Sustainability professors named 2017 AASHE award winners

For their outstanding achievements and progress toward sustainability, School of Sustainability professors Katja Brundiers and Arnim Wiek received a Campus Sustainability Research award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education.

Unplugging unused appliances has always been a personal sustainability tip to reduce a building’s carbon footprint. But do you know how much energy is actually taken up by the coffee

As many fisheries around the country collapse under environmental and social pressures, School of Sustainability Professor Marco Janssen is among the scientists from five academic institutions working to understand how good fishing conditions can be sustained.

At the second in a series of resilience and sustainability workshops hosted by the School of Sustainability's Executive and Professional Education program with the City of Tempe, municipal leaders discussed visions of the city in 2040 – from recreation to shade structures.

ASU sustainability senior Hailey Baker was among 31 students representing ASU, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and National Taipei University who experienced Southern China through a unique summer course on sustainable urban development.

For the third year in a row, Arizona State University tops U.S. News and World Report's list of “most innovative schools” in the nation – a recognition of the university’s groundbreaking initiatives, partnerships, programs and research in fields like sustainability.

Sitting first among institutions with more than 10,000 students and seventh overall, ASU is recognized in the 2017 edition of Sierra magazine's annual "Cool Schools" ranking for its commitment to upholding high environmental standards.

GreenLight Solutions – a consulting organization started by ASU School of Sustainability students – has partnered with nonprofit Build Us HOPE to assist those experiencing homelessness. In August 2017, members of

Joe Fullerton graduated from the School of Sustainability with an Executive Master of Sustainability Leadership in May 2017. Fullerton, already working as the Energy and Sustainability Manager at San Mateo

This June, ASU signed its second Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Tribhuvan University (TU) in Kathmandu, Nepal, furthering a five-year partnership. The partnership dates back to 2012, when ASU Senior

Since August 2016, an interdisciplinary team of ASU design and sustainability students and faculty have been working on a group project called “Water is Life” with local Hawai’ians to imagine

Eight people spend a month in the Mojave desert without AC – and with only four gallons of water a day. This was the premise of Drylab, an “extreme experiential