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SCENE is for all of us working in science and environmental communication, outreach and engagement. It is brought to you by the Bartlett Science Communication Center. Please contact us with your info and events to share in future biweekly issues.
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Events
Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) webinar series
The CLEAN webinar series offers professional development for K-12 educators. Please share this info with your networks that include teachers wanting to bring climate and energy into their classrooms. The webinars help teachers learn how to use the CLEAN collection to teach about climate and energy. Find more information about each session and register to attend on the CLEAN website. Next webinars include:
- Wednesday, December 8, 4:00-5:00 p.m.: Using Understanding Global Change to make Earth system connections about local phenomena: The return of the river otters. Presented by Jessica Bean, UC Berkeley.
Rights of Indigenous people and developing international law
CU on the Weekend
Saturday, December 4, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Talk will take place on Zoom
Native Americans, and Indigenous groups in many parts of the world, have characteristically suffered histories of colonialism, the taking of their lands, and suppression of their cultures. The legacies of these patterns manifest themselves today in Indigenous peoples generally experiencing marked disadvantages within the countries that have grown up around them. Within the last decades, the international system of norms and decision-making, anchored in the United Nations and regional intergovernmental institutions, has addressed the concerns of Indigenous peoples. The result has been a growing body of international law and policy that affirms and promotes respect for Indigenous peoples’ rights. During this talk, Professor S. James Anaya will discuss the drivers behind and the most prominent elements of this developing body of international law and policy. He will also address, from both theoretical and practical perspectives, the significance of this body of international law and policy for the United States and other countries where Indigenous Peoples reside. Register to receive the Zoom link.
Meet a CU Scientist!
Saturday, December 4, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Boulder Public Library, Meadows Branch
Please share this Science Discovery event for everyone (kids, adults, and families) with your networks. Grad students and researchers from CU Boulder are stepping out of their offices and labs to share their work with the public through hands-on activities at the Boulder Public Library. Come help them practice their science communication skills! You'll see demonstrations and conduct hands-on learning about birds, humans in space, the sun, corals, arctic plants, Antarctic streams, sea ice, and more.
Outreach Funding Information Session
Tuesday, December 7, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Online
CU Boulder faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to join our staff for a virtual information session about grants offered through the Office for Outreach and Engagement. Proposals for the CU Boulder Outreach Awards and the office’s Community Impact and Micro Grants are due Friday, February 4, 2022. Information sessions provide an overview of each funding type, and are designed to help you understand the criteria for competitive proposals and which grant best fits with your outreach and engagement project. Visit the Office for Outreach and Engagement website for more information about these funding opportunities, and register online for the information session.
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Opportunties
Call for proposals: Science Under the Dome talk series
Apply by 30 November, 11:59 p.m.
Fiske Planetarium seeks interested graduate students and postdocs to present a talk in our Science Under the Dome talk series this spring semester. The talks will take place in-person in the Fiske Theater. This program offers you the opportunity to develop a talk on a wide variety of scientific topics (beyond just astronomy!) for a broad public audience of both students and members of the community. We’re excited to continue our three Science Under the Dome tracks: The Science of Sci-Fi, which explores scientific ideas through the lens of popular science fiction books and movies; Science and Society, which delves into science’s impact on our community and the world; and Climate Change in Our Backyard, which explores the local implications of our changing climate. We recommend selecting a topic that interests you and fits within one of these tracks, but we require that your talk not be based primarily on your active research.
If you're interested, please fill out an online application. If selected in the first round, you will be offered a short audition the following week. This will include a 5-minute presentation (which could be a condensed version or excerpt from your proposed talk, or a detailed and engaging pitch for the topic), along with approximately 15 minutes of Q&A. You’ll also have the opportunity to ask any questions you might have. For more info, you can check out a PDF version of the application form, example talk outlines, recorded SciDome talks on YouTube, and descriptions of the tracks.
Call for proposals: Outreach Awards, Community Impact Grants, and Micro Grants
Apply by February 4, 5:00 p.m.
CU Boulder faculty, staff and graduate students are invited to apply for CU Boulder Outreach Awards, Community Impact Grants, and Micro Grants. The online application will be available starting December. Learn more about the different types of funding on the Office for Outreach and Engagement website, and ask questions and see which type of grant might best fit your project at one of two upcoming information sessions: December 7 or January 6.
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News
CU Boulder, UN Human Rights to co-host global climate summit next fall
As the world’s biggest climate change conference (COP26) begins in Glasgow, Scotland, CU Boulder and UN Human Rights are announcing plans to co-host the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit. The summit, expected to be held in late fall 2022, is designed to engage human rights, scientific, political, educational, cultural and industry leaders to commit to specific goals that will help to slow climate change and address its adverse effects on human rights. Find out more in the CU news story and visit the summit website.
Composting now available in all academic buildings on campus
Restrooms across campus now host compost collection bins. to See the story on the Environmental Center's website.
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