Sustainability Series speakers discuss a range of environmental, social, and economic topics at these events, sponsored or co-sponsored by the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability.
The United States of Disaster Guestimates
Melanie Gall
- Co-Director and Research Professor, Center for Emergency Management and Homeland Security, Arizona State University
Ken Waters
- Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Phoenix National Weather Service
Sara Meerow
- Assistant Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Arizona State University
Adam Andresen
- M.S. Sustainability Student
Tracking
socioeconomic
impacts
from
natural
hazards
informs
progress
toward
the
Sustainable
Development
Goal
#11
(Make
cities
and
human
settlements
inclusive,
safe,
resilient
and
sustainable).
This
panel
event
will
showcase
the
use
and
utility
of
ASU's
Spatial
Hazard
Events
and
Losses
Database
and
the
National
Weather
Service’s
approach
for
documenting
impacts...
Free Film Screening: The Age of Consequences
The
Age
of
Consequences
explores
the
impacts
of
climate
change
on
resource
scarcity,
migration,
and
conflict
through
the
lens
of
US
national
security
and
global
stability.
This
documentary
film
unpacks
how
water
and
food
shortages,
drought,
extreme
weather,
and
sea-level
rise
accelerate
the
instability
and
conflict
in
volatile...
Past Sustainability Series Events
Urban Garden Talk: Biodiversity and Low Input Gardening
Jacq Davis
- Gardener
In
2011,
Jacq
and
her
husband
bought
a
house
in
Tempe
and
decided
to
jump
into
gardening
by
learning
and
applying
multiple
disciplines
of
natural
gardening.
From
their
early
efforts,
they
have
built
themselves
a
high
density
food
forest
in
the
middle
of
the
city,
dubbed
"the
Epic...
Salute to Service: Sustainability in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Karen Baker
- Chief, Environmental Division at
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers HQ
With
a
wide
range
of
missions
in
support
of
the
Nation's
defense
and
civil-works
infrastructure,
the
U.S.
Army
Corps
of
Engineers
(USACE)
has
unique
opportunities
and
challenges
in
integrating
sustainable
practices
into
its
operations.
Karen
Baker
helped
lead
the
Army
team
that
authored
the
Army
Strategy
for
the
Environment,
the...
Indigenous Food, Energy, and Water Security and Sovereignty: A Training Track for Students
Karletta Chief
- Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, University of Arizona Department of Soil, Water, and Environmental Sciences
Dr.
Karletta
Chief
(Diné)
researches
water
in
arid
regions
of
Arizona
and
uses
that
knowledge
in
culturally
sensitive
ways
to
empower
Native
American
communities.
In
this
talk,
Dr.
Chief
will
discuss
Indigenous
Food,
Energy,
and
Water
Security
and
Sovereignty
or
Indigi-FEWSS
--
a
graduate-student
training
program
working
with
indigenous
communities.
In...
Product Stewardship and Circular Economy
Paul Murray
- President, Integrated Sustainable Strategies, LLC
Paul
Murray
has
dedicated
his
professional
career
to
implementing
holistic
approaches
to
sustainable
product
manufacturing.
He
led
designer
Herman
Miller's
Sustainability
Team,
which
formed
the
U.S.
Green
Building
Council
and
worked
with
noted
architect
Bill
McDonough
to
create
the
“Cradle
to
Cradle”
protocol.
Murray
later
went...
Urban Sustainability Challenges and Solutions: Hong Kong
Student Leaders of the Hong Kong Sustainability Experience
- School of Sustainability Global Studies Program
- Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiative
Rob Melnick
- Director, International Programs
- Professor, School of Sustainability
Jennifer Carter
- Director, Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes
- Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
A
discussion
with
School
of
Sustainability
students
who
completed
a
challenging
course
in
Hong
Kong
on
urban
sustainability
by
working
in
teams
with
Chinese
students
from
City
University
of
Hong
Kong.
Hear
their
experiences
of
considering
urban
sustainability
challenges
through
a
new
cultural
lens.
View
the
posters
and
policy
solutions
they...
Free Film Screening: Dominion
CAUTION:
this
film
shows
graphic
violence
towards
animals
that
you
may
find
disturbing.
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.
Exposing
the
dark
underbelly
of
modern
animal
agriculture
through...
Centrist Environmentalism to Affect Change
Haley Paul
- Policy Manager at Audubon Arizona
Haley
Paul
has
dedicated
her
professional
career
to
conservation
policy,
having
previously
worked
for
the
Town
of
Gilbert
as
their
Water
Resources
Coordinator,
and
currently
as
Policy
Manager
for
Audubon
Arizona.
In
this
role
she
works
to
develop
policy
strategy
and
build
relationships
with
key
stakeholders...
How Will Arizona Respond to a Major Regional Disaster?
In
May
2018,
ASU's
Center
for
Emergency
Management
and
Homeland
Security
participated
in
a
statewide
National
Mass
Care
Exercise
to
better
understand
the
role
and
capabilities
of
voluntary,
private,
and
governmental
organizations
in
responding
to
a
regional
disaster
in
Arizona.
Join
us
to
discuss
the
findings.
12:00
-
12:15
p.m.:
Welcome...
The Need for Social Entrepreneurs
Jennifer Caraway
- Founder/Executive Director of The Joy Bus
Jennifer
Caraway
is
an
accomplished
restaurateur
and
the
creator/owner
of
The
Joy
Bus
Diner,
a
100%
nonprofit
restaurant,
in
the
North
32nd
neighborhood
in
Phoenix.
Caraway
is
a
true
pioneer
in
the
field
of
social
entrepreneurship
and
has
dedicated
her
life
and
passions
to
serving
home-bound
cancer
patients
in
our...
Gandhi as an Environmentalist
Ramachandra Guha
- Historian, Public Intellectual, Biographer
Ramachandra
Guha
is
an
award-winning
historian
of
Indian
democracy,
the
biographer
of
Mahatma
Gandhi,
and
a
scholar
of
environmentalism.
As
a
public
intellectual
and
columnist,
he
reaches
20
million
readers
in
10
languages.
His
latest
book
is
Gandhi,
The
Years
that
Changed
the
World:
1914-1948.
Gandhi...
Commons @ ASU
The
International
Association
for
the
Study
of
the
Commons
organizes
the
World
Commons
Week
in
October
to
showcase
the
commons
scholarship
50
years
after
Hardin’s
Tragedy
of
the
Commons
essay.
In
collaboration
with
the
society
and
environment
student
association
GISER,
the
School
of
Sustainability
invites
students...
Food Policy at a Crossroads: How the Swette Center will Lead
Kathleen Merrigan
- Director, Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems
The
bruising
farm
bill
debate
has
highlighted
many
unresolved
food
policy
issues.
Rising
diabesity,
SNAP
access,
trade
wars,
water
shortages,
climate
change
risks,
the
consequences
of
increased
global
demand
for
protein…the
list
of
food
policy
issues
is
long
and
growing.
How
will
the
new
ASU...
Family Weekend: Incredibly Short Sustainability Documentary Festival
Join
us
for
a
screening
of
five
short
films
created
by
students
from
the
School
of
Sustainability
and
Walter
Cronkite
School
of
Journalism
and
Mass
Communication,
under
the
direction
of
sustainability
scientist
and
director
of
Carbon
Nation®,
Peter
Byck.
Student
speakers
will
be
present
to
discuss
and
answer
questions
about...
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