52 +0000

The 2009 Student Essay Competition Sustainability through Earth Observation and Engineering is pleased to announce the winners: First Place $500 to David Tshimba, Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda for “By Trying to Solve a Problem, Human Beings Have Now Created a New Issue” Second Place $250 to Sulaiman Tejan Jalloh, Institute of Advanced Management and Technology, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa for “Agriculture” Third Place $150 to Benjamin-Axel Mugema, Uganda Martyrs University, Kampala, Uganda for “Sustainability: From Modernity to Humanity” More details available inside

Finalists for the 2009 Student Essay Competition Sustainability through Earth Observation and Engineering

Mullins — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:01:52 +0000

Read the essays here! Earthzine's 2009 Student Essay Competition is GREAT! We received essays from around the world from students who discussed issues like marine ecosystems, environmental exploitation, human ecology, and ecological activism. Now it's the readers' turn to be involved in the student essay contest. We’ve posted the top seven essays as determined by a panel of judges. Now it's your turn to select the winner. Authors will be fielding questions in a blog on their essays. Winner's will be announced on December 21st. Let's all join in and support these terrific students in the final stage of the 2009 Student Essay Competition!

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Kerski — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 04:01:02 +0000

For centuries, maps have stirred imaginations and inspired explorations of the unknown. For the past 40 years, GIS has quietly transformed everyday decision making in academia, government, nonprofit, and in business through the manipulation of satellite imagery, maps, graphs, databases, and multimedia in a decision-making framework. Agriculture was one of the first fields to embrace GIS, applied to everything from precision agriculture to invasive weed eradication to sustainable practices.