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Grass Routes Solutions 2012
The Richardson College for the Environment and the Campus Sustainability Office are now accepting submissions for Grass Routes Solutions 2012. You will be asked to present a 10 to 12 minute inspirational, aspirational account of a project you are working on or have worked on recently.

Solutions will be held on Friday, March 16 2012 from 12:30-4:30 pm as part of Grass Routes 2012, a week-long celebration of the ideas, skills, and art that will help us move towards healthy, equitable, sustainable communities."

For more information see http://dannyblair.uwinnipeg.ca/grass-routes-solutions-2012.pdf. Deadline for submissions is February 6, 2012.

The Manitoba Environmental Youth Network is looking for environmental leaders who have experience in helping successfully complete an environmental project.  Leaders will be paid and trained in an array of valuable skills necessary in order to become a leader in Manitoba. Interested students should apply here. Deadline for applications is February 18, 2012.

Geological Assistant Positions Available
If you are interested in a summer job working as a Geological Assistant for the Manitoba Department of Innovation, Energy and Mines, click here for details.

Geography in the News

New floods hit northeastern Australia: TerraDaily (Jan. 24, 2012)— Flooding in northeastern Australia caused thousands of homes to lose power Tuesday and prompted authorities to start evacuations, around a year after deadly floods devastated the region.

Largest Solar Radiation Storm Since 2003: DiscoveryNews (Jan. 24, 2012)— As the Earth's magnetic field begins to calm after several days of intense geomagnetic activity, the NOAA has announced that we experienced the largest solar radiation storm since 2003.

Waiting for Death Valley's Big Bang: Volcanic Explosion Crater May Have Future Potential: ScieneDaily (Jan. 23, 2012)— In California's Death Valley, death is looking just a bit closer.

NASA Finds 2011 Ninth-Warmest Year on Record: SpaceDaily (Jan. 20, 2012)— The global average surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880, according to NASA scientists.

Satellite Photos of Stricken Cruise Ship from Orbit: DiscoveryNews (Jan. 18, 2012)— In case there is any doubt about the size of the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia and the scale of the problem rescue crews (and now salvage crews) face, this incredible satellite photograph of the cruise ship, on its side, has been released by Colorado-based Earth-observation company DigitalGlobe.

MAP OF THE WEEK: 2011 Global temperatures.

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