The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will once again be hosting the Conference on Design and Construction Issues at Hazardous Waste Sites, April 14 and 15, 2009 at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The target audience includes representatives from government and the private sector who are involved with the design and construction activities that emerge at hazardous waste sites.

Link to the Department of the Army's Career Program 18, Engineers and Scientists (Resources and Construction), public Web site.

The US Army Corps of Engineers is providing an innovative training opportunity in the sustainable environmental operating principles and cultural values of indigenous peoples. The training has four goals: (1) to develop a better understanding of indigenous cultural, spiritual and environmental beliefs, (2) to share the knowledge and experience of sustainable living, (3) to develop the principles and values necessary to evaluate Federal agency actions sustainability and environmental concerns, and (4) to find synergy in the sharing of ideas among Federal agencies in the protection and preservation of the land and natural environment. This training incorporates the ethics embodied in the USACE Environmental Operating Principles, specifically those dealing with sustainability. A video on the training, "The Fires of Understanding" is available at: http://www.usace.army.mil/cw/tribal/index.html

Link to the US Army Corps of Engineers Learning Center (ULC) Web site where you can find numerous Proponent-Sponsored Engineer Corps Training (PROSPECT) Program courses.