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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. School of Sustainability Alumni – Community Garden & Maintenance Harvest

2. PhD Defense: Vanessa Lueck

3. The Geography of Food and Health

4. Decision Center for a Desert City Water/Climate Briefing; Resilient Water: Adapting to Drought and Shortage in Phoenix and Denver


Other Events - On Campus

5. School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy Seminar: Microbial Electrosynthesis for Carbon-neutral Energy and Chemicals

6. Life Sciences Ethics Movie Night: "Concussion"

7. Evolution of Social Complexity Colloquium: Evolutionary Insights into the Origins of Fatherhood: The Causes and Consequences of Male Caretaking in Wild Mountain Gorillas

8. Materials Science & Engineering Seminar: Time Resolved Probing of Photo-induced Phase Transitions in Charge Density Waves

9. Biodesign Institute Building C Grand Opening

10. Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative - Open House

11. Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative Lecture: Scale: Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economics, and Companies

12. Biodesign Institute Discovery Series Seminar: Sustainable Synthesis of Polyester Fiber and Bottles: Bioinspired Synthesis From Glucose or Plasma Refining of Carbon Dioxide/Methane


Other Events - Off Campus

13. Arizona Green Chamber Lunch and Learn: Learn How Your Business can be Recognized as a Phoenix Green Business Leader and Benefit from It!

14. ECODIT's and USAID's Webinar – The Risk-Takers: How Entrepreneurs are Shaping Energy Markets in the Caribbean and Central America

15. Webinar: Communicating Sustainability Effectively with Visuals

16. Upper Watershed Forum: How Do We Adapt to a Hotter and Drier Future?

17. 8th Arizona SciTech Kickoff Conference: Community Stakeholder Summit

18. Regional Haze Program Panel

19. A Climate for Change: Engineering Sustainability ‘19 Call for Abstracts


News and Announcements

20. ASU students, faculty and staff: Apply to attend the UN climate negotiations

21. Effects of U.S. trade war could hit consumers' wallets, ASU expert says

22. ASU, Thunderbird work to help make Los Angeles more sustainable

23. Bruce Rittmann and Mark van Loosdrecht receive 2018 Stockholm Water Prize in Sweden

24. From space to suburbia

25. Former USDA deputy secretary named executive director of Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

26. Thought Leader Series: A conservative case for a carbon tax - Bob Litterman

27. 2018 Arizona Businesses Advancing Sustainability Student Grant Offering

28. 2018 Arizona Recycling Coalition Awards: Nominations now being accepted

29. August Southwest Climate Outlook

30. CLIMAS Podcast: August 2018 - Monsoon Midpoint Review ‘Expectations-and-Potential vs. Reality' Edition


Other Jobs

31. Assistant or Associate Professor, Spatial Science of Coupled Natural Human Systems, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

32. Eastern Washington Recycling Specialist (Environmental Specialist 3), Department of Ecology, State of Washington, Spokane or Union Gap, WA

33. Associate Director, RiversEdge West, Grand Junction, CO

34. Assistant Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

35. Faculty Positions (2) in Grassland Ecology at Kansas State University and the Konza Prairie LTER, Manhattan, KS

36. Groundwater Hydrologist, Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

37. Assistant Professor of Hydrogeology, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO

38. Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA

39. Biologist, Logan Simpson, Tempe, AZ

40. Environmental Operations Manager - Leisure, Aramark, Fresno, CA

41. "Farmers Markets for All" Project Manager, Arizona Sustainability Alliance, Phoenix metropolitan area, AZ

42. Sustainability Specialist, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, St. Paul, MN



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EVENTS

Institute Events


NEW!

School of Sustainability Alumni – Community Garden & Maintenance Harvest

(Saturday, September 8, 2018) Interested in gardening? Want a way to contribute to your community? Interested in meeting fun, sustainability-oriented people? Then join us for the School of Sustainability Alumni Monthly Community Garden Harvest Day! Help us give back to the community of Tempe by putting in a couple hours of yard work at Escalante Community Garden. You do not need to be there the entire time. Fruits and vegetables harvested by the volunteers goes directly to the Tempe Community Action Agency Food Pantry. From 8:00-10:00 a.m. at Escalante Community Garden, 2180 E. Orange St, Tempe, AZ 85281. More information and registration.


NEW!

PhD Defense: Vanessa Lueck

(Monday, September 10, 2018) Vanessa Lueck will defend her PhD prospectus Insurance for Climate Change adaptation? Faculty, students and the general public are invited. At 12:00 p.m. in room 481, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.


NEW!

The Geography of Food and Health

(Thursday, September 13, 2018) Join us in a robust conversation about the connections between health and food. Access to healthy, affordable, culturally appropriate food helps people to live healthy lives and build healthy communities. This event is in partnership with the Stardust Center for Affordable Homes and the Family, and is co-sponsored by Arizona Partnership for Healthy Communities. Networking begins at 8:30 a.m.; panel discussion begins at 9:00 a.m. at the Mountain Park Health Center, 1840 E. Broadway Rd, Tempe. More information and registration.


NEW!

Decision Center for a Desert City Water/Climate Briefing; Resilient Water: Adapting to Drought and Shortage in Phoenix and Denver

(Monday, September 17, 2018) During this Water/Climate Briefing, leading urban water managers and researchers will discuss how they have anticipated this challenge and have developed plans to adapt to drought, climate change, and to ensure safe, resilient, and reliable water supplies for their communities. From 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. in the Devil’s Oasis Community Room, College Avenue Commons, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.


Sustainability Series: Selling Sexy Science: A New Narrative on Climate Change

(Wednesday, September 19, 2018) Jessica Hernreich, Ecosa Institute will present Selling Sexy Science: A New Narrative on Climate Change from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in room 207, Memorial Union, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and registration.


Free Film Screening: Dominion

(Tuesday, October 23, 2018) Filmed in Australia, this documentary is an uncompromising, damning exploration of the ways animals are used and abused by humans, particularly in the meat, dairy, egg, clothing, and entertainment industries. WARNING: this film shows graphic violence towards animals that you may find disturbing. 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.



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Other Events

On Campus


NEW!

School for Engineering of Matter, Transport, and Energy Seminar: Microbial Electrosynthesis for Carbon-neutral Energy and Chemicals

(Monday, September 10, 2018) Alfred Spormann, Stanford University will present Microbial Electrosynthesis for Carbon-neutral Energy and Chemicals from 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in the Auditorium, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.


NEW!

Life Sciences Ethics Movie Night: “Concussion”

(Monday, September 10, 2018) Life Science Ethics presents a screening of "Concussion," featuring Will Smith. “Concussion” (2015) dramatizes the work of Nigerian immigrant pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu in describing and publicizing long-term neurological damage from concussions in football. Will be a discussion following. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. at the Auditorium, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and free but RSVP are required.


NEW!

Evolution of Social Complexity Colloquium: Evolutionary Insights into the Origins of Fatherhood: The Causes and Consequences of Male Caretaking in Wild Mountain Gorillas

(Wednesday, September 12, 2018) Stacey Rosenbaum, Northwestern University will present Evolutionary Insights into the Origins of Fatherhood: The Causes and Consequences of Male Caretaking in Wild Mountain Gorillas from 12:00-1:15 p.m. in room A101, Engineering Center A-wing, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.


NEW!

Materials Science & Engineering Seminar: Time Resolved Probing of Photo-induced Phase Transitions in Charge Density Waves

(Friday, September 14, 2018) Nuk Gedik, Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present Time Resolved Probing of Photo-induced Phase Transitions in Charge Density Waves from 10:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. in room 150, Schwada Classroom Office Building, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. Contact Durella.ODonnell@asu.edu for more information.


NEW!

Biodesign Institute Building C Grand Opening

(Monday, September 17, 2018) Please join ASU President Michael M. Crow and our university community as we begin a new era of ideas, ingenuity and impact in our new Building C at the Biodesign Institute. See our new state-of-the-art research facility, visit with our amazing scientists and learn why we are building the world’s first compact X-ray laser. More information and registration.


NEW!

Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative - Open House

(Tuesday, September 18, 2018) Join us as we formally open the new space in Engineering Center-A (ECA) of the Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative, which includes the ASU-SFI Center for Biosocial Complex Systems, the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity, and the Center for Global Sustainability and Cultural Transformation. ASU President Michael M. Crow will offer opening remarks at 10:30 a.m., followed by comments from David Krakauer (President of Santa Fe Institute), and Manfred Laubichler (Director of the Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative). From 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. More information.


NEW!

Global Biosocial Complexity Initiative Lecture: Scale: Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economics, and Companies

(Tuesday, September 18, 2018) Geoffrey West, past-president of the Santa Fe Institute will present Scale: Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability and the Pace of Life in Organisms, Cities, Economics, and Companies at 6:00 p.m. in the Marston Theater, ISTB4, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.


NEW!

Biodesign Institute Discovery Series Seminar: Sustainable Synthesis of Polyester Fiber and Bottles: Bioinspired Synthesis From Glucose or Plasma Refining of Carbon Dioxide/Methane

(Wednesday, September 19, 2018) John Frost, Michigan State University will present Sustainable Synthesis of Polyester Fiber and Bottles: Bioinspired Synthesis From Glucose or Plasma Refining of Carbon Dioxide/Methane from 2:00-3:00 p.m. in the Auditorium, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information.



Off Campus


Arizona Farmer+Chef Connection

(Monday, September 10, 2018) The Arizona Farmer+Chef Connection is the state's only all-local expo showcasing locally-grown and produced food and food products. Vendors can market their products and buyers can find new ones for their restaurants, kitchens, groceries, or cafeterias. In its 9th year, we're bringing the event back to Phoenix with our host location conveniently located by a major highway to allow easy access from all corners of the state. Early bird tickets are on sale now!

Get yours before July 31st and save! From 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the El Zaribah Shrine, 552 N. 40th St, Phoenix. More information and tickets.


The Burning Desert: A Workshop on Drought Recovery

(Tuesday-Wednesday, September 11-12, 2018) The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is working with NOAA's National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) to lead a workshop on the NCEI drought amelioration web tool. The workshop will focus on evaluating the existing NCEI drought amelioration web page, reviewing other drought recovery tools, and discuss the impact of drought on public health, including wildfires. More information and registration.


NEW!

Arizona Green Chamber Lunch and Learn: Learn How Your Business can be Recognized as a Phoenix Green Business Leader and Benefit from It!

(Wednesday, September 12, 2018) Join us to hear about the City of Phoenix Green Business Leader Program and how you and your business can connect with the Reimagine Zero Waste program initiatives from Lucas Mariacher, the Zero Waste Coordinator for the City of Phoenix. The Green Business Leader Program recognizes and promotes businesses that volunteer to operate in a more environmentally responsible manner through sustainable actions. Businesses receive many benefits to be a part of the program and you will learn how your business may be able to apply to benefit from this program! This program started through the Reimagine Phoenix initiative, which is the city's public goal to increase its waste diversion rate to 40 percent by 2020. The program also assists the city in reaching its eight overarching 2050 Environmental Sustainability goals. From 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at Bluewater Grill, 1720 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85016. More information and registration.


NEW!

ECODIT's and USAID's Webinar – The Risk-Takers: How Entrepreneurs are Shaping Energy Markets in the Caribbean and Central America

(Monday, September 17, 2018) Please join USAID and ECODIT for a webinar at 11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. EDT (8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. MST) that will feature speakers from the leading clean energy companies in the Caribbean and Central America as they discuss how they are shaping energy markets in the region through bold innovation and strategic risks. Please see below for information on the speakers and registration details. Please use this link to register: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/9190058326948090371.


NEW!

Webinar: Communicating Sustainability Effectively with Visuals

(Thursday, September 27, 2018) In this International Society of Sustainability Professionals webinar, we will introduce various channels through which people communicate and learn. We will also look at how to engage people's right brain (intuition, holistic thinking) as a way to communicate effectively on sustainability-related topics. We will also offer some free tools that everybody can use such as short animation videos, illustrations, etc. Finally, we will look at how to tell stories that inspire people to act and share in today's overcrowded media marketplace. 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. AZ) More information and registration.


NEW!

Upper Watershed Forum: How Do We Adapt to a Hotter and Drier Future?

(Friday, September 28, 2018) The annual Upper Gila Watershed Forum in Thatcher, Arizona, will feature daylong discussion, presentations, and activities focused on "Adapting to a Hotter and Drier Future." Explore how increasing heat and drought are affecting agricultural, business, municipalities, and conservation practices, and what communities and individuals are doing to adapt. More information and registration.


2018 AASHE Conference & Expo – Global Goals: Rising to the Challenge

(Tuesday-Friday, October 2-5, 2018) Expected to draw approximately 2,000 participants, 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 and share your knowledge, achievements and ideas. Will be held in Pittsburgh, PA. More information.


NEW!

8th Arizona SciTech Kickoff Conference: Community Stakeholder Summit

(Wednesday, October 3, 2018) This year’s Kickoff Conference will focus on bringing together Arizona’s key stakeholders in what will be the largest collaborative STEM conference in the state! Join 1,200+ leaders in business, industry, education, government, NGO, the community, and more as they work to both position Arizona as a world leader in science, technology, and innovation, and solidify Arizona’s STEM ecosystem by establishing unique collaborations through interactive panels, workshops, tables, and more. It will be held at the Mesa Arts Center, 1 E. Main St., Mesa, AZ. Don’t miss out! Early bird registration extended to September 17. More information and registration.


NEW!

Regional Haze Program Panel

(Wednesday, October 3, 2018) The Air and Waste Management Association, Grand Canyon Section is hosting an evening meeting on Arizona's next regional haze plan, due in 2021. Under the regional haze program, states must come up with plans to return visibility in National Parks and Wilderness areas to natural conditions. Arizona, along with the other states in the Western Regional Air Partnership, will develop regulations to control emissions of visibility impairing pollutants. Speaking on the panel will be Ryan Templeton (Arizona Department of Environmental Quality), Tom Moore (Western Regional Air Partnership), and Eric Hiser (Jorden, Hiser, & Joy, PLC). $30 AWMA Members/$40 Nonmembers/$25 Students. More information and registration.


WaterSmart Innovations Conference

(Wednesday-Friday, October 3-5, 2018) The 11th annual WaterSmart Innovations Conference and Exposition, in Las Vegas, is a premier venue to showcase new water-efficiency technology; build and strengthen effective, interdisciplinary relationships; and establish your company as an international leader in innovative water efficiency technology and services. More information and registration.


VERGE 18

(Tuesday-Thursday, October 16-18, 2018) VERGE 18 is the platform for accelerating a clean economy and convenes a high-powered audience of more than 2,500 leaders to explore scalable, cross-cutting solutions at the intersection of technology and sustainability within three dynamic and influential markets: circular economy, clean energy and transportation and mobility. VERGE is in Oakland, CA and will feature speakers from organizations such as Google, UPS, Kaiser Permanente, Zipcar, GM, CityFi and the Biomimicry Institute. The ASU Walton Initiatives are partnering with VERGE again and you can save an extra 10% off with code V18ASU. More information and registration.


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. The meeting will be held at Columbia University in New York City. More information.


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.


Leverage Points 2019: International Conference on Sustainability Research and Transformation

(Wednesday-Friday, February 6-8, 2019) Humanity sits at a crossroad between tragedy and transformation, and now is a crucial time for sustainability research. Radical approaches are needed in sustainability research and praxis if they are to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Inspired by the work of Donella Meadows' "Leverage Points: Places to intervene in a system", this conference will explore the deep leverage points that can lead to sustainability transformations, asking: how do we transform ourselves, our science, our institutions, our interventions and our societies for a better future? We hope that this conference will help us move from incremental to transformational change; extend our thinking about complex sustainability challenges and deepen our collective and transdisciplinary research practices. To be held at Leuphana University, Lüneburg, Germany. More information.


Second Biennial Population and Public Policy Conference

(Friday-Saturday, February 8-9, 2019) The Population and Public Policy Conference presented by the International Association of Applied Demographers and hosted by the University of New Mexico Geospatial and Population Studies and the University of Houston Hobby Center for Public Policy is dedicated to bringing together a diverse group of academics, researchers, community advocates and organizers, policy makers and students to exchange their experiences and research findings and how those inform public policy. This interdisciplinary gathering of researchers, practitioners, policy makers and students is an excellent platform for sharing recent innovations, trends, challenges and solutions to population and public policy issues. To be held in the Hotel Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM. More information.


Emerging Materials Congress 2019: Unearthing the Research in Materials Science and Nanotechnology

(Thursday-Friday, March 7-8, 2019) The Emerging Materials Congress 2019 is a unique event and platform for global scientists, researchers, directors, professors, engineers from the research areas of materials science, nanotechnology, chemistry and physics to share their knowledge and research experiences with interactive panel discussion and sessions by keynote lectures, oral presentations, and poster presentation. The scientific sessions will comprise research areas of biomaterials, polymer science, materials science, nanotechnology, tissue engineering, carbon materials, energy materials, biopolymers, 3D printing, ceramics, conductive materials, electrical, optical and magnetic materials, materials applications, etc. More information and registration.


13th International Congress of Orthopterology Society: Challenges in Front of Climatic and Environmental Changes

(Sunday-Thursday, March 24-28, 2019) This Congress will be organized for the first time in Africa. The Congress will be organized in collaboration with the IBN ZOHR University of Agadir, the National Center for Control of Desert Locust and the Orthopterists’ Society which has 500 members from 60 countries in partnership with several national and international institutions. The congress covers the different aspects related to orthopterology: Biology, ecology, taxonomy, physiology, endocrinology, cytogenetics. It will be held in Agadir, Morocco. More information.


NEW!

A Climate for Change: Engineering Sustainability ‘19 Call for Abstracts

(Sunday-Tuesday, April 7-9, 2019) This conference will be held at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA. Seeking papers and posters in the following focus areas: regenerative built environment; “one water” engineering and science; sustainable mobility; circular economy; engineering and sustainability learning and engagement; and behavioral science for sustainability. The conference welcomes submissions from academia, industry, nonprofit organizations, government institutions, and other interested parties. To qualify for acceptance, please submit a 200 word abstract electronically on or before October 31, 2018. The Conference Organizing Committee will inform all submitting authors whether their papers have been accepted for presentation by November 30, 2018. More information.


Eleventh International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses

(Tuesday-Wednesday, April 16-17, 2019) Each year, the International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts & Responses draws a diverse group of participants from all over the world. Our Program Development team draws on this diversity to craft a rich and distinctive conference experience. The conference will be held at the Pryzbyla Center, The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. More information.



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NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS


NEW!

ASU students, faculty and staff: Apply to attend the UN climate negotiations

For the past several years ASU has been an accredited organization at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. This means that several ASU students, faculty and staff have been able to attend these meetings as observers. ASU does not have funding for this attendance, but we are able to nominate people to attend. The deadline for nominations to the COP 24 of the UNFCCC in Katowice, Poland is very soon! We are asking anyone who is interested in attending to apply for consideration. As we have limited spaces, we have been giving preference to those people who can demonstrate that attendance will be useful to their research or employment obligations, and/or will be a benefit to ASU generally. Each year we try to have a mix of students, staff and faculty attend to represent the ASU community. If you would like to apply to attend as an ASU delegate please send Emoline Fox emoline.fox@asu.edu a brief paragraph outlining what you would like to do while you attend COP 24, and why this is important to you and/or to ASU. Also, we get badges good for one week at a time (the meeting is two weeks long). If you have a preference of weeks (Weeks 1 starts Dec 3, week 2 starts Dec 10) please indicate this as well. The deadline for submission of your paragraph of interest is NOON on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018. If you have any questions you can write Emoline Fox <emoline.fox@asu.edu>, Dan Bodansky <Daniel.Bodansky@asu.edu> or Sonja Klinsky <sonja.klinsky@asu.edu>.


NEW!

Effects of U.S. trade war could hit consumers' wallets, ASU expert says

President Trump has launched a trade war over the last several months involving billions of dollars of goods and affecting the United States’ relationships with several countries, including China, Mexico and Canada, as well as the European Union. On Aug. 27, Trump announced a new preliminary trade agreement with Mexico, but not Canada. Troy Schmitz is an associate professor in the Morrison School of Agribusiness in the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and he teaches courses on global food and agribusiness policy. Schmitz said that with so many changes happening so quickly, he is constantly updating his teaching materials to keep up with what is happening in the news. Read more.


NEW!

ASU, Thunderbird work to help make Los Angeles more sustainable

Three years ago, all 193 member countries of the United Nations agreed to adopt a set of goals to achieve an economic, social and environmental vision for peace, prosperity, people and the planet by 2030. The Global Sustainable Development Goals may have been agreed upon by nations, but it's cities, including Los Angeles, that are beginning to work on them. Arizona State University is playing a role in helping Los Angeles achieve those goals. Read more.


NEW!

Bruce Rittmann and Mark van Loosdrecht receive 2018 Stockholm Water Prize in Sweden

Professors Bruce Rittmann and Mark van Loosdrecht received the 2018 Stockholm Water Prize in August for microbiological research and innovations that have revolutionized water and wastewater treatment. The prize was presented to them by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at a ceremony in Stockholm City Hall during World Water Week. Read more.


NEW!

From space to suburbia

Meteorites are totems of great power. Having traversed millions of miles, they command a space in our consciousness shared only by objects like bear claws, sperm whale teeth and dinosaur skulls.

In the vernacular of meteorites, when someone sees a fireball in the sky and the stones are recovered, it’s called a fall. If a meteorite is simply found on the ground, it is called a find. In the meteorite world, falls are much sexier. And this summer, the Valley of the Sun had its first one ever. It was the fifth fall in Arizona history. Read more.


NEW!

Former USDA deputy secretary named executive director of Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems

Kathleen Merrigan, former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and a leader in sustainable food systems, is the first executive director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University. Merrigan also holds the position of the Kelly and Brian Swette Professor of Practice in Sustainable Food Systems with appointments in the School of Sustainability, College of Health Solutions and School of Public Affairs. Read more.


NEW!

Thought Leader Series: A conservative case for a carbon tax - Bob Litterman

Continuously pumping greenhouse gases into Earth’s atmosphere is a risk. We simply don’t know our atmosphere’s capacity to safely absorb these heat-trapping emissions, but we do know it’s not limitless. Evidence shows that Earth’s temperature is rising, oceans are warming and acidifying, ice sheets are shrinking, and intense weather events are happening more and more frequently — all of which directly or indirectly cause societal damage. Though Earth’s climate has always changed, it is virtually certain that this rapid trend of warming is caused by human activity since the mid-20th century. And there’s no sign of it slowing down. Read more.


NEW!

2018 Arizona Businesses Advancing Sustainability Student Grant Offering

Arizona Businesses Advancing Sustainability (AzBAS) is a non-profit organization focused on sustainable business in Arizona. Our mission involves the funding and support of research activities in Arizona. A key part of fulfilling this mission is our annual grant program for Arizona students. This grant program offers a $1,000.00 grant for select Arizona students with research projects related to sustainability. These funds are paid directly to the student and are intended to be used directly for the research project, or for educational expenses (tuition, books, supplies, academic fees, etc.). Awarded projects may span a variety of subjects and we highly encourage students to apply should they feel their project falls within the scope of sustainability. Should there be any questions regarding the award criteria or application process, please contact the administrator: Daniel J. Osterman, LEED AP BD+C, Vice President, AzBAS, C/o Sundt Construction, Inc., 2015 W. River Rd., Suite 101, Tucson, AZ 85704

djosterman@sundt.com (520) 750-4643. Application closes September 28, 2018. To learn more about AzBAS and membership opportunities, please visit www.azbas.org.


NEW!

2018 Arizona Recycling Coalition Awards: Nominations now being accepted

Do you know a company, individual, or organization that demonstrates high levels of dedication, professional leadership, and successful implementation in waste reduction through reduce, reuse, and recycling activities? Recognize them with a nomination for a 2018 AzRC Award! Award Categories Include: Advocate (individual); Recycling educator (individual); Small school (Primary through high school); Large school (Community College, University); Large municipality (Population >500,000); Small municipality/town (Population <500,000); Large business (>100 employees); Small business (<100 employees); Nonprofit; and Special recognition (individual or group that doesn't fit into above categories). How To Apply: It's simple! Send an email to Info@ArizonaRecyclingCoalition.org by September 25th with the following information: Award category; Nominee name, contact information, phone and email; Reason for nomination- provide a one- to two-page typed summary describing the accomplishments and justification for consideration. Please note: while AZRC membership is not necessary to receive an award, non-members must be nominated by an AZRC member in good standing. Nominations must be submitted electronically by September 25 to: Info@ArizonaRecyclingCoalition.org.


EPA Campus RainWorks Challenge

EPA is pleased to announce the 7th annual Campus RainWorks Challenge, a green infrastructure design competition open to colleges and universities across the country. The challenge seeks to engage with undergraduate and graduate students to foster a dialogue about stormwater management and showcase the environmental, economic, and social benefits of green infrastructure practices.

Pollution associated with urban stormwater runoff is a problem that is growing in magnitude. The Campus RainWorks Challenge invites the current generation of scholars to lend their creativity and knowledge to the green infrastructure design process and become part of the solution to stormwater pollution. Registration: September 1 - 30, 2018; Deadline for Entries: December 14, 2018; Winners Announced: Spring 2019. Do you have what it takes to win? Step up to the challenge. Visit https://www.epa.gov/campusrainworks for more information or contact RainWorks@epa.gov.


Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program

July 2018 drought summary is online.


NEW!

August Southwest Climate Outlook

The August 2018 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.


NEW!

CLIMAS Podcast: August 2018 - Monsoon Midpoint Review ‘Expectations-and-Potential vs. Reality’ 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


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.


NEW!

Assistant or Associate Professor, Spatial Science of Coupled Natural Human Systems, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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


Assistant Professor, Water Policy, Politics and Planning, School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Application deadline September 14, 2018. More information.


Assistant Professor, Big Data Analytics in Agricultural and Natural Resources Systems, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Application deadline September 15, 2018. More information.


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Eastern Washington Recycling Specialist (Environmental Specialist 3), Department of Ecology, State of Washington, Spokane or Union Gap, WA

Application deadline September 16, 2018. More information.


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Associate Director, RiversEdge West, Grand Junction, CO

Application deadline September 18, 2018. More information.


City of Mesa Liaison - Priority Co-Lead (volunteer position), Arizona Sustainability Alliance

Application deadline September 28, 2018. More information.


Climate Change Analyst, US Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C.

Application deadline September 29, 2018. More information.


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Assistant Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, School of Freshwater Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Application deadline October 1, 2018. More information.


Tenure-track Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Climate Change, Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University, Providence, RI

Application deadline October 1, 2018. More information.


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Faculty Positions (2) in Grassland Ecology at Kansas State University and the Konza Prairie LTER, Manhattan, KS

Review of applications begins October 5, 2018. More information.


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Groundwater Hydrologist, Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Application deadline October 15, 2018. More information.


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Assistant Professor of Hydrogeology, Fort Lewis College, Durango, CO

Application deadline November 1, 2018. More information.


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Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA

Next review date November 17, 2018. More information.


Hydrologist, Air Force Personnel Center, Kelly or Lackland Air Force Base, TX

Application deadline December 11, 2018. More information.


Adjunct Faculty, Environmental Management, Undergraduate School, University of Maryland University College, Killeen, TX

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Biologist, Logan Simpson, Tempe, AZ

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Conservation International Internships

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


Director of Transportation, City of Tucson, AZ

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

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Environmental Operations Manager - Leisure, Aramark, Fresno, CA

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“Farmers Markets for All” Project Manager, Arizona Sustainability Alliance, Phoenix metropolitan area, AZ

This is a volunteer position. More information.


Forklift Operator, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ

More information, contact Quetzaly Aguilar. Submit application


Housing Development Manager, Housing Authority of Maricopa County, Peoria, AZ

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Housing Programs Assistant (INTERN), Housing Authority of Maricopa County, Peoria, AZ

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Maintenance Planner, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ

More information, contact Quetzaly Aguilar. Submit applications.


Maintenance Technician, Recycle 1, Phoenix, AZ

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

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Part-time work, Flower Street Urban Gardens, Phoenix, AZ

Contact alex@flowerstreeturbangardens.com for more information.


Planning Director, Northern Arizona Council of Governments, Flagstaff, AZ

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Postdoctoral Researcher, Coastal Food Web Ecology, Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

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

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

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Senior Director, Science of Natural Climate Solutions, Conservation International, Arlington, VA

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Sustainability Specialist, Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, St. Paul, MN

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Volunteer/Recruitment Manager (volunteer position), Arizona Sustainability Alliance, Phoenix, AZ

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