Town Hall - May 2013

Town Hall Meeting

May 6 & 7, 2013

Welcome Gary Dirks Director

Chris Boone Dean, School of Sustainability

Rob Melnick Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer

Governance

Governance Board of Directors for Sustainability @ ASU

Executive Steering Group for Sustainability @ ASU

Communications & Marketing

Public Events/ Outreach

Sustainable Business Practices

Sustainability Scientists

Sustainable Cities Network K-12 Finances/

HR Informatics

GIOS Directorate

Director Executive Director, COO Dean (SOS)

School of Sustainability

Deans Council

Development

Chief of Staff Sustainability Solutions Initiatives

Research Units and Proposal Development

Provost OKED

“ASU is a leader in the global movement to address the enduring challenges of sustainability: promoting human prosperity and well being for all, while protecting and enhancing the earth’s life support systems. By extending the academic tradition to include all ASU units and working with external partners, we educate, discover solutions and implement practices that will help people drive the transition to a sustainable world.”

Vision for Sustainability @ ASU

Articulate and exemplify ASU’s university-wide commitment to sustainability Actively support and encourage ASU units and their partners in the teaching, learning, and discovery of sustainability Implement, extend, share and promote sustainable practices locally, nationally, globally Connect scientists, scholars, humanists, engineers, technologists, policymakers, business leaders, students and communities to enhance the capacity to address challenges of sustainability

GIOS Mission

What is a Sustainability Scientist/Scholar?

A designated member of the professional ASU community (faculty, researcher, or staff) whose work (research, teaching, publications and/or public service) contributes to the attainment of ASU's vision for sustainability. Sustainability scientists and scholars help define, operationalize and advance sustainability science as a domain.

GIOS Ambassador Program Help Board members learn about ASU’s sustainability initiatives. Increase Board members direct involvement in GIOS and the university. Benefit individual ASU ambassadors by building relationships with leaders with similar interests.

Purpose Why Second Nature? Methodology

Assessment

Visible national leader

Impact on higher education

Scope and commitment

Number of students educated

Innovations

Accomplishments

Cultural impediments

Communicating GIOS’ role

University-wide sustainability education

Governance structure

Research focus

Challenges

SOS Focus

Mission and Vision Statements

5 year review

SOS Update

Next Steps

Q&A