Sustainability Digest 012519

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 also view archives here.

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. Healthy Urban Environments: A Review of ASU Heat, Air, and Water Research

2. CBS Conservation Series: Organizing Concepts in Biodiversity Conservation

3. Sustainability Series: The Women in Ape Conservation and Survival

4. How the Humanities Can Save the Planet: The End of the World As We Know It

5. The Sustainability Opportunity - An Accelerated Certificate Program

Other Events - On Campus

6. Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Seminar: Computational Thermodynamics, Materials Genome, and Materials Design

7. Life Sciences Café: Exploring Developmental Checkpoints in Fruit Flies

8. Chemical Engineering Seminar: Toward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes

9. Coffee@Beyond: Beyond Gilding Refined Gold: Does Biological Computation Compute?

10. Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming Seminar: Disaster Ergonomics: Investigating Human Robotic Interaction, SUAVs, and Teams Interactions Associated with Disaster Response

11. Green Devil Network: Green Your ASU Purchasing

12. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar: Nanotechnology Enabled Metals Manufacturing

13. School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Colloquium: Aquaterra - Geography's New Realm

14. Recipes to Keep Your Gut Healthy

15. Biodesign Institute: An Evening of Science and Magic

Other Events - Off Campus

16. GreenBiz Webcast: The State of Green Business 2019

17. City of Scottsdale Green Building Lecture Series: Living an Edible Landscape Life

18. Stardust Open House: Networking with a Sustainability Twist!

19. ICSD 2019: Strengthening Social Development to Achieve The Sustainable Development Goals

News and Announcements

20. Alumna lands job as sustainability manager

21. Howard Center executive editor ready to lead next generation of investigative journalists

22. Meet sustainability student Maryam Abdul Rashid

23. Women's underwater robotics team makes waves in the desert

24. The dying pig in the aisle: How McDonald's came to transform animal welfare

25. ASU's Neal A. Lester received two MLK awards for impactful humanities efforts

26. January Southwest Climate Outlook

Other Jobs

27. Executive Director, Tucson Clean & Beautiful, Inc., Tucson, AZ

28. Transportation Planning Intern, City of Tempe, AZ

29. Communications Manager, Potomac Conservancy, Silver Springs, MD

30. Lecturer, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Soil and Water Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

31. Assistant Specialist, NCEAS, University of California-Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA

32. Chief Legal Director, Connecticut Fund for the Environment/Save the Sound, New Haven, CT

33. Hydrogeochemist, Kansas Geological Survey, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

EVENTS

Institute Events

NEW!

Healthy Urban Environments: A Review of ASU Heat, Air, and Water Research

(Tuesday, January 29, 2019) Extreme heat, air quality, and water resources are key factors related to health in urban areas and ASU is a research leader for each of these factors. To help us understand the depth of research and opportunities for collaboration across these topics, the new Healthy Urban Environments Initiative, Decision Center for a Desert City, and the Urban Climate Research Center are sponsoring a half-day workshop to share the state of ASU research on these topics. From 8:45 am.-2:00 p.m. in the Pima Auditorium, Memorial Union, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

Dispelling the Myths of Affordable and Workforce Housing

(Wednesday, January 30, 2019) Join us for a robust discussion with panelists who bring a wide and deep knowledge of affordable and workforce housing and the positive impacts that quality housing can bring to communities. Moderated by Silvia Urrutia, a consultant in real estate development and financing with extensive knowledge of affordable and workforce housing. At 8:30 a.m. networking breakfast; 9:00 a.m. panel discussion with Q&A at Mountain Park Health Center, 1840 E Broadway Rd, Tempe. More information and registration.

NEW!

CBS Conservation Series: Organizing Concepts in Biodiversity Conservation

(Wednesday, January 30, 2019) ASU Center for Biodiversity Outcomes Founding Director Leah Gerber will be partnering with Elliott Millinor and Greg Kaebnick to present a session on “Organizing Concepts in Biodiversity Conservation.” The session is the first in a series of four-presentations on organizing for biodiversity conservation in the age of extinction. Lunch 11:30-12:00 p.m.; program begins 12:00 p.m. in room 202, C-wing, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

NEW!

Sustainability Series: The Women in Ape Conservation and Survival

(Tuesday, February 5, 2019) Gerry Ellis, photographer and film-make, will present The Women in Ape Conservation and Survival from 12:30-1:45 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

NEW!

How the Humanities Can Save the Planet: The End of the World As We Know It

(Tuesday, February 5, 2019) Sir Jonathan Bate, Oxford University will present The End of the World As We Know It from 7:00-8:15 p.m. at Changing Hands Bookstore, Phoenix, 300 W Camelback Rd

Phoenix, AZ 85013. More information and registration.

NEW!

The Sustainability Opportunity - An Accelerated Certificate Program

(Thursday-Saturday, March 28-30, 2019) Invest in your career with "The Sustainability Opportunity" - a 3-day certificate program designed for mid-career professionals who want to learn to identify business opportunities in sustainability challenges. Leave with hands-on tools that can be used at work. Watch this video to hear why featured host Bruno Sarda, who was named one of the most influential sustainability voices in America by The Guardian, believes in the value of this program. For more information email sustainabilityskills@asu.edu or visit: https://sustainability.asu.edu/opportunity/

Other Events

On Campus

Materials Science & Engineering Seminar: Mixed-Dimensional van der Waals Heterostructures for Electronic and Energy Applications

(Friday, January 25, 2019) Mark Hersam, Northwestern University will present Mixed-dimensional van der Waals Heterostructures for Electronic and Energy Applications at 10:45 a.m. in room 201, Bulldog Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. Contact Durella.ODonnell@asu.edu for more information.

LOCATION CHANGE!

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Seminar: Computational Thermodynamics, Materials Genome, and Materials Design

(Friday, January 25, 2019) Zi-Kui Liu, Pennsylvania State University will present Computational Thermodynamics, Materials Genome, and Materials Design at 10:45 a.m. in room 151, H-wing, Bateman Physical Sciences Center, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. Contact Durella.ODonnell@asu.edu for more information.

NEW!

Life Sciences Café: Exploring Developmental Checkpoints in Fruit Flies

(Friday, January 25, 2019) Jennifer Hackney Price, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University will present Exploring Developmental Checkpoints in Fruit Flies from 1:00-2:30 p.m. in room 202, C-wing, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.

Biodesign Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology: How the Potty Trained Us

(Friday, January 25, 2019) Shawn Shafner, People’s Own Organic Power Project will present How the Potty Trained Us from 1:30-2:30 p.m. in the auditorium, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.

NEW!

Chemical Engineering Seminar: Toward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes

(Monday, January 28, 2019) Jennifer Curtis, University of California-Davis, will present Toward Simulation-Based Design of Particle Handling Processes at 10:45 a.m. in room 103, Computer Commons, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. Contact Durella.ODonnell@asu.edu for more information.

NEW!

Coffee@Beyond: Beyond Gilding Refined Gold: Does Biological Computation Compute?

(Monday, January 28, 2019) Theodore Pavlic, School of Sustainability/School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona State University will present Beyond Gilding Refined Gold: Does Biological Computation Compute? at 3:00 p.m. in the 2^nd Floor classroom, ISTB 4, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. Contact Katherine Smith knlee3@asu.edu; 480-965-3860 for more information.

NEW!

Center for Human, AI, and Robot Teaming Seminar: Disaster Ergonomics: Investigating Human Robotic Interaction, SUAVs, and Teams Interactions Associated with Disaster Response

(Tuesday, January 29, 2019) S. Camille Peres, Texas A&M University, will present Disaster Ergonomics: Investigating Human Robotic Interaction, SUAVs, and Teams Interactions Associated with Disaster Response from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in room 151, Santa Catalina Hall, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus. More information.

NEW!

Green Devil Network: Green Your ASU Purchasing

(Thursday, January 31, 2019) Attend this workshop hosted by Arizona State University Sustainability Practices and Zero Waste to learn how to use the sustainable purchase guide. The guide helps ensure ASU purchases sustainable products. From 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in room 110-E, Academic Center, Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus. More information and registration.

Discovery Series: Electrocatalysis for Chemical Synthesis and Energy Conversion

(Thursday, January 31, 2019) Shannon S. Stahl, University of Wisconsin-Madison will present Electrocatalysis for Chemical Synthesis and Energy Conversion from 2:00-3:00 p.m. in the auditorium, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.

NEW!

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar: Nanotechnology Enabled Metals Manufacturing

(Friday, February 1, 2019) Xiaochun Li, University of California-Los Angeles will present Nanotechnology Enabled Metals Manufacturing at 10:45 a.m. in room 151, H-wing, Bateman Physical Sciences Center, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. Contact Durella.ODonnell@asu.edu for more information.

Building Healthy Lifestyles Conference

(Friday-Saturday, February 1-2, 2019) Join ASU's College of Health Solutions for our 14th annual Building Healthy Lifestyles Conference. This year's conference explores better health outcomes and managing obesity. Ideal for dietitians, nutritionists, health care and fitness professionals, policy makers, researchers and students, the conference offers practical solutions and the latest research, along with the opportunity to discuss current issues with peers and professionals. At the Memorial Union, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

REMINDER!

School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning Colloquium: Aquaterra - Geography’s New Realm

(Tuesday, February 5, 2019) Jerome Dobson, University of Kansas will present Aquaterra - Geography’s New Realm from 3:00-4:30 p.m. in room 5536, Coor Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.

NEW!

Recipes to Keep Your Gut Healthy

(Friday, February 8, 2019) Learn how to improve your digestion system and boost your immune system in this session. The beneficial bacteria that make up the microbiome in our digestive systems thrive on a variety of fiber-rich plants and cultured foods. ASU nutrition graduate students will demonstrate some tasty dishes featuring both pre- and probiotics to help feed a healthy gut. From 12:00-1:00 p.m. in the Taylor Place Kitchen, Arizona State University, Downtown Phoenix campus. More information and registration.

NEW!

Biodesign Institute: An Evening of Science and Magic

(Tuesday, February 12, 2019) Parag Malick, a computer scientist and biochemist at Stanford University, and also a world-renowned magician will provide a magical presentation on science and magic. At 5:30 p.m. in the Marston Exploration Theater, ISTB 4, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and RSVP by February 8, 2019.

3rd Annual GRI Reporters’ Summit: North America

(Monday, February 25, 2019) If you work on sustainability reporting at your organization, we've got an event that will help take your reporting to the next level, and you can still enjoy the early registration fee until January 18. At the 3rd Annual GRI Reporters' Summit you'll join sustainability reporting practitioners from across North America and learn how to make the most of the GRI Standards for your organization. The masterclasses, workshops and plenary sessions are designed for reporters of various experience levels and will help you improve your reporting with specific tools, case studies and practical solutions, learn more about the practicalities of reporting, get the latest on innovation and the most recent developments in sustainability reporting, and share your knowledge and contribute to building a stronger network of sustainability reporters. The Summit will be held at the Memorial Union, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. Register by 18 Jan for the early bird rate and get 10% off with code RSNA19ASU http://bit.ly/GRIReportersSummit.

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.

Call for Abstracts: Urban Climate Research Center Annual Poster Competition

(Wednesday, March 27, 2019) We are excited to announce the call for abstracts for the UCRC Annual Poster Competition at the Memorial Union, Alumni Lounge, Room #202. The intent of this poster competition is to showcase the breadth of work around issues of urban climate at ASU. This includes all social and physical science aspects of urban climate and its interaction with society and infrastructure. The poster session is intended to highlight urban climate research from undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral researchers. Completed research is preferred. Posters outlining research not yet conducted must provide sufficient details on research design. Maximum 250 words; abstract submission deadline Monday, February 11, 2019; notification of acceptance Monday, February 18, 2019; poster submission and printing deadline, Monday, March 18, 2019. Submit your abstract. Questions, contact Janet.Pinhorn@asu.edu.

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. 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

First Annual Northern Arizona Environmental Conference

(Saturday, January 26, 2019) We have noticed there are MANY organizations supporting protection and conservation of all areas of concern, but we tend to work in “silos.” Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could gather our different disciplines and work together, sharing ideas, and finding ways to support each other? Join us for a day of networking, strategizing, and sharing our accomplishments! Keynote speaker will be Rebecca Tsosie, Regents' Professor of Law; Faculty Co-Chair, Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy Program. The conference will be held in Prescott, Arizona. More information.

2019 Waste Management Sustainability Forum: Big Ideas. Bold Action. Better World

(Thursday, January 31, 2019) The Waste Management Sustainability Forum is a place where we bring business leaders, government officials and entrepreneurs into the same room to exchange ideas and create innovative strategies to tackle issues around sustainability. This year, we discuss Plastic Waste and Cities of the Future, facilitated by impactful speakers who have spent years deep diving into these topics with thoughtful moderation from David Pogue. More information and registration.

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.

NEW!

GreenBiz Webcast: The State of Green Business 2019

(Tuesday, February 5, 2019) Join us for the release of the 12th annual edition of State of Green Business, GreenBiz Group’s award-winning annual report. In this one-hour webcast, coinciding with the report’s release, GreenBiz Group chairman and executive editor Joel Makower, Trucost CEO Richard Mattison and Libby Bernick, Global Head of Corporate Business for Trucost. Together, they will provide insights into key trends and metrics in sustainable business, including some new metrics introduced in this year’s report on how companies are managing their climate and natural capital risks. More information and registration.

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. 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.

NEW!

City of Scottsdale Green Building Lecture Series: Living an Edible Landscape Life

(Thursday, February 7, 2019) Come join in the conversation and be inspired to grow as urban gardeners share the benefits and how-to’s of growing your own healthy food, herbs, edible flowers and fruit trees in our desert environment. Learn about our planting and harvesting seasons, as well as the importance of seed saving. From 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the Scottsdale Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Rd, Scottsdale. 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.

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Stardust Open House: Networking with a Sustainability Twist!

(Wednesday, February 20, 2019) Join local real estate agents, the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and Stardust for an evening of food & drinks, creative reuse projects, Stardust tours, valuable industry info sessions and networking that will help you join in the green real estate movement. From 4:00-7:00 p.m. at Stardust Building Suppliers, 1720 W Broadway Rd, Mesa. More information and registration.

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.

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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ICSD 2019: Strengthening Social Development to Achieve The Sustainable Development Goals

(Tuesday-Friday, July 16-19, 2019) The International Consortium for Social Development’s 21st Biennial International Conference, which first began in 1980, will be held at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The International Conference will be themed Strengthening Social Development to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This conference is open to various disciplines, practitioners, academics and students to accelerate the impact of the 17 SDGs and 169 targets at the national and global level. Inherent in the ICSD’s spirit, the SDGs aspire to end poverty and create economic, social and environmental sustainability. More information and registration.

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.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW!

Alumna lands job as sustainability manager

Congratulations to Arizona State University School of Sustainability alumna Debbie Namugayi, who in early 2019 started work as Eastern Kentucky University’s new sustainability manager. Namugayi earned her master's degree in sustainability in 2014, and has a history of connecting sustainability with higher education through prior positions at Bucknell University and the University of Maryland. Read more.

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Howard Center executive editor ready to lead next generation of investigative journalists

Investigative journalism is enjoying a new golden era thanks to new technologies, cutting-edge reporting techniques and expanding opportunities to hold powerful people accountable. But there's more work to be done. To that end, the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication launched the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism this year with a $3 million grant from the Scripps-Howard Foundation to produce a new generation of investigative journalists. Read more.

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Meet sustainability student Maryam Abdul Rashid

Maryam Abdul Rashid took a big risk enrolling in the School of Sustainability at Arizona State University. Coming from Malaysia, she said people back home questioned her prospects about what her future might be. But she took the leap anyway. Read more.

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Women’s underwater robotics team makes waves in the desert

In the midst of the Sonoran Desert, a group of Arizona State University engineering students gather every Monday night after classes to untangle wires, size down battery pods with a metal file and program a sensor system for an autonomous underwater robot that they designed and 3D printed. They’re building a self-driving submarine for an international competition in July 2019, prototyping technology that can be used to detect underwater bombs, discover new deep-sea life, survey underwater wreckage and check the bottom of boats for fissures. Read more.

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The dying pig in the aisle: How McDonald’s came to transform animal welfare (from GreenBiz.com)

The author visited his first animal slaughterhouse in the fall of 1997: a pig facility. He was there to assess how to start an animal welfare program with an unusual partner, Temple Grandin, who was renowned in her field of animal science — and autistic. He was anxious as he entered, not knowing what to expect. Read more.

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ASU’s Neal A. Lester received two MLK awards for impactful humanities efforts

Arizona State University Professor Neal A. Lester agrees with poet Maya Angelou’s words: “We are more alike, my friends, than we are unalike.” But that doesn't mean that he sees no value in our differences. So he challenges people to recognize, celebrate and embrace those differences. For his work supporting that approach, he was recognized with two awards named after civil rights icon Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Read more.

President’s Award for Sustainability

The President’s Award for Sustainability recognizes ASU faculty and staff who have worked as departmental, interdepartmental or transdisciplinary teams that have demonstrated excellence in fostering sustainability at Arizona State University. This award recognizes the development, implementation and promotion of sustainability principles, solutions, programs and services. The university’s vision is for a sustainability program that encompasses all of ASU, engages the internal and external communities alike, and integrates the teaching, learning, research and business missions of the University. Sustainability projects/programs may be related to one or more of the following actions: use-inspired research; teaching and learning; active engagement; or campus operations. The 2019 application deadline is 5:00 p.m., February 6, 2019. More information and application.

City of Mesa Sustainability Savings Tip: Composting - Breaking it Down to the Basics

The composting process creates more efficient conditions for organic waste to decompose, producing nutrient-rich mulch. Kitchen scraps, yard clippings, and other organic materials are most commonly used. Read more.

ASU Social Embeddedness Report 2018

ASU’s 2018 Social Embeddedness Report shows some of the many ways that ASU interacts and partners with our community. The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability’s Sustainable Cities Network is featured on pages 22-23. Read more.

ASU and Phoenix issue new call for ventures to innovate for waste prevention and diversion

Arizona State University, named the most innovative school in the nation by U.S. News and World Report for four straight years, in collaboration with the city of Phoenix — named the top performing city overall by Governing and Living Cities — are calling for innovators and entrepreneurs to participate in the RISN Incubator, a diverse solutions business development and accelerator program. The application period is open now until January 31. Read more.

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Science, Technology and Policy Program

The Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Science, Technology and Policy (STP) Program serves as a next step in the educational and professional development of scientists and engineers interested in energy efficiency and renewable energy policy. The EERE STP Program provides an opportunity for highly talented scientists and engineers to participate in policy-related projects at DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Washington, D.C. and Golden, CO site office. EERE STP participants apply the expertise gained from their education and history of conducting research to new and ongoing EERE initiatives. Applications for the STP program are accepted and reviewed all year, except for applications to the Solar SunShot Initiative. SunShot applications are reviewed (and offers are made) two times per year with rolling application deadlines of January 15th and June 15th. The SunShot application review process takes approximately 3-4 months. More information and application.

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

December 2018 drought summary is online.

NEW!

January Southwest Climate Outlook

The January 2019 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.

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

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.

Postdoctoral Research Associate, The Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Teachers’ Academy

To review and apply to this position, please visit https://apply.interfolio.com/59407. The application deadline is February 15, 2019.

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.

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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.

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

Application deadline January 31, 2019. More information.

Research Associate/Staff Scientist, Climate and Energy Policy, Stockholm Environment Institute, Seattle, WA

Application deadline January 31, 2019. More information.

Watershed Group Coordinator (part-time), Friends of the Rio de Flag, Flagstaff, AZ

Application deadline January 31, 2019. More information.

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