June 2020 newsletter on social justice and sustainability
In our June Sustainability Strategist newsletter, we highlight the interconnection between social justice and sustainability, introduce our new Sustainability Strategist Snippets video series, and the launch of a free, online
Sustainability scientists forecasting the future of mobility
The success of technologically advanced means of automated movement of people, products and services depends on public attitudes, values, perceptions and willingness to embrace new and different things, more so than innovation.
Wednesdays from Washington: Agricultural research with Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young
We walked through numerous hallways and seemingly endless offices to finally arrive at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) headquarters in the USDA’s Whitten Building in Washington, DC and meet with Dr. Chavonda Jacobs-Young, the administrator of the ARS. As an agricultural scientist myself, it was the meeting I was most looking forward to all week!
NSF solicitation: Dynamics of Integrated Socio-Environmental Systems
Full proposals are due November 16, 2020. This solicitation is an update of the program previously known as CNH and CNH2. In the last five years, ASU sustainability scientists have received two CNH/CNH2 awards.
Philosophers of science and sustainability scientists unite!
Sustainability scientist Tyler DesRoches is among several authors of an article on the nature and significance of sustainability science, forthcoming in the journal Sustainability Science.
Amplifying Black Lives Matter for a sustainable future
This article was written by William Walker VI, a junior in the School of Sustainability As environmentalists and caretakers of the earth, it is our duty to ensure the prosperity
Project Humanities launches new podcast club
Next discussion: June 18. “Talking, Listening and Podcasting with ASU Project Humanities” is a new series that invites individuals to experience a podcast independently, then come together to talk about and learn from it.
Creating clean environments for a better Zimbabwe
Surdax Investments goes beyond sanitizing offices — it is creating a new environment for economic growth in Zimbabwe. Intending to eradicate poverty, Surdax offers positions for women and youth to
Oui Nous Pouvons: subverting the single story of sustainable development
Led by her passion for empowering communities through sustainable development, Master of Sustainability Solutions student Abigail Johnson worked in the western African country of Togo on a documentary film about
Societies in conflict
Sustainability scientist Craig Calhoun draws parallels between recent racial justice protests in the United States and 1989 protests for democratic freedoms in Tiananmen Square, China.
Societies in conflict
Medium In the latest thought leader piece from the Global Futures Laboratory, "Societies in Conflict," Craig Calhoun — University Professor of Social Sciences in the School of Sustainability — draws
Wednesdays from Washington: Reflections on a meeting with the "Traffic Cop of Congress"
During our time on Capitol Hill our cohort was able to have a meeting with the chair of the Committee on Rules, Jim McGovern. This was our only meeting in the Capitol building and, as our badges stated, it was official business. We rode the connecting tram from Rayburn building into the Capitol and headed to the Committee on Rules.