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The Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability provides this list to announce seminars, meetings, colloquiums, lectures, brown bags, announcements of interest, and job opportunities to the Institute community. If you have items you’d like to add please submit them to Cindy.Zisner@asu.edu before 5:00 p.m. Wednesday. This Digest is sent out on Friday morning. You may subscribe, unsubscribe, or change subscriber settings at http://lists.asu.edu/archives/giosasu.html on the menu on the right of the page at Subscribe or Unsubscribe. You can see archives of list messages at the same address.



NEW ITEMS

(Current items remain in the Digest until they happen so don’t forget to peruse the web listing in case you missed something in the previous week.)


Other Events - Off Campus

1. June Green Cash Mob: Sustainable Seafood by Local First Arizona

2. Geography 2050: Powering Our Future Planet

3. Leverage Points 2019: International Conference on Sustainability Research and Transformation


News and Announcements

4. Meet sustainability master's student Zoë Stein

5. How Michelin is finding a second life for tires

6. ASU LightWorks talks carbon at EarthX

7. Money Does Grow on Trees

8. Tempe, ASU to work together on wastewater monitoring to improve public health

9. Study: Hot cars can hit deadly temperatures in as little as one hour

10. Why diversity in sustainability matters, and what you can do

11. ASU sustainability scholar explores the origins of human thinking on climate

12. Change needed in the electric utility industry to curb emissions

13. Brain Food: The Grand Canyon's natural water system


Institute Jobs

14. Research Analyst, Apparel and Textiles, The Sustainability Consortium


Other Jobs

15. Digital Engagement Program Manager, University Sustainability Practices, Arizona State University

16. Member Services Manager, Green Sports Alliance, Portland, OR



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EVENTS

Institute Events


Free Film Screening: Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest

(Wednesday, June 20, 2018) In telling this story, narrated by Chris Morgan, “Gray Area” explores whether there can be a balanced and sustainable future where ranchers, conservationists, locals, and biologists alike can coexist with this apex predator. Doors open 6:30 p.m.; showtime 7:00 p.m. at Harkins Valley Art Theatre, 509 S. Mill Ave, Tempe. More information and registration.


Heat Wave: Solutions for a Desert City

(Sunday-Friday, July 8-13, 2018) Registration for ASU’s new SummerUp Camps is now open! Do you know a high school student who would love to experience life as a future Sun Devil and study sustainability and the challenges of extreme heat this summer? This is open to rising high school juniors and seniors. More information.



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Other Events

On Campus


Arizona Green Chamber Lunch and Learn: Sustainability in Action! At ASU, in Your Business and Life!

(Wednesday, June 13, 2018) Join the Chamber at our June lunch and hear Mick Dalrymple, Director of University Sustainability Practices at Arizona State University present Sustainability in Action! At ASU, in Your Business and Life! From 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at ASU Skysong, Building 1, Scottsdale Innovation Center, Global Room 201, 1475 N. Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale. More information and registration.


ASU-NSF I-Corps Training Session

(Thursday, June 21, 2018) Learn how to advance your research through I-Corps, meet other like-minded researchers and innovators, and enjoy complimentary hor d'oeuvres. From 3:00-5:00 p.m. in room 335(Pitchforks and Corks), College Avenue Commons, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. For more information please see our Entrepreneurship and Innovation webpage. Registration.



Off Campus


GreenBiz Webcast: How Industry Collaboration Can Create a Sea Change in Ocean Sustainability

(Tuesday, June 5, 2018) During this free session, GSI Convenor Avrim Lazar will join WWF’s Senior Vice President for Markets and Food, Jason Clay, as well as Cargill’s President of Aqua Nutrition, Einar Wathne, for a discussion around the need for change within global food production systems, and will introduce the idea of pre-competitive collaboration and provide practical examples from salmon farming of how it can help business development. More information and registration.


City of Scottsdale Green Buildings Lecture Series: Heating and Cooling with Ductless Mini-Splits

(Thursday, June 7, 2018) Used for decades in Europe and Asia, "ductless" mini-split heat pumps differ from traditional home heating and cooling systems. Instead of leaky and bulky ductwork, ductless mini-split heat pumps use an indoor unit connected to an outdoor unit via refrigerant lines. Up to 8 indoor units can be attached to one outdoor unit allowing for different temperature settings in various locations in the house. Find out how mini-splits can cut cooling costs by 30%. From 7:00-8:30 p.m. at Scottsdale Granite Reef Senior Center, 1700 N. Granite Reef Rd, Scottsdale, AZ. More information.


NEW!

June Green Cash Mob: Sustainable Seafood by Local First Arizona

(Friday, June 8 and Thursday, June 14, 2018) Seafood in the desert is more sustainable than you think, thanks to local restaurateurs who continue to put ingredients first when they are building their menus. This month, we are issuing a call to action for Arizonans to support businesses that are leading the charge in responsible sourcing of the fish that ends up on our plates. On World Oceans Day (June 8) and Chefs for Fish Night (June 14), participating restaurants will be serving fish that is green listed on Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. Green listed fish are species that are well managed and caught or farmed in ways that cause little harm to habitats or other wildlife. More information and list of restaurants.


VERGE Hawaii: Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit

(Tuesday-Thursday, June 12-14, 2018) VERGE Hawaii is the platform for the systems-level thinking necessary to build the clean economy. Join more than 800 stakeholders — from corporations, government, military, utilities, NGOs and solution providers — to create new partnerships and explore emerging technologies and trends that will increase economic and community resilience, in Hawaii and beyond. It will be held at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Honolulu, HI. More information and registration.


Audubon Arizona Birds n’ Beer: Watershed Protection After Damaging Floods

(Thursday, June 21, 2018) Join us at Birds ‘n Beer, a free monthly educational happy hour featuring hot topics in conservation and craft beer from Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co. This month's topic is presented by Mark Brehl from the Arizona Forest Service. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the presentation begins at 6:30p.m. All beverages, including the craft beer, will be available for purchase with the proceeds benefitting Audubon Arizona. Light snacks will be complimentary. At Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center, 3131 S Central Ave, Phoenix. More information.


Smartscape 101 Fall 2018

(Monday, July 9-Wednesday, August 6, 2018) Smartscape is a training program specifically for provide education on a wide range of topics encountered in the landscape industry. Smartscape is endorsed by the Arizona Landscape Contractors' Association (ALCA) and the Arizona Nursery Association (ANA). Upon graduation from the course, graduates receive a certificate of completion from the University of Arizona and a chance to market themselves as a Smartscape professional by listing their contact information in the Smartscape Online Directory at www.smartscape.org/directory. Class will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from July 9th through August 8th from 3:00-6:00 p.m. Contact Kirti Mathura, the Smartscape Program Coordinator, with any questions or concerns. (602) 827-8206 or kmathura@email.arizona.edu. More information and registration.


Health in Buildings for Today and Tomorrow: Making Connections Conference

(Monday-Tuesday, July 19-20, 2018) Green buildings are among the fastest growing industries in the world, representing a $260 billion market in the United States in 2015. But while sustainable buildings comprises 20 percent of new construction, these practices lack adoption in certain markets and face the challenge of including best practices in healthy building design. Attendees in the 2018 Health in Buildings Roundtable Conference will engage across sectors and disciplines to develop actionable strategies that incorporate innovative efficiency and design techniques, new building materials, healthy building design, and sustainability standards across multiple building types. At the NIH Campus Natcher Center, 45 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD. More information and registration.


24th Annual IAJBS World Forum and 2018 CJBE Annual Meeting at Seattle University - Innovation for Sustainability

(Sunday-Wednesday, July 22-25, 2018) Now more than ever, organizations need to innovate to stay relevant in a dynamic, global environment. The theme of the 24th World Forum is consistent with the World Forum’s ten year focus on sustainability. Today, sustainable enterprises not only require innovative business practices in product design, partnerships, logistics, marketing, accounting, and finance; sustainable enterprises themselves have created new norms for what counts as innovation in business and hold the promise of redefining what effective business strategy looks like in the 21st century. The conference will take place at Seattle University, Seattle Washington. More information.


NEW!

Geography 2050: Powering Our Future Planet

(Thursday-Friday, November 15-16, 2018) Geography 2050 is a multi-year, high-level strategic dialogue among thought leaders from academia, government, and the world of business. Organized by the American Geographical Society (AGS) in 2014, the purpose of this continuing dialog is to facilitate discussion of the major forces that will shape our planet’s future. Undoubtedly, energy will be one the most important factors influencing geopolitics, environmental quality, transportation routes, military conflicts, standards of living, world economies, food production, technical innovation, and the mass movement of people. Speakers will include U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse; former BP Presidents for America and China; former President of Shell OIl America; CFO of National Renewable Energy Laboratory; Executive Director of the Waterloo Institute of Sustainable Energy; Director of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability; and many others The theme of this year’s Geography 2050 Symposium is Powering Our Future Planet. Currently a call for posters and lightening presentations. For questions on posters (deadline June 18) and lightening presentations (deadline August 20) please contact Martin (Mike) Pasqualetti, Chairman of the Symposium. The meeting will be held in New York City. More information and registration.


9th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and Management

(Sunday-Thursday, December 8-13, 2018) Restore America’s Estuaries (RAE) and the Coastal States Organization (CSO) are proud to host the 9th National Summit on Coastal and Estuarine Restoration and Management in Long Beach, California. The six-day Summit will explore cutting-edge issues in coastal restoration and management, and will be comprised of a community restoration event, field sessions, plenary sessions, expert presentations, special evening events, workshops, a poster hall, and an award-winning coastal exposition hall. We hope that you will share in our excitement for this new collaboration as we bring to you the largest national gathering of the restoration and coastal management community. To be held at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California. More information.


NEW!

Leverage Points 2019: International Conference on Sustainability Research and Transformation

(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. The call for abstracts is open until 30 June 2018. More information.



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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS


NEW!

Meet sustainability master’s student Zoë Stein

School of Sustainability student Zoë Stein is a go-getter. In April, she won an Arizona State University Pitchfork Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Leader. She is currently a master's student in Global Sustainability Science, a dual degree program that awards degrees from ASU and Leuphana University in Germany. Once she graduates, Stein plans to run for local office. Read more.


NEW!

How Michelin is finding a second life for tires (from GreenBiz.com)

The automotive industry has been recycling tires for nigh onto 100 years, originally motivated by the high cost of buying rubber. It’s a process not without controversy: Many castoffs ultimately are burned after the most valuable materials have been scrapped. On the other side, many argue that's a better option than burying tires in landfills. But the conversation detoured into new territory in late 2017. That’s when French tire giant Michelin acquired Lehigh Technologies, a 15-year-old company that reincarnates end-of-life tires into a specialty material called micronized rubber powder (MRP). Read more.


NEW!

ASU LightWorks talks carbon at EarthX

On Earth Day 2018, staff from Arizona State University’s LightWorks attended EarthX and presented the latest research and technologies that address today’s climate change issues. EarthX is the world’s largest Earth Day expo, where people gather to share ideas and solutions from all over the world. Read more.


NEW!

Money Does Grow on Trees

The City of Mesa’s Sustainability Savings Tip for June gives tips on designing your landscapes to strategically place trees for shade in the summer, but to help out for winter warmth as well. Read more.


NEW!

Tempe, ASU to work together on wastewater monitoring to improve public health

The Tempe City Council announced Thursday that it will provide $35,000 from the Tempe Innovation Fund to embark on an anonymized monitoring system with ASU scientists that will reveal the presence of opioids, cocaine, alcohol, marijuana and other health-threatening substances in the city's wastewater. According to Tempe officials, the immediate goal of this new partnership is to achieve an end to opioid-related deaths and overdoses. Read more.


NEW!

Study: Hot cars can hit deadly temperatures in as little as one hour

A lot can happen at 160 degrees Fahrenheit: Eggs fry, salmonella bacteria dies, and human skin will suffer third-degree burns. If a car is parked in the sun on a hot summer day, its dashboard can hit about 160 degrees in about an hour. One hour is also about how long it can take for a young child trapped in a car to suffer heat injury or even die from hyperthermia. Read more.


NEW!

Why diversity in sustainability matters, and what you can do (from GreenBiz.com)

Eddie Love was the lone African American in a cohort of 90 wildlife management students at Auburn University and one of three people of color at his U.S. Forest Service internship in the western Great Plains region of the U.S. Still, he was surprised by the lack of diversity in the marine non-governmental organization community when he accepted a Roger Arliner Young (RAY) Marine Conservation Diversity Fellowship, part of a program designed to attract people of color to work on ocean issues. Read more.


NEW!

ASU sustainability scholar explores the origins of human thinking on climate

As Joni Adamson tells it, these are exciting times for the environmental humanities. And she should know: Adamson, a senior sustainability scholar at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, was recently awarded a highly sought-after fellowship from the National Humanities Center and is now looking forward to advancing her work in this realm. Read more.


NEW!

Change needed in the electric utility industry to curb emissions

Greenhouse gas emissions are a growing problem, but Arizona State University sustainability scientist Elisabeth Graffy believes that the electric utility industry can be a force for change. Graffy recently co-wrote an article, “Corporate Finance and Sustainability: The Case of the Electric Utility Industry,” about this topic in the Journal of Applied Corporate Finance. Read more.


NEW!

Brain Food: The Grand Canyon’s natural water system (from KNAU.org)

The water we drink when we’re at Grand Canyon National Park comes from a deep aquifer that channels it through a series of caves and sink holes inside the canyon walls. No one knows how complicated this journey is or how much groundwater is stored in the system. But Northern Arizona University hydrogeologist Abe Springer is trying to find out. He says a spring is a window into an aquifer. Read more.


2018-2019 Research Seed Grants from the Program for Transborder Communities

The Program for Transborder Communities (PTC) invites application to its 2018-2019 Research Seed Grant cycle. PTC is an initiative of the Arizona State University, School of Transborder Studies. Seed Grants are awarded to ASU faculty to pursue research program focused on transborder communities and critical social, cultural, economic, political and environmental processes occurring at the intersection of borders and society. The main focus of the 2018 PTC Seed Grants is the Arizona-Sonora borderlands and its communities, yet applications focusing on other borders and transborder communities are also welcome. Seed grants are expected to result in a self-sustained research program able to leverage funding from external sources. This cycle is open to all ASU faculty who are eligible to submit grants to external funding agencies and doctoral students working with faculty in the social sciences and humanities at any of the ASU campuses. We encourage proposals involving at least one faculty of our partner institutions in the state of Sonora: Universidad de Sonora (UNISON), Colegio de Sonora (COLSON), and Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD). The deadline for applications is Friday, June 8, 2018 at 5 p.m. MT. Apply now to start your 2018-19 PTC research cluster or individual project! For more information on the research cluster grant please visit: https://sts.asu.edu/ptc/funding/research-cluster. For more information on the individual research grant please visit: https://sts.asu.edu/ptc/funding/individual-research. Please contact ptc@asu.edu for any questions you may have or visit https://sts.asu.edu/ptc/funding.


Multi-State Salinity Coalition Student/Professor Scholarship to the 2019 MSSC Annual Salinity Summit

The MSSC will contribute $2,500 in value to the student/professor selected. Each applicant must be a full-time undergraduate or graduate student in water resources-related degree program. Students must be enrolled in a program relating to water resources for the 2018-2019 academic year. Application deadline is June 29, 2018. More information.


Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program

March 2018 drought summary is online.


May Southwest Climate Outlook

The May 2018 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.


CLIMAS Podcast: April 2018 - Diving into Atmospheric Rivers & Spring Conditions in the Southwest

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




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OPPORTUNITIES

Institute Job Openings


Faculty Associate Pool

To review and apply to this position, please visit http://apply.interfolio.com/50723. The application deadline is June 25, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern time. If not filled, reviews will occur every two weeks thereafter until the search is closed.


NEW!

Research Analyst, Apparel and Textiles, The Sustainability Consortium

Apply: To review and apply go to ASU Human Resources, click on Internal or External job opportunities, and search for 42217BR. Closes June 11, 2018.



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Other Jobs


Postdoctoral Research Associate, Socio-Hydrology for CRISP, Future H2O, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Application deadline June 2, 2018. More information.


Executive Director, RiversEdge West, Grand Junction, CO

Application deadline is June 6, 2018. More information.


Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Hydrological Modelling, Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Application deadline June 8, 2018. More information.


NEW!

Digital Engagement Program Manager, University Sustainability Practices, Arizona State University

Apply: To review and apply go to ASU Human Resources, click on Internal or External job opportunities, and search for 41873BR. Closes June 8, 2018.


NEW!

Member Services Manager, Green Sports Alliance, Portland, OR

Application deadline June 8, 2018. More information.


Land Use/Environmental Planner III-Sustainability, Planning & Development Services, County of San Diego, CA

Application deadline June 10, 2018. More information.


Project Scientist, Watershed Hydrology and Carbon Transport, University of California-Merced, Merced, CA

Application deadline June 30, 2018. More information.


Assistant/Associate Extension Professor in Climate Science, Department of Soil, Water and Climate, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN

Review of applications begins September 14, 2018. More information.


Assistant Vice Chancellor for Community Engagement, Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

More information.


Assistant Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

More information.


Secretary, Board of Directors, Arizona Sustainability Alliance

More information.


City of Tempe Liaison - Priority Co-Lead (Volunteer)

More information.


Conservation International Internships

Intern, Global Synthesis. More information.

Intern, RAP (rapid assessment program). More information.

Intern, Science reporter. More information.


Empire Innovation Professor, Institute on Research and Education in Energy, Environment and Water, University of Buffalo, The State University of New York, North Campus

More information.


Forklift Operator, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ

More information, contact Quetzaly Aguilar. Submit applications.


Maintenance Planner, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ

More information, contact Quetzaly Aguilar. Submit applications.


Maintenance Technician, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ

More information, contact Quetzaly Aguilar. Submit applications.


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

More information.


Environmental Planner/Project Manager, Archaeological Consulting Services, Ltd., Tempe, AZ

More information.


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

Job announcement and more information.


Program Director (Volunteer), Arizona Sustainability Alliance, Phoenix, AZ

More information.


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

More information.


Short-term position, Cascadia Consulting Group

Cascadia is currently working on a scope for a City of Phoenix project that requires local assistance for the next six-plus months. They're looking for near or recent graduates or interns who might be interested. This would be pretty consistent paid work (30-35 hours/week) starting in late June/early July and run through the end of the year. If you are interested, please contact Libby at Elizabeth.Champagne@asu.edu for more info.


Professor (all ranks) in Cross-Cutting (Energy Systems), The Polytechnic School. Arizona State University, Polytechnic campus

More information.



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