SUSTAINABILITY DIGEST
The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability provides this list to announce seminars, meetings, colloquiums, lectures, brown bags, announcements of interest, and job opportunities to the Institute community. If you have items you’d like to add please submit them to Cindy.Zisner@asu.edu before 5 PM Wednesday. This Digest is sent out on Friday morning. You may subscribe, unsubscribe, or change subscriber settings at http://lists.asu.edu/archives/giosasu.html under the Options where it says Join or Leave GIOSASU. You can see archives of list messages at the same address.
NEW ITEMS
(Current items remain in the Digest until they happen so don’t forget to peruse the web listing in case you missed something in the previous week.)
Other Events - On Campus
1. To the Edge of the Universe and Everything in Between in 3D at Marston Theater
2. Dissertation Defense: Diego Chowell
4. Doctoral Defense: Will Russell
News and Announcements
6. Godfathers of environmental law to teach two-week course at ASU
7. Tracking down the Arizona fireball
8. Volkswagen's $15 billion lesson on the stakes of sustainability
9. Looking ahead by giving back
10. It's never been easier to get caught red-handed
11. Meet our School of Sustainability alumni: Lexie Krechel
12. Chanel, Gucci and luxury fashion's sustainability crossroads
13. ASU's Poly campus now offers degrees in sustainability
14. Is Europe superior on sustainable business?
15. Meet our School of Sustainability alumni: Marina Acosta
16. After 'Brexit': What happens now?
17. Young African leaders find innovation at ASU
18. Mexico, ASU moving forward with energy reform
19. Making blood-supply screens easier and even safer
Other Jobs
20. Urban Ecosystems Analyst, Seattle, Washington
21. Community Health Worker Internship Program, Maricopa County, Arizona
22. Program Analyst, USAID, Washington, D.C.
23. Program Officer, International Center on Small Hydro Power, Latin America
24. Program Director, Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative, Sustain Dane, Madison, Wisconsin
25. Senior Biologist, EcoPlan, Mesa, Arizona
26. Cultural Resource Project Director, EcoPlan, Mesa, Arizona
27. Environmental Coordinator, Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, Coachella, California
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EVENTS
MS Defense: Heather Turrentine
(Tuesday, July 5, 2016) Heather Turrentine will defend her thesis A Comparison of Los Angeles and Phoenix Homeowner's Attitudes and Behaviors Towards Outdoor Water Conservation. Faculty, students, and the general public are invited. At 9:30 a.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information.
LightWorks Series: Jet Fuel from H2O and CO2, and Solar Energy
(Thursday, July 7, 2016) Aldo Steinfeld, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, ETH Zurich will present Jet Fuel from H2O and CO2, and Solar Energy from 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information and RSVP.
Free Film Screening: A Place at the Table
(Wednesday, July 13, 2016) A Place at the Table shows us how hunger poses serious economic, social and cultural implications for our nation, and that it could be solved once and for all. Doors open 6:30 p.m.; showtime 7:00 p.m. at Harkins Valley Art Theater, 509 S. Mill Ave, Tempe. More information and RSVP.
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On Campus
To the Edge of the Universe and Everything in Between in 3D at Marston Theater
(Saturday, July 2, 2016) To the Edge of the Universe and Everything in Between is a live, narrated 3-D stereographic journey from earth to the cosmic background radiation. Stops along the way include current, topical space science news explorations. Show is approximately 60 minutes in length. From 2:30-3:30 p.m. in Marston Theater, ISTB4, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information and tickets.
Dissertation Defense: Diego Chowell
(Wednesday, July 6, 2016) Diego Chowell will defend his dissertation Mathematical and Computational Models of Cancer and the Immune System at 9:00 a.m. in the Auditorium, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information.
Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics Seminar: Changing the Drug Discovery Perspective
(Thursday, July 7, 2016) Eli Chapman, University of Arizona will present Changing the Drug Discovery Perspective from 2:00-3:00 p.m. in the Auditorium, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information.
Family Fun Day 2016: ASU Art Museum
(Saturday, July 9, 2016) From ceramic sculptures to collages made of recycled materials, craft is being utilized by visual artists now, more than ever, in new and innovative ways. Be inspired by what contemporary artists are creating with traditional craft media in our new exhibition "Crafting the Collection," and craft your very own works of art at the ASU Art Museum’s annual Family Fun Day. From 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at the ASU Art Museum, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information.
Peace Corps Coffee Chat at Tempe
(Tuesday, July 12, 2016) Informally meet and chat with a recruiter. Get all your questions about Peace Corps answered and connect over a cup of coffee. From 5:00-6:00 p.m. at Starbucks, Memorial Union, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus.
Doctoral Defense: Will Russell
(Thursday, July 14, 2016) Will Russell will defend his dissertation, Social Inequity in the Mimbres Region of the U.S. Southwest, ca. 2560-1130 C.E. from 10:00-11:15 a.m. in room 254, School of Human Evolution and Social Change, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information.
Off Campus
Extending the Land Ethic Series: Climate Ethics: Reason in Dark Times
(Tuesday, July 5, 2016) Dale Jamieson, Professor, New York University will present Climate Ethics: Reason in Dark Times at 7:00 p.m. at the Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff. Sponsored by the Arizona State University Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, in cooperation with the Northern Arizona University College of Arts and Letters & Museum of Northern Arizona, funded by The National Endowment for the Humanities.
Sunset Tours at Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve
(Friday, July 8, 2016) ASU’s Center for Archaeology and Society is excited to invite visitors to enjoy the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve during sunset. Guests will have the chance to hike the preserve’s 1/4-mile nature trail and experience its more than 1,500 Native American petroglyphs in late-day light that allows for optimal viewing. From 7:00-8:00 p.m. at the Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, 3711 W. Deer Valley Rd, Phoenix. More information.
Extending the Land Ethic Series: Earth Speaking
(Tuesday, July 12, 2016) Linda Hogan, internationally recognized author of poetry, fiction, and essays will present Earth Speaking at 7:00 p.m. at the Museum of Northern Arizona, 3101 N. Fort Valley Road, Flagstaff. Sponsored by the Arizona State University Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability and the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies, in cooperation with the Northern Arizona University College of Arts and Letters & Museum of Northern Arizona, funded by The National Endowment for the Humanities.
SRP Free Shade Tree Planting Workshop
(Saturday, July 16, 2016) SRP customers must register and attend a tree planting workshop to be eligible for the SRP Shade Tree Program. You'll learn more about the eligible trees, and the best methods for planting and caring for the new trees. The workshops will be conducted by the Valley Permaculture Alliance. From 8:00-10:00 a.m. at Tempe History Museum, 809 E. Southern Ave, Tempe. More information and registration.
GreenBiz Webcast: A Next-Generation Solar Strategy for Commercial Operations
(Tuesday, July 19, 2016) As businesses rely more on energy-intensive operations, including data centers and manufacturing facilities, solar is steadily gaining traction as a choice for powering large commercial and industrial facilities. In this free, one-hour webcast, you’ll learn: The opportunities for companies seeking low-cost/low-risk solar energy solutions; how to enter into long-term contracts for solar resources; how a major data center player implemented solar into its portfolio; and how a major consumer-facing company implemented solar energy. At 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. MT). More information and registration.
SRP Free Shade Tree Planting Workshop
(Saturday, August 13, 2016) SRP customers must register and attend a tree planting workshop to be eligible for the SRP Shade Tree Program. You'll learn more about the eligible trees, and the best methods for planting and caring for the new trees. The workshops will be conducted by the Valley Permaculture Alliance. From 8:00-10:00 a.m. at Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Center St, Mesa. More information and registration.
KDD2016: 22nd ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: KDD Workshop on Data Science for Food, Energy, and Water
(Sunday, August 14, 2016) Recognizing the need for orchestrated efforts to address the many interrelated data scientific challenges for the security of Food, Energy and Water, the goal of this workshop will be three-fold: 1. To introduce the emerging area of “data science for food, water and energy (DS-FEW)” to the KDD community; 2. To invite scientists and practitioners in the FEW domains to the KDD community, and interest them in leveraging our technology and expertise; 3. To innovate new technology, leveraging existing KDD technology where appropriate, to address the challenges we face in FEW, by bringing together a multi-disciplinary audience and enticing them to synergize. This workshop is part of the entire conference which occurs from August 13-17. For more information.
2016 AASHE Conference & Expo: Beyond the Campus
(Sunday-Wednesday, October 9-12, 2016) Join us in Baltimore, MD, for the 2016 AASHE Conference & Expo! AASHE's educational program covers the higher education sustainability community's most relevant and timely topics - providing leadership and change agency needed to institutionalize sustainability in higher education. In each session, top thought leaders offer insights that will inspire, motivate, energize and empower campus leaders to advance sustainability in higher education and beyond. For more information and registration (early bird until July 31, 2016).
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Solar Impulse Update
The Solar Impulse 2 solar-powered airplane is in Seville, Spain after Bertrand Piccard completed the long-anticipated Atlantic crossing, taking off from New York's JFK airport at 6:30 UTC on June 20, 2016, landing in Seville at 5:38 UTC on June 23, 71 hours later. Now the pilots (Piccard, and André Borschberg) and the rest of the team are watching for good weather for the anticipated two remaining flights, perhaps to Crete and Egypt, before returning to Abu Dhabi, the origination point of the Round-the-world flight, which started March 9, 2015. Full details at http://blog.solarimpulse.com.
Godfathers of environmental law to teach two-week course at ASU
Throughout the 1970s, the “Golden Age” of environmental law, Congress developed some of the most influential and enduring legislation still effectual in environmental policy today. In a two-week course this fall, ASU students will have the opportunity to earn graduate credit while getting first-hand insight from two of the “Golden Age” influencers themselves, Leon G. Billings and Thomas C. Jorling – the two senior staff members who led the Senate environment subcommittee during the 1970s. Read more.
Tracking down the Arizona fireball
On June 2, a chunk of rock the size of a Volkswagen Beetle hurtled into the atmosphere over the desert Southwest at 40,000 miles per hour and broke apart over the White Mountains of eastern Arizona. A week later, one of Arizona State University’s top meteorite experts was off on a team expedition in the Arizona wilderness on an Apache homeland, braving bug bites, bears and mountainous terrain. After three nights and 132 hours of searching, they were successful. Read more.
Volkswagen's $15 billion lesson on the stakes of sustainability (from GreenBiz.com)
The public backlash has already been swift, but the concrete financial toll of European automotive giant Volkswagen's deliberate manipulation of diesel emission testing revealed last fall is starting to crystallize. Read more.
Looking ahead by giving back
The woman who broke barriers as Arizona’s first Native American TV news reporter has recently guided the nation’s foremost Indian youth empowerment group to new students, communities and sources of income. It’s a testament to the perseverance Mary Kim Titla learned at home. Read more.
It's never been easier to get caught red-handed (from GreenBiz.com)
Some companies are learning the hard way that sustainability is increasingly critical to the corporate bottom line — and that advanced technologies are making unsustainable and illegal practices easier to detect. Read more.
Meet our School of Sustainability alumni: Lexie Krechel
Lexie Krechel graduated from the School of Sustainability in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Society and Sustainability track. She currently works as the Community Outreach Coordinator for the Tempe Community Action Agency. Read more.
Chanel, Gucci and luxury fashion's sustainability crossroads (from GreenBiz.com)
The world around luxury fashion is changing. Former CEO of Chanel Maureen Chiquet put it well at the New York Times luxury conference in Versailles earlier this year: She described an inflection point, shaped by macro-economic challenges that have diminished tourist flows and luxury sales, e-commerce that has eroded the exclusivity of luxury items and the evolution of consumer desires, with new generations looking for values-driven purchases. Read more.
ASU's Poly campus now offers degrees in sustainability
To meet an increasing demand for sustainability education, ASU's School of Sustainability has made its offerings even more accessible. Now, students at ASU's Polytechnic campus can enroll in the school's popular undergraduate degree programs, like its Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in sustainability. Read more.
Is Europe superior on sustainable business? (From GreenBiz.com)
With the future of the European Union at the top of the headlines these days, what are the differences between European and American companies on sustainability? Read more.
Meet our School of Sustainability alumni: Marina Acosta
Marina Acosta graduated from the School of Sustainability in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in the Policy and Governance track. She also minored in Psychology. Currently, Acosta is in the Master of Science Obesity Prevention and Management program at ASU. Read more.
After 'Brexit': What happens now?
On June 23, 52 percent of British citizens voted to leave the European Union, a move dubbed "Brexit." Though many did not believe such a result was possible, the vote will have wide-reaching consequences for the United Kingdom, from financial uncertainty to a possible breakup of the U.K. Read more.
Young African leaders find innovation at ASU
Fifty young African leaders who are visiting Arizona State University will take home memories of the scorching summer heat, but they also will carry back new ways to improve their communities. The group is part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders, and they are in the United States for six weeks, including academic work at ASU, community service and a meeting with President Barack Obama in Washington, D.C.
Mexico, ASU moving forward with energy reform
The visit from Mexico’s lead energy-reform planner on June 23 underscored the key role Arizona State University will have in working with the United States’ southern neighbor to take its energy sector into the future. Leonardo Beltrán Rodríguez, undersecretary for planning and energy transition under Mexico’s Secretary of Energy (SENER), met with ASU leaders and academics in Tempe before heading to Scottsdale to address the Arizona-Mexico Commission Summit 2016. Read more.
Making blood-supply screens easier and even safer
The nation’s blood supply is safer than ever, due to the ever-vigilant efforts of federal agencies, blood-donation centers and hospitals. When people donate blood, the FDA mandates screening for the presence of at least 10 different infectious diseases before being approved for use by the estimated 5 million people whose lives are saved each year by transfusions. Read more.
Help with the screening of new documentary – TIME TO CHOOSE
Academy Award®-Winning documentary filmmaker Charles Ferguson (Inside Job, No End in Sight) turns his lens to address worldwide climate change challenges and solutions in his new film TIME TO CHOOSE. TIME TO CHOOSE leaves audiences understanding not only what is wrong, but what can to be done to fix this global threat. Ferguson explores the comprehensive scope of the climate change crisis and examines the power of solutions already available. Through interviews with world-renowned entrepreneurs, innovators, thought leaders and brave individuals living on the front lines of climate change, Ferguson takes an in-depth look at the remarkable people working to save our planet. Help support a screening on Wednesday, July 13 at Tempe Marketplace 16. For more information and to help.
Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program
May 2016 drought summary is online.
June Southwest Climate Outlook
The June 2016 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.
CLIMAS Podcast: May 2016 – Even more disappointment re: El Niño and looking towards the impending "Doom Season"
Tune into the Southwest Climate podcasts on iTunes or Southwest Climate Change Network.
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OPPORTUNITIES
None at this time.
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Urban Ecosystems Analyst, Seattle, Washington
Application deadline July 5, 2016. More information.
State Implementation Plan Coordinator, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, Wisconsin
Application deadline July 5, 2016. More information.
Research Analyst, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
Review of application begins July 6, 2016. More information.
Environmental Inspector, Department of Environmental Quality, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona
Application deadline July 7, 2016. More information.
Postdoctoral Position, Resilient Forage and Grazing Systems, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Application deadline July 8, 2016. More information.
Geologist, Maine Geological Survey, Augusta, Maine
Application deadline July 8, 2016. More information.
Supervisor of the Southwest Biological Science Center’s Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center, Flagstaff, Arizona
Application deadline July 12, 2016. More information.
Sustainability Analyst, Public Works Department, Thousand Oaks, California
Application deadline July 15, 2016. More information.
Environmental Services Intern, Public Works Department, City of Tempe
Review begins July 15, 2016. More information.
Communications Director, Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin, Madison
Application deadline July 15, 2016. More information.
Science and Policy Internships, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Various locations, USA
Application deadline July 15, 2016. More information.
Community Health Worker Internship Program, Maricopa County, Arizona
Application deadline July 18, 2016. More information.
Program Analyst, USAID, Washington, D.C.
Application deadline July 18, 2016. More information.
Program Officer, International Center on Small Hydro Power, Latin America
Application deadline July 22, 2016. More information.
Program Director, Sustainable Neighborhoods Initiative, Sustain Dane, Madison, Wisconsin
Application deadline July 29, 2016. More information.
Director of the Sustainability Institute/Chief Sustainability Officer, Penn State University, University Park Campus
Review of applications begins July 31, 2016. More information.
Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowships in Sustainability, Cornell University
Application deadline August 19, 2016. More information.
Great Lakes Environmental Compliance Specialist, NOAA Contractor, Chanhassen, Minnesota
Application deadline August 31, 2016. More information.
Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Americorps, West Virginia
Application deadline December 31, 2016. More information.
Senior Biologist, EcoPlan, Mesa, Arizona
Cultural Resource Project Director, EcoPlan, Mesa, Arizona
Environmental Coordinator, Augustine Band of Cahuilla Indians, Coachella, California
Range Resource Area Manager, Arizona State Land Department
There are three positions open, Job Id 23340. More information.
Local Foods Development Coordinator, Local First Arizona Foundation, Phoenix, AZ
Communications Associate, Smart Growth America, Washington, D.C.
Program Associate, Smart Growth America, Washington, D.C.
Southwest Organizer, National Young Farmers’ Coalition, Durango, CO (or remotely in Southwest)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Sciences, Climate, Ecosystem, and Fire Applications, Desert Research Institute, Reno, Nevada
Scientific Web Developer/Designer, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California-Santa Barbara
Job #20160165 more information.
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