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NEW ITEMS
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missed something in the previous week.)
Institute Events
1. Free Film Screening: Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest
2. Heat Wave: Solutions for a Desert City
Other Events - On Campus
3. Arizona Green Chamber Lunch and Learn: Sustainability in Action! At ASU, in Your Business and Life!
Other Events - Off Campus
4. GreenBiz Webcast: How Industry Collaboration Can Create a Sea Change in Ocean Sustainability
5. Audubon Arizona Birds n' Beer: Watershed Protection After Damaging Floods
6. Smartscape 101 Fall 2018
News and Announcements
7. Damming evidence: Communities turn to reusing wastewater as scarcity threatens
8. Are humans causing cancer in wild animals?
9. Taking ecosystem conflicts from zero sum to win-win
10. May Southwest Climate Outlook
Institute Jobs
11. Student, Phoenix RISN Research Aide, Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives
Other Jobs
12. Analyst in Environmental Policy, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
13. ‘Ike Wai Postdoctoral Research, Geophysics/Hydrogeophysics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
14. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts Innovation, University of
Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
15. Land Use/Environmental Planner III-Sustainability, Planning & Development Services, County of San Diego,
CA
16. Assistant/Associate Extension Professor in Climate Science, Department of Soil, Water and Climate,
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
17. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Community Engagement, Diversity and Community Engagement, University of
Mississippi, Oxford, MS
18. Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Mississippi,
Oxford, MS
19. Secretary, Board of Directors, Arizona Sustainability Alliance
20. Conservation International Internships
21. Short-term position, Cascadia Consulting Group
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EVENTS
Institute Events
For Teachers: STEM in the Desert
(Tuesday-Thursday, May 29-31, 2018) Learn how to engage your students in the world around them and
integrate learning through experiencing the science and ecology of the Sonoran Desert. We are conducting a
three-day workshop for upper elementary teachers with tools and resources for supporting STEM thinking and
BIG IDEAS through learning, analyzing and thinking about the environment right around us. Registration
deadline May 7, 2018. More information.
NEW!
Free Film Screening: Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest
(Wednesday, June 20, 2018) In telling this story, narrated by Chris Morgan, “Gray Area” explores whether there
can be a balanced and sustainable future where ranchers, conservationists, locals, and biologists alike can
coexist with this apex predator. Doors open 6:30 p.m.; showtime 7:00 p.m. at Harkins Valley Art Theatre, 509 S.
Mill Ave, Tempe. More information and registration.
NEW!
Heat Wave: Solutions for a Desert City
(Sunday-Friday, July 8-13, 2018) Registration for ASU’s new SummerUp Camps is now open! Do you know a
high school student who would love to experience life as a future Sun Devil and study sustainability and the
challenges of extreme heat this summer? This is open to rising high school juniors and seniors. More
information.
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Other Events
On Campus
NEW!
Arizona Green Chamber Lunch and Learn: Sustainability in Action! At ASU, in Your
Business and Life!
(Wednesday, June 13, 2018) Join the Chamber at our June lunch and hear Mick Dalrymple, Director of
University Sustainability Practices at Arizona State University present Sustainability in Action! At ASU, in Your
Business and Life! From 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at ASU Skysong, Building 1, Scottsdale Innovation Center, Global
Room 201, 1475 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale. More information and registration.
ASU-NSF I-Corps Training Session
(Thursday, June 21, 2018) Learn how to advance your research through I-Corps, meet other like-minded
researchers and innovators, and enjoy complimentary hor d'oeuvres. From 3:00-5:00 p.m. in room
335(Pitchforks and Corks), College Avenue Commons, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. For more
information please see our Entrepreneurship and Innovation webpage. Registration.
Off Campus
South Mountain Environmental Education Center: Moonlight Walks
(Saturday, May 26, 2018) Staying in the Valley this coming holiday weekend? Great way to spend the evening
with family. Enjoy a family-friendly stroll along their half-mile Judith Tunell Trail by the light of full moon. Learn
about the Sonoran Desert at night! More information and registration.
Free Water Harvesting Classes - Hydrate the Valley Is Coming to Mesa
(Tuesday, May 29, 2018) Watershed Management Group's popular water harvesting series is returning to Mesa!
Classes are every Tuesday in May from 6:00-7:30 p.m at Mesa Main Library, 2nd Floor Saguaro Room.
Whether you want to finally start that home landscape project or simply learn different ways you can conserve
water, Hydrate Mesa is for you! In addition to water-saving knowledge, we'll also be providing great giveaways
and prizes for attendees. Register online or for more info contact Ryan Mores at rmores@watershedmg.org.
NEW!
GreenBiz Webcast: How Industry Collaboration Can Create a Sea Change in Ocean
Sustainability
(Tuesday, June 5, 2018) During this free session, GSI Convenor Avrim Lazar will join WWF’s Senior Vice
President for Markets and Food, Jason Clay, as well as Cargill’s President of Aqua Nutrition, Einar Wathne, for a
discussion around the need for change within global food production systems, and will introduce the idea of
pre-competitive collaboration and provide practical examples from salmon farming of how it can help business
development. More information and registration.
City of Scottsdale Green Buildings Lecture Series: Heating and Cooling with
Ductless Mini-Splits
(Thursday, June 7, 2018) Used for decades in Europe and Asia, "ductless" mini-split heat pumps differ from
traditional home heating and cooling systems. Instead of leaky and bulky ductwork, ductless mini-split heat
pumps use an indoor unit connected to an outdoor unit via refrigerant lines. Up to 8 indoor units can be attached
to one outdoor unit allowing for different temperature settings in various locations in the house. Find out how
mini-splits can cut cooling costs by 30%. From 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Scottsdale Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700
N. Granite Reef Rd, Scottsdale, AZ. More information.
VERGE Hawaii: Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit
(Tuesday-Thursday, June 12-14, 2018) VERGE Hawaii is the platform for the systems-level thinking necessary
to build the clean economy. Join more than 800 stakeholders — from corporations, government, military,
utilities, NGOs and solution providers — to create new partnerships and explore emerging technologies and
trends that will increase economic and community resilience, in Hawaii and beyond. It will be held at the Hilton
Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, HI. More information and registration.
NEW!
Audubon Arizona Birds n’ Beer: Watershed Protection After Damaging Floods
(Thursday, June 21, 2018) Join us at Birds ‘n Beer, a free monthly educational happy hour featuring hot topics in
conservation and craft beer from Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. This month's topic is presented by Mark Brehl
from the Arizona Forest Service. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the presentation begins at 6:30p.m. All
beverages, including the craft beer, will be available for purchase with the proceeds benefitting Audubon
Arizona. Light snacks will be complimentary. At Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center, 3131 S
Central Ave, Phoenix. More information.
NEW!
Smartscape 101 Fall 2018
(Monday, July 9-Wednesday, August 6, 2018) Smartscape is a training program specifically for provide
education on a wide range of topics encountered in the landscape industry. Smartscape is endorsed by the
Arizona Landscape Contractors' Association (ALCA) and the Arizona Nursery Association (ANA). Upon
graduation from the course, graduates receive a certificate of completion from the University of Arizona and a
chance to market themselves as a Smartscape professional by listing their contact information in the
Smartscape Online Directory at www.smartscape.org/directory. Class will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays
from July 9th through August 8th from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Contact Kirti Mathura, the Smartscape Program
Coordinator, with any questions or concerns. (602) 827-8206 or kmathura@email.arizona.edu. More information
and registration.
Health in Buildings for Today and Tomorrow: Making Connections Conference
(Monday-Tuesday, July 19-20, 2018) Green buildings are among the fastest growing industries in the world,
representing a $260 billion market in the United States in 2015. But while sustainable buildings comprises 20
percent of new construction, these practices lack adoption in certain markets and face the challenge of including
best practices in healthy building design. Attendees in the 2018 Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference will
engage across sectors and disciplines to develop actionable strategies that incorporate innovative efficiency and
design techniques, new building materials, healthy building design, and sustainability standards across multiple
building types. At the NIH Campus Natcher Center, 45 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD. More information and
registration.
24th Annual IAJBS World Forum and 2018 CJBE Annual Meeting at Seattle
University - Innovation for Sustainability
(Sunday-Wednesday, July 22-25, 2018) Now more than ever, organizations need to innovate to stay relevant in
a dynamic, global environment. The theme of the 24th World Forum is consistent with the World Forum’s ten
year focus on sustainability. Today, sustainable enterprises not only require innovative business practices in
product design, partnerships, logistics, marketing, accounting, and finance; sustainable enterprises themselves
have created new norms for what counts as innovation in business and hold the promise of redefining what
effective business strategy looks like in the 21st century. The conference will take place at Seattle University,
Seattle Washington. More information.
9th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and Management
(Sunday-Thursday, December 8-13, 2018) Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) and the Coastal States
Organization (CSO) are proud to host the 9th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and
Management in Long Beach, California. The six-day Summit will explore cutting-edge issues in coastal
restoration and management, and will be comprised of a community restoration event, field sessions, plenary
sessions, expert presentations, special evening events, workshops, a poster hall, and an award-winning coastal
exposition hall. We hope that you will share in our excitement for this new collaboration as we bring to you the
largest national gathering of the restoration and coastal management community. To be held at the Long Beach
Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California. More information.
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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW!
Damming evidence: Communities turn to reusing wastewater as scarcity threatens
(from GreenBiz.com)
When California's Orange County Water District began distributing drinking water derived from sewage in the
mid-1970s, it acted out of simple need. The aquifer it relied on for most of its drinking water had been so
overdrawn that saltwater from the nearby Pacific Ocean was seeping into it, and allocation limits prevented
increases in exports from the Colorado River and Sierra Nevada Mountains, sources of the rest of the district's
water. Read more.
NEW!
Are humans causing cancer in wild animals?
As humans, we know some of the factors that can cause cancer to develop in our bodies. Smoking, poor diets,
pollution, chemicals used as additives in food and personal hygiene products, and even too much sun are some
of the things that contribute to an increased risk of cancer. But, are human activities also causing cancer in wild
animals? Are we oncogenic — a species that causes cancer in other species? Read more.
NEW!
Taking ecosystem conflicts from zero sum to win-win
An endangered bird and an invasive wetland grass both live in the marshes of the San Francisco Bay. How can
one group trying to protect the bird work with another group trying to eradicate the plant, and in doing so, both
accomplish their goals? Conundrums like this are exactly what drive ASU Assistant Professor Adam Lampert's
research. Read more.
2018-2019 Research Seed Grants from the Program for Transborder Communities
The Program for Transborder Communities (PTC) invites application to its 2018-2019 Research Seed Grant
cycle. PTC is an initiative of the Arizona State University, School of Transborder Studies. Seed Grants are
awarded to ASU faculty to pursue research program focused on transborder communities and critical social,
cultural, economic, political and environmental processes occurring at the intersection of borders and society.
The main focus of the 2018 PTC Seed Grants is the Arizona-Sonora borderlands and its communities, yet
applications focusing on other borders and transborder communities are also welcome. Seed grants are
expected to result in a self-sustained research program able to leverage funding from external sources. This
cycle is open to all ASU faculty who are eligible to submit grants to external funding agencies and doctoral
students working with faculty in the social sciences and humanities at any of the ASU campuses. We encourage
proposals involving at least one faculty of our partner institutions in the state of Sonora: Universidad de Sonora
(UNISON), Colegio de Sonora (COLSON), and Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD).
The deadline for applications is Friday, June 8, 2018 at 5 p.m. MT. Apply now to start your 2018-19 PTC
research cluster or individual project! For more information on the research cluster grant please visit:
https://sts.asu.edu/ptc/funding/research-cluster. For more information on the individual research grant please
visit: https://sts.asu.edu/ptc/funding/individual-research. Please contact ptc@asu.edu for any questions you may
have or visit https://sts.asu.edu/ptc/funding.
Multi-State Salinity Coalition Student/Professor Scholarship to the 2019 MSSC
Annual Salinity Summit
The MSSC will contribute $2,500 in value to the student/professor selected. Each applicant must be a full-time
undergraduate or graduate student in water resources-related degree program. Students must be enrolled in a
program relating to water resources for the 2018-2019 academic year. Application deadline is June 29, 2018.
More information.
Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program
March 2018 drought summary is online.
NEW!
May Southwest Climate Outlook
The May 2018 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.
CLIMAS Podcast: April 2018 - Diving into Atmospheric Rivers & Spring Conditions
in the Southwest
Tune into the Southwest Climate podcasts on iTunes or Southwest Climate Change Network.
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OPPORTUNITIES
Institute Job Openings
Academic Success Specialist
Apply: To review and apply go to ASU Human Resources, click on Internal or External job opportunities, and
search for 41960BR. Closes May 25, 2018.
Accounting Assistant Sr.
Apply: To review and apply go to ASU Human Resources, click on Internal or External job opportunities, and
search for 42097BR. Closes May 30. 2018.
Faculty Associate Pool
To review and apply to this position, please visit http://apply.interfolio.com/50723. The application deadline is
June 25, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. If not filled, reviews will occur every two weeks thereafter until the
search is closed.
Postdoctoral Fellowship (City Comparisons) in Urban Resilience to Weather-Related
Extreme Events
For more information and to apply for this position go to https://apply.interfolio.com/49996. Application deadline
May 31, 2018.
NEW!
Student, Phoenix RISN Research Aide, Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability
Solutions Initiatives
For more information and to apply for this position go to https://students.asu.edu/employment/search and search
for 41552BR. Application deadline June 1, 2018.
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Other Jobs
NEW!
Analyst in Environmental Policy, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Application deadline May 30, 2018. More information.
Postdoctoral Research, Water Quality and Health, Karl Landsteiner University of
Health Sciences, Krems, Austria
Application deadline May 30, 2018. More information.
Associate, FABLE Consortium, Paris, France
Application deadline May 31, 2018. More information.
NEW!
‘Ike Wai Postdoctoral Research, Geophysics/Hydrogeophysics, University of
Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
Application deadline May 31, 2018. More information.
Researcher in Water and Society, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala
University, Sweden
Application deadline May 31, 2018. More information.
NEW!
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Center for Advanced Bioenergy and Bioproducts
Innovation, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Application deadline June 1, 2018. More information.
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Socio-Hydrology for CRISP, Future H2O, Arizona
State University, Tempe, AZ
Application deadline June 2, 2018. More information.
Executive Director, RiversEdge West, Grand Junction, CO
Application deadline is June 6, 2018. More information.
Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Hydrological Modelling, Department of
Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Application deadline June 8, 2018. More information.
NEW!
Land Use/Environmental Planner III-Sustainability, Planning & Development
Services, County of San Diego, CA
Application deadline June 10, 2018. More information.
Project Scientist, Watershed Hydrology and Carbon Transport, University of
California-Merced, Merced, CA
Application deadline June 30, 2018. More information.
NEW!
Assistant/Associate Extension Professor in Climate Science, Department of Soil,
Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Review of applications begins September 14, 2018. More information.
NEW!
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Community Engagement, Diversity and Community
Engagement, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
More information.
NEW!
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Diversity and Community Engagement,
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
More information.
NEW!
Secretary, Board of Directors, Arizona Sustainability Alliance
More information.
City of Tempe Liaison - Priority Co-Lead (Volunteer)
More information.
NEW!
Conservation International Internships
Intern, Global Synthesis. More information.
Intern, RAP (rapid assessment program). More information.
Intern, Science reporter. More information.
Empire Innovation Professor, Institute on Research and Education in Energy,
Environment and Water, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York,
North Campus
More information.
Forklift Operator, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ
More information, contact Quetzaly Aguilar. Submit applications.
Maintenance Planner, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ
More information, contact Quetzaly Aguilar. Submit applications.
Maintenance Technician, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ
More information, contact Quetzaly Aguilar. Submit applications.
Natural Resources Technician, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Sparks, NV
More information.
Environmental Planner/Project Manager, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd.,
Tempe, AZ
More information.
Program Coordinator II (Sustainable Communities), Institute for Local
Governments, Sacramento, CA
Job announcement and more information.
Program Director (Volunteer), Arizona Sustainability Alliance, Phoenix, AZ
More information.
Program Manager, Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy, Phoenix, AZ
More information.
NEW!
Short-term position, Cascadia Consulting Group
Cascadia is currently working on a scope for a City of Phoenix project that requires local assistance for the next
six-plus months. They're looking for near or recent graduates or interns who might be interested. This would be
pretty consistent paid work (30-35 hours/week) starting in late June/early July and run through the end of the
year. If you are interested, please contact Libby at Elizabeth.Champagne@asu.edu for more info.
Volunteer Coordinator Intern, International Society of Sustainability Professionals
More information.
Manager, Economic Development, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Phoenix,
Arizona
More information.
Professor (all ranks) in Cross-Cutting (Energy Systems), The Polytechnic School.
Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus
More information.
Program Assistant, Devens Eco-Efficiency Center, Devens, MA
More information.
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