THIS WEEK'S OCEAN JOBS LIST

These are the latest opportunities on https://sevenseasmedia.org/. For the complete list and full descriptions go to our ocean jobs page. We are adding anywhere between 20 to 30 new opportunities per week online with over 30k views per month! You can also stay up-to-date by liking us on Facebook here https://www.facebook.com/sevenseasmedia

1. Senior Manager, Educational Programs, Environmental Law Institute (ELI), Washington DC

2. Coastal Science Education Coordinator, SF Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Research, Bay Area, Tiburon, CA

3. Legislative Assistant Opening, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Washington, DC

4. Southern California Regional Ecosystem Services Observation Network (RESON) Project Coordinator (Assistant-Associate Specialist), The University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

5. Oceans Climate Scientist, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), TBD

6. Senior Manager, Seafood Policy, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), Washington, DC

7. Marine Education Specialist – OECI, The University of Southern Mississippi, Ocean Spring, MS

8. Director, Rhode Island Sea Grant Program, Rhode Island Sea Grant, Kingston, RI

9. MEL/CLA Specialist, WorldFish, Jashore, Bangladesh

10. OPS PARK RANGER – 37970818, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Comission, Melbourne Beach, FL

11. Payroll Specialist, Ocean Wise, Vancouver, BC

12. Aquatic Pesticide Permitting Specialist (Environmental Specialist 5), Dept. of Ecology, Thurston County – Lacey, WA

13. Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Sacramento, CA

14. Senior Environmental Scientist (Supervisory), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Glenn County, CA

15. Wildlife Habitat Supervisor II, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Imperial County, CA

16. Marine Mammal Husbandry Internship, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, AK

17. Oiled Wildlife Response Specialist II, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, AK

18. New York Ecological Restoration Program Manager (1 FTE), Waterkeeper Alliance, Westchester, NY

19. Educational Specialist – FWC – 77000618, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Ocala, FL

20. Research Associate – Biological Oceanography/ Microbial Biogeochemistry, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel, Germany

21. Junior UI Developer (6-month Fixed-Term Contract), Open Ocean Robotics, Victoria, BC, Canada

22. Mechanical Engineering/Technologist Co-op or Intern Position, Open Ocean Robotics, Victoria, BC, Canada

23. Program Finance Manager, Rare, Arlington, VA (Remote)

24. Supervisor: Search and Rescue – Arctic Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

25. Senior Associate, Preventing Ocean Plastics (Analyst), The Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington, DC

26. Grant Specialist IV – 77000681, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Tallahassee, FL

27. Pelagic Observer Program Fisheries Observer – Miami, A.I.S., Inc, Miami, FL

28. Fishery Observer – North Pacific, A.I.S., Inc, Anchorage, AK

29. International Global Change Science Lead, ICF, Washington, DC

30. Environmental Compliance Specialist, CSS, Silver Spring, MD

• National Academies Sustainability Webinar Series; Date/Time: Monday, November 9, 2020, 11:00 am – 12:00 noon EDT
• MIT Open Ocean Seminar: Co-producing Science from a Seychelles Perspective; Date/Time: Monday, November 9, 2020, 1:30 pm — 2:30 pm
• 2020 Virtual Event: Exploring the World’s Ocean Habitats; Date/Time: 09 Nov 2020, UTC-05:00
• Webinar: Observing Alaska Lake and River Freeze-up through Fresh Eyes on Ice; Date/Time: November 10, 2020, @ 10:00 am to 11:00 am AKST
• Webinar: Advancing Racial and Social Equity Through Natural Hazards Mitigation; Date/Time: Tuesday, November 10, 2020, | 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. Eastern
• The Rise of the Conscious Food Consumer: COVID, Climate and Conservation; How Will These Affect Consumer Habits? (Americas); Date/Time: Nov 10, 2020 01:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
• Presidential Leadership in Aquatic Sciences; Date/Time: Thursday, November 12, 2020, 7:00 PM 8:00 PM
• Inside William & Mary’s School of Marine Science at VIM Part 3: Explore the new Professional M.A. in Marine Science; Date/Time: Thursday, November 12, 2020, from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST
• Webinar: NGS Coastal Mapping Program Update; Date/Time: Fri, Nov 13, 2020 2:00 AM – 3:00 AM WIB
• Women Exploring Marine and Atmospheric Science; Date/Time: November 14th, 2020, 9:00 am EST via Zoom Webinar
• Women Exploring Marine and Atmospheric Science; Date/Time: November 14th, 2020, 9:00 am EST via Zoom Webinar
• Webinar: What’s in the Kelp Forest? Exploring the Shore and Diving Underwater in Kachemak Bay, Alaska; Date/Time: Tue, Nov 17, 2020 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
• Inside William & Mary’s School of Marine Science at VIMS Part 4: Navigating the Application Process; Date/Time: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 from 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST
• Measuring Climate Adaptation Success and Progress: Introduction to the Resilience Metrics Toolkit; Date/Time: Wed, Nov 18, 2020 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST
• The Mediterranean and Coastal Tourism – Current Scenarios and Shaping Future Tourism; Date/Time: Thursday, November 19, 11:30 am US EST/8:30 am US PST/4:30 pm UTC/5:30 pm CET
• Webinar: Basel Convention Amendments & its Impacts on the U.S.; Date/Time: Thursday, November 19, 2020, 9 – 10:30 AM Pacific
• Webinar: Sea Turtle Webinar – 10 Ways To Help Save Sea Turtles; Date & Time: Thursday, Nov 19th at 8 pm Eastern / 5 pm Pacific.
• Webinar: November 2020 National Weather Service Alaska Climate Outlook Briefing; Date/Time: November 20, 2020 @ 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm AKST
• How taxonomic challenges affect biodiversity conservation; Date/Time: Friday, November 20th 12 PM – 1:30 PM EST (UTC-5)
• Scoping and Design of Actionable Science: A case study of integrating urban climatology and land-use planning; Date/Time: November 20, 2020, 12 – 1 PM ET

Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance Awarded $100,000 Grant to Expand Don’t Waste It! Curriculum Across the Southeast

Don't Waste It! is a new educator guide to waste management. The guide includes 11 lessons covering five themes: municipal solid waste, recycling, plastics, composting, and landfills. Don't Waste It! Is designed for both formal and non-formal educators with lessons for pre-K to 12th graders that can easily be adapted for adult audiences. Each lesson includes a group activity, independent practice, extensions, and additional activities. 

Developed by North Carolina’s Chatham County Solid Waste and Recycling, Don’t Waste It! Is going to be expanding through the southeast.  The Southeastern Environmental Education Alliance (SEEA) has been awarded a $100,000 environmental education grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Over the next two years, we’ll be creating new state-specific versions of the guide for Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida (LEEF) and then launch in-person and virtual training opportunities for educators in these states to learn the curriculum.  

"The Don’t Waste It! project will help current and future educators across the southeast understand the systems for solid waste, recycling, and composting in their state.  We're excited to provide educators across our region with resources and lessons to share this knowledge with students, in order to inspire their local communities to get involved with composting, recycling, and other waste reduction activities," said Don’t Waste It! Project Coordinator, Lauren Pyle.  

The Kentucky Association for Environmental Education (KAEE) is the fiscal agent for this project.  The project will be led by Lauren Pyle of the Environmental Educators of North Carolina and Shannon Culpepper of Chatham County Solid Waste and Recycling.  For more information, contact Lauren Pyle at director@eenc.org.

LEEF is honored to be a part of this amazing project!

Pumpkin Carving Competition and Member Fundraising

Show your LEEF spirit this fall! Get creative and help us raise $2000

Apple cider and pumpkin spice, oh my! Show your fall spirit by carving or decorating a pumpkin for our first ever pumpkin competition. The theme is "Environmental Education." Members and non-members are invited to participate for a chance to win a FREE T-SHIRT donated by our wonderful board members. Last year we hired our first Executive Director. Terran is still part time, but we need to raise enough money to bring her on full-time. Having a full-time Executive Director has been a LEEF goal for years and it would be a game changer for growing our association. If we raised $10 for every member, we would have $2000 toward our goal. We are asking all members to either find a $10 sponsor (or many sponsors!) for their pumpkin or donate $10 themselves. https://www.leef-florida.org/Donate Post your pumpkins online and let your family and friends know how much environmental education means to you. RULES 1. Pumpkins should be carved or decorated in the spirit of the theme: Environmental Education. 2. Pumpkins must be carved or decorated by YOU. 3. Only one entry per person. You can apply as a team, but you only win one shirt. 4. Contest is open to members and nonmembers! All ages welcome, but shirts come in adult sizes. 5. Contestants will need to email a picture (small-medium JPEG files) of their pumpkin to LEEF’s Executive Director Terran McGinnis ( director@leef-florida.org ) by midnight on Oct. 31st. 7. The pictures will then be posted on LEEF’s Facebook page for voting. https://www.facebook.com/LEEF.Florida 8. By emailing your entry you are consenting to LEEF posting that photo on their social media. If you also choose to post on your own social media page, use hashtag #LEEF VOTING ● The public will vote by liking their favorite picture on LEEF’s Facebook page. ● 1 Like = 1 Vote ● The public may vote on as many pumpkins as they like. ● Voting ends at midnight on Wednesday, Nov. 4th. ● Winners will be announced the following Friday, Nov. 13th. Terran will contact you to get your size, style, and mailing address.  AWARDS AND PRIZE ● People’s Choice: most liked Facebook picture ● Best in Show: based on the entry that best fits the theme and shows creativity. Chosen by LEEF's Executive Team PRIZE A LEEF shirt! Choose your style of shirt (excludes hoodie) https://www.bonfire.com/league-of-environmental-educators-of-florida/

Our annual conference that we were forced to cancel due to Covid-19 has been RESCHEDULED for April 22-25, 2021 at the Florida Elks Youth Camp in Umatilla.

Stay tuned for more information coming soon about registration and presentations.

1. Two NSF-funded PhD Assistantships to study beaver dam analogues impacts on floodplain hydrology, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

2. Mendenhall Research Fellowship Program, USGS, Gainesville, FL

3. Post-doc: Fisheries Science, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA

4. Repass-Rodgers Fellowship on Central Valley Salmon Restoration Policies, The Coastal Science and Policy (CSP), Santa Cruz, CA

5. Fisheries researcher: 2 vacancies, Wageningen Marine Research, IJmuiden

6. #106167 Science Communications Specialist, The University of California, Riverside, CA

7. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Planning and Environment Division North (RPEDN), DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island, IL

8. Monitoring Program Performance Analyst (Salmon Scientist) / Exempt, Puget Sound Partnership, Pierce County – Tacoma, WA

9. Supervisory Fish Biologist, ZP-0482-5 (Direct Hire), Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Woods Hole, MA or Narragansett, RI.

10. Marine Resources Management Specialist, ZP-0401-2 (DE/CR), Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Woods Hole, MA

11. Marine Resources Management Specialist, ZP-0401-2 (MAP), Department of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Woods Hole, MA

12. Emergency Management Specialist (Mitigation), Department of Homeland Security: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC

13. Education Coordinator, San Diego Coastkeeper, San Diego, CA

14. Communications and Outreach Manager, San Diego Coastkeeper, San Diego, CA

15. Staff Associate III, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, New York, NY

16. Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, New York, NY

17. Staff Associate I, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University, New York, NY

18. JIMAR PIFSC Oceanwatch Analyst, Joint Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Research (JIMAR), Honolulu, HI

19. Operations Coordinator – SLO, The Marine Mammal Center, Morro Bay, CA

20. Postdoctoral Researcher in Management Strategy Evaluation, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME

21. Science Instruction Specialist, Gulf of Maine Research Institute, Portland, ME

22. APS 6 Senior Fisheries Officer, Australia Fisheries Management Authority, Canberra ACT, Australia

23. Vice President of Institutional Giving, Oceana, Washington, DC

24. Mongabay internship, Mongabay, TBD

25. Special Activities Coordinator, Dept of Natural and Cultural Resources, Carteret County, NC

26. Ocean Tech Internship, The Liquid Grid, Remote

27. PhD Student Assistantship, The University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK

28. Legal Research and Technical Assistant 2, IUCN, Bonn, Germany

29. Fisheries Research Scientist, The Marine Stewardship Council, TBD

30. Ocean Tech Intern, The Liquid Grid Energy. Ocean. Sustainability, Bay Area, CA or Remote

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Webinars

Louisiana Farm to School Conference: Virtually Everywhere

October 8 // 11am ET
The fifth annual Louisiana Farm to School Conference will be held entirely online, free of cost. The theme for the 2020 conference is “Virtually Everywhere,” and will occur in 2-hour sessions from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CT on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, 7 and 8. The event will emphasize the three main components of farm to school — education, school gardens and local food procurement. Hear from speakers, Helen Dombalis with the National Farm to School Network and Sunny Baker with the Mississippi Farm to School Network. Learn more and register. 

 

Webinar Training: Make Yourself Obsolete: Shifting Power from Non-Profit Leadership to Community Leadership

October 8 // 3-4:30pm ET

Wondering what the right role for your community based nonprofit is? Or what it might look like to transfer power and ownership to the community you’re serving? Join the Wallace Center’s Food Systems Leadership Network and Kitchen Table Consulting, LLC for part two of this webinar series for an interactive training on strategies that non-profit leaders can use to transfer decision making power and sovereignty to the communities in which they work. Register here.

Food Systems Friday Webinar Series: Addressing Poverty and the Designed Systemic Neglect of Agricultural Workers 

October 9 // 3pm ET
The marginalization of agricultural workers and its historical persistence has long been an elusive problem to ameliorate let alone to solve. Farm Labor Organizing Committee (FLOC) shares its vision why major efforts have failed and of how this marginalization is man-designed and driven by global supply-chains controlled by major manufacturers and retailers. Responding to major catastrophes, pandemics remain difficult unless workers have a semblance of self-determination and be able to address poverty and systemic neglect. FLOC takes a look what it might take to make this happen. Register here.

Webinar: Indigenous Foodways Past & Present

October 12 // 1pm ET
In this virtual conversation moderated by the Newberry’s Rose Miron, chef Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota) and anthropologists Elizabeth Hoover (Mohawk/Mi’kmaq) and Eli Suzukovich III (Little Shell Band of Chippewa-Cree/Krajina Serb) discuss how Indigenous foodways have been represented, appropriated, and misunderstood throughout history. Emphasizing the contemporary revitalization of traditional Indigenous foodways led by Native people, the panel will highlight efforts to protect Indigenous food sovereignty, resist centuries of environmental exploitation, and remove colonial influences from diets. Register here. 

Latinx Leader Roundtable

October 14 // 12pm ET
In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, America’s Promise Alliance and Communities In Schools are co-hosting this virtual roundtable with Latinx young professionals and adult leaders at different levels of the youth development field, from community-based organizations to national nonprofits. The discussion will explore the top-of-mind issues for Latinx youth and communities such as the disparate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on this population, injustice against immigrants, and efforts to combat racism in the U.S. This conversation is particularly timely in an election year, as voters of all backgrounds and ethnicities consider these issues and more. Register here.

Food Justice is Racial Justice: National Farm to School Network Movement Meeting

October 14, 1-3pm ET (Virtual)
How can we shift power in our communities to create a more just food system? What community capital and resources can help us create systemic change in the ways we grow, prepare and eat food? Join National Farm to School Network for a virtual Movement Meeting on Wednesday, Oct.14 from 1-3pm ET, featuring Karen Washington, food justice activist, for deep conversation and action-oriented reflection on racial justice in the farm to school movement and wider food system. You’ll connect with fellow farm to school and food justice advocates from across the country, dig into conversations about what it means to shift power, and help shape the next steps of progress towards our vision of a just food system for all. This free, virtual Movement Meeting is open to everyone - no prior knowledge of farm to school needed. Register here.

Grants & Funding

1. 2021 Farm to School Grant Program Announcement Coming This Fall! USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) plans to release the Request for Applications (RFA) for the Fiscal Year 2021 Farm to School Grant Program in the fall.  The annual grant opportunity will help reach more communities seeking to incorporate local products into school meals, integrate agricultural education in the classroom, and cultivate and expand farm to school efforts. Stay tuned for the latest updates on the next Farm to School Grant RFA online via the USDA website.

 

2. Local Food, Local Places 2020-2021 Application

Deadline: October 30
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Department of Agriculture invite communities to apply for technical assistance to help revitalize their economy, promote local foods, improve health, and protect the environment. Local Foods, Local Places helps communities revitalize neighborhoods through development of local food systems. Eligible applicants include local governments, Indian tribes, and nonprofit institutions and organizations proposing to work in a neighborhood, town, or city of any size anywhere in the United States. Special consideration will be given to communities with Opportunity Zone designations. Learn more and apply.

 

3. Food Animal Concerns Trust Fund-A-Farmer Grant

Deadline: December 1
Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) is accepting grant applications for livestock and poultry farmers who wish to expand animal welfare, build capacity, and/or improve pasture for their animals. Grants of up to $2,500 are available for projects such as building mobile housing, constructing fences, laying water lines on pasture, and much more. Farmers located in the U.S. who raise beef cattle, bison, broiler chickens, dairy cows, goats, laying hens, pigs, turkeys, and/or sheep may be eligible to apply. Learn more and apply.

Hey Shoppers!

Next time you place your order on Amazon, make sure to choose the option to use Amazon Smile and choose LEEF as the non profit you'd like to support. It's no cost to you but it's priceless to us!

If you are an Amazon Prime member, hurry to get this done by Amazon Prime Days-October 13-14!