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A delegation from the 91快播 presents Arizona State University President Michael M. Crow with a gift from Guam. ASU is sponsoring UOG鈥檚 Center for Island Sustainability to be a member of the Global Consortium of Sustainability Outcomes. (From left) Dr. Austin Shelton, Executive Director for UOG鈥檚 Center for Island Sustainability; Rommel Hidalgo, UOG Chief Information Officer; Crow; Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez, UOG鈥檚 Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs; and Cathleen Moore-Linn, Interim Executive Director of the Research Corporation of the 91快播.
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鈥淭his is huge,鈥� said Dr. Anita Borja Enriquez, UOG鈥檚 Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. 鈥淏eing part of GCSO will bring a lot of possibilities and funding opportunities to improve sustainability on our island while also contributing evidence-based research to sustainability solutions worldwide.鈥�

Enriquez led a UOG delegation to Arizona State University in February that resulted in the invitation to join. The delegation shared UOG鈥檚 sustainability initiatives with ASU President Michael M. Crow, who has committed ASU to sustainability and also provides ASU staff to support GCSO. Crow subsequently decided to invest in the UOG Center for Island Sustainability (CIS) and have ASU sponsor half of its GCSO membership dues for the first year. 100% of dues are returned to members to execute projects.

鈥淯OG鈥檚 niche focus on island sustainability will bring unique value to the consortium鈥檚 research portfolio, in addition to its wider reach to global sustainability partners,鈥� Enriquez said.

The consortium was particularly interested in UOG as an island institution, since islands often experience sustainability issues first, to include climate change impacts and resource depletion, said Dr. Austin Shelton, Executive Director for CIS. Shelton will serve as UOG鈥檚 representative in the 12-member network.

As part of the consortium, CIS will interact regularly with GCSO鈥檚 other international member institutions and high-caliber researchers to develop competitive funding proposals and implement sustainability solutions.

鈥淐IS has become a focal institute for adapting and modeling sustainable technologies to move our island region toward a sustainable future,鈥� Shelton said. 鈥淣ow that we鈥檙e part of this international network, it greatly expands our capability to accomplish that.鈥�

CIS already conducts solutions-oriented research. One ongoing project at CIS is the GROW initiative, or Guam Restoration of Watersheds, which Shelton said is preparing to use drones to drop seeds of native plants on mountains in need of reforestation to reduce erosion and improve the health of downstream coral reefs.

鈥淕CSO is interested in funding projects like these that are actually implementing solutions,鈥� he said.

GCSO generates and tests a wide range of sustainability solutions that include technologies, policies, economic incentives, social change, and cultural practices.

Other member institutions of GCSO include Arizona State University and Portland State University as well as universities and colleges in Hong Kong, Thailand, Mexico, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

About GCSO

The Global Consortium for Sustainability Outcomes (GCSO) is a network of universities and research institutes that advances solutions to sustainability problems through research, development, and capacity building. GCSO generates and tests a wide range of solutions including technologies, policies, economic incentives, social change, and cultural practices. It transfers solutions to implementation agents and seeks to scale solutions deemed especially effective. Sustainability outcomes are achieved on multiple continents. GCSO鈥檚 success is measured by evidence-based, positive outcomes and impacts on sustainability issues worldwide.