CRC Activities

Today, the CRC's Director, Jonathan London presented the findings of the recently completed Healthy Youth/Healthy Regions Research to state political leaders at the California State Assembly Select Committee Hearing on the Status of Boys and Men of Color in Sacramento. Click here to learn about or refresh your understanding of this important and groundbreaking research. 

Lowe's Toolbox for Education

Earthwatch Institute is accepting concept notes for future research proposals covering the areas of : ecosystem services, climate change, oceans, and cultural heritage. Earthwatch supports doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, or researchers with equivalent scholarship or commensurate life experience and welcomes proposals from advanced scholars and professionals of any nationality, covering any geographic region. Up to $51,000 is available per full field season.Click here for the full description.    

Apply by September 30th, 2011 for Global Green USA's Green School Makeover Competition. Global Green wants to ensure that every child has the opportunity to learn in a healthier, greener school. The Competition, as presented by Pureology, gives you the chance to help a school in your area by nominating it for a Green School Makeover worth $65,000. For more information about this opportunity, Click here .  

Jobs & Employment Opportunities 

The Call for Energy Postdoctoral Fellowship: The Humanities Research Center at Rice University seeks a one-year postdoctoral fellow to take part in a Mellon-Sawyer seminar on "Cultures of Energy: Global Economies and Local Communities" during the academic year 2012-13. The seminar will incubate multi-disciplinary humanistic collaboration and scholarly inquiry on issues of energy and energy transition. A key goal of the seminar is to establish humanistic scholarship in energy and environment-related questions as a dynamic and integral part of ongoing intellectual debate and discussion of energy choices and energy futures. Get more information by clicking here. 

The Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis seeks a Postdoctoral Researcher

The United Nations Foundation is offering a Solutions from the Land paid internship for for Fall, 2011. The intern will be responsible for assisting the initiative in producing an action plan for policy and programmatic recommendations to advance integrated solutions to food security, biodiversity conservation and climate change in the US and globally. Click here for the full announcement.  

By sowing "seeds of change" within the San Joaquin Valley, we can improve the lives of all Californians. Learn about some of the exciting work being done in the SJV by local organizers and this work's potential to make positive change in the region. Get to the article by clicking here.  

San Jose's technology incubator program now faces increased scrutiny. Two years ago, consultants told San Jose Redevelopment Agency officials that a highly celebrated program aimed at spawning technology startups was falling far short of its goals. Among their findings: The longtime program was producing few new jobs and the vast majority of the new companies didn't stay in town. Click here for the full story.