Welcome to CrowdShift!

CrowdShift is a blog and social networking experiment for the sustainability community. Along with blogposts about happenings in sustainability-dom, Crowdshift has an interactive event calendar, forums for discussions about things like blogposts, Town Hall meetings, and ongoing research projects. This is a great place to post Calls for Papers, links to interesting articles, and commentary on sustainability issues.

While we hope this site will become the go-to spot for the SOS community and we have created private forums within the site for just SOS, we also hope CrowdShift's popularity will grow and that people outside of SOS and ASU will start to use this site for sustainability discovery and inspiration.

Suggestions, comments, complaints and blog posts are welcome. Please send all such communications to CrowdShift@gmail.com.

-Ben, Andrea, Zach, Maren and RJ

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Blogs must follow the posting guidelines. Read the posting guidelines HERE.

Events

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Jonathan Fink

Law and Sustainability class, Spring semester 2010

Started by Jonathan Fink Dec. 9, 2009.

Chloe Rhea Beauford

Tempe Garden

Started by Chloe Rhea Beauford Oct. 23, 2009.

benjamin funke

Posting Guidelines for CrowdShift Bloggers 2 Replies

Started by benjamin funke. Last reply by RJ Meyers Sep. 15, 2009.

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Members

  • Gabrielle Couderc
  • Kortnee_
  • Dawne Hailey
  • Anne A
  • pat griswold
  • Maren Mahoney
  • Greg Morris
  • Manjyot Bhan
  • Calleen A. Morris
  • Regine Kennedy
  • Julia S
  • Jeffrey Hendrix
  • Kelly R. Smith
  • Martinson Veal
  • Patricia Magellan
  • Riley Smith

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Blog Posts

Julia S

Water Resources Advisor for the city of Mesa Position Open

For anyone who's looking for a job in Water Conservation field:
City of Mesa, AZ has had this position announcement open on their website for some time now (the closing date was back in December, so they are looking for more applicants!)
Job details can be found at https://jobs.mesaaz.gov/
Good luck!

Posted by Julia S on January 25, 2010 at 7:27am

Julia S

Research on how children in Sweden contribute to Urban Planning

https://www.comminit.com/en/node/281694/307
Sweden: GIS for children and urban planning
Children in Stockholm's urban and suburban neighborhoods are contributing to urban planning through innovative use of Graphic Information System (GIS) maps within their school curricula. A special, interactive GIS application was developed by the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences to provide a way for children to play an active role in determi… Continue

Posted by Julia S on January 17, 2010 at 3:26pm

Clea M. Senneville

True sustainability needs an ethical revolution

Ethics is the most integral aspect of the concept of sustainability, and it seems to keep getting plundered or eluded under the weight of society's allegiance to technological innovativeness as means to some kind of "end" characterized as "sustainable." Authors Nelson & Vucetich argue in "The Ecologist" online that in order for sustainability to be meaningful, in the sense that the essence of its definition(s) indicate(s), it must (re)emerge - be (re)framed - as an actionable and pragmatic y… Continue

Posted by Clea M. Senneville on January 12, 2010 at 10:08am

Braden R. Kay

Sweden starts an American sustainability experiment

Perhaps every group of people interested in sustainability should follow Sweden's example and help mentor families in their sustainability practices. The following Post article details how Sweden has adopted 4 Northern Virginian families and is helping them with energy choices and consumption practices. If we want to make sustainability real, this is one way to put theory and research into action. Way to go Sweden for giving it a try! If a Nation can do it, you think Universities and schools cou… Continue

Posted by Braden R. Kay on January 2, 2010 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

Maren Mahoney

The Sustainability Review Deadline Extended to December 18th


Inaugural Issue Call for Papers
EXTENDED DEADLINE: DECEMBER 18TH, 2009

The Sustainability Review is an annual, online journal edited and publ… Continue

Posted by Maren Mahoney on December 8, 2009 at 11:00am

Thad Miller

My First Turkey-Free Thanksgiving

I just enjoyed my first Turkey-Free Thanksgiving. No, I did not have Tofurkey (which may or may not be an abomination of nature). Just good old stuffing, green beans, mashed potatoes, cornbread and cranberry sauce. Ok, ok, and some turkey gravy. Is that moral flip flopping? Maybe. I'll get to that later though.

This transition from a conscientious omnivorism to vegetarianism is a recent and long development for me. I thought it might be worthwhile to reflect on this for my own selfish reasons b… Continue

Posted by Thad Miller on December 4, 2009 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment

Thad Miller

Science, ClimateGate and Hope

If you haven't heard yet, you should get out of your finals cave and update yourself on ClimateGate. In brief, e-mails at the Climate Research Unit (CRU) a the University of East Anglia were hacked. The e-mails show climate scientists discussing their data, how to present it and which (skeptical) papers not to publish. Even if you still believe that the science is sound and justifies acti… Continue

Posted by Thad Miller on December 3, 2009 at 8:21am — 2 Comments

Liz Marquez

Back to the Land

Check out Maira Kalman's blog And the Pursuit of Happiness in the NY Times.

Posted by Liz Marquez on November 28, 2009 at 7:53pm

Jessica Fox

Yeah, I said it: Vegetarianism


Image Credit

I have to admit that under any other circumstance, I might feel a tinge of guilt by adding this post. I often choose to avoid being yet another tree-hugging vegetarian preaching about how the meat industry is ruining the world. It oftentimes would only result in making… Continue

Posted by Jessica Fox on November 18, 2009 at 11:48pm — 3 Comments

Maren Mahoney

Food Bank Challenges (Donate at GIOS until Nov. 23rd!)


Here in the US, food banks face pressure from ever-increasing numbers of people seeking help. There are countless food bank stories but there are two profiled in the NY Times recently that are particularly interesting, and I highly recommend reading them in full. In October, the NY Times Magazine's Food Issue tra… Continue

Posted by Maren Mahoney on November 18, 2009 at 9:14am

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For anyone who's looking for a job in Water Conservation field: City of Mesa, AZ has had this position announcement open on their website for some time now (the closing date was back in December, so they are looking for more applicants!) Job details…
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