The communities, cities, and natural systems that are linked by America’s 2,400 mile Interstate 10 highway are currently confronted with some of the biggest sustainability problems that will eventually affect the entire country. Connecting the fastest growing, most demographically diverse, and most disaster-vulnerable U.S. cities from Los Angeles to Jacksonville, the I-10 provides a living observatory for exploring modern problems like climate change and social inequity while envisioning more sustainable and inclusive futures.

This innovative, visually-oriented course emphasizes contemporary media narratives about sustainability problems and solutions from real American communities so that students will:

• Learn about resilience and sustainability planning in modern resource systems that support daily life, such as water, food, energy, and commercial supply chains.
• Explore American geography and the connections between social equity and resilience across the diverse cultural communities of the southern U.S.
• Become familiar with key concepts and the academic orientation of over 65 different schools and departments at ASU that are actively working together to improve American sustainability – and, in the process, explore academic options that best fit your own degree and career goals.