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Student capstone and applied projects from ASU's School of Sustainability.

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Addressing Food Insecurity on ASU Campuses with Pitchfork Pantry

ContributorsBurns, Eliana (Author) / Ruiz, Marissa (Author) / Hernandez, Haley (Author)
Created2023-04-26

Aramark’s Expansion of Plant-based Food Options at Arizona State University (Tempe)

Description3 Reports:/ Primary report Survey Report Marketing Report based on the two-semester-long partnership between an MSUS group and ASU's branch of Aramark, Sun Devil Hospitality.
ContributorsChen, Melanie (Author) / Schlosser, Markkus Pfirman (Author) / Van Valkenberg, Carli (Author)
Created2023-05-05
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Aramark’s Expansion of Plant-based Food Options at Arizona State University (Tempe): Primary Report

ContributorsChen, Melanie (Author) / Schlosser, Markkus Pfirman (Author) / Van Valkenberg, Carli (Author)
Created2023-05-05
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Aramark’s Expansion of Plant-based Food Options at Arizona State University (Tempe): Marketing Report

ContributorsChen, Melanie (Author) / Schlosser, Markkus Pfirman (Author) / Van Valkenberg, Carli (Author)
Created2023-05-05
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Aramark’s Expansion of Plant-based Food Options at Arizona State University (Tempe): Survey Report

ContributorsChen, Melanie (Author) / Schlosser, Markkus Pfirman (Author) / Van Valkenberg, Carli (Author)
Created2023-05-05

Sustainability NOW

Description
In the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD), we ask our students to ‘dream big and dare greatly,’ but threats like climate change, population growth, and technological automation are threatening the realization of those dreams. Therefore, we must implement Sustainability NOW—an interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum that can help us address these…

In the Monterey Peninsula Unified School District (MPUSD), we ask our students to ‘dream big and dare greatly,’ but threats like climate change, population growth, and technological automation are threatening the realization of those dreams. Therefore, we must implement Sustainability NOW—an interdisciplinary, project-based curriculum that can help us address these threats while improving our local educational system. Sustainability NOW is an innovative, project-based, and STEM-centered curriculum that represents a strategic lever for the Educational Partnership Center (EPC) in achieving expanded outcomes that benefit the greater social good. But Sustainability NOW is more than a curriculum, it is a full-fledged organizational strategy. This report illustrates how a sustainability education program was designed and strategically mapped for MPUSD and the EPC.
ContributorsMutshnick, Christopher (Author)
Created2019-05-15

Embedding Indigenous Knowledge with Sustainability Through Higher Educational Curriculum

Description
Incorporating a Sustainability (S) focus curriculum through a sustainability lens, across all degree pathways in higher educational institutions using Indigenous Knowledge as a foundational learning platform can increase successful student learning outcomes. By realizing shared values of open communication, respect and diversity, and high expectation of knowledge explorations; Science, Sustainability,…

Incorporating a Sustainability (S) focus curriculum through a sustainability lens, across all degree pathways in higher educational institutions using Indigenous Knowledge as a foundational learning platform can increase successful student learning outcomes. By realizing shared values of open communication, respect and diversity, and high expectation of knowledge explorations; Science, Sustainability, and Indigenous Knowledge systems can build upon curriculum that supports the college, students, our community, and global awareness of unsustainable practice. Higher education institutions have relied mainly on empirical evidence that supports reasoning and logic while Indigenous Knowledge systems uses experiential observations and learning. Being Indigenous Native Hawaiian and doing academic research from scholarly works of Native Hawaiians and their methodology in Science observations; I realized that a sustainability systems model share common value systems, but there is a disconnect between these two powerful systems. Building a coalition of experts in each field of study can create a new learning paradigm through curriculum as a holistic approach to systems thinking. All of the key components to creating a Sustainability focus curriculum are already in place at universities, and now is the time to bridge them together through collective shared values.
ContributorsKakalia, Gordean (Author)
Created2019-05-15

The Environmental, Social, and Economic Impacts of Remote Work

Description

COVID-19 brought so much uncertainty into the world and has molded this project into what it is today. The first project journey that was chosen was meant to show the impact of how much plastic waste was being produced at Starbucks. Then due to COVID-19 yet again, it changed into…

COVID-19 brought so much uncertainty into the world and has molded this project into what it is today. The first project journey that was chosen was meant to show the impact of how much plastic waste was being produced at Starbucks. Then due to COVID-19 yet again, it changed into how much paper waste there was within the State of Washington Department of Licensing (DOL) Business and Professions Division (BPD). DOL BPD is a state agency division that licenses over forty plus professional and business licenses to the residents of Washington state. Due to the pandemic, the project transformed into how the three pillars of sustainability impacts remote work within BPD. BPD is in this new and unique paradigm where the deliverable that was brought forth as this project completed are, “The 9 Benefits of Sustainability through Remote Work” (Appendix D) where this specifically showed DOL why remote work is sustainable and how it should be implemented even further throughout the agency. This list was put together with the benefits that best fit DOL BPD.
ContributorsReynolds, Jordan (Writer of accompanying material)
Created2021-02-11

The Path to Net-Zero

Description
These documents were developed as part of the culminating experience project for the Masters of Sustainability Solutions (MSUS) graduate program. This report was developed for the ASU Foundation and the Fulton Center by Team Green Impact with the goal of establishing a facility based year for the foundation to meet their…

These documents were developed as part of the culminating experience project for the Masters of Sustainability Solutions (MSUS) graduate program. This report was developed for the ASU Foundation and the Fulton Center by Team Green Impact with the goal of establishing a facility based year for the foundation to meet their 2035 net-zero target. Contents of this report include: Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emission measurements for the Fulton Center, GHG emission reduction recommendations, an infographic for internal stakeholder engagement, and an example net-zero strategy the foundation can utilize in their current and future building. The purpose of the report and the infographic is to inform next steps for reducing GHG emissions and to help the ASU Foundation make progress towards their net-zero target.
ContributorsFowler, Carissa (Author) / Boss, Lauren (Author) / Austin, Lesley (Author)
Created2023-05-01
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The Path to Net-Zero: TGI Final Report

ContributorsFowler, Carissa (Author) / Boss, Lauren (Author) / Austin, Lesley (Author)
Created2023-05-01