{"id":237,"date":"2021-12-16T16:01:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T23:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev6.rtd.asu.edu\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2025-05-21T15:28:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T22:28:49","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 my-6\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-8\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GCSO funded projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each project shall fulfill GCSO\u2019s mission: implement and scale solutions to sustainability challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GCSO-funded projects are mandated to create far-reaching, on-the-ground impact, and must exhibit the following key features:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"uds-list wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Collaboration:\u00a0<\/strong>two or more GCSO member institutions must participate in one or more projects;<\/li><li><strong>Outcomes-focused:<\/strong>\u00a0existing solutions must be implemented in a new location, sector, or social context (\u2018scaled\u2019); and,<\/li><li><strong>Non-academic participation:<\/strong>\u00a0\u2018implementers\u2019, e.g., governments, industry, schools, non-profits, etc., must be integrated into the project from the beginning.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 mt-6 mb-6 mb-xl-12\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">2019<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">The Audacious Partnerships Program: Foregrounding Partnership Development in the Generation of Sustainability Solutions<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Making cities more sustainable requires more than upgrading roads, bridges, and water and energy systems. Cities need to create enduring social infrastructure, which include the knowledge, skills, attitudes and networks of city administrators, local businesses, non-profits, and residents. City university partnerships are one way that cities can help address physical and social infrastructure challenges in service of sustainability goals. CapaCities 3.0 focuses on the partnerships established between cities and universities with the goal of improving solutions by improving collaborations.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/the-audacious-partnerships-program\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Sustainable Kitchens: A Certification Programme<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">The last decade saw considerable growth in the food service sector with the global rise of \u201ceating out\u201d and emergence of food delivery apps. Projected growth in this sector will intensify resource use and environmental impact in terms of energy, water, solid waste, and air pollution. This project aims to develop a programme based on the Food Waste-Energy-Water-Emissions (FEWE) nexus to systematically evaluate and drive sustainability practices in commercial kitchens.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/sustainable-kitchens\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Sharing Learning to Implement an Open and Collaborative Seed Innovation System<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Today, three agro-chemical companies dominate commercial plant breeding and global seed markets, an outcome of the emergence of new genomics-based technologies and the worldwide diffusion of strict intellectual property rights, especially patents and patent-like restrictions, over seed material. This GCSO-funded project will utilize a set of technical and legal tools, based on open source principles, to support collaborative seed breeding and Mexico\u2019s agrodiversity.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/sharing-learning-to-implement-an-open-and-collaborative-seed-innovation-system\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Educating Those Most At-Risk and Hardest to Reach: Actionable Sustainability Education Across the Pacific with SolarSPELL Offline Digital Libraries<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\"><div class=\"col-xs-12\">\r\n\r\nThe Pacific Islands are globally regarded as a barometer and first line of impact for climate change. Yet, because of infrastructural challenges, such as lack of electricity, connectivity, or access to modern, relevant educational information, Pacific Islanders who shoulder some of the most adverse effects of climate change are least equipped with the knowledge and adaptation practices to address the devastating impact on their communities.This GCSO-funded project will enable Pacific Island-focused climate change information to be created and curated into an offline, portable, solar-powered library (the SolarSPELL).\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/educating-those-most-at-risk-and-hardest-to-reach\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Dissemination of an Efficacious Youth Prevention Program in Mexico: Scalability and Sustainability<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">The need for more effective and sustainable prevention efforts in Mexico is increasingly urgent. Sharp increases in substance use rates among Mexican youth are a major concern, particularly along the US- Mexico border, where many are experiencing a disproportionate burden of violence, substance abuse, and pervasive poverty. Keepin \u2018it REAL (kiR) is a school-based multicultural substance use prevention program for students between 12 and 14 years of age and is designed to help students assess the risks associated with substance abuse, improve their decision-making process and resistance strategies, improve anti-drug beliefs and regulatory attitudes, and reduce substance use.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/dissemination-of-an-efficacious-youth-prevention-program-in-mexico\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Protecting the Thread of Life: Enhancing watershed health for communities, coffee agroforestry, andconservation<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Colombia is the world\u2019s second largest producer of Arabica coffee, with more than 20,000 hectares devoted to coffee production in the Magdalena department alone. Current coffee production practices impact nearby watersheds, on which millions of Columbians and 46 species of endemic amphibians rely. This GCSO-funded project will promote the increased adoption of sustainable coffee cultivation practices through water quality and amphibian monitoring activities to support increased adoptions of water filtration systems and reduced agrochemical use.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/protecting-the-thread-of-life\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 my-6 my-xl-12\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">2018<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/develop-education.jpg\" alt=\"decorative\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Developing a Scalable Sustainability Education Model Through Refinement, Expansion, and Iterative Assessment<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">In year one (2017), K-12 teachers in Ireland, Germany, Mexico, and the United States participated in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) focused on increasing teachers\u2019 competence and confidence in teaching about sustainability, taking into consideration impacts on students\u2019 learning outcomes. In year two (2018), this project will scale the K-12 CPD model, broadening its reach to a new cohort of teachers and students. Through a novel evaluation process, the team will explore the impact of sustainability CPD on the pupils of the participating teachers.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/developing-a-scalable-sustainability-education-model\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/capacities-building-capacity.jpg\" alt=\"student presentations\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">CapaCity: Building Capacity for Climate Resilience and Sustainability in Cities<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">In year one (2017), CapaCities built sustainability implementation capacity in city staff and leadership through trainings held in four cities across three countries. In year two (2018), CapaCities will build on year one outcomes to develop higher level capacity, with a specific focus on climate resilience. Each of four participating cities (Tempe, Mexico City, L\u00fcneburg, Karlsruhe) will be evaluated on its existing planning process or goal related to climate change, sustainability, or resilience.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/capacity-building-capacity-for-climate-resilience\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/language.jpg\" alt=\"decorative\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Language for Sustainability: Sustaining Biodiversity and Biocultures through Indigenous Language and Participatory Science<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Over 90% of our global cultural diversity and 80% of our biodiversity is estimated to be represented and inhabited by 300+ million Indigenous Peoples and local communities comprised of 5,000 ethnic groups. However, while Indigenous Peoples have historically been effective ecological stewards of their lands, development pressure and limited access to the global economy have raised concerns about over-exploitation of their environment. This GCSO-funded project will implement and scale a solution that synergizes biodiversity conservation and biocultural revival.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/language-for-sustainability\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/transfer.jpg\" alt=\"famers market\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Transferring and Scaling Sustainable Local Food Economy Options<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">The current industrial food system, including its large-scale agribusinesses, food-processing companies, and retailers, is in urgent need of a transformation towards sustainability. This project will build capacity in food entrepreneurs and stakeholders to create, manage, and support sustainable local food enterprises in four regions across three countries. In this project, enterprise plans will be developed for land trusts, urban agriculture cooperatives, plant-based protein small-to-medium, and mill-bakery cooperatives.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/local-food-economy-solutions\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/implementing.jpg\" alt=\"solar panels on a hillside\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\"> Implementing Off-Grid Renewable Energy to Create Social Value and Community Development<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">The green energy revolution is an opportunity to design energy solutions that provide significant additional benefits to communities worldwide. The challenge is to design projects that enable households and businesses to use clean energy to advance a number of sustainable development goals, from improved health, education, economic development, food security, and wellbeing to reduced inequality, pollution, and corruption. With the support of GCSO, research teams will collaborate with companies and non-profits around the globe\u2014including Nepal, the Philippines, Uganda, and Bolivia\u2014to upgrade their capacity to design green energy initiatives with outsized social impact.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/off-grid-renewable-energy\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/facilitating.jpg\" alt=\"decorative\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Facilitating Evidence-based Decision-making in Global Sustainability<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Sustainability impacts related to global health can be difficult to measure. This project introduces a methodology and scientific tool that will measure sustainability and community health indicators in near real-time using urban wastewater as a diagnostic matrix. With the support of GCSO, global teams will use Urban Metabolism Metrology (UMM) to obtain this near real-time data on a number of sustainability metrics, such as the occurrence of toxic agents within urban environments.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/global-health-outcomes\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/Advancind-sust-purchasing.jpg\" alt=\"student presentations\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Advancing Sustainable Purchasing in Cities Globally<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Cities worldwide are experiencing massive growth. As these cities grow, corresponding government purchasing needed to support its operations increases as well, leading to significant increases in carbon emissions. Government purchasing, or \u201cpublic purchasing,\u201d substantially contributes to carbon emissions as city government purchases have a carbon footprint 9x that of public buildings and vehicle fleets combined. Using an extensive international network, this GCSO-funded project will engage thousands of cities to implement sustainable public purchasing practices designed to mitigate carbon emissions and reduce spending.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/sustainable-public-purchasing\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-0 my-6 my-xl-12\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"highlight-gold\">2017<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/capacities-building-sust.jpg\" alt=\"capacities-building-sust\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">CapaCities: Building Sustainability Implementation Capacity in City Staff and Leadership<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Municipalities are increasingly taking action against climate change and have a long history of tackling a host of environmental challenges. However, solutions to complex problems remain fragmented and piecemeal in the majority of the world\u2019s cities, hindering their effectiveness and long-term success. In this pilot year, capacity-building trainings were organized in four cities across three countries (Germany, Mexico, and United States) to help city leadership unpack complex urban issues, anticipate threats and opportunities, strengthen inter-departmental collaboration, as well as coordinate investments and policy options to advance urban sustainability.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/capacities-building-sustainability-implementation-capacity-in-city-staff-and-leadership\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 mb-4\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/sust-education.jpg\" alt=\"group of sustainability educators\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">Sustainability Education: Continuing Professional Development for k12 School Teachers &amp; Faculty<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Primary and secondary schools are formative environments for building the capacity of individuals to create changes toward sustainability. Although professional development is an essential mechanism for enabling educators to understand and teach sustainability principles and practices, many programs are outdated and overly theoretical. In this pilot year, K-12 teachers participated in tangible and interactive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) workshops to increase their competence and confidence in teaching about sustainability to effectuate changes in education at all grade levels.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<!-- event details for event style cards -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card buttons, links, and tags -->\n\t<!-- card buttons -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/sustainability-education\/\" class=\"btn  btn-maroon\"   aria-label=\"Learn more\">  Learn more<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<!-- card links -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card tags -->\n\t\n\t<!-- close content wrapper if horizontal -->\n\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- close standard card -->\n\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<!-- If it's an interactive card, use the interactive card format -->\n\t<!-- open standard card -->\n\t<div class=\"card   \">\n\n\t<!-- get header content based on header style -->\n\n\t<!-- image style header -->\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"card-img-top\" src=\"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/sustainabilityoutcomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/12\/on-off.jpg\" alt=\"decorative\">\n\t\n\t<!-- icon style header -->\n\t\n\t<!-- if horizontal, open content wrapper -->\n\t\n\t<!-- card header -->\n\t<div class=\"card-header\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"card-title\">On- and Off-Campus Solutions: Sustainability Accelerator Program: Hot Water Reduction Project<\/h3>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<!-- card body -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"card-text\">Launched in early 2017, this project tested solutions to challenges related to climate change, water, and energy interactions within the built environment. Compelling evidence reveals that washing hands in hot water in all instances is unnecessary and does not significantly reduce bacteria. However, this remains a common practice in many cities worldwide. 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