Well I think I promised someone I would update every 6 weeks, so still sort of meeting some kind of deadline somewhere.
Quickly, though, there are a few updates to make:
Welcome Jamie! Jamie McEwen is a fellow undergraduate student at University of Calgary, and my academic sibling - the younger, fresher (if not ever-so-slightly more naive?) one, that is. He's interested in plant ecology, phylogenies, doing fieldwork picking/smelling flowers, diving, and other fun stuff like that. Ask him about it sometime. Cool dude, glad to add him to the roster as 1) he'll help increase the update frequency and 2) he's one of those freakishly smart, very interesting people that I love to add to my social circle, even if only to stand in the cast of their glowing, wind-power generated halos.
I've just posted to create an action event for October 24, 2009 under the organization 350.org as part of the International Day of Action for Climate. I really didn't have much choice; it's my birthday, after all, and if that's not a sign to get your butt in gear to take some affirmative action, do some planning, step up to the leadership plate, etc. I don't know what is. I set the venue for University of Calgary (since I don't know where I'll be living, seeing as I won't be in school next October and possibly not even in Calgary) and will be working with the U of C's EcoClub and other groups to get something really big together. Here in Alberta of course we've got plenty of fodder both to work with and to complain about - depending on your perspective - so it should be a good one. I'm thinking live music, good food (and fun), speakers, presentations and lots of opportunities to get involved. And a cross-city walk/run/bike event would be fun, too. Maybe get Calgary Transit involved somehow? I'd love to hear ideas if you've got them.
What else? If you're looking for ecology-related jobs there are some really cool postings on www.conbio.org (Society for Conservation Biology). This of course is a favourite hangout of mine so I'm a bit biased; unfortunately the majority of those jobs are available only to those able to work or already living in the US, but there are other gems out there, too. I've got a laundry-list of other opportunities; if you want a copy I'll email it to you - just email me first at susan.cousineau@gmail.com.
Oh boy - what else? Vertical living walls, green roofs, bioremediation of household grey water, and my old ecoentrepreneurism streak is all coming back again. On top of my pet research project on the invertebrate fauna of the stilt root cones of neotropical Iriartea deltoidea palms, two big term papers - including the 401 group project paper, of which I have yet to find a positive thing to say, for anyone who cares - and other facts of undergraduate life such as balancing sleep, friends, relationship, family, exercise, eating, writing and getting dressed in the morning. Not in that order.
That said, then - I'm off to review 401 lecture notes before class at 10 am. Oh - and muchisimas gracias to Frank Azorsa for his FANTASTIC guides and pdf-links to the neotropical ant fauna.
Chao!
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