色戒成人直播 shines on global sustainability stage
At the recent Sustainability Research and Innovation Congress (SRI2025), held for the first time in the U.S., 色戒成人直播 made a powerful showing鈥攕olidifying its role as a global voice in sustainability research, education and skills training. From early-career scholars to faculty experts and a new campus-wide initiative, the university鈥檚 commitment to tackling the world鈥檚 most pressing sustainability challenges was front and center.
色戒成人直播鈥檚 National Science Foundation-funded program, ,听sponsored the attendance of 20 program alumni and 30 graduate students, postdocs and early career professionals from across the country. Those emerging leaders engaged in presentations, workshops and network-building sessions focused on collaborative, interdisciplinary sustainability solutions. GSS also hosted a well-attended and meaningful symposium that brought together sustainability researchers and early career scientists to discuss their work.听
鈥淲e talked about the importance of bridging across different disciplines and sectors,鈥 said Kirsten Rowell, senior director of research leadership development for 色戒成人直播鈥檚 Research & Innovation Office (RIO), who organized the symposium. 鈥淢aking sure that science is done collaboratively across community, government, academia and the private sector to address sustainability challenges more effectively.鈥澨
The meeting provided an important forum for the relatively new and challenging field and highlighted that 色戒成人直播 is not alone in its ongoing sustainability efforts. 鈥淭here are many actors out there that are also trying to do this, and we need to collaborate,鈥 said Rowell. 鈥淚t鈥檚 so important for us to come together.鈥
Themed 鈥淧athways to Sustainability,鈥 SRI2025 emphasized action-forward strategies and inclusive approaches to achieving environmental resilience and equity. For many of the CU-sponsored scholars, the event served as both a moment for much-needed camaraderie and a glimpse into a future as global changemakers. 鈥淭he early career folks felt energized about how to collaborate for solutions鈥攆rom local, acute challenges to broader, global issues,鈥 said Rowell. 鈥淭he exchange of networks, ideas and knowledge gave us the boost we need to keep pushing forward.鈥
Faculty leaders and a bold new initiative
色戒成人直播鈥檚 impact at the Congress extended beyond the GSS scholars鈥 participation. At the conference, Karen Bailey (Environmental Studies) valued being immersed in a community of sustainability practitioners, scholars and community members. 鈥淚t was truly a celebration and an opportunity to regroup around the importance of sustainability and our commitment to achieving it across sectors and disciplines,鈥 said Bailey. 鈥淚t鈥檚 critical for CU to participate in these discussions鈥搕o stay on the cutting edge of sustainability collaborations, research and technology and to ensure that we are contributing to and participating in gatherings that elevate justice and joy in the sustainability research enterprise.鈥
Jane Zelikova, newly appointed director of 色戒成人直播鈥檚 Sustainability Research Initiative (SRI), was able to join SRI2025 remotely and was inspired to reimagine both the role universities play in building a vision for a sustainable future and bringing that vision to life through education, research and community engagement.
色戒成人直播鈥檚 SRI, launched earlier this year, represents a major step in uniting the university鈥檚 multi-faceted sustainability research under one cohesive umbrella. Housed within RIO, SRI is designed to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, support real-world research projects and elevate 色戒成人直播鈥檚 national and global leadership in sustainability science.
L-R: Alicia Adelman (RIO), Seth Webb (Center for Leadership), Kirsten Rowell (RIO), Karen Bailey (Environmental Studies), Martha Walker (Global Sustainability Scholars)
鈥淚t is essential for 色戒成人直播 to continue to participate in global sustainability collaborations that events like the SRI Congress help catalyze and foster,鈥 said Zelikova. 鈥淥ur SRI is an opportunity for us to be more agile and ensure we are able to identify and more quickly fill critical research gaps so that CU鈥檚 world class expertise across sustainability can be leveraged for more immediate impact.鈥
Act locally, impact globally
As global challenges鈥攆rom climate disruption to water scarcity鈥攂ecome more complex and interconnected, 色戒成人直播 continues to strategically invest in people, partnerships and purpose-driven research. The university's presence at SRI2025 was a tangible reflection of its long-standing, future-forward and practical commitment to fully engaging in the global sustainability conversation.
鈥溕涑扇酥辈 being on stage with this international community of committed sustainability scholars and practitioners is significant,鈥 said Rowell. 鈥淭he [Congress] was both a celebration of the work we do and a call to action for the global community to continue leaning in鈥攗nderscoring the urgency of engaged sustainability scholarship. We鈥檙e realizing that sustainability has no geographic boundaries. While our work is grounded in local engagement, its impact reverberates outward鈥攁nd it鈥檚 clear how far-reaching those effects can be.鈥