In his monthly Arizona Republic column, Sethuraman "Panch" Panchanathan, senior vice president of ASU's Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development (OKED), discusses the many sustainability initiatives and research undergoing in Phoenix that find solutions to issues like the urban heat island effect, transportation, housing, and health. Programs include ASU's Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research, the Global Institute of Sustainability's Sustainable Cities Network, and ASU's sustainability goals.
"At Arizona State University, we launched the Global Institute of Sustainability as a hub for concentrating expertise, training future leaders and conducting collaborative research," Panchanathan writes. "We work closely with local governments and the private sector to develop policies and practices that help our communities and the world."