Sustainable Cities Network AZ

05/24/2023

📢Check out this opportunity with the Summer Health Institute!

High school students are invited to join the ASU College of Health Solutions for an immersive college experience, where they will learn about what it means to be a physician, dentist, physical therapist, and other health care positions.

Check out https://chs.asu.edu/summer-programs/summer-health-institute for more info.

📅: Camp 1: June 25-July 1, 2023; Camp 2: July 9-15, 2023
📍: In person at ASU's Downtown Phoenix campus
Ages/grades: Rising seniors who will graduate high school in May or June 2024
💵: Housing, food, materials and instruction are provided at no cost. Participants will need to travel to and from the camp at their own expense.

Application opens: May 1, 2023
Application due: June 1, 2023

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02/20/2023

📅 Mark your calendars!

Join us next Monday (2/27) for a presentation from Kif Scheuer about climate-focused national service programs and how they can support statewide, regional, and local climate initiatives.

02/17/2023

📢 City of Tempe Neighborhood and Resilience team is hiring a Policy & Grants Coordinator.

The City is looking for a passionate candidate to support the City's climate programs. The position will be able to show measurable impacts through policy, grant awards, partnership development, and the resources brought to Tempe’s frontline and environmental justice communities.

Responsibilities include:
💵 Monitor local, state, and federal grants; support other departments with grant applications
🎯 Manage the grant management system
💧Support water policy development and monitoring with AMWUA, cities, towns, SRP, and CAP
⚡Work on energy decarbonization policy with SRP and APS
🏘️Advance resource requests in the areas of housing affordability, homelessness outreach, and other human services areas
🏙️and more to support the regional leader in climate action!

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis- the first review of applications will start on March 9, 2023.

For more information and to apply, check out https://apply.tempe.gov/psc/apply/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?&FOCUS=Applicant

01/12/2023

📢We're now on LinkedIn! Follow us to learn more about sustainability job postings, upcoming events, and news.

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ASU Sustainable Cities Network | 18 followers on LinkedIn. Connecting communities, advancing sustainability, and cultivating solutions. | Decisions made today regarding land use, transportation, water, economic development, and social services will have enormous long-term impacts on the future susta...

01/09/2023

Join us tomorrow (1/10) for a special presentation with Matt Dudley, Transit Manager for the City of Avondale.

Discover how cities are expanding public transit options through microtransit programs and how this on-demand service can incorporate electric vehicles into the fleet. Avondale Transit Manager takes us behind the scenes of the new WeRide program in the West Valley and plans for fleet electrification.

📅 Tuesday, January 10
⏲️ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (MST)
📌Zoom (register at https://asu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsduqppz4jHNRtbP4qs-S2iqurYuy_r24t)

12/13/2022

As part of the ECOPhx project with ASU's Healthy Urban Environments (HUE), WERK Urban Design is conducting a greywater survey to learn more about alternative irrigation and soil health approaches.

Fill out the survey by Friday (12/16) and be entered into a drawing for 1 of 2 $100 gift cards!

Survey link:

As a group consisting of undergraduate, postgraduate, university faculty, and professionals in the field of landscape architecture and sustainability, we are conducting a research study to learn more about alternative approaches for irrigation and soil health. We are inviting your participation, whi...

11/09/2022

Congratulations to the City of Peoria for recently passing its Sustainable Peoria Plan! Since its first iteration of the Sustainability Action Plan, Peoria has engaged with four classes through Project Cities to inform recommendations for the City's sustainability planning.

🏙️ Undergraduate students from the School of Sustainability reviewed peer community sustainability plans to recommend best practices in sustainability planning.

📢 Four master's students from the School of Sustainability assisted Peoria with community outreach and engagement to inform the sustainability plan.

💧Two master's students from the School of Public Affairs researched and recommended water and waste management funding strategies.

Check out the story at

Student recommendations inform Sustainable Peoria Plan November 4, 2022 The City of Peoria recently approved its Sustainable Peoria Plan, a roadmap for sustainability that outlines goals and initiatives around its eight pillars of sustainability. In 2009, the City established its first Sustainabilit...

10/28/2022

Our latest report just dropped! Students from the School of Sustainability reviewed peer community strategies for water policy, and one Public Affairs master's student researched tiered water structures as a conservation strategy.

Read now at https://bit.ly/3S8UclX

10/26/2022

Projects with purpose- find out how ASU faculty Dr. Stephen Carradini worked with the City of Glendale on social media use in civic spaces.

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Student spotlight: Hunter Hedelius October 24, 2022 To highlight some of Project Cities star students and faculty, PC staff sat down to interview Hunter Hedelius, an undergraduate student in the School of Social Transformation. During the spring 2022 semester, Hunter worked on a project with City of...

09/28/2022

Project Cities just released its new student summary report! In collaboration with ASU School of Public Affairs, four graduate students worked with the Town of Clarkdale's Human Resources and Risk Manager to review the town's employee handbook and provide recommendations for updates.

Check out the highlights here: https://bit.ly/3CctnHJ

Read the student report: http://links.asu.edu/PCClarkdaleEmployeeHandbook22S_Report

09/12/2022

“What works in one City, can work in others. Mesa finds value in sharing ideas and learning from our peers.”

This week, SCN highlighted sustainability champion, Laura Hyneman about her work with the city's Climate Action Plan!

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Meet the Steering Committee: Laura Hyneman, Mesa’s Deputy Director of Development & Sustainability August 29, 2022 The Sustainable Cities Network (SCN) Steering Committee is a group of Arizona's leading representatives and Arizona State University experts pursuing sustainability initiatives. The c...

09/01/2022

Extreme heat is the silent killer in Arizona. AZ Cities At the AZ League of Cities & Towns 2022 Conference listening to a SCN suggested panel discussion on the impacts and solutions for extreme heat - moderated by Dr. Melissa Guardaro (ASU HUE/KER) with the expertise of Rev. Katie Sexton-Wood (Arizona Faith Network) and Dr. David Hondula (City of Phoenix).