The Carbon Summit is hosted at Arizona State University's on Oct.24-25, 2024, serving as a discovery marketplace showcasing sustainable solutions across five themes: Food Transitions, Energy transitions, Circular Economies, Climate Adaptation, and Sustainability (STEM). The Carbon Summit aims to accelerate climate action goals while promoting a balanced carbon future. This graduate student-led initiative aims to...
The Carbon Summit is hosted at Arizona State University's on Oct.24-25, 2024, serving as a discovery marketplace showcasing sustainable solutions across five themes: Food Transitions, Energy transitions, Circular Economies, Climate Adaptation, and Sustainability (STEM). The Carbon Summit aims to accelerate climate action goals while promoting a balanced carbon future. This graduate student-led initiative aims to...
Would you like to be more knowledgeable about the animals, plants and landscape of our desert? This two-day survey course covers desert ecology, desert adaptations, climate, mammals, birds, reptiles, venomous animals, botany, geology and ethnobotany. We also touch on current threats to our desert such as invasive species, water and climate change issues, endangered species...
Traditional foodways of the Tohono O’odham are inextricably linked to their ancestral lands in the Sonoran Desert. O’odham knowledge of hunting, farming, and harvesting wild foods has evolved over generations and continues to adapt to the land. How are communities sharing contemporary cultivation methods? How is climate change affecting traditional foodways? What can we learn...
A presentation by Dr. Alice Alibrio NAZCCA’s mission is to inform and engage people from all walks of life to join a broad and diverse climate movement across Northern Arizona. NAZCCA seeks to raise awareness of the threats of climate change and activate residents to organize and work toward solutions that reduce human impact on...
A presentation on the NSF-sponsored research project at NAU examining the role of community seed banks in climate resilience. The research is being conducted in two regions: Arizona and Appalachia. It focuses on seed banks that steward Indigenous or other heritage crops, and that prioritize historically underserved populations. We will share what we have learned...