Sustainability Digest 061920

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.)

Other Events - On Campus

1. Race, Crisis, and the Future of Democracy: A Virtual Community Dialogue

Other Events - Off Campus

2. Verge 20 Complimentary Online Event

News and Announcements

3. 'To Be Welcoming' curriculum offers tools to counteract bias

4. To be social online, or to be social in person?

5. Interest in green chemistry is bubbling up, but progress slow to come

6. Project Humanities launches new podcast club

7. Study finds correlation between vaccination rates and immunity

8. AISES Leidos Virtual Summer Internship

Other Jobs

9. Climate Resilience Specialist, Adaptation International, Austin, TX

10. Political Affairs Coordinator, League of Conservation Voters, Washington, DC

11. Postdoctoral Research Position, Arctic Hydrological Biogeochemical Modeling, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

12. Analyst, Global Climate, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, DC or San Francisco, CA

13. Associate Modeler, Groundwater, Geoscience Support Services, Inc., La Verne, CA

14. Environmental Investigation Coordinator I, San Antonio River Authority, San Antonio, TX

15. Program Associate, Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, NY

16. Water Desalinization Analytical Research, US Department of Defense, US Army Natik Soldier Systems Center, Natik, MA

EVENTS

Institute Events

No new events at this time.

Other Events

On Campus

NEW!

Race, Crisis, and the Future of Democracy: A Virtual Community Dialogue

(Saturday, June 20, 2020) Join ASU's Center for the Study of Race and Democracy for this second in a series of June 2020 community dialogues focused on race, crisis and the future of democracy. We will be in dialogue with panelists who bring compelling perspectives from journalism, local government, law enforcement, education and community engagement. From 2:00-3:00 p.m. More information and registration.

Off Campus

Masks On, Litter Gone!

(Monday-Saturday, June 15-28, 2020) In partnership with the River Network and the Ball Corporation, Rio Reimagined will coordinate a two-week clean-up campaign called "Masks On, Litter Gone!" From June 15-28, three communities (Metro Phoenix, Ft. Atkinson, WI, and Findlay, OH) will compete in a #BallLitterHaul challenge, picking up litter and recyclables - while wearing masks and following social distancing guidelines. This is an individual clean-up exercise that has collective impact through the use of a great app called 'Litterati'. For more information.

GreenBiz Webcasts: How to Get Your Supply Chain to Embrace Circularity

(Tuesday, June 23, 2020) In this webcast, Interface VP and CSO Erin Meezan will share how the modular flooring company employed multiple strategies to transform its supply chain, an evolution that was essential to the company's Mission Zero success and led to a broader impact outside of Interface that extended to other companies. From 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT. More information and registration.

Virtual Career Panel Series for LTER Grad Students: Science Communications and Outreach

(Friday, June 26, 2020) The LTER Network Office is hosting this opportunity for graduate students to learn more about career opportunities outside of academia. Each webinar will consist of brief introductions by 4-5 panelists who work in a particular type of career, followed by opportunities for participants to ask questions. More information and registration.

GreenBiz Webcast: Real-life Lessons for Trucking’s Clean Future

(Thursday, July 2, 2020) This webcast will dive into trucking’s role in our supply chain, how it has evolved since March, and how the industry will evolve into its green future. Hear from industry leaders from Hirschbach, United Parcel Service, Shell and NACFE/RMI. From 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT (10:00-11:00 a.m. MST). More information and registration.

SISE 2020: Resiliency: Climate Change and the Power of Data + Response

(Thursday-Wednesday, July 9-22, 2020) Join us in Chicago for our 10th annual program focused on resiliency — Resiliency: Climate Change and the Power of Data + Response. There is no program fee, everyone that participates receives lodging on campus free of charge, and there are travel scholarships available for most traveling to Chicago. Application Deadline: All applications are due May 30. Interviews must be conducted by June 9. Final decisions sent June 10. More information.

Maricopa Smartscape - Summer/Fall 2020

(Tuesdays and Thursdays, July 14-August 13, 2020) Smartscape is a training program specifically designed for professionals in the landscape industry or associated fields. The programs are designed to provide education on a wide range of topics encountered in the landscape field, with instruction from experts in the green industry. Attendees can earn continuing education for International Society of Arboriculture (ISA), or the Arizona chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (AzASLA) certification. Classes will be held online in Zoom from 3:00-6:00 p.m. More information and registration.

Circularity 20: Accelerating the Circular Economy

(Tuesday-Thursday, August 25-27, 2020) Circularity 20 is the largest circular economy conference in the United States. Building on the success of a sold-out launch event, Circularity 20 will bring together more than 1,000 thought leaders and practitioners across industries and functions to accelerate the circular economy. Through inspirational plenaries, interactive breakouts, deep-dive tutorials, networking opportunities and a solutions-focused showcase, Circularity 20 will inspire, inform and empower participants to turn circular economy concepts into profitable opportunities for companies and cities. To be held at Intercontinental Buckhead Atlanta, 3315 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326. More information and registration.

Maricopa Smartscape: Advanced Irrigation 2020

(Thursday, November 5, 12, and 19, 2020) Registration is open for The University of Arizona, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension 2020 Advanced Smartscape: Irrigation course. Classes will take place from 12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at The University of Arizona, Maricopa County Cooperative Extension office: 4341 E Broadway Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85040. Seats are limited and fill fast, so sign up today!

More information and registration.

URP 2020: Sustainable & Resilient Urban-Rural Partnerships

(Wednesday-Friday, November 25-27, 2020) Regions are of critical importance to achieve the implementation of the UN 2030 Agenda including the Sustainable Development Goals and the HABITAT III objectives. By focusing on sustainable and resilient urban-rural partnerships, the international URP2020 conference aims at developing new urban-rural imaginaries, integrating strategies and projects that explore present and future potentials in terms of sustainability and resilience. The URP2020 will bring together and connect scientific insights and enlightening experiences of on-going projects in practice. We offer a forum for exchange and support the co-design of ideas to tackle the challenges for sustainable and resilient regional development. The conference will be held in Leipzig, Germany. More information.

18th Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop

(Tuesday-Thursday, April 20-22, 2021) The 18th Annual Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop (CPASW) will bring together a diverse community to share developments in research and application of weather and climate information for societal decision-making. Participants will include researchers, service producers, resource managers, planners, practitioners, social scientists, and others making weather and climate-sensitive decisions. NOAA’s National Weather Service Climate Services Branch, Arizona State University, the Arizona State Climate Office, and many climate services partners are collaborating in the organization of the 2020 CPASW. The workshop will be held in Phoenix, AZ. More information.

European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference

(Monday-Wednesday, May 31-June 2, 2021) Registration is now open for the 4th European Sustainable Phosphorus Conference, Vienna. This 4th ESPC will centre in plenary on business models, company success stories and city and regional actions towards nutrient circularity. Parallel sessions will mix research with application (see below, call for papers). The third day will be the 4th European phosphorus R&D day, showcasing R&D into phosphorus recycling and recycled products and new approaches. Full details.

Zócalo Public Square: How can Humans Coexist with Monster Wildfires?

(Thursday, July 16, 2020) Historical ecologist Jared Dahl Aldern, CSU Long Beach American Indian Studies professor Theresa Gregor, and Fernanda Santos, The Fire Line author and Professor of Practice at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, visit Zócalo to examine how and whether human beings can coexist with megafires. From 6:30-8:00 p.m. PDT. More information and registration.

NEW!

Verge 20 Complimentary Online Event

(Monday-Friday, October 26-30, 2020) GreenBiz Group is excited to announce that VERGE 20 is moving online - streaming a full week of programming straight to you, along with 15,000 other clean economy leaders, at no cost. The VERGE 20 online event is the leading platform for accelerating the clean economy. Join more than 15,000 leaders - from the private and public sectors, utilities, solution providers, investors, and startups - advancing systemic solutions to address the climate crisis through five key markets: carbon removal, clean energy, the circular economy, electrified transportation, and sustainable food systems. More information and registration.

Arizona Bicycling Summit 2020

(TBD) The Arizona's Bicycling Summit, to be held in, gathers leaders, educators, planners, public health professionals, event promoters, and cyclists of all kinds to discuss current issues related to bicycling in Arizona. Registration fee includes breakfast, lunch and all sessions. At the Nile Theater, 105 W Main St, Mesa, AZ 85210. Postponed. More information.

Phosphorus Forum 2020

(TBD) Arizona State University's Sustainable Phosphorus Alliance will host its 4th annual Phosphorus Forum in Washington, DC. Professor Don Boesch of the University of Maryland's Center for Environmental Science will be providing the keynote at this day-long knowledge-sharing and networking event. Participants will include scientists, NGOs focused on water quality issues, nutrient recovery technology companies, fertilizer manufacturers, food producers, water utilities, farm consultants, government regulators, agricultural suppliers, phosphate mining companies, and others. There is no streaming of this event. Postponed. More information and registration.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW!

'To Be Welcoming' curriculum offers tools to counteract bias

The current protests over police killings and racial injustice has left many people with a hunger to learn more about inequality and to try to do better. America’s best-seller lists and TV shows are addressing the tragic results of racism. Two years ago, Starbucks asked Arizona State University to develop an online curriculum for all Starbucks employees that is intended to drive reflection and conversation on the topic of bias. Read more.

NEW!

To be social online, or to be social in person?

Before the threat of the novel coronavirus sent us all home to shelter in place this spring, limiting our face-to-face interactions to just a few members of our immediate household (if we were that lucky), it seemed to many that humans as a species had begun to take for granted the myriad opportunities for in-person connection in favor of scrolling through social media and other entertainment via our smartphones. ASU associate professor of psychology Athena Aktipis wanted to know if there was a way to get people to put down their phones and engage with the environment around them and the person sitting next to them. In a paper on the subject, Aktipis and colleagues explore the classic coordination problem from game theory: the stag hunt game. Read more.

NEW!

Interest in green chemistry is bubbling up, but progress slow to come (GreenBiz.com)

When you buy a pair of blue jeans, you probably don’t think about the harm they might cause to people or the environment. But synthetic dyes and other chemicals used to manufacture jeans and other clothing can make workers sick and pollute waterways, particularly in manufacturing regions in Asia, where heavy metals such as cadmium, chromium and lead have been found in water and sediment outside of textile industrial parks. Read more.

NEW!

Project Humanities launches new podcast club

COVID-19 has birthed a new podcast club, which provides a unique way to talk about the things that make us human. The series is founded by sustainability scholar Neal Lester, founding director of Project Humanities. Read more.

NEW!

Study finds correlation between vaccination rates and immunity

ASU alumna Pooja Sangha worked under the direction of College of Health Solutions Assistant Professor Mac McCullough to study trends over five years in vaccination rates among schoolchildren in Arizona. They found a decreased herd immunity statewide and by school type, and an increased rate of personal belief exemptions from vaccinations. Read more.

NEW!

AISES Leidos Virtual Summer Internship

The COVID-19 epidemic has greatly affected Indigenous communities as the positive cases and deaths are among the highest in the nation among all ethnic populations. Leidos is seeking to assemble a multidisciplinary team of Indigenous computer science, biology, and public health students to work with their Leidos and partners on the development of a privacy preserving national contact tracing application to help contain COVID-19 while reducing the need for mass disruption of daily activities. Leidos in collaboration with public health officials is creating a unified contact tracing application framework, MicrobeTrace Next, which via blockchain maintains the sovereignty of the jurisdictions that use the application for contact tracing and health interventions. MicrobeTrace Next removes the need for paper forms via an on/off-line secure, mobile interface, providing it free to jurisdictions to support reducing the transmission of COVID-19. A six-week internship beginning July 13; application deadline June 26, 2020. More information and application.

Fall 2020 Class: SOS 594/498 Urban Sustainability Best Practices Applications

Cities, towns and other municipalities need innovative, sustainable ideas and processes to improve quality of life for their residents. In this collaborative workshop/ project management class, students will work with the City of Peoria and ASU Project Cities on a real-life municipal sustainability challenge.The objective of this course is to engage students with stakeholders on an urban challenge through robust deliberation of topic, review of literature, collection of data, documentation and analysis. Students will utilize project management tools such as scope of work, SWOT analysis, and agenda setting. Finally, the students will provide a professional final product(s) to the client. The course benefits students by exposing them to a local city initiative and issue, allows them to interact with local practitioners, provides them with an opportunity to research local issue that can directly influence local policies, and helps students gain value added experience that can become a key highlight on their resume. Questions? Contact Anne.Reichman@asu.edu or Nalini.Chhetri@asu.edu.

Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program

May 2020 drought summary is online.

May Southwest Climate Outlook

The May 2020 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.

CLIMAS Podcast: May 2020: Winter Recap, Spring & Summer Heat, and the Monsoon

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

OPPORTUNITIES

Institute Job Openings

None at this time.

Other Jobs

National River Project Coordinator, Part-time, Home Based

Application deadline June 20, 2020. More information.

Postdoc positions, Maastricht Sustainability Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Application deadline June 21, 2020. More information.

NEW!

Climate Resilience Specialist, Adaptation International, Austin, TX

Application deadline June 22, 2020. More information.

Research Opportunity in Nutrient Cycling and Hydrology, Agricultural Research Service, Water Quality and Ecology Research Unit, Oxford, MS

Application deadline June 22, 2020. More information.

NEW!

Political Affairs Coordinator, League of Conservation Voters, Washington, DC

Application deadline June 24, 2020. More information.

Earth Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA

Application deadline June 26, 2020. More information.

Lecturer, Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA

Review of application begins June 26, 2020. More information.

Research Scientist, Hydrologic and Regional Climate Modeling, Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA

Application deadline June 26, 2020. More information.

Assistant Professor, Earth Surface Processes, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA

Application deadline June 30, 2020. More information.

Environmental Compliance Specialist, Watershed Protection Branch, State of Georgia, Dekalb-Atlanta, GA

Application deadline June 30, 2020 (may close sooner if suitable pool of applicants). More information.

Executive Director, South Santiam Watershed Council, Sweet Home, OR

Application deadline June 30, 2020. More information.

Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Application deadline June 30, 2020. More information.

EPA Monitoring Water Contamination Research Opportunity, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Cincinnati, OH

Application deadline July 1, 2020. More information.

NEW!

Postdoctoral Research Position, Arctic Hydrological Biogeochemical Modeling, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Application deadline July 2, 2020. More information.

PhD Candidate, Social Anthropology, New Arctic and Digital Ocean, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

Application deadline July 10, 2020. More information.

Wetlands and Streams Reference Data Research Fellowship, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Atlanta, GA

Application deadline July 13, 2020. More information.

Postdoctoral Research Opportunity in Groundwater Hydrology and Engineering, US Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Sedimentation Laboratory, Oxford, MS

Application deadline July 31, 2020. More information.

Summer Science and Policy Internships, Clean Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Application deadline for fall, August 1, 2020. More information.

Water Systems Analyst, Department of Health/Mental Hygiene, Public Health Engineering, City of New York, New York, NY

Application deadline August 25, 2020. More information.

Lecturer, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, CA

Application deadline October 9, 2020. More information.

Research Hydrologist/Agricultural Engineer/Soil Scientist, Agricultural Research Service, Bowling Green, KY

Application deadline May 7, 2021. More information.

2020-21 Position Openings with TerraCorps

More information and application.

Advanced Technologies Outreach Coordinator, SciTech Institute, Tempe, AZ