SUSTAINABILITY DIGEST


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 PM 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 under the Options where it says Join or Leave GIOSASU. 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. Free Film Screening: Groundwater: To Enact a Law for the Common Good


Other Events - On Campus

2. Coffee@Beyond: Where Do the Laws of Physics Come From?

3. School of Life Sciences Seminar: When Evidence-based Teaching is NOT Enough

4. Institute for Humanities Research: Research Networking Reception

5. Institute for Humanities Research: Fall 2016 Seed Grant Information Workshop

6. Campus Harvest at the ASU Polytechnic Date Grove


Other Events - Off Campus

7. 6th Annual Kickoff Conference: Arizona's Future STEM Pathways

8. Second International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies


News and Announcements

9. The Olympics contest for cities: Urban resilience

10. ASU at the forefront of global biodiversity policy

11. Can high-tech bacteria make fish farming more sustainable?

12. ASU works on a flexible future for today's technologies

13. Call for Innovators: PHX Innovation Games

14. LEED for vertical farms? Defining high-tech sustainable food

15. 8 companies to watch in the circular economy


Other Jobs

16. Temporary Health & Environmental Investigator I, Seattle, Washington

17. Wetland Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy, Jackson, Tennessee

18. Postdoctoral Positions (4), Future Water Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa

19. Program Assistant, Center for Sustainability Science, The Nature Conservancy

20. Account Manager, Supply Chain, CDP, New York, New York

21. Policy Analyst, California Coastkeeper Alliance, San Francisco/Sacramento, California

22. Hazardous Waste Policy Liaison, King County, Seattle, Washington

23. Health and Environmental Investigator IV, Local Hazardous Waste Management Program, King County, Seattle, Washington


 


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EVENTS

Institute Events


          Free Film Screening: The True Cost

(Tuesday, August 23, 2016) The True Cost is a groundbreaking documentary about the clothes we wear, the people who make them, and the impact the industry has on our world. The price of clothing has been decreasing for decades, while the human and environmental costs have grown dramatically. This film asks us to consider who really pays the price for our clothing? Doors open 6:30 p.m.; showtime 7:00 p.m. at Harkins Valley Art Theater, 509 S. Mill Ave, Tempe. More information and RSVP.

 

Sustainability Series: The Future of the Suburban City: Lessons from Sustaining Phoenix

(Wednesday, August 31, 2016) Grady Gammage Jr. will present The Future of the Suburban City: Lessons from Sustaining Phoenix from 6:30-7:30 p.m., followed by a dessert reception at the Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Way, Tempe. More information and registration.


          Sustainability Series: Building Great Places

(Thursday, September 8, 2016) Kimber Lanning, Local First Arizona, will present Building Great Places from 12:00-1:30 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information and registration.


          Sustainability Series: Sustainable Investing: Redefining Capitalism

(Thursday, September 15, 2016) James Wennlund, Wennlund Wealth Management of Raymond James will present Sustainable Investing: Redefining Capitalism from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information and registration.

 

Wrigley Lecture Series: A Living Future: How We’ll Live and Work in the Communities of the Future

(Tuesday, September 20, 2016) Jason McLennan, McLennan Design, will present A Living Future: How We’ll Live and Work in the Communities of the Future from 5:00-7:30 p.m. (Doors open 5:00 p.m.; lecture 6:00 p.m.; reception 7.30 p.m.) In the Lakeside Room, Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W. Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe. More information and registration.


          Sustainability Series: What’s Next? Patagonia and the Road Ahead

(Wednesday, September 21, 2016) Vincent Stanley, Patagonia, will present What’s Next? Patagonia and the Road Ahead from 8:30-9:45 a.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information and registration.


          NEW!

          Free Film Screening: Groundwater: To Enact a Law for the Common Good

(Tuesday, September 27, 2016) This documentary by filmmaker Michael Schiffer (writer of Colors, Lean on Me, and Crimson Tide) tells the true and inspiring story of the contentious battle among farms, cities, and mines in the late 1970s, which led, against all odds, to the passage of one of the most important water laws in America—The 1980 Arizona Groundwater Management Act—a major reason that our desert state still has water in this time of drought. A post-film discussion will be led by Kathleen Ferris and Dave White. From 12:00-1:30 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information and registration.




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Other Events

On Campus


          Humanities Grant Workshop at ASU West

(Thursday, August 25, 2016) Meet with representatives from The National Endowment for the Humanities and Arizona Humanities to learn more about funding for humanities programs you are already running or looking to start. The workshop and information sessions are free and open to all! Community organizations such as nonprofits, libraries, museums, tribal entities, community colleges, universities, and professors are encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served. From 5:30-7:30 p.m. in UCB 240, Arizona State University at the West campus, 4701 W. Thunderbird Rd, Glendale. Please RSVP to Lucy Berchini at Lucy.Berchini@asu.edu or 602-543-6091.


          NEW!

          Coffee@Beyond: Where Do the Laws of Physics Come From?

(August 29, 2016) Paul Davies, Beyond: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Arizona State University will present Where Do the Laws of Physics Come From? At 3:30 p.m. in the Auditorium, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information.


          NEW!

School of Life Sciences Seminar: When Evidence-based Teaching is NOT Enough

(Friday, September 9, 2016) Ian Douglas, Institute for the Science of Teaching and Learning, Arizona State University will present When Evidence-based Teaching is NOT Enough from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in room E106, Life Sciences Center, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information.


          NEW!

          Institute for Humanities Research: Research Networking Reception

(Thursday, September 8, 2016) Do you want to find someone with similar research interests? Come ready to mix and match at the 2016 Research Networking Reception, hosted by the Institute for Humanities Research. This informal event offers a fun opportunity to network with colleagues from across the university, discover common areas of interest, and share your research projects. At 4:30 p.m. in room 109, Social Sciences Building, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information and RSVP.


          NEW!

Institute for Humanities Research: Fall 2016 Seed Grant Information Workshop

(Wednesday, September 14, 2016) Do you have a compelling transdisciplinary research idea? Are you or one of your colleagues doing research in the humanities that is collaborative and issue-focused? Bring your own lunch and learn more about the competitive IHR Seed Grant program, the application process, and budget instructions at our IHR Seed Grant Workshop. At 12:00 p.m. in room 109, Social Sciences Building, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. More information and RSVP.


          NEW!

          Campus Harvest at the ASU Polytechnic Date Grove

(Saturday, October 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, 2016) Twenty varieties of freshly harvested dates will be for sale at the Arizona State University, Polytechnic date grove. Each Saturday morning volunteers will harvest dates, wash and sort them into lug bins. From 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., the public is welcomed to tour the 3-acre date grove and purchase loose dates by the pound from each palm variety. At 7127 Upton Ave., Mesa, AZ 85212. Free parking at the grove on Saturdays only. Sign up to volunteer to harvest and sell dates at this event (Sept. 24 is date harvest preview day.) : http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0f4eaeab2ba5fe3-asufarmers2.



Off Campus


          SHADE (Southwest Horticultural Annual day of Education)

(Thursday, September 1, 2016) SHADE 2016 will be held at the Arizona Biltmore, located a on 2400 East Missouri Ave. There will be five concurrent educational tracks that consist of six, one-hour sessions, with lunch and break refreshments included. SHADE sponsorships will be available if your company is interested in becoming an event sponsor. In addition, the Arizona Certified Nursery Professional (ACNP) training will occur from 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. in a separate session. More information and registration.


          SolarPower International

(Monday-Thursday, September 12-15, 2016) Solar Power International (SPI) generates success for solar energy professionals and the global solar industry. SPI sets the standard for solar events as the fastest growing and largest solar show in North America as recognized by Trade Show Executive and Trade Show News Network. SPI has also been among the Gold 100 for seven years running and named "Stickiest Show Floor" by Trade Show Executive for the innovative ways in which attendees stay engaged. At the Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV. More information.


          NEW!

          6th Annual Kickoff Conference: Arizona’s Future STEM Pathways

(Thursday, September 15, 2016) EXPLORE - Arizona's Future STEM Pathways: From space tourism, UAVs and personalized medicine to cyberdefense, coding and alternate energy, Arizonans are shaping the world as we know it. This year's theme will spark important conversations about innovation, talent and education essential in these future pathways by attracting cross sector representation from business and industry, primary, secondary, and postsecondary schools, community and government collaborators. From 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, 7380 E. Second St., Scottsdale. More information and registration.


          Social Entrepreneurship Summit

(Tuesday, September 20, 2016) Hear how local entrepreneurs are leading the charge in social responsibility at the Social Entrepreneurship Summit (SOCENT). From printing companies that are employee owned, to restaurants that are striving toward zero waste, to bookstores that advocate for issues they believe in, there are countless ways that local businesses are solving problems in our state. Keynote speaker Vincent Stanley from Patagonia will share how this global clothing company operates with people, planet and profit in mind, and Adam Goodman from Goodman's Interior Structure will tell his story of running a third generation Arizona business with community in mind. http://www.localfirstaz.com/socent/


          GreenBuild 2016 Expo and Conference: Iconic Green

(Wednesday-Friday, October 5-7, 2016) Greenbuild is the world's largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. The green building community gathers to share ideals and mutual passion at Greenbuild, sparking a contagious buzz throughout the week. Greenbuild features three groundbreaking days of inspiring speakers, invaluable networking opportunities, industry showcases, LEED workshops and tours of the host city's green buildings. Join thousands of other people who agree that green building is a good idea and good for business. For more information and registration.


          WaterSmart Innovations Conference & Expo Scholarship Opportunity

(Wednesday-Friday, October 5-7, 2016) The world's preeminent urban water efficiency conference and expo is in our backyard. If you are an Arizona water conservation or sustainability professional and you haven't yet attended, now is your chance! AMWUA will award a full "first-timer" scholarship to the 2016 WaterSmart Innovations Conference & Expo in Las Vegas. The scholarship includes conference registration, admission to the VIP Reception and the EPA WaterSense/Alliance for Water Efficiency Awards Luncheon, a complimentary pre-conference workshop or post-conference tour, travel costs, and hotel. Application deadline: August 24, 2016. For details and to apply visit http://amwua.org/WSIscholarship.html. Conference information is available at http://WaterSmartInnovations.com.


          IEEE Sustech 2016

(Sunday-Tuesday, October 9-11, 2016) The IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech 2016) aims to explore the development and application of science, engineering, and technology to promote sustainability. If you are passionate about the environment and sustainability, if you are developing innovative solutions to drive sustainable development, if you are interested in connecting to, learning from and collaborating with engineering, science, technology and community leaders, you MUST attend SusTech 2016. The Conference will be held at Airport Marriott, 1101 North 44th Street Phoenix, AZ 85008. More information and registration.


          2016 AASHE Conference & Expo: Beyond the Campus

(Sunday-Wednesday, October 9-12, 2016) Join us in Baltimore, MD, for the 2016 AASHE Conference & Expo! AASHE's educational program covers the higher education sustainability community's most relevant and timely topics - providing leadership and change agency needed to institutionalize sustainability in higher education. In each session, top thought leaders offer insights that will inspire, motivate, energize and empower campus leaders to advance sustainability in higher education and beyond. For more information and registration (early bird until July 31, 2016).


          2017 Presidential Climate Leadership Summit

(Monday-Friday, February 13-15, 2017) The 2017 Presidential Climate Leadership Summit is a significant moment and turning point for Second Nature and the Climate Leadership Network. We’ll reflect on 10 years of bold climate leadership by higher education institutions, and anticipate the future of the Network and the sustainability movement. The 2017 Summit is designed for campus sustainability teams, including specialized content for presidents, faculty, and staff. They are also seeking proposals for presentations, sessions, and workshops. The event will be held at Tempe Mission Palms, 60 E. Fifth St, Tempe. More information.


          NEW!

          Second International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies

(Thursday-Friday, April 6-7, 2017) The Second International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field. Each year the International Conference on Tourism & Leisure Studies 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. It will be held at the University of British Columbia, Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada. More information.


          Energy Impacts 2017

(Wednesday-Thursday, July 26-27, 2017) Energy Impacts 2017 is the first North American conference focused on social science research related to the impacts of energy development - with a goal of synthesis, comparison and innovation among established and emerging energy impacts scholars from North America and abroad. The pace, scale and intensity of new energy development around the world demands credible and informed research about potential impacts to human communities that host energy developments. While a fast-growing body of research addresses social, economic, and behavioral impacts from large-scale energy development for host communities and landscapes, their discoveries are often isolated by disciplinary and geographic boundaries. We invite participation from sociologists, geographers, political scientists, public health specialists, economists, anthropologists, practitioners and other interested parties whose work addresses impacts of new energy development for host communities and landscapes. Please visit http://www.energyimpacts.org to join a mailing list for future updates, and to add your profile to our growing data base of energy impacts researchers and professionals. The conference will be held at Ohio State University, Columbus.




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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS


          NEW!

          The Olympics contest for cities: Urban resilience (from GreenBiz.com)

The 2016 Summer Olympics is underway until Aug. 21 in Rio de Janeiro. Rio’s road to sustainability has had its hurdles, but the megacity’s experiences will inform the sustainability efforts of future host cities. After all, achieving milestones while identifying potential for growth is one of the Olympics’ great value drivers. Read more.


          NEW!

          ASU at the forefront of global biodiversity policy

There is a lot of scientific knowledge in the world, but very little of that knowledge is readily available to people who make decisions about things like water use, farming practices or waste disposal. Such decisions affect plant and animal life and can have far-reaching consequences for human well-being. Read more.


          NEW!

Can high-tech bacteria make fish farming more sustainable? (From GreenBiz.com)

Wild seafood is disappearing rapidly, and many consumers have turned to farmed fish as a way to help reverse the trend. But finding a sustainable source of food for carnivorous fish such as salmon and tuna — which rank as the second and third most popular types of seafood in America — has been a persistent challenge for aquaculture producers. Read more.


          NEW!

          ASU works on a flexible future for today’s technologies

Imagine a medical clinic operating in a remote foreign village. It's the only place within hundreds of miles where people can go to receive health care, and the doctors treat 40 or more patients per day. They have one X-ray machine. Traditional X-ray detectors are made of glass. If they break, they're rendered useless and must be replaced. For isolated, low-income sites, it could be devastating. Read more.


          NEW!

          Call for Innovators: PHX Innovation Games

Through SustainPHX, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton has called for the PHX Innovation Games, a challenge for city residents, entrepreneurs, innovators, students, businesses, and other organizations to find innovative ways to make the city more sustainable. To directly solicit help in this area the City’s Environmental Quality Commission (EQC) issued “A Call for Innovators” to propose policies, projects, and programs that advance one or all of the City’s seven sustainability goals. Submissions are due November 1, 2016. More information.


          NEW!

LEED for vertical farms? Defining high-tech sustainable food (from GreenBiz.com)

From shipping containers-turned-micro farms to fruit-picking robots, the wide world of agriculture tech is attracting attention and investor dollars as increasingly urgent concerns about food scarcity come into focus. Amid a wave of in-field technology, food data analytics and experimental urban agriculture, the particularly futuristic field of vertical farming is attracting entrants including industrial incumbents such as Fujitsu and upstarts such as AeroFarms, City Farm and Green Sense. Read more.


          NEW!

          8 companies to watch in the circular economy (from GreenBiz.com)

By now, most everyone roaming the realm of corporate sustainability has heard the term "circular economy" — maybe a few more times than they’d care to recall. But it’s much more than just another buzzword, as the circular economy has the potential to solve the world’s mounting waste problem by doing away with the very concept of waste altogether. Read more.


          The Future of the Suburban City: Lessons from Sustaining Phoenix

Grady Gammage, Jr., Senior Sustainability Scholar at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, has released his latest book. In the book, Gammage takes a fresh look at what it means to be sustainable and examines issues facing most suburban cities around water supply, heat, transportation, housing, density, urban form, jobs, economics, and politics. The Future of the Suburban City is a realistic yet hopeful story of Phoenix, its promise and challenges, and what is possible for any suburban city. More information.


          Campus RainWorks Challenge Competition

EPA is announcing the fifth annual Campus RainWorks Challenge prize competition that asks student teams to design green infrastructure for their campus. This year, teams will incorporate climate resiliency and consider community engagement in their stormwater management designs. EPA is calling for college and university students to form teams with a faculty advisor to participate in the competition. EPA encourages teams to be multidisciplinary (comprised of planners, engineers, designers, scientists, and more). Teams will be able to submit in either the master plan or demonstration project categories. Registration for this year's competition will be open from September 1-30, 2016. Submissions for this year's competition will be due December 16, 2016 and winners will be announced in Spring 2017. EPA will offer faculty and student prizes. Faculty advisors will receive $3,000 for first-place teams and $2,000 for second-place teams. Student team members will receive $2,000 for first-place teams and $1,000 for second-place teams. Please see (https://www.epa.gov/campusrainworks) for more information. Additional questions may be directed to Katelyn Amraen at RainWorks@epa.gov.


          Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program

July 2016 drought summary is online.


          July Southwest Climate Outlook

          The July 2016 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.

 

CLIMAS Podcast: July 2016 – SW Monsoon: Monsoon Tercile Edition

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




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OPPORTUNITIES

Institute Job Openings

 

None at this time.




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Other Jobs


          Centre Director, Stockholm Environment Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Application deadline August 21, 2016. More information.


          NEW!

          Temporary Health & Environmental Investigator I, Seattle, Washington

Application deadline August 22, 2016. More information.

 

Director, Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, University of Arizona, Tucson

Application deadline August 23, 2016. More information.


          Community Impact Director, Valley of the Sun United Way, Phoenix

Application deadline August 23, 2016. More information.


          Project Coordinator (NatureVest), The Nature Conservancy

Application deadline August 24, 2016. More information.

 

Executive Director, Native Seeds/SEARCH, Tucson, Arizona

Application deadline August 26, 2016. More information.

 

Assistant Professor of Outdoor Education, Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin

Application deadline August 31, 2016. More information.

 

Great Lakes Environmental Compliance Specialist, NOAA Contractor, Chanhassen, Minnesota

Application deadline August 31, 2016. More information.


          NEW!

          Wetland Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy, Jackson, Tennessee

Application deadline September 2, 2016. More information.


          NEW!

Postdoctoral Positions (4), Future Water Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Application deadline September 5, 2016. More information.


          NEW!

          Program Assistant, Center for Sustainability Science, The Nature Conservancy

Application deadline September 8, 2016. More information.


          Field Instructor, Wild Rockies Field Institute, Montana

Application deadline September 7, 2016. More information.

 

Associate Programme Management Officer, United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobe, Kenya

Application deadline September 8, 2016. More information.


          Big Sky Watershed Corps Member, Montana Conservation Corps, Montana

Application deadline September 9, 2016. More information.

 

Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

Application deadline September 9, 2016. More information.


          Conservation Law Fellow, Conservation Law Center, Bloomington, Indiana

Application deadline September 11, 2016. More information.


          NEW!

          Account Manager, Supply Chain, CDP, New York, New York

Application deadline September 15, 2016. More information.

 

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts

Application deadline September 15, 2016. More information.

 

Communications & Events Manager, Verde River Valley Nature Organization, Sedona, Arizona

Application deadline September 15, 2016. More information.

 

Education Lead, LTER Network Communications Office, University of California, Santa Barbara, California

Application deadline September 26, 2016. More information.

 

Presidential Chair, Water Resources and Food Systems Sustainability, University of California-Santa Cruz

Application deadline October 7, 2016. More information.


          NEW!

Policy Analyst, California Coastkeeper Alliance, San Francisco/Sacramento, California

Application deadline October 8, 2016. More information.


          Appalachian Forest Heritage Area Americorps, West Virginia

Application deadline December 31, 2016. More information.


          NEW!

          Hazardous Waste Policy Liaison, King County, Seattle, Washington

          More information.


          NEW!

Health and Environmental Investigator IV, Local Hazardous Waste Management Program, King County, Seattle, Washington

          More information.

 

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Critical Zone Observatory Network, University of Colorado

More information.


          Hunger Program and Policy Manager, Arizona Community Action Association

More information.

 

Food Systems Specialist, Health Program Manager II, Arizona Department of Health Services, Phoenix, Arizona

More information.


          Range Resource Area Manager, Arizona State Land Department

There are three positions open, Job Id 23340. More information.


          Communications Associate, Smart Growth America, Washington, D.C.

More information.

 

Scientific Web Developer/Designer, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California-Santa Barbara

Job #20160165 more information.




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