Jose Miguel Guzman

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Jose Miguel Guzman

• Chief of the Population and Development Branch, UN Population Fund

At June’s Rio+20 Conference, representatives from across the globe will meet to adopt a new framework for sustainable development. In this talk, Guzman argues that population dynamics should be part of the outcome document of Rio and shows the difficulties in ensuring this outcome.

Before joining the UN, Guzman worked for the Population Division of the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Over his career, Guzman has focused on population dynamics, fertility, mortality, demographic transition, population projections, urbanization, and, most recently, linkages between population and climate change.

February 14, 2012
12:00 -1:30 p.m.
(lunch will be served)
Wrigley Hall, Room 481

Changing Environment/Shaping Lives

The School of Nutrition and Health Promotion will host the 2012 Building Healthy Lifestyles Conference, "Changing Environments/Shaping Lives." The conference will highlight and examine the scientific evidence on the importance of food sustainability and the impact of built environments on physical activity and food choices. Confirmed speakers include:

• Janet Poppendieck, author of Free for All: Fixing School Food in America, will discuss the sustainability of school lunches.
• Michele Simon, a public health lawyer and author of Appetite for Profit, will discuss how industry affects the food environment.

School of Nutrition and Health Promotion faculty and topics that they will present at the conference include:

• Chris Wharton – food environment
• Punam Ohri-Vachaspati – food policy
• Steve Hooker – walkable livable communities
• Eric Heckler and Matt Buman – how technology can be used in the built environment to promote physical activity.

Learn more about the conference.

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Friday, February 17, 2012
Registration at 12:00 p.m.
1:00-7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 18, 2012
9:00-4:00 p.m.
Friday, Ventana Room, Memorial Union, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus
Saturday, Arizona Room, Memorial Union, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

The 2012 International Conference on Sustainability Science is the third meeting of its kind, and will be held at Arizona State University. ICSS 2012 will depart from the traditional conference model to employ an innovative case study approach. In-depth engagement with three case studies will provide a framework in which to examine state-of-the-art sustainability science practice. Participation in this conference is by invitation only.

February 20-23, 2012
Location: TBD
Tempe, Arizona

William McDonough

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William McDonough

• McDonough Advisors / William McDonough + Partners Architecture and
• Community Design / McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry

William McDonough has been a leader in sustainable development since the 1970s. Trained as an architect, McDonough’s interests and influence range widely, and he works at scales from the global to the molecular. He has written and lectured extensively on his design philosophy and practice; 20 years ago, he wrote The Hannover Principles: Design for Sustainability, and 10 years ago, he and Dr. Michael Braungart co-authored Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. Both are considered seminal texts of the sustainability movement.

McDonough served as Dean of the University of Virginia School of Architecture; he is also a Visiting Professor at the same university’s Darden School of Business and a Consulting Professor at Stanford University. He is a member of the board of trustees of ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability.

In this Wrigley Lecture, McDonough will discuss his co-authored book, Cradle to Cradle, which offers practical steps for innovating within today’s economic environment. Part social history, part green-business primer, part design manual, he argues that an industrial system that “takes, makes, and wastes” can become a creator of goods and services that generate ecological, social, and economic value.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
(Reception to Follow)
Neeb Hall
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Reservations are at capacity for this event. Please arrive early to ensure a seat.

Greg Stanton

William McDonough

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Greg Stanton

• Mayor, City of Phoenix

William McDonough

• McDonough Advisors / William McDonough + Partners Architecture and Community Design / McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry

Join us for an outdoor event at The Ro2 Lot—a temporary pocket park—for a vibrant conversation on urban sustainability and the pressing issue of what should happen to vacant lots and underused public spaces.

Greg Stanton, recently elected Mayor of Phoenix, has committed to transforming Phoenix into the "Silicon Valley of Sustainability."

William McDonough, co-author of Cradle to Cradle, has been a leader in sustainable development since the 1970s. Trained as an architect, McDonough’s interests and influence range widely, and he works at scales from the global to the molecular.

Moderated by School of Sustainability alumnus Colin Tetreault, Senior Policy Advisor for Sustainability, Office of the Mayor

Additional Sponsors: Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation, Urban Initiatives, Continental Shift, Edge Industries

February 22, 2012
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
(continental breakfast by Nami)
The Ro2 Lot, NE Corner 2nd & Roosevelt
1005 N 2nd St, Phoenix
Street parking available

Grady Gammage, Jr.

Grady Gammage, Jr.

• Senior Sustainability Scholar, Global Institute of Sustainability
• Senior Research Fellow, Morrison Institute for Public Policy
• Attorney, Gammage & Burnham PLC

In this talk, Gammage will give an overview of Watering the Sun Corridor: Managing Choices in Arizona's Megapolitan Area, a report he coauthored that was published by ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy.

Grady Gammage, Jr. is a Senior Fellow at the Morrison Institute. His work there focuses on urban growth and development, quality of life, and local economical issues. He also teaches at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law and at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts.

February 27, 2012
3:30- 5:00 p.m.
(Refreshments will be served)
Wrigley Hall, Room 481

The Global Institute of Sustainability, School of Sustainability, and the Central Arizona–Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research project contribute to ASU’s Night of the Open Door by showing you about sustainability and how you can make an impact in your own neighborhood and city. Activities will include computer games for children, hands-on displays about the ecology of the city, and interactive models of water use in the Valley, as well as other materials about how ASU is contributing to local and global sustainability.

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March 3, 2012
5:00- 9:00 p.m.
Wrigley Hall

Gernot Wagner

Gernot Wagner

• Economist, Environmental Defense Fund

In this talk, Gernot Wagner, Ph.D.,will argue that only economists—not recyclers—can stop global warming.

Wagner is the author of But Will the Planet Notice: How Smart Economists Can Save the World. He serves as an economist at the Environmental Defense Fund, teaches at Columbia University, and he graduated from Harvard and Stanford. He doesn't eat meat, doesn't drive, and knows full well the futility of his personal choices.

March 14, 2012
2:00-3:30 p.m.
(Refreshments will be served)
Memorial Union, Turquoise Room

Today, as K-12 schools work to achieve sustainability, they face issues of rising costs for maintenance and operations, lack of funding for special programs, new curriculum development around sustainability, and difficulties in connecting with their communities on broader sustainability initiatives. This one-day symposium will explore these issues through a set of plenary sessions and break-out sessions with speakers from across the country.

This event is jointly sponsored by the Global Institute of Sustainability and the Council of Educational Facility Planners International. CEFPI is the only professional organization whose principal purpose is improving the places where children learn. CEFPI embraces a diverse group of professionals with one single goal–building healthy, safe, high-performing, and sustainable learning environments that enhance student and teacher performance and support culture and community vitality.

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Friday, February 10, 2012
Wrigley Hall, 800 S. Cady Mall
Arizona State University, Tempe

Mark Edwards

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Mark Edwards

• Professor, Strategic Marketing and Sustainability
• Morrison School of Agribusiness and Resource Management
• College of Technology and Innovation
• Arizona State University

In this talk, Edwards discusses how we can grow healthier foods, feeds, fertilizers, nutraceuticals, cosmeceuticals, medicines, and vaccines with abundant resources that will not run out.

Edwards writes, speaks, and consults globally on sustainable food and energy. He has authored nine books on sustainable and affordable food and energy. His book Green Algae Strategy won the Independent Publisher Gold Medal for Best Science Book in 2009. His most recent book, Abundance: Sustainable Fossil-Free Foods with Superior Nutrition and Taste, won the Pinnacle Gold Medal for the Best Environmental Book of 2011.

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
(lunch will be served)
Wrigley Hall, Room 481


Reservations are at capacity. Please arrive early to ensure a good seat.

Jason Robert, Moderator

• Franca Oreffice Dean’s Distinguished Professor in the Life Sciences, Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Biotechnology and Medicine, and Director, Bioscience Ethics, Policy, and Law Program, Arizona State University

Charles Arntzen

• Co-Director of the Center for Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology, The Biodesign Institute, and Florence Ely Nelson Presidential Chair, Arizona State University

Ben Hurlbut

• Assistant Professor, History of Science, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

Marci Baranski

• Graduate Student, Biology and Society, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

Roberto Gaxiola

• Assistant Professor, Cellular & Molecular Biosciences, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University

Joseph Herkert

• Lincoln Associate Professor of Ethics and Technology and Associate Professor, Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes, Arizona State University

Within the next two decades the population of the world is expected to climb to 8 billion people. Feed 8 Billion is a public event featuring a panel of internationally recognized scientists who will discuss the role of biotechnology in feeding the future population of the world.

This event is co-sponsored by the ASU Biotechnology Club and Campus Student Sustainability Initiatives.

For more information or to RSVP, visit facebook.com/feed8billion

Thursday, February 2, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Business Administration - C-Wing, Room 116
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Building on the public lecture: "Global Financial Crisis: Is Green Growth the Answer?" that I gave at ASU on December 7, the seminar will give a comprehensive overview over the challenges on the way to global sustainability – and on possibilities to overcome those challenges. We will outline a possible path to sustainability in four steps: past and present, the next ten years, 2050, 2100.

In the first step, we will look into the history of economic growth up to the present crisis of globalisation. The emphasis will be on facts and on methods for assessing them. Particular emphasis will be laid on the long-term dynamics of wealth and its distribution.

In the second step we will focus on the ecological, social and economic challenges of the next ten years. This will include an analysis on the possibilities of job creation via green growth. Again, key facts will be in the foreground, but now mechanisms that shape the dynamics of the global socio-ecological system will become crucial, leading to a discussion of some advanced theoretical insights, too.

Next, we will look at the period up to 2050. Here, the likely – although not certain – rise of China will be crucial. We will look into the risks and opportunities involved, including issues of war and peace and the risks of environmental tipping points. Demography will be essential, leading to the huge financial implications of securing pensions for 9 billion people all over the world.

Finally, we will look at how a sustainable world society might look in 2100. This will become an exercise in institution design: how might markets, governments and other institutions work in a society that has overcome poverty and global environmental disruption without breaking down in a world war or another catastrophe of similar dimensions? Questions and ideas formulated by influential thinkers of the past will be discussed, a search for new answers will be launched.

SOS 494/591 Meets from 1/18 – 2/8
Wednesdays from 2 – 4pm
ASU Tempe WGHL L1-14

The Arizona SciTech festival showcases Arizona as a national leader in science, technology, and innovation through a series of hands-on activities and workshops, conversations and debates, exhibitions, concerts, guided walks, and tours taking place during the month of February 2012. Spearheaded by the Arizona Technology Council Foundation in partnership with Arizona State University and the Arizona Science Center, the Arizona SciTech Festival is a grass roots collaboration of over 200 organizations in industry, academia, arts, community and K-12, geared to excite and inform Arizonans age three to 103 how science, technology and innovation will drive our state for next 100 years.

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Showing of the documentary Vegucated, with a post-film discussion led by School of Sustainability Professor Chris Wharton with Cathy LaSusa from Vegan Arizona.

Vegucated is a feature-length documentary that follows three meat- and cheese-loving New Yorkers who agree to adopt a vegan diet for six weeks. Vegucated showcases the rapid and at times comedic evolution of three people who share one journey and ultimately discover their own paths in creating a kinder, cleaner, greener world, one bite at a time.

This one-night only showing is FREE to the public, however we will be collecting monetary donations to benefit the Tempe Flour Mill Urban Garden or nonperishable (healthy) food items for a local food bank. Free parking is available at the Brickyard Parking Garage on 6th St & Mill. Be sure to bring your ticket and the theater will validate.

Thursday, January 26th
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Screening begins at 7:00 p.m.
Valley Art
509 S. Mill Ave., Tempe


Sold out! Please arrive early to ensure a good seat.

The Water Resources Research Center's annual conference, “Urbanization, Uncertainty and Water: Planning for Arizona's Second Hundred Years,” will focus on the major challenges facing Arizona in its second century as a state, including changing demands on our finite water supplies.

Organized in collaboration with Morrison Institute for Public Policy, the conference complements the Arizona State University center's recently released report “Watering the Sun Corridor,” addressing overarching questions about the kind of future we want and how we might get there — with a special focus on water.

Grady Gammage Jr., a senior fellow at Morrison Institute and senior sustainability scholar at the ASU Global Institute of Sustainability, will be a keynote speaker and panelist.

The one-day conference will be preceded by an optional workshop on January 23, sponsored by the Sonoran Institute and the Lincoln Land Institute, where the report will be reviewed and discussed.

Registration fees vary by events. Register here.

January 24, 2012
8:30 a.m.

The University of Arizona
Student Union Memorial Center Ballroom
1303 E. University Blvd., Tucson

Wallace S. Broecker

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Wallace S. Broecker

• Newberry Professor of Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University

In this talk, Wallace S. Broecker argues that global warming is creating a northward shift of the tropical rain belt, leading to marked drying in the West.

Broecker, a geochemist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and arguably one of the world's greatest living scientists, is a leading advocate against human-caused climate change. He is a recipient of the Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Climate Change Research, one of the world’s largest science prizes.

Wednesday, January 18, 2012
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
(lunch will be served)
Wrigley Hall, Room 101

Karen Seto

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Karen Seto

• Associate Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

Over the next two decades, the combined urban population in China and India will grow by more than 700 million. During this same period, China will create at least 30 new cities of 1 million; India is expected to add 26 cities of this size. Is urbanization of this scale a problem or solution for sustainability? This talk will compare the drivers and patterns of urbanization in these two countries and discusses sustainability challenges and opportunities.

Seto studies the human transformation of land and the links between urbanization, global change, and sustainability. Before joining Yale, she was on the faculty of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University for 8 years.

Free parking is available north of the building, and SkySong is also accessible by Valley Metro (bus 72) from the Tempe Transit Center.

Friday, January 13, 2012
9:00 - 10:15 a.m.
(refreshments will be served)
ASU SkySong, Convergence Room 150
1475 N. Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale

Dr. Karen Seto

Dr. Wallace Broecker

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Dr. Karen Seto

• Associate Professor, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University

Dr. Wallace Broecker

• Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

Dr. Karen Seto, Associate Professor at the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University, will present “Rethinking urbanization and sustainability: Lessons from China and India.”

Dr. Wallace Broecker, Newberry Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, will present “The global CO2 problem and some possible solutions: What it all means for cities.”

The agenda includes update presentations on CAP’s current research in the areas of water, climate, biodiversity, and biogeochemistry. There also will be two interactive poster sessions featuring 40 posters from a variety of CAP LTER initiatives as well as exhibits from high school and middle school students participating in the Ecology Explorers program.

January 13, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

ASU Skysong (map), Convergence 150
Scottsdale, Arizona

The Convergence Room is in the northeast corner of the building. There is FREE PARKING north of the building, and SkySong is also accessible by Valley Metro (bus 72) from the Tempe Transit Center.

Convocation is a special celebration, with tradition and symbolism that date back centuries in the history of higher education. "Convocation" means a gathering and in academics, College and cultural convocations are a time for smaller groups to gather and celebrate educational achievements.

The School of Sustainability Convocation is an exclusive ceremony that individually recognizes undergraduate and graduate candidates from the School of Sustainability. Graduates' names are read as they cross the stage to receive personal congratulations from the School of Sustainability administration, faculty, staff and family.

All Global Institute of Sustainability/School of Sustainability faculty and staff are welcome to attend the School of Sustainability Convocation ceremony. Your show of support to the graduates is important. Tickets are required for the event so please RSVP to sosgraduation@asu.edu or pick them up at the School of Sustainability Academic Advising Office, Wrigley Hall, Arizona State University at the Tempe campus. Extra tickets will be available the day of Convocation at the Gammage Auditorium box office.

Thursday, December 15, 2011
11:30 a.m.
Grady Gammage Auditorium
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Carlo Jaeger

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Carlo Jaeger

• Professor, Modeling Social Systems, Potsdam University, Germany
• Honorary Professor, Beijing Normal University, China
• Chair, European Climate Forum

In the current global financial crisis, huge amounts of financial capital are destabilizing the world economy because this capital does not meet promising opportunities for entrepreneurial investment. In this talk, visiting scientist Carlo Jaeger discusses research on how a green-growth strategy can tackle this situation more successfully than the present obsession with public debt.

Jaeger is an economist working at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. His research focuses on coordination challenges arising from global problems like financial crises and climate change.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
(refreshments will be provided)
Wrigley Hall, Room 101

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

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The term “green economy” has become something of an incantation, a promise of future jobs and prosperity, technological advances that will lead to benign ways of generating wealth and lessen the effects of climate change, and a way of sustainably conducting business.

Join us for a discussion of the challenges and opportunities presented by the green economy, as panelists address these questions:

• How accurately can we gauge the size and scope of the “green economy”?
• How can we gauge the quantity and quality of “green” invention and technological innovation?
• How can we illuminate the pathway from green invention/innovation to job creation and prosperity via entrepreneurship?

Moderator

• Rob Melnick, Executive Dean, Global Institute of Sustainability

Panelists

• Jonathan Rothwell, Brookings Institution
  
• Rick Clayton, Bureau of Labor Statistics
  
• Deborah Strumsky, Department of Geography and Earth Sciences, UNC-Charlotte
  
• Kevin Stolarick, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
  
• Carlo Jaeger, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  
• Dennis Hoffman, W.P. Carey School of Business, ASU

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Wrigley Hall, Room 481
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Elke U. Weber

Elke U. Weber

• Jerome A. Chazen Professor of International Business
• Founder and Co-Director, Center for the Decision Sciences (CDS) and the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions (CRED)
• Columbia University

Of all environmentally relevant decisions, the adoption of energy-efficiency technologies would appear to be a "no-brainer," yet these solutions are vastly underused. In this talk, Dr. Weber will highlight the psychological reasons for this paradox and suggest ways in which we can harness cognitive limitations to spark greater adoption of win-win solutions.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Please RSVP to Estella O'Hanlon
Room 220 (Turquoise Room), Memorial Union
Arizona State University at the Tempe campus

Robin Morris Collin

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Robin Morris Collin

• Norma J. Paulus Professor of Law,
• Willamette University College of Law

Sustainability is often described as the three "E"s—ecology, economics, and equity. Modern, technological societies must face the challenges of equity in contemporary life. Environmental justice is an American-based movement challenging disparities in risk-exposure and access to benefits. Environmental justice and sustainability reflect a deep division along race and class lines. This talk will explore the need for collaboration and repurposing in both movements.

Morris Collin, who has taught law since 1984, came to Willamette after a distinguished 10-year career as a tenured faculty member of the University of Oregon School of Law. One of her latest publications is “Restoration and Redemption” in Moral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril, a collection of testimonies by visionaries including Michael M. Crow, the Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and Barack Obama.

Thursday, November 17, 2011
4:00 - 5:30 p.m.
(reception to follow)
Old Main, Carson Ballroom
Arizona State University, Tempe Campus

The Global Institute of Sustainability and NASA host an invitation-only event.

For more information contact Patricia Reiter.

Sustainability Base: NASA’s First Space Station on Earth / Moffett Field, CA
Design team: William McDonough + Partners, AECOM, Loisos+Ubbelohde
Contractor: Swinerton

Save the Date
November 14, 2011
6:00 - 8:30 p.m.


NASA Sustainability Base
Moffett Field, Mountain View, CA

Dr. Kevin Dooley

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Dr. Kevin Dooley

• Academic Director, The Sustainability Consortium
• Professor of Supply Chain Management, W. P. Carey School of Business

Learn about how The Sustainability Consortium is working with corporations, academics, NGOs, and governments around the globe to create science and tools that will improve the environmental and social performance of consumer products.

Dooley is a world-known expert in applying complexity science to help organizations improve. He has published over 100 articles in the areas of quality, innovation, organizational change, and complex systems.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
(lunch will be served)
Wrigley Hall, Room 481

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

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Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

• Founder & Director
• Compassionate Cooks
• Author

Although there are abundant resources that support the practical aspects of a vegan lifestyle, many struggle with the social aspects of navigating a world that may view compassion for "food animals" as radical. In this empowering talk, Patrick-Goudreau offers tips and tactics for speaking up for what you believe in with grace and dignity.

Patrick-Goudreau is an exhilarating speaker, popular podcaster, powerful writer, talented chef, and persuasive advocate who has impacted thousands of lives. Addressing the spiritual, social, and practical aspects of being vegan, she has authored three cookbooks (The Joy of Vegan Baking, The Vegan Table, Color Me Vegan) and two compassionate-living books (Vegan's Daily Companion, The 30-Day Vegan Challenge).

Patrick-Goudreau will give a companion presentation, Getting to the Meat of the Matter: Debunking the Myths of Being Vegan, at Engrained Café, ASU Tempe campus, 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
(enjoy vegan treats by Whole Foods, Tempe)
Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe
SW Corner of Guadalupe Rd & McClintock Dr
Book signing to follow

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

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Colleen Patrick-Goudreau

• Founder & Director
• Compassionate Cooks
• Author

"Being vegan is limiting and restrictive" and "vegans don’t get enough protein" are just two of the myths about plant-based diets that leave people fearful of experiencing a rewarding, compassionate lifestyle. In this entertaining talk, Patrick-Goudreau will offer the tools and resources for making informed food choices with joy and confidence.

Patrick-Goudreau is an exhilarating speaker, popular podcaster, powerful writer, talented chef, and persuasive advocate who has impacted thousands of lives. Addressing the spiritual, social, and practical aspects of being vegan, she has authored three cookbooks (The Joy of Vegan Baking, The Vegan Table, Color Me Vegan) and two compassionate-living books (Vegan's Daily Companion, The 30-Day Vegan Challenge).

Patrick-Goudreau will give a companion presentation, A Joyful Vegan in a Non-Vegan World: Survival Tips & Tactics, at Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, 7:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011
4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
(enjoy a sampler plate prepared by Chef Jerome)
Engrained Café, Memorial Union, ASU Tempe
Parking: Apache Boulevard Structure ($2/hr)

Providing Inexpensive, Sustainable Housing

Barry Leneman founded Necessity Housing, which began as a nonprofit that created very inexpensive, sustainable housing. He puts up incredible structures for very little materials cost, in three days, with volunteer labor, around the world, in places where housing is needed. He eventually realized a need for sustainable villages, and began working around developments with internal gardens, centralized meeting areas, etc. If you want to get a feel for what he does, you can go to his website, www.necessityhousing.org. There's a two-minute video showing one of his houses going up in fast motion. For more information, contact Sandra Price at Sandra.E.Price@asu.edu.

Thursday, October 27, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Room 449, Cronkite Building
Arizona State University at the Downtown Phoenix campus