Sustainability Digest 070519

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

NEW ITEMS

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

Other Events - On Campus

1. 3D Astronomy Show at Marston Exploration Theater

2. Beyond Center Special Seminar: Quantifying Link Stability in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using a Hidden Markov Model

Other Events - Off Campus

3. The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is Hiring!

News and Announcements

4. ASU students to support city's sustainability projects

5. 39th Annual Environmental Excellence Awards Entries

6. The Roy Award for Environmental Partnership

Other Jobs

7. Forest Inventory Analyst, Department of Natural Resources, State of Wisconsin, Rhinelander or Madison, WI

8. Water Biologist, Toxicity Testing Unit, Environmental Monitoring Division, City of Los Angeles, CA

9. Materials Management Coordinator, City of Flagstaff, AZ

10. Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA

11. Postdoctoral Fellow, Climate, Hydrology, Water Resources, Snowpack, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO

12. Sun Devil Dining/Aramark at ASU, Sustainability Student Worker

13. Executive Director, San Marcos River Foundation, San Marcos, TX

14. Postdoctoral Research Opportunity in Sustainable Water Management, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Stoneville, MS

15. Felipe Foresca Fellowship Program, Emerald Cities Collaborative, Washington D.C.; Oakland, CA; San Francisco, CA; or Seattle, WA

16. Spatial Modeling, Office of Research and Development, National Exposure Research Laboratory, Computational Exposure Division, Athens, GA

17. Assistant Professor, Hydrogeology and Environmental Geology, Department of Geological Sciences, Albion College, Albion, MI

EVENTS

Institute Events

Sustainability Series: Free Film Screening: SKYGLOW

(Wednesday, July 31, 2019) SKYGLOW is an ongoing crowdfunded project spanning 150,000 miles and 3,000,000 pictures taken, which explores North America’s remaining magnificent night skies and the grave threat of light pollution to our fragile environment. Doors open 6:30 p.m.; showtime 7:00 p.m. at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, 1140 E Baseline Rd, Tempe. More information and registration.

Other Events

On Campus

NEW!

3D Astronomy Show at Marston Exploration Theater

(Saturday, July 6, 2019) The Marston Exploration Theater is located on the Arizona State University Tempe campus in the Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV. The theater employs Definiti SkySkan Planetarium technology utilizing 4K projection systems that render Earth and space science themes in 3D stereographic vision. The Marston Exploration Theater features five different 3D astronomy shows of topical interest. All presentations are produced live and run approximately 60 minutes. From 2:30-3:30 p.m. in Marston Theater, Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Building IV, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. More information and tickets.

NEW!

Beyond Center Special Seminar: Quantifying Link Stability in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using a Hidden Markov Model

(Wednesday, July 10, 2019) Arta Cika, University of Oxford, will present Quantifying Link Stability in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks Using a Hidden Markov Model at 11:00 a.m. in room 505, Goldwater Center, Arizona State University, Tempe campus. For more information contact Katherine Smith.

Off Campus

South Mountain Environmental Education Center: Air-conditioned Van Tours

(Saturday, July 6, 2019) Explore the natural beauty and human history of South Mountain from the comfort of an air-conditioned vehicle, with experienced Park Rangers and educators as your guide. Learn more about the fascinating history of Civilian Conservation Corps workers as they shaped the South Mountain we know today. From 8:00-9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. More information and tickets.

NEW!

The Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is Hiring!

(Thursday, July 11, 2019) Hiring managers will be on-site to conduct interviews for engineer and physical scientist positions based in Washington, DC, and Golden, CO, and contracting officer positions in Golden, CO. EERE promotes affordable and reliable energy to enhance America's economic growth and energy security. Priority focus areas across the energy efficiency, renewable power, and sustainable transportation sectors include: Energy affordability – continue to drive down costs of the energy technologies in our portfolio; Energy integration – facilitate the integration of new sources of generation and consider opportunities from greater flexibility in energy consumption; and Energy storage – support technological advances to provide more flexible generation and more flexible load through a comprehensive approach to energy storage with smart buildings, pumped hydro, hydrogen storage, and batteries. Working at EERE means a competitive salary that offers meaningful, challenging work. Federal benefits include health insurance, Thrift Savings Plan, paid leave, flexible work schedules, and transportation subsidies. From 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EDT at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Crystal City, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. Learn more about the EERE job fair at www.energy.gov/eere/eere-job-fair. Learn more about EERE at www.energy.gov/eere.

Second Friday LEED Webinar: Getting to Know WELL

(Friday, July 12, 2019) Join us for our monthly Second Friday LEED Webinar education series! We will be focusing on mostly LEED v4 content throughout the year - typically with LEED specific CEU credits, and often AIA LU credits as well. The WELL Building Standard (a new rating system from IWBI) provides a structure for evaluating wellness strategies for building design and operational elements, built from a collection of research findings that support the benefits to health and well-being. From 12:15-1:30 p.m. EDT (9:15-10:30 a.m. AZ). More information and registration.

ICED 2019: Strengthening Social Development to Achieve The Sustainable Development Goals

(Tuesday-Friday, July 16-19, 2019) The International Consortium for Social Development’s 21st Biennial International Conference, which first began in 1980, will be held at Universities Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The International Conference will be themed Strengthening Social Development to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This conference is open to various disciplines, practitioners, academics and students to accelerate the impact of the 17 SDGs and 169 targets at the national and global level. Inherent in the ICED’s spirit, the SDGs aspire to end poverty and create economic, social and environmental sustainability. More information and registration.

SISE 2019: Implementation

(Thursday, July 18-Tuesday, July 30, 2019) The Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE) is a two-week "boot camp" for future decision makers eager to join the sustainability and energy revolution happening around the globe. Held annually since 2011, the program boasts over 400 alumni. During weekdays, SISE'ers participate in high-level talks, visit energy and sustainability sites, and network. During evenings and weekends, they work collaboratively on a research project and enjoy exploring Chicago. This year’s theme, Implementation, moves beyond the “what” to the “how.” Building on the research of previous years, 2019 SISE Fellows will engage with Chicago communities and collaborators to develop critical strategies to help local neighborhoods realize their vision for their future. They will engage with theory and case studies, and then move to the streets and homes of our Chicago neighbors and communities where real change is made at the ground level. Senior-level undergraduates (as of the fall of 2018), graduate students, recent graduates, and professionals working in the fields of sustainability and energy are eligible to apply. Applications due May 30, 2019. For more information.

Hydrate Mesa: Hydrate Your Yard

(Thursday, August 1, 2019) This session is all about Watershed Management Group's 3 "S"s: slow, spread, and sink. Learn how to use passive rainwater harvesting to create a series of berms, basins, and swales that will direct rainwater to beneficial use for plants while reducing flooding and erosion in your yard. These practices will slow the flow of the water, spread it across the areas where it's needed, and sink it into the ground. You'll leave this session with: Rain garden sizing and placement. From 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the Mesa Main Library, 64 E. 1^st St, Mesa. More information and registration.

United Nations Civil Society Conference: Building Inclusive and Sustainable Communities

(Monday-Wednesday, August 26-28, 2019) Holding this worldwide conference in Salt Lake City will be historic, as it will be the first time this conference will be held outside of UN Headquarters in the United States. With talks of taking this conference abroad again in 2020, the success of this event is imperative for the future of the conference and America’s United Nations legacy. The UN’s mission is world peace. To this end, they are focused on empowering sustainable cities and communities. More information and registration.

SHADE 2019 Southwest Horticulture Annual Day of Education

(Friday, August 30, 2019) This year’s SHADE education conference will be held at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort, Phoenix. If you have any questions, please contact Shayla at shyde@azna.org or 480-966-1610. We have some new and exciting things planned for the conference. See you all in August! The conference is sponsored by the Arizona Nursery Association. More information.

Forming the Future: An Interdisciplinary Conference

(Monday-Tuesday, September 2-3, 2019) Thinking about the future often focuses on its ‘content’: what might happen. Similarly, thinking about ‘future studies’ often concentrates on its goals, concepts and methods. But what about the forms in which the future comes couched? How does the medium in which the future is presented – its genres, structures, conventions – shape or influence what the future might include? What forms do representations of the future currently take in different disciplines and fields of practice – from fiction to non-fiction, the visual to the textual, science to politics – and to what effect? Can we make our representations of the future more efficacious, with a view to the current world situation? And what might different fields learn from each other, or how might they combine, in order to do this? The conference will be held at the University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK. More information.

2019 AAEE Conference: Arizona We are EE!

(Thursday-Saturday, September 12-14, 2019) Join the Arizona Association for Environmental Education this fall for the largest event in Arizona that convenes educators, learners, leaders, and decision-makers to leverage the power of environmental education (EE). To be held at Prescott College, Prescott, AZ. More information and registration.

SER Southwest Annual Conference

(Friday-Sunday, November 8-10, 2019) The 2019 Annual Conference of the SER - Southwest Chapter will be held in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona! We invite submissions of presentations and posters, as well as symposia, panels, and workshops on any topic related to restoration, management, or conservation of natural areas in the Southwest Chapter Ecoregions. Abstracts due by August 30, 2019. More information and registration.

U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Poster Competition

(Wednesday-Thursday, November 13-14, 2019) The U.S. C3E Poster Competition is an opportunity for students and early-career researchers to participate in a poster competition at the 8th Annual U.S. C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium at Texas A&M University. The poster competition exposes symposium attendees to cutting-edge research in a variety of clean energy fields. A poster committee with wide-ranging expertise will select the most compelling poster submissions for presentation at the Symposium with an eye toward diversity of institution, topic, and discipline. More information.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW!

ASU students to support city’s sustainability projects (from Peoria Times)

Good for the students, good for the city: Read about the new partnership between ASU’s Project Cities and Peoria, AZ, and about a variety of sustainability projects for the 2019-20 academic year. Read more.

NEW!

39^th Annual Environmental Excellence Awards Entries

Arizona Forward is taking entries until July 17, 2019 for its Environmental Excellence Awards for 2019. Find out about the categories and how to submit!

Desert Botanical Garden Conservation Award Applications Available Now!

Each year, the Desert Botanical Garden celebrates achievement and innovation in biodiversity conservation by recognizing an individual, organization or corporation with our Award for Excellence in Conservation. We are now seeking nominations for the 2019 Conservation Award and would love to hear who you think should receive this honor. If you would like to nominate someone, please review and complete the nomination form. Completed forms and letters of support can be sent to Award@dbg.org, as well as any questions that you may have. Please submit any applications by July 12, 2019. The award will be presented to the winner at Desert Botanical Garden's 3rd Annual Conservation Celebration luncheon (November 21, 2019) to benefit the Central Arizona Conservation Alliance. If you would like to attend, event tickets are available now.

Young SDG Innovators Programme

The Young SDG Innovators Programme is an opportunity for participating companies of the UN Global Compact to identify young talent within their organizations to collaborate and accelerate business innovation towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This ten-month accelerator programme activates future business leaders and changemakers to develop and drive innovative solutions through new technologies, initiatives, and business models and deliver on their company’s sustainability objectives. The Programme is designed to engage your company’s brightest and best talent in not only advancing your sustainability efforts but driving innovation and delivering tangible solutions with potential market value for your company. Nominations from May 13-August 31, 2019. Program runs from September 2019 to June 2020. More information.

NEW!

The Roy Award for Environmental Partnership

The Belfar Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School is now accepting nominations for the 2020 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership. The Roy Award is presented every two years to an outstanding cross-sector partnership that enhances environmental quality through novel and creative approaches. We are looking for partnerships that: (1)

have advanced a new idea, model, or paradigm that could be transferable to other issues or geographic regions to improve the quality of the environment; and (2) have taken risks that result in significant actions that contribute to solutions and create leverage for greater action; Self-nomination is permissible and encouraged. The deadline to submit a nomination is October 15, 2019. More information and nomination submittal.

Special Issue of Sustainability “Collaboration for Sustainability”

Guest Editor Edward Hackett is seeking submissions for this special issue that analyze the organization and dynamics of sustainability collaborations and that propose new patterns of collaboration to achieve sustainability goals. For more information of types of papers and submission. Deadline for submission is October 31, 2019.

Arizona Department of Water Resource Drought Program

May 2019 drought summary is online.

June Southwest Climate Outlook

The June 2019 Southwest Climate Outlook is online.

CLIMAS Podcast: June 2019: May Astonishment & Monsoon Preseason

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

OPPORTUNITIES

Institute Job Openings

Faculty Associate Pool, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University

Application deadline May – open until filled. More information.

Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Center for Biodiversity Outcomes