Sustainability Digest 081619

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. Case Critical: Arizona Youth Climate Summit

2. Salt River Project: A Sustainable Water Resource?

Other Events - Off Campus

3. SMEEC: Maps of South Mountain

4. Sculpting Science 2019

5. SMEEC: "Haboob!" The Second Summer of the Sonoran Desert

6. Extreme Heat Network Webinar: Environmental Health Tracking

7. Hydrate Mesa: Hydrate with Greywater

8. GreenBiz Webcast: Super-Charging Electric Vehicle Fleets

9. VERGE 19: The Platform for Accelerating the Clean Economy

News and Announcements

10. Members of UREx SRN receive ecology award

11. Meet sustainability junior Sakshi Hegde

12. Meet sustainability senior Maddie Mercer

13. CLIMAS Podcast: August 2019: Monsoon MiniPod - Rogue Storm Late Start Edition

Other Jobs

14. Water Resources Specialist, Drought and Conservation Program, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix, AZ

15. Assistant Director of Development, Jo Daviess Conservation Fund, Elizabeth, IL

EVENTS

Institute Events

Free Film Screening: Artifishal

(Wednesday, August 28, 2019) Artifishal is a film about people, rivers, and the fight for the future of wild fish and the environment that supports them. It explores wild salmon’s slide toward extinction, threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms, and our continued loss of faith in nature. Doors open 6:30 p.m.; showtime 7:00 p.m. at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 1140 E Baseline Rd, Tempe. More information and registration.

You Can’t Drink Helium

(Thursday, August 29, 2019) Kevin L. Dobson, Protect Our Water Arizona, will present You Can’t Drink Helium from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

NEW!

Case Critical: Arizona Youth Climate Summit

(Saturday, September 7, 2019) Join us for the first Arizona Youth Climate Summit, led by Arizona Youth Climate Strike and GreenLight Solutions, for a day of workshops empowering students and providing them with new skills to address the climate crisis in their own communities. It will be held from 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m. in the Student Pavilion Ballroom, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

NEW!

Salt River Project: A Sustainable Water Resource?

(Thursday, September 12, 2019) Kevin Murphy will present Salt River Project: A Sustainable Water Resource? From 12:00-1:30 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.

Other Events

On Campus

Green Devil Network: ASU Sustainability: Walking the Talk

(Friday, August 16, 2019) Mick Dalrymple, University Sustainability Practices, will present ASU Sustainability: Walking the Talk from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. For more information contact Nick Cookson.

Off Campus

NEW!

SMEEC: Maps of South Mountain

(Saturday, August 17, 2019) Local expert Phyllis Ralley will lead a cartography exploration working with the historic maps of South Mountain Park. Participants will compare maps for usefulness, and even draw their own! FREE! Recommended for ages 8+. No registration necessary. At South Mountain Environmental Education Center, 10409 S Central Ave, Phoenix. More information.

GreenBiz Webcast: How to Participate in the Emerging Carbon Economy

(Tuesday, August 20, 2019) This one-hour interactive webcast will introduce you to the key ideas, technologies and businesses in what’s estimated to be a multi-trillion dollar opportunity over the coming years. More information and registration.

Community Connect: USGBC Arizona Emerging Professionals

(Tuesday, August 20, 2019) The Emerging Professionals Committee supports recent graduates and professionals new to the green building and sustainability industry to increase their network and make meaningful connections. Learn more about the U.S. Green Building Council, what we do, and why we're passionate about engaging, educating and encouraging the Arizona community to support the advancement of a sustainable, environmentally responsible, and economically prosperous built environment. From 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Brat Haus Phoenix, 6025 N. 16th St, Phoenix, AZ. More information and registration.

NEW!

Sculpting Science 2019

(Thursday, August 22-Saturday, September 14, 2019) Please join us for the Grand Opening of Sculpting Science 2019 – an Arizona State University art exhibit that takes you into the microscopic world of science, far beyond what the human eye can see. This exhibit features extraordinary ceramic sculptures and drawings inspired by microscopic nature. It also highlights fascinating images of nature created by using extreme magnification. Opening reception, 6:00-9:00 p.m., Thursday, August 29 and First Friday, 6:00-9:00 p.m., Friday, September 6. Exhibit is free and is at the Step Gallery in Grant Street Studies, 605 E Grant St, Phoenix. More information.

Hydrate Mesa: Hydrate Your Soils

(Thursday, August 22, 2019) Urban yards have the potential to produce well beyond their natural productivity without needing costly store products by integrating the use of typical waste streams such as greywater, stormwater, plant trimmings, and more. You'll learn how to assess your yard's soil type and simple ways to effectively use typical household wastes to build soil health and promote productive urban landscapes. You will leave this session with: Soil resource plan. From 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Mesa Main Library, 64 E 1st St. Mesa, AZ 85201. More information and registration.

NEW!

SMEEC: “Haboob!” The Second Summer of the Sonoran Desert

(Saturday, August 24, 2019) It’s that time of year we experience stifling heat, high winds, walls of dust and pouring rain all within hours. Join Park Ranger Lisa Quiñónez as she talks about what causes these conditions and then create the sounds of a Sonoran Desert storm with games, activities, and a project making instruments that mimic the sounds of a storm. Recommended for ages 3+. $5 per youth participant, recommended for ages 3+. No registration necessary. Accompanying adults welcome at no additional fee. At South Mountain Environmental Education Center, 10409 S Central Ave, Phoenix. More information.

United Nations Civil Society Conference: Building Inclusive and Sustainable Communities

(Monday-Wednesday, August 26-28, 2019) Holding this worldwide conference in Salt Lake City will be historic, as it will be the first time this conference will be held outside of UN Headquarters in the United States. With talks of taking this conference abroad again in 2020, the success of this event is imperative for the future of the conference and America’s United Nations legacy. The UN’s mission is world peace. To this end, they are focused on empowering sustainable cities and communities. More information and registration.

NEW!

Extreme Heat Network Webinar: Environmental Health Tracking

(Wednesday, August 28, 2019) Matthew Roach, Epidemiology Program Manager, Arizona Department of Health Services will present the Environmental Health Tracking portal on heat risk factors and heat illness. At 12:00 p.m. AZ (3:00 p.m. EDT). Webinar Link: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/935618275.

NEW!

Hydrate Mesa: Hydrate with Greywater

(Thursday, August 29, 2019) Harvest greywater to complete your backyard oasis. Did you know that an average household's laundry water produces enough greywater to support a backyard fruit tree? We'll show you how to use a laundry-to-landscape system to recycle this greywater for use in your yard to nourish plants and reduce your municipal water usage. This session will cover best practices for greywater use and will guide you to creating a greywater action plan for your home. You will leave this session with: Greywater home action plan. From 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Mesa Main Library, 64 E. 1^st St, Mesa. More information and registration.

SHADE 2019 Southwest Horticulture Annual Day of Education

(Friday, August 30, 2019) This year’s SHADE education conference will be held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort, Phoenix. If you have any questions, please contact Shayla at shyde@azna.org or 480-966-1610. We have some new and exciting things planned for the conference. See you all in August! The conference is sponsored by the Arizona Nursery Association. 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. More information.

NEW!

GreenBiz Webcast: Super-Charging Electric Vehicle Fleets

(Thursday, September 8, 2019) In this hour-long webcast, GreenBiz Group chairman and executive editor Joel Makower will lead a discussion among UPS, Cross River Partnership and UK Power Networks Services to share details about how this collaboration is signaling a new generation of sustainable urban delivery services in London and in other cities around the world. From 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET (10:00-11:00 a.m. PT/AZ). More information and registration.

2019 AAEE Conference: Arizona We are EE!

(Thursday-Saturday, September 12-14, 2019) Join the Arizona Association for Environmental Education this fall for the largest event in Arizona that convenes educators, learners, leaders, and decision-makers to leverage the power of environmental education (EE). To be held at Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. More information and registration.

WASTECON: Pathway to Innovation

(Monday-Thursday, October 21-24, 2019) SWANA’s WASTECON® helps public sector solid waste leaders and their teams plan sustainable futures for their communities. The conference will be filled with new experiences for everyone! Based on member feedback, WASTECON has been transformed as an experience of activities, tools and resources for you—the solid waste leader—and your teams to explore your most important issues and find sustainable solutions for your communities. Conversations and presentations will focus on the future of your community and how you will lead the inevitable changes that you will face in the coming years. To be held at Phoenix Convention Center, 100 N. Third Street, Phoenix, AZ. More information and registration.

NEW!

VERGE 19: The Platform for Accelerating the Clean Economy

(Tuesday-Thursday, October 22-24, 2019) The VERGE 19 conference and expo is the platform for companies, cities and communities accelerating the clean economy. Join more than 3,000 leaders — from the private and public sectors, utilities, solution providers, NGOs and startups — to explore scalable, cross-cutting solutions and to advance the most dynamic and influential markets driving a sustainable future. The conference will be held at the Oakland Convention Center, Oakland, CA. To empower the next generation of sustainable business leaders, enable them to attend VERGE 19 and ensure that the sustainability field includes voices from diverse backgrounds, we're thrilled to again offer the Emerging Leaders Scholarship, sponsored by United Airlines. Selected VERGE 19 Emerging Leaders will receive a complimentary pass to attend the full conference, along with special opportunities at the event — exclusive to Emerging Leaders. The scholarship covers registration fees, airfare and lodging. Scholarship application deadline, September 20. More information about conference.

2019 AASHE Conference & Expo: Co-Creating a Sustainable Economy

(Sunday-Wednesday, October 27-30, 2019) The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education’s (AASHE’s) annual conference is the largest stage in North America to exchange effective models, policies, research, collaborations and transformative actions that advance sustainability in higher education and surrounding communities. We invite you to join us in Spokane, Washington to share your knowledge, achievements and ideas. With a theme of Co-Creating a Sustainable Economy, AASHE 2019 is tackling the root cause for the continued rise in carbon emissions: our dysfunctional economic system. The conference seeks to showcase and strengthen higher education’s contributions to the movement for a sustainable economy. More information and registration.

SER Southwest Annual Conference

(Friday-Sunday, November 8-10, 2019) The 2019 Annual Conference of the SER - Southwest Chapter will be held in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona! We invite submissions of presentations and posters, as well as symposia, panels, and workshops on any topic related to restoration, management, or conservation of natural areas in the Southwest Chapter Ecoregions. Abstracts due by August 30, 2019. More information and registration.

U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Poster Competition

(Wednesday-Thursday, November 13-14, 2019) The U.S. C3E Poster Competition is an opportunity for students and early-career researchers to participate in a poster competition at the 8th Annual U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium at Texas A&M University. The poster competition exposes symposium attendees to cutting-edge research in a variety of clean energy fields. A poster committee with wide-ranging expertise will select the most compelling poster submissions for presentation at the Symposium with an eye toward diversity of institution, topic, and discipline. More information.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW!

Members of UREx SRN receive ecology award

This week, members of the Urban Resilience to Extremes Sustainability Research Network (UREx SRN) were recipients of an award from the Ecological Society of America. Winners of the award are recognized for their “outstanding contributions to ecology in new discoveries, teaching, sustainability, diversity, and lifelong commitment to the profession,” according to an ESA announcement. Read more.

NEW!

Meet sustainability junior Sakshi Hegde

School of Sustainability junior Sakshi Hegde has always cared about the environment. So when it was time to make a decision about what to dedicate her life to, the answer was a no-brainer. Read more.

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Meet sustainability senior Maddie Mercer

Motivated by the proximity of her family and her interest in environmental science, Maddie Mercer decided to attend Arizona State University's School of Sustainability. It's a choice she does not regret. Read more.

SESYNC announces its Fall 2019 Request for Proposals

The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) requests proposals for collaborative and interdisciplinary team-based research projects under two programs: Pursuits and Workshops.

SESYNC is a synthesis research center that brings together diverse groups in new, interdisciplinary collaborations to identify solutions to society's most challenging and complex environmental problems. Proposals are invited for synthesis projects focused on tools, methods, and other practices applicable to actionable team research on socio-environmental problems. We encourage those interested in these opportunities to discuss their ideas with SESYNC prior to developing their proposal. Discussions with team leaders can often help determine if an idea is appropriate for SESYNC, as well as how syntheses might be structured to achieve strong interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary outcomes. Please contact research@sesync.org to schedule a conversation. Application Deadline: September 16, 2019. Learn more about these opportunities and how to apply: http://sesync.us/rfp.

Young SDG Innovators Programme

The Young SDG Innovators Programme is an opportunity for participating companies of the UN Global Compact to identify young talent within their organizations to collaborate and accelerate business innovation towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This ten-month accelerator programme activates future business leaders and changemakers to develop and drive innovative solutions through new technologies, initiatives, and business models and deliver on their company’s sustainability objectives. The Programme is designed to engage your company’s brightest and best talent in not only advancing your sustainability efforts but driving innovation and delivering tangible solutions with potential market value for your company. Nominations from May 13-August 31, 2019. Program runs from September 2019 to June 2020. More information.

Arizona Water Protection Fund Grants Available

The Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission (Commission) is pleased to announce that it will be offering a fiscal year 2020 grant cycle. The Commission provides funding for projects that directly maintain, enhance and restore river and riparian resources; implement innovative river and riparian research; and implement water conservation measures or programs outside of the 5 Active Management Areas. The Commission will be accepting applications under all funding categories (capital, research and water conservation). The fiscal year 2020 Grant Application Manual is available on the Arizona Water Protection Fund web site www.azwpf.gov and will be available at the workshop. To have a copy mailed to you, please contact Reuben Teran at 602-771-8525, or via e-mail at rteran@azwater.gov. Pre-application consultations may be scheduled with AWPF staff from July - August 2019 as time permits. Please contact Reuben Teran at 602-771-8525, or via e-mail rteran@azwater.gov to schedule a consultation. Grant applications are due September 6, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. Applicant presentations and Commission grant award selections will take place November 19-20, 2019. The complete grant application process schedule can be viewed at www.azwpf.gov.

The Roy Award for Environmental Partnership

The Belfar Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership. The Roy Award is presented every two years to an outstanding cross-sector partnership that enhances environmental quality through novel and creative approaches. We are looking for partnerships that: (1) have advanced a new idea, model, or paradigm that could be transferable to other issues or geographic regions to improve the quality of the environment; and (2) have taken risks that result in significant actions that contribute to solutions and create leverage for greater action; Self-nomination is permissible and encouraged. The deadline to submit a nomination is October 15, 2019. More information and nomination submittal.

Special Issue of Sustainability “Collaboration for Sustainability”

Guest Editor Edward Hackett is seeking submissions for this special issue that analyze the organization and dynamics of sustainability collaborations and that propose new patterns of collaboration to achieve sustainability goals. For more information of types of papers and submission. Deadline for submission is October 31, 2019.

Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program

July 2019 drought summary is online.

July Southwest Climate Outlook

The July 2019 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.

NEW!

CLIMAS Podcast: August 2019: Monsoon MiniPod - Rogue Storm Late Start Edition

Tune into the Southwest Climate podcasts on Apple Podcasts or Southwest Climate Change Network.

OPPORTUNITIES

Institute Job Openings

Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Postdoctoral Fellow

Application deadline extended. More information.

Faculty Associate Pool, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University

Application deadline May – open until filled. More information.

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes