Sustainability Digest 010419

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 5:00 p.m. 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 on the menu on the right of the page at Subscribe or Unsubscribe. 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.)

Institute Events

1. School of Sustainability Alumni - Community Garden Maintenance & Harvest

2. How the Humanities Can Save the Planet: Paradise Lost

3. Can Humans and Insects Thrive, Share and Save Earth?

4. LightWorks®: Celebrating Success with Dropworks

5. Last Chance! Early Bird Discount on Sustainability Certificate

Other Events - On Campus

6. Borderlands Produce Rescue

Other Events - Off Campus

7. Desert Rivers Audubon Speaker of the Month: Anthropocene: The Future of Bird and Natural Area Conservation

8. Arizona Green Chamber of Commerce January Lunch and Learn: Making Green Being Green - SRP Investment Recovery Center Program and Tour

9. Tikkun Olam 3 Repairing the World: Guest Speaker David Baron

10. Local First Arizona: The Human Experiment at the Film Bar

11. GreenBiz: Circularity 2019

12. SISE 2019: Implementation

News and Announcements

13. ASU engineers break solar cell record

14. ASU hosts international visitors to talk sustainable development in Guyana

15. Learning sustainability on the ground in Nepal and China

16. December Southwest Climate Outlook

17. CLIMAS Podcast: December 2018: The Snow-tacular Podcast (or The Pod-tacular Snowcast) Edition

Institute Jobs

18. Postdoctoral Research Associate, Urban Ecology, Central-Arizona Phoenix LTER

Other Jobs

19. Executive Director, Kootenai Environmental Alliance, Coeur d'Alene, ID

20. Watershed Program Associate, Clean Lakes Alliance, Madison, WI

21. Assistant Professor, Environment and Sustainability, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO

22. Assistant/Associate Professor, Agricultural Hydrology and Water Quality, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH

23. Post Doctorate RA - Watershed Data-Model Integration, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

24. Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

25. Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, University of Copenhagen

26. 2019-2020 Policy Communication Fellows Program, Population Reference Bureau and the African Institute for Development Policy

EVENTS

Institute Events

Ask a Climate Expert: What Communities Want to Know about Climate Impacts

(Thursday, January 10, 2019) The Sustainable Cities Network is teaming up with the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to host a meeting for cities and professionals to address your local questions about climate change. From 9:30-11:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Grand Phoenix Hotel, 340 N 3^rd St, Phoenix. More information and registration.

21^st Annual CAP LTER All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium

(Friday, January 11, 2019) The Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER) program invites you to join us for our 21st All Scientists Meeting and Poster Symposium. This is an opportunity for members of the CAP research community to network and discuss recent updates and research. The keynote speaker will be Professor Marc Johnson from the University of Toronto-Mississauga, who will give a presentation on animal adaptation and evolution in the urban environment. From 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. at rooms Synergy I and II, Skysong, 1301 N Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale. More information and registration.

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School of Sustainability Alumni - Community Garden Maintenance & Harvest

(Saturday, January 12, 2019) Interested in gardening? Want a way to contribute to your community? Interested in meeting fun, sustainability-oriented people? Then join us for the School of Sustainability Alumni Monthly Community Garden Harvest Day! Help us give back to the community of Tempe by putting in a couple hours of yard work at Escalante Community Garden. You do not need to be there the entire time. Fruits and vegetables harvested by the volunteers goes directly to the Tempe Community Action Agency Food Pantry. From 9:00-11:00 a.m. at Escalante Community Garden, 2150 E. Orange St, Tempe. More information and registration.

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How the Humanities Can Save the Planet: Paradise Lost

(Wednesday, January 16, 2019) This first lecture in the series, How the Humanities Can Save the Planet, is the Annual Lecture of the ASU Environmental Humanities Initiative and part of Professor Bate’s Spring 2019 ASU residency in the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, with support from the Department of English and the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Reception at 5:00 p.m.; lecture begins 5:30 p.m. in the Marston Exploration Theater, ISTB 4, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

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Can Humans and Insects Thrive, Share and Save Earth?

(Thursday, January 17, 2019) Yoram Yerushalmi, Israel Center for the Expression of Beneficial Insects will present Can Humans and Insects Thrive, Share and Save Earth? From 3:00-4:15 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

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LightWorks^®: Celebrating Success with Dropworks

(Thursday, January 17, 2019) Chris Perkins, Dropworks, Inc., will present Celebrating Success with Dropworks from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in the 3^rd floor lobby, ISTB 4, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

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Last Chance! Early Bird Discount on Sustainability Certificate

(Thursday-Saturday, March 28-30, 2019) Earn an accelerated Professional Certificate in Sustainability Strategy the consistently top ranked W.P. Carey School of Business and the pioneering first-in-the-nation School of Sustainability. Instead of focusing on gloom-and-doom, this program will focus on the business opportunities that accompany sustainability challenges. Industry sustainability leader, Bruno Sardo, who is an instructional lead for ASU's Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership (EMSL) program will host the program along with leaders in business and sustainability. In addition to the professional certificate, you'll leave with: (1) hands-on sustainability tools that can be used at work to leverage the sustainability opportunity, (2) a professional cohort and sustainability network of peers and (3) experience with world renowned sustainability and business experts. Registration is now open. To be held at Arizona State University, Tempe campus. Don't miss the $700 off early bird discount-ends January 13, 2019! Questions? Contact sustainabilityskills@asu.edu. More information.

Other Events

On Campus

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Borderlands Produce Rescue

(Saturday, January 19, 2019) Produce On Wheels - With Out Waste (P.O.W.W.O.W.) disperses fresh produce to communities at churches, schools and other entities throughout Southern Arizona and the Metropolitan Tucson and Phoenix service areas. 10 million lbs. of fresh nutritional rescued produce annually are delivered to agency sites for distribution to supporters. Anyone can contribute $12 to shop for up to 70 lbs. of fresh produce, to share with neighbors, friends, family or someone who's in need. From 8:00-11:00 a.m. Locations: Polytechnic campus: 6935 E Williams Field Rd. Mesa, AZ 85212; Tempe campus: SW corner of Rio Salado/Packard Dr., Parking Lot 59, Tempe, AZ 85281; and West campus: 4701 W Thunderbird Rd., Northzone Lot 10, Glendale, AZ 85306. More information.

Mapping the Grand Canyon Conference

(Thursday-Friday, February 28-March 1, 2019) The Mapping Grand Canyon Conference explores the art, science, and practice of Grand Canyon cartography. Join this celebration and critical examination of the cartographic history of a global landscape icon. Free and open to all, the conference promises a full two-day program of map-based story-telling, and transdisciplinary analysis, state-of-the-art geospatial and cartographic demonstrations, engaging hands-on activities, and open community dialogue. In the Arizona Ballroom, Memorial Union, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

2019 AEESP Research and Education Conference

(Tuesday-Thursday, May 14-16, 2019) Arizona State University is hosting the 2019 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference. The conference theme is "Environmental Engineers & Scientists see Cities in 4-D" and emphasizes the dimensions of the built environment, the natural environment, human health, and cyberspace. Traditionally, the major focus of environmental engineering and science has been on the dimensions and interactions of the natural environment and the built environment. The dimensions of the natural environment and built environment will continue to be important; however, these more traditional approaches will be balanced and integrated with new dimensions of increasing interest and importance, specifically human health and cyberspace. This is illustrated by active research on the interactions of the natural environment and the built environment on the human microbiome, building microbiomes, and other "biomes," and rapid advances in electronics and computer science that allow for distributed sensor networks for real-time contaminant monitoring, big data analytics, and the potential for autonomous treatment systems. "Environmental Engineers & Scientists see Cities in 4-D" also provides a coherent theme for integrating research and education. In addition to the research topics that fall under the theme, environmental engineering and environmental science programs need a venue to share advances in education research and curriculum development. The Call for Abstracts is now open and abstracts are due December 5, 2018. Technical session tracks will be organized based on the "Cities in 4-D" conference theme and environmental engineering and environmental science education. The conference website has additional details including a link for abstract submission. Please send inquiries to Conference Chair, Treavor Boyer, thboyer@asu.edu.

Off Campus

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Desert Rivers Audubon Speaker of the Month: Anthropocene: The Future of Bird and Natural Area Conservation

(Tuesday, January 8, 2019) Dave Pearson will present Anthropocene: The Future of Bird and Natural Area Conservation from 7:00-9:00 p.m. at the Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Rd, Gilbert. More information.

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Arizona Green Chamber of Commerce January Lunch and Learn: Making Green Being Green - SRP Investment Recovery Center Program and Tour

(Wednesday, January 9, 2019) Mark your calendars for this very special opportunity to tour the SRP Investment Recovery Center to see how SRP is simultaneously generating income and reducing landfill waste. NOTE: Pre-Registration Required to be cleared for facility security purposes. Your registration MUST be received by January 8^th at midnight. ARRIVE AT 11:15 A.M. ON THE 9^TH TO BE CLEARED THROUGH SECURITY. Program time is 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. More information and registration.

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Tikkun Olam 3 Repairing the World: Guest Speaker David Baron

(Thursday, January 17, 2019) Activist and environmental lawyer David Baron with Earthjustice in DC will be here to share his life work and journey with us as it relates to the themes of Tikkun Olam 3 - environmental justice, climate change and sustainability. For many years, David worked with The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest before moving to DC to take on even bigger issues. Join curator Joan Baron,TO3, and The Jewish Heritage Center to welcome him at 6.30 p.m. with Q&A to follow, at the Cutler Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center 122 East Culver St Phoenix, AZ 85004 - in the auditorium adjacent to the gallery exhibition. Free and open to the public - doors open at 5:30 p.m. for those wishing to see the art exhibition before the presentation. RSVP to Joan Baron 602-616-0223 or joanebaron@gmail.com.

Hydrate Tempe: Hydrate Your Plants

(Wednesday, January 9, 2019) How can you create a beautiful, lush landscape while conserving water? We'll show you how to select native plants to build wildlife habitat, shade your home, and create an appealing landscape for your yard. If you're looking for the best trees and plants to attract hummingbirds and butterflies, bloom bright with color, or cool off your home with shade, we've got you covered. From 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Tempe Public Library, Meeting Room A, 3500 S. Rural Rd, Tempe. Register online for free!

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Local First Arizona: The Human Experiment at the Film Bar

(Thursday, January 10, 2019) Come on out to the Film Bar and learn about the chemicals that are everyday products and what local companies are working to change our chemical landscape. We will start the evening by meeting the folks from Truce Cleaning, Strawberry Hedgehog and Peacock Pest in the lobby of Film Bar (815 N 2nd St Phoenix, AZ) at 6:30 p.m. All three companies have made it their mission to supply healthy products with minimal chemicals. The movie “The Human Experiment” will start at 7:00 p.m. and there will be a 30-minute Q and A with our fantastic business owners afterwards, further discussion is welcomed in the lobby. More information and tickets.

Arizona Runs on Water: Scarcity, Challenges, and Community-based Solutions

(Friday, February 1, 2019) This year's topic is Arizona Runs on Water: Scarcity, Challenges, and Community-based Solutions. The program aims to engage everyone with an interest in how Arizona is working to meet its future water needs. It features a series of informative framework presentations, followed by community panels with presentations from all over the state, and ends with a legislators panel. The conference will take place from 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Black Canyon Conference Center, located at 9440 N 25th Ave. in Phoenix, Arizona. More information and registration. Early bird registration until December 21, 2018.

2019 Riparian Restoration Conference

(Tuesday-Thursday, February 5-7, 2019) RiversEdge West is looking for individuals that can bring

innovative ideas, case studies, lessons learned, challenges, technologies, policy updates, adaptive management techniques, and beyond, to the forefront of the riparian restoration community at the 17th Annual Riparian Restoration Conference. You are invited to share your work and join us this February at the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix, AZ. Call for abstracts until October 19, 2018. More information.

Spring 2019 Smartscape

(Tuesdays and Thursdays, February 5-March 7, 2019) Join the next Smartscape training session for landscape professionals and increase your knowledge in the design, installation, irrigation, and maintenance of desert landscapes. The University of Arizona, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension is accepting registrations for the spring 2019 Smartscape series! Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Maricopa County Cooperative Extension office: 4341 East Broadway Road Phoenix, AZ 85040. Seats are limited and fill fast, so register today! Visit www.smartscape.org for more information and register at http://bit.ly/SmartscapeS19. Contact Kirti Mathura, Smartscape Program Coordinator, with any questions at smartscape@cals.arizona.edu or (602) 827-8206.

Leverage Points 2019: International Conference on Sustainability Research and Transformation

(Wednesday-Friday, February 6-8, 2019) Humanity sits at a crossroad between tragedy and transformation, and now is a crucial time for sustainability research. Radical approaches are needed in sustainability research and praxis if they are to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Inspired by the work of Donella Meadows' "Leverage Points: Places to intervene in a system", this conference will explore the deep leverage points that can lead to sustainability transformations, asking: how do we transform ourselves, our science, our institutions, our interventions and our societies for a better future? We hope that this conference will help us move from incremental to transformational change; extend our thinking about complex sustainability challenges and deepen our collective and transdisciplinary research practices. To be held at Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany. More information.

Second Biennial Population and Public Policy Conference

(Friday-Saturday, February 8-9, 2019) The Population and Public Policy Conference presented by the International Association of Applied Demographers and hosted by the University of New Mexico Geospatial and Population Studies and the University of Houston Hobby Center for Public Policy is dedicated to bringing together a diverse group of academics, researchers, community advocates and organizers, policy makers and students to exchange their experiences and research findings and how those inform public policy. This interdisciplinary gathering of researchers, practitioners, policy makers and students is an excellent platform for sharing recent innovations, trends, challenges and solutions to population and public policy issues. To be held in the Hotel Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM. More information.

GreenBiz 19

(Tuesday-Thursday, February 26-28, 2019) GreenBiz 19 is your opportunity to join a powerful community of more than 1,200 sustainability thought leaders and practitioners - from business, government, academia and NGOs - to learn about emerging trends and promising opportunities in sustainable business. To be held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge, Phoenix, AZ. More information and registration.

Emerging Materials Congress 2019: Unearthing the Research in Materials Science and Nanotechnology

(Thursday-Friday, March 7-8, 2019) The Emerging Materials Congress 2019 is a unique event and platform for global scientists, researchers, directors, professors, engineers from the research areas of materials science, nanotechnology, chemistry and physics to share their knowledge and research experiences with interactive panel discussion and sessions by keynote lectures, oral presentations, and poster presentation. The scientific sessions will comprise research areas of biomaterials, polymer science, materials science, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, carbon materials, energy materials, biopolymers, 3D printing, ceramics, conductive materials, electrical, optical and magnetic materials, materials applications, etc. More information and registration.

Intermountain Sustainability Summit

(Thursday-Friday, March 21-22, 2019) The Intermountain Sustainability Summit is an annual benchmark event where sustainability professionals from business, non-profits, government, and education come together, along with the next generation of leaders, to learn, share, network and build momentum as we work to improve our communities, environment and economy. At Weber State University in Ogden, UT. More information.

13^th International Congress of Orthopterology Society: Challenges in Front of Climatic and Environmental Changes

(Sunday-Thursday, March 24-28, 2019) This Congress will be organized for the first time in Africa. The Congress will be organized in collaboration with the IBN ZOHR University of Agadir, the National Center for Control of Desert Locust and the Orthopterists’ Society which has 500 members from 60 countries in partnership with several national and international institutions. The congress covers the different aspects related to orthopterology: Biology, ecology, taxonomy, physiology, endocrinology, cytogenetics. It will be held in Agadir, Morocco. More information.

A Climate for Change: Engineering Sustainability ‘19 Call for Abstracts

(Sunday-Tuesday, April 7-9, 2019) This conference will be held at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Seeking papers and posters in the following focus areas: regenerative built environment; “one water” engineering and science; sustainable mobility; circular economy; engineering and sustainability learning and engagement; and behavioral science for sustainability. The conference welcomes submissions from academia, industry, nonprofit organizations, government institutions, and other interested parties. To qualify for acceptance, please submit a 200 word abstract electronically on or before October 31, 2018. The Conference Organizing Committee will inform all submitting authors whether their papers have been accepted for presentation by November 30, 2018. More information.

Eleventh International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses

(Tuesday-Wednesday, April 16-17, 2019) Each year, the International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses draws a diverse group of participants from all over the world. Our Program Development team draws on this diversity to craft a rich and distinctive conference experience. The conference will be held at the Pryzbyla Center, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. More information.

4^th Open Science Meeting 2019: Transforming Land Systems for People and Nature

(Wednesday-Friday, April 24-26, 2019) The meeting will be held in Bern, Switzerland and will focus on topics and themes that aim to advance our understanding of how land systems can form the basis for sustainability transformations. This conference represents a unique opportunity to build and enhance scientific capacity and enable transformations to a sustainable future by identifying core questions, synthesizing research, and setting future agendas. Conference attendees will strive to develop connections between researchers and stakeholders from civil society, government, and the private sector, and to bridge science and decision-making for sustainable management and governance of land use worldwide. More information and registration.

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GreenBiz: Circularity 2019

(Tuesday-Thursday, June 18-20, 2019) The world is facing stark limits in providing enough food, water and goods for 8.5 billion people by 2030, and companies are under increased pressure to reduce waste - including plastics and excess packaging - and to create innovative products and services that use more renewable feedstocks. To address these challenges, circularity has emerged as a business strategy for designing and manufacturing products and materials that have continuous and infinite life-cycles, or which can be returned safely to the soil. Circularity 19 is a three-day conference held in Minneapolis, MN that will bring together more than 500 thought leaders and practitioners to define and accelerate the circular economy. Through inspirational plenaries, interactive breakouts, hands-on design charrettes, networking opportunities and a solutions-focused expo, Circularity 19 will inspire, inform and empower participants to make the shift to a circular economy. More information.

World Forum on Climate Justice

(Wednesday-Friday, June 19-21, 2019) This inaugural World Forum on Climate Justice will bring together leading civil society groups, academics, business representatives, members of the public, and policymakers to foster new thinking and explore pressing topics in climate justice advocacy, research, policy and practice as we adapt to reach the 1.5°C goal. Call for papers until January 25, 2019. The conference will take place at Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK. More information and registration.

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SISE 2019: Implementation

(Thursday, July 18-Tuesday, July 30, 2019) The Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE) is a two-week "boot camp" for future decision makers eager to join the sustainability and energy revolution happening around the globe. Held annually since 2011, the program boasts over 400 alumni. During weekdays, SISE'ers participate in high-level talks, visit energy and sustainability sites, and network. During evenings and weekends, they work collaboratively on a research project and enjoy exploring Chicago. This year’s theme, Implementation, moves beyond the “what” to the “how.” Building on the research of previous years, 2019 SISE Fellows will engage with Chicago communities and collaborators to develop critical strategies to help local neighborhoods realize their vision for their future. They will engage with theory and case studies, and then move to the streets and homes of our Chicago neighbors and communities where real change is made at the ground level. Senior-level undergraduates (as of the fall of 2018), graduate students, recent graduates, and professionals working in the fields of sustainability and energy are eligible to apply. Applications due May 30, 2019. For more information.

Forming the Future: An Interdisciplinary Conference

(Monday-Tuesday, September 2-3, 2019) Thinking about the future often focuses on its ‘content’: what might happen. Similarly, thinking about ‘future studies’ often concentrates on its goals, concepts and methods. But what about the forms in which the future comes couched? How does the medium in which the future is presented – its genres, structures, conventions – shape or influence what the future might include? What forms do representations of the future currently take in different disciplines and fields of practice – from fiction to non-fiction, the visual to the textual, science to politics – and to what effect? Can we make our representations of the future more efficacious, with a view to the current world situation? And what might different fields learn from each other, or how might they combine, in order to do this? The conference will be held at the University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK. Call for papers is open until May 1, 2019. More information.

This conference sets out to investigate these and related questions, and to trigger dialogue within and across different areas in which the future is being ‘formed’. Proposals are welcome from researchers across the humanities, social sciences and STEM disciplines, as well as from those working outside the university sector.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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ASU engineers break solar cell record

Thanks to Arizona State University researchers, solar cells are becoming more and more efficient. Improving solar cell efficiency brings down the cost of solar electricity, which allows this source of renewable energy to become a viable option for more people. Read more.

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ASU hosts international visitors to talk sustainable development in Guyana

From Nov 27 to 29, Arizona State University welcomed representatives from the University of Guyana, Conservation International and the International Institute for Environment and Development. Over three packed days, the 18 guests toured ASU and surrounding cities to learn about ASU and the variety of sustainable projects within Phoenix and Tempe. The visit was in support of Guyana: Resilient and One initiative, a program to advance Guyana’s sustainable economy through investments in education, research, sustainable management and conservation of the country’s vast ecosystems. Read more.

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Learning sustainability on the ground in Nepal and China

As Arizona State University senior sustainability scientists Nalini Chhetri and Netra Chhetri know, some educational experiences are more effective outside the classroom. That’s why the wife-and-husband pair — who are both professors at ASU — have directed a study abroad program in Nepal for four, going on five, years. Read more.

Spring School of Sustainability Graduate Class: Rethinking Community Engagement: Toward Ethical and Reflexive Engagement Approaches in Sustainability

Enroll in a new Spring 2019 course, SOS 591/ASB 591 Rethinking Community Engagement, and help us transform how we think about and approach community engagement in sustainability education, research & practice. This course represents a key capacity building mechanism for adopting more ethical, reflexive, and humble engagement approaches that better facilitate co-created knowledge and action pathways toward sustainability. Open to graduate students from all disciplines. Questions? Contact Dr. Julianna Gwiszcz (jgwiszcz@asu.edu) for more information.

Nature, Art & Habitat Residency (NAHR): An ECO-Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Practice Taleggio Valley, Bergamo - Northern Italy

The Nature, Art & Habitat Residency: An ECO-Laboratory of Multidisciplinary Practice, located in the Taleggio Valley near Bergamo, Italy, is a summer program that aims to unfold and display a sensitive culture that responds to nature's needs and uses nature's insights as a source of inspiration and as measure of impacts on available resources. The ultimate goal of NAHR is to uncover intimate links between all living organisms in order to support more resilient development where humans and nature can successfully coexist. The 2019 topic is Grasses and Pastures: Imagining a Regenerative Economy of Cheese and is now accepting applications. This year, NAHR looks at how multiple disciplines coming together can start to address, design, implement and respond to cyclical and seasonal economy. With the Taleggio Valley as case study, one is clearly aware of its largest assets: its biodiversity; its people; and the way the blending of these assets over centuries has generated a rich culture of cheese production - two of the most famous being Taleggio and Strachitunt. Applications are due by February 5, 2019. More information and application.

Babbitt Dissertation Fellowship Program

The Lincoln Institute's Babbitt Dissertation Fellowship Program assists PhD students at U.S. universities whose research builds on, and contributes to, the concerns of the Babbitt Center: integration of land and water policy to advance water sustainability and resilience, particularly in the West. The program provides support to scholars early in their careers. Upcoming application deadline April 1, 2019. More information.

Water Resources Research Center 2018 Photo Contest: Arizona Runs on Water

We had such a great response to last year's open-ended approach to our photo contest that we're doin' it again this year. Just show us Arizona water. Yup, that's as specific as we're gonna get. Use your creativity and technical ability to express the many ways water transforms our state and the many ways our state transforms water. Capture anything from people and nature to business and agriculture. It's completely up to you. Just make sure your picture(s) relate to water in Arizona! The winning photographs will be featured on the WRRC website and at the 2019 WRRC Annual Conference on Feb. 1. The winners will also be recognized at the February 2019 Chocolate Fest. High school students can submit as well! Submit your photo(s) here: https://wrrc.arizona.edu/photo.

Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program

November 2018 drought summary is online.

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December Southwest Climate Outlook

The December 2018 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.

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CLIMAS Podcast: December 2018: The Snow-tacular Podcast (or The Pod-tacular Snowcast) Edition

Tune into the Southwest Climate podcasts on iTunes or Southwest Climate Change Network.

OPPORTUNITIES

Institute Job Openings

Assistant Professor Position in Resource, Environmental, or Energy Economics

To review and apply to this position, please visit https://apply.interfolio.com/58186. The application deadline is December 27, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. If not filled, reviews will occur every two weeks thereafter until the search is closed.

Instructor – School of Sustainability

To review and apply to this position, please visit http://apply.interfolio.com/58404. The application deadline is January 31, 2019; If not filled, reviews will occur every two weeks thereafter until the search is closed.

Lecturer (all ranks) in Sustainability

To review and apply to this position, please visit http://apply.interfolio.com/57835. The application deadline is January 31, 2019; if not filled, reviews will continue every two weeks until the search is closed.

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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Urban Ecology, Central-Arizona Phoenix LTER

To review and apply to this position, please visit https://apply.interfolio.com/58761. The application deadline is January 31, 2019; If not filled, reviews will occur every two weeks thereafter until the search is closed.

Other Jobs

Professor, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Review of applications begins January 7, 2019. More information.

Undergraduate Research Internship in Ecology, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Application deadline is January 10, 2019. Contact Pierre Gauzère for more information.

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Executive Director, Kootenai Environmental Alliance, Coeur d'Alene, ID

Application deadline January 11, 2019. More information.

Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Issues and Sustainable Development, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN

Application deadline is January 14, 2019. More information.

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Watershed Program Associate, Clean Lakes Alliance, Madison, WI

Application deadline is January 14, 2019. More information.

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Assistant Professor, Environment and Sustainability, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, CO

Application review begins January 15, 2019. More information.

Assistant Professor, Science Communication for Environmental Decision-Making and Policy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA

Application deadline January 15, 2019. More information.

Garden Club of America Award in Desert Studies, Desert Botanical Garden, Phoenix, AZ

Application deadline January 15, 2019. More information.

Geoscientists in the Parks, Internship Program, Yellowstone National Park, Mammoth, WY

Application deadline January 20, 2019. More information.

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Assistant/Associate Professor, Agricultural Hydrology and Water Quality, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH

Application deadline January 31, 2019. More information.

Native American Congressional Internship, Udall Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Application deadline January 31, 2019. More information.

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Post Doctorate RA - Watershed Data-Model Integration, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Application deadline January 31, 2019. More information.

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Assistant Professor, Geography and Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Application deadline February 1, 2019. More information.

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Professor in Hydrology and Water Resources, Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, University of Copenhagen

Application deadline February 1, 2019. More information.

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2019-2020 Policy Communication Fellows Program, Population Reference Bureau and the African Institute for Development Policy

Application deadline February 12, 2019. More information.

Adjunct Faculty, Environmental Management, Undergraduate School, University of Maryland University College, Killeen, TX

More information.

Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso, TX

More information.

Clean Water Communications Coordinator, Orange County, Coastkeeper, Costa Mesa, CA

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.

Housing Development Manager, Housing Authority of Maricopa County, Peoria, AZ

More information.

Housing Programs Assistant (INTERN), Housing Authority of Maricopa County, Peoria, AZ

More information.

Natural Resources Technician, Summit Lake Paiute Tribe, Sparks, NV

More information.

Positions at Seed Saver Exchange, Heritage Farm, Decorah, IA

More information.

Program Coordinator II (Sustainable Communities), Institute for Local Governments, Sacramento, CA

Job announcement and more information.

Program Manager, Babbitt Center for Land and Water Policy, Phoenix, AZ