<div dir="ltr">Reminder to let us know by <b>Wednesday, January 25th </b>if you are interested in this project, or interested in learning more! Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions.<div><br></div><div>If you want to learn more about ACORN, this project, and/or the project partner, please<b> join us on Monday, January 23rd</b>. See details below: </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Attention!  Graduate students interested in engaging around climate communication and solutions, and those who want more info on:</div><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><ol><li style="margin-left:15px">The <a href="https://pcc.uw.edu/education/graduate-certificate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Graduate Certificate in Climate Science</a> and required Climate Communication Capstone project</li><li style="margin-left:15px"><a href="https://pcc.uw.edu/research/acorn-program/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">Actionable Community-Oriented Research eNgagement (<span class="gmail-markmtmr6mnk7" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">ACORN</span>) </a>projects and</li><li style="margin-left:15px">Project ideas from potential collaborators inside and outside the UW (see list below). </li></ol></div><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><b><font size="4">Please join others with similar interests on <br aria-hidden="true"></font></b></div><b><font size="4">Jan 23 at 3pm in OCN 425</font></b><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br aria-hidden="true"></div><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Miriam Bertram, PCC Assistant Director and PCC Capstone Adviser, LuAnne Thompson, PCC Interim Director, and PGraSC/<span class="gmail-markmtmr6mnk7" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">ACORN</span> leaders, and potential partners will all be there.  Names of those joining us, and their affiliations and potential projects are listed below.</div><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><span id="gmail-x_m_-1321313629557324654m_7643499480867538463gmail-docs-internal-guid-423aef3b-7fff-8f83-61d4-088aae402bcc" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent">Rishi Sugla and Anam Mehta, CIG-Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC). Develop curriculum for a pilot summer school for students, technical experts, and community experts wanting to work in relationships of co-production and solidarity with frontline communities. Curriculum Development.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent">Leigh Anderson and Didier Alia, Evans School Policy Analysis and Research and UW Center for Risk and Inclusion in Food Systems (CRIFS) See </span><a href="https://pcc.uw.edu/blog/2022/06/08/first-steps-climate-change-curriculum-for-agricultural-analysts-and-decision-makers-in-sub-saharan-africa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border:0px;font:inheri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bottom:0pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent">Mark Windschitl, Professor, UW Science Education. Climate Science education, including teacher-scientist workshops. See </span><a href="https://pcc.uw.edu/blog/2021/06/05/lessons-learned-how-can-we-connect-middle-school-students-to-climate-change-and-ocean-acidification/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;text-decoration-line:none"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent;text-decoration-line:underline">blog post</span></a><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent"> on past project. Can have conversations with grad students who want to integrate education into their projects. </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit;background-color:transparent">Mary Manous, Cascadia Climate Action, Mentor and partner for  Schooner/Pub Talks and other outreach.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant-ligatures:inherit;font-variant-caps:inherit;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:11pt;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Neil Davis, a software engineer at Microsoft  interested in getting involved in the climate tech space and supporting projects that help with carbon reduction or transitioning away from oil and gas.</span></p></li></ul><br aria-hidden="true"></span></div><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">Thinking you'll join us?  Let me know <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflG_RKEpFsHQtpu1dPvW1VyCicE16hTDShXdHk3-ojtpQ94Q/viewform?usp=sf_link__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!j_lYDg4Ec-s882w6qHUNeV7_oQ3WvrH0A_5liZ8qujIF4-YZ0RBZc43mSUiHHAbHjF8SRib_CQWPFP4xUENJ$" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline">here</a>.  </div><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit">We'll have cookies at tea and conversation for the last 15-30 minutes, so registering will help with planning.</div></div><div style="border:0px;font:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;vertical-align:baseline;color:inherit"><br aria-hidden="true" style="color:rgb(36,36,36);font-size:15px"></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 9:15 AM UW Program on Climate Change: ACORN Projects <<a href="mailto:pccacorn@uw.edu">pccacorn@uw.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Dear PCC,</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">The PCC ACORN program is excited to share another opportunity for PCC graduate students and postdocs to work with a local organization in addressing community climate priorities.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The<span> </span></span><a href="https://svpa.us/" style="color:rgb(149,79,114)" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Snoqualmie Valley Preservation Alliance</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span> </span>(SVPA) and the Snoqualmie Valley Watershed Improvement District (SVWID) have partnered on a Watershed Resilience Study to better understand the economic impact of worsening flooding in the lower Snoqualmie Valley. The first phase of this economic evaluation will focus on economic impacts to agricultural operations as much of the lower valley is within the protected Agricultural Production District. The first step of this study will be to gather data and information from farmers via interviews to craft a "high level" summary of these impacts to be shared with partners, King County staff, elected officials, decision makers, and stakeholders to prioritize flood mitigation and prevention efforts into the future. The SVPA is interested in working with one or more graduate students or postdocs as an ACORN project team to assist in investigating the economic impacts of flooding on the Snoqualmie Valley’s food and farming system, collecting relevant data for cost-benefit analyses, and assisting SVPA staff with developing a high-level report on these impacts to share with key stakeholders and decision-makers.<span> </span></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:medium;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Please let us know by <b>Wednesday</b><b>, January 25th</b> if you are interested in this project, and include a brief description of your background and interest as it relates to the project (including any interest and/or experience with agriculture, food, and farming systems, and any experience doing outreach or one-on-one work with landowners or farmers). Previous knowledge or experience is a plus, but is in no way required. Let us know if you have further questions, and see attached for additional detail! </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Acorn Project Team</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Program on Climate Change<br><div>University of Washington</div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1ZQr53y2_jwLXcIk8r_NF0S58lrqCre3D&export=download" width="200" height="64"><br></div></div></div></div></div>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Acorn Project Team</span><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Program on Climate Change<br><div>University of Washington</div><div><br></div><div><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1ZQr53y2_jwLXcIk8r_NF0S58lrqCre3D&export=download" width="200" height="64"><br></div></div></div></div>