C2C Lab

July 11nd , 2013

Fonz Dekkers Site manager

Program Secretary

Sustainability & innovation

Researcher

Environmental Technoloy & design

Site manager

Global Sustainability Solutions Center

(GSSC)

Fonz Dekkers

Freelance consultant

Energy & Sustainability

Sustainability at ASU: The Global Institute of Sustainability

Sustainability describes the future we want now is the time …

to produce evidence of our leadership and accelerate the impact of our global solutions

Provides education, innovation and interface to create solutions to global sustainability challenges

ASU’s Global Institute of Sustainability

GIOS is cross-cutting

Global Institute of Sustainability

over 260 sustainability scientists and scholars … Approximately 1400 Students …

… pursue an overriding goal: to find and share knowledge that addresses the major challenges we face

Rob and Melani Walton Sustainability Solutions Initiatives

sustainabilitysolutions.asu.edu

Mission •  Develop use-inspired knowledge

to solve sustainability problems

•  Educate and deploy implementers

•  Innovate, network, lead, take risks to create a more sustainable world

Extension Service

Global Solutions Centers

Global Studies

Sustainability Fair

Next- Generation

Projects

Executive Master’s

Fellowships for

Practitioners and Scholars

Climate Adaptation

Center

At the core: solutions

Solutions

Goal: Co-develop and implement knowledge-based, practical, measurable solutions to sustainability problems on-site with partners Strategy: •  Form partnerships in 3 locations (Asia, Europe, So. America) •  Establish an office •  Identify local/regional sustainability problems •  Engage to solve them

Why?

•  Universities not typically focused on solutions

•  Accessing knowledge difficult

•  Transdisciplinary systems approach required

•  “Innovation for sustainability” is frontier

•  To dramatically accelerate global impact of sustainability initiatives

•  Create non-traditional, applied learning experiences for future leaders in sustainability

(Possible) future engagements

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