
ASU Celebrates Women's Empowerment
In honor of International Women's Day and Women's History Month, the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Educational Outreach and Student Services, and the ASU SDG5 Coalition are curating a series of events that showcase ASU’s partnerships advancing Sustainable Development Goal 5: Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women...

How Sustainability Officers Can Meet Zero Carbon Goals
Beyond purchasing 100% renewable energy and making energy-saving capital investments, what actions should your organization or community take to go “net-zero carbon?” How do you create a framework to manage the risk and reward of being an early adopter of new tech?
Learn the risks relevant to good carbon reduction/offset decisions...

Reinventing Food Banks and Pantries
Katie S. Martin
- Executive Director, Foodshare Institute for Hunger Research & Solutions
Katie Martin has over 20 years of experience developing and evaluating creative solutions to hunger and building collaborations with local and national anti-hunger organizations. Before joining Foodshare, Katie was an Assistant Professor and Director of the Public Health program at the University of Saint Joseph. She has a Ph.D...

IASC 2021 Conference: Fisheries and Aquaculture Commons
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted global supply chains, slashed tourism, and eliminated markets for fish and farmed-seafood products, exacerbating ongoing challenges and prompting diverse and often drastic reconfigurations in fisheries and seafood production.
The Fisheries and Aquaculture Commons virtual conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners on the...

Distinguished KAITEKI Lecture: Toward a Circular Economy Systems Engineering Framework
Stratos Pistikopoulos
- Director, Texas A&M Energy Institute;
- Endowed Chair, Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University
Circular Economy represents an economy both restorative and regenerative by design, one that aims to solve resource challenges by keeping products, components, and materials at their highest utility and value at all times.
In this inaugural Distinguished KAITEKI Lecture, Stratos Pistikopoulos will present the foundations of a Circular Economy Systems...

Affordable Housing in Arizona: What's Up at the State Legislature?
Join us for a spirited discussion about affordable housing bills under consideration at the Arizona State Legislature.
Moderator Gabriel Jaramillo from Habitat for Humanity Central Arizona welcomes two legislative housing champions as well as housing advocate Joan Serviss, named the 2020 Leader of the Year in Public Policy for...

FRANKx Lecture Series: Bounded Infinities, Quantum Tunneling, and the Future of Education
Andrew Maynard
- Professor & Associate Dean, College of Global Futures, ASU
Andrew Maynard is a scientist, author, and internationally recognized expert and thought-leader in emerging technologies and their responsible and ethical development and use. He is a Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at ASU, Associate Dean for Curricula and Student Success in the College...

Yoga with the College of Global Futures
Grab your mat and water bottle, and meet us at SDFC Fields! Join the College of Global Futures for a relaxing outdoor yoga session at the Sun Devil Fitness Center fields! We'll meet at 5:15 for a 45-minute class with your peers. All CGF students are welcome to register! Attendees...
Careers Going Forward: Alumni Panel
Chris Fenwick
- Safety, Health & Environment Manager, North America - Berkaert Corporation
Neekta Hamidi
- Associate, Schmidt Futures
- Fellow, Federation of American Scientists
Ayla Kiser
- Senior Scientist in Biomimicry, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health
Sean McGraw
- CEO & Founder, FOR Energy
This Careers Going Forward event is an opportunity to hear from a panel of College of Global Futures alumni about their career journey. During this webinar, our panelists will also offer tools, knowledge, and strategies from their own experience that is applicable to the real world.
Please Note: College of...

Frasier Global Mentorship Program: Student Presentations
Join us at this virtual event, as School of Sustainability students participating in the Frasier Global Mentorship Program share their experiences and what they learned.
The Frasier Global Mentorship Program provides an immersive, high-impact experience that fosters global perspectives and a broader context of sustainability. The program pairs teams of School...

Career Workshop: Springboard Your Career in 2021

Solve Climate by 2030: Big Ideas and Actions for Arizona
Solve Climate by 2030 is a nationwide effort to spark Earth Month conversations on the challenge of rapid decarbonization across the country. Join us for a discussion on the ambitious, yet feasible actions that will spur a just, green recovery in Arizona.
Topics and Panelists
- Green Recovery – Tucson Mayor...

IASC 2021 Conference: Commoning the Anthropocene
The IASC 2021 Conference: Commoning the Anthropocene virtual conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners interested in the role that the exercise of common property systems to land use and other shared resources (commoning) will play in the Anthropocene.
Topics include: conceptualizing commons across multiple scales; commoning in...

Earth Day 2021: Reflections of an Environmentalist
Paul Hirt
- Environmental Historian
Join environmental historian and activist Paul Hirt as he takes a look back through the history of the environmental movement.
Hirt came to ASU in 2004 but has lived in Arizona for over 30 years. In both his professional and personal life, he promotes sustainable water management, renewable energy,...

IASC 2021 Conference: Conceptualizing the Urban Commons
The IASC 2021 Conference: Conceptualizing the Urban Commons aims to bring together scholars and practitioners to discuss topics that include: conceptualizing the urban commons; new forms and trends in urban communing; interdisciplinary methods to study the urban commons; urban commons and the rights to the city; and the...